Poster for Och's forthcoming Manchester show

Tickets  Info

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Och announce first UK show

Och – the latest Rocket signing from Sweden have announced their first UK show.
This legendary event is being held at the Star And Garter, Manchester on Thursday 18 June and they are supported by Cardinal Fuzz band Dead Sea Apes.

Tickets here: See

More info here: Facebook

Och's debut album is released in all good shops on ltd edition fluro yellow vinyl on 28 February

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs to play BBC 6 Music SxSW showcase

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have been announced to play BBC 6 Music / BPI's SxSW showcase in Austin on 18th March

The bands full list of shows now reads:

13 Mar / US / New York / St Vitus
15 Mar / US / LA / The Moroccan Lounge
18 Mar / US / Austin / SxSW Festival
03 April / UK / Newcastle upon Tyne / Star and Shadow Cinema
04 April / UK / Newcastle upon Tyne / Star and Shadow Cinema
16 Apr / UK / Manchester - Gorilla
17 Apr / UK / Birmingham - The Mill
18 Apr / UK / Bristol - Thekla *SOLD OUT*
24 Apr / UK / Leeds - Stylus
25 Apr / UK / Glasgow - St Luke’s
29 Apr / UK / Nottingham - Rescue Rooms
30 Apr / UK / London - Electric Ballroom
01 May / UK / Brighton - Concorde 2
03 May / DE / Berlin / Desertfest
05 May / BE / Brussels /  AB Club
06 May / FR / Paris /  La Boule Noir
07 May / FR / Lille/  Aeronef 
08 May / NL / Amsterdam / Paradiso
9-11 Jul / SK / Trenčín / Phonda Festival

30 Jul-2 Aug / UK / Lake District / Kendal Calling Festival

More info visit the bands website: Pigsx7.com

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Watch Underground Voice interview with PETBRICK

Underground Voice met-up and interviewed  PETBRICK during their recent Portuguese shows, watch the video here:

Underground Voice

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The Utopia Strong & Bonnacons of Doom Play Liverpool Psych Fest

We are delighted to share that yesterday Liverpoool Psych Fest annouced their 2020 line up which includes Rocket bands The Utopia Strong & Bonnacons of Doom to play on 16 May.

The Rocket bands line up with the likes of Snapped Ankles, Sunburned Hand of the Man and Vanishing Twin etc to play the Invisible Wind Factory in what promises to be rather epic as all invloved always deliver.

For more info visit: Liverpool Psych Fest 

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Society Interview Teeth of the Sea Before their show this weekend.

They say:

Psychedelic groundbreakers Teeth Of The Sea have performed at CERN next to the Large Hadron Collider and the London Science Museum. Now one of the most influential bands of the last decade will bring their ambitious, genre melding sound to Tunnels tomorrow.

It is the first time Teeth Of The Sea, formed in 2006, have ever played the Granite City. Bassist and synth player Mike Bourne has promised an unforgettable performance. Asked what Aberdeen fans can expect, he said: “Filthy beats, shredding guitar and skronking brass.

“We aim for the show to be an all-encompassing experience – don’t expect any stage banter, just close your eyes and feel the bass right through you. What’s important to us is that the tracks have the same wallop they do on record, they have to sound just as fierce, if not more so. A decent sound system with enough bass is paramount to the performance. Expect it to go off. We’ve played Scotland a few times before and always found the audience to be well into it, so we’re super excited. “This is the furthest north we’ve been though, so we’re bringing extra jumpers.”

London-based Teeth Of The Sea’s incendiary sound seamlessly blends avant-garde experimentalism and freedom with the energy and abandon of rock ‘n’ roll and post punk. Their expansive live sound has led to a host of unique live events including a commission from the Cineglobe film festival to perform to the scientific community at CERN in Geneva in 2014. Teeth Of The Sea performed a live soundtrack to the movie version of George Orwell’s 1984 at the legendary scientific centre – home to the Large Hadron Collider.

Bourne explained: “It’s impossible to describe quite how exciting it is to have a guided tour of the Large Hadron Collider. That was hours after playing an AV show in a large wooden geodesic dome to an audience of particle physicists who you then get royally drunk with while discussing quarks and the Higgs boson."

Very much in demand Teeth Of The Sea were also commissioned to perform the soundtrack at the London Science Museum for the documentary series Apollo’s Moon Shot. 

Bourne said: “We were asked by Chris Bell, events producer at the Science Museum, and there was no way we were going to turn down playing the IMAX theatre in front of loads of lush NASA footage. It was an incredible amount of work. We composed over two hours of new material in about six weeks as well as editing the audio of the documentary especially for the performance."

Teeth of the Sea are a fearless, cinematic gestalt of influences ranging from Delia Derbyshire, Albert Ayler, Throbbing Gristle, Ennio Morricone and Faust. They released their fifth album Wraith on Rocket Recordings to acclaim last year and are currently working on the follow-up. Wraith was recorded at Soup, a studio in a converted boat moored at East India Quay on the Thames.

Bourne said: “We’re working on a follow-up to Wraith right now......

Read the full interview here: Society

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Rocket Probes – January 2020 playlist

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Reducer
(Banging first track to be revealed from the bands forthcoming third album...)
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Och – NU:64
(Second single of killer Swedish psych from their forthcoming album)
Och

Petbrick – Gringolicker ($hit and $hine Remix)
(Petbrick through the $&$ filter...what more do you want!)
Petbrick

Various – Strain Crack & Break: Vol1 France 
(Such an amazing compilation...essential listening)
Strain Crack & Break

Wasted Shirt – Double the dream
(Ty Segall and Brian Chippendale make some noise together)
Wasted Shirt

Various – NCM001: HYPHA
(Great new comp compiled by Bristol's mighty Noods radio)
Noods

GNOD / ZOHASTRE – Split 7"
(GNOD and 2/3 of H/U.M unite for a split 7 on Zam Zam)
GNOD / ZOHASTRE

Razen – Ayîk Adhîsta, Adhîsta Ayîk
(Great drones and repetitions)
Razen

Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Hidden Race
(Space metal)
Blood Incantation

Sunburned Hand of the Man – Headless
(New album by the mighty SHOTM...on Cardinal Fuzz)
Sunburned Hand of the Man

Larry Coryell – Sex
(Fuzzed banger from '69)
Larry Coryell

Fire! – You liked me five minutes ago
(Great album of krauty jazz noise)
Fire! 

Hülya Süer – Şeker Oğlan (Kozmonotosman Rework)
(Turkish disco)
Hülya Süer

Colin Stetson – Contact (Color Out of Space)
(New Stetson soundtrck)
Colin Stetson

Bushpilot – Over The Earth I Come
(Post punk 'Can' love on God Unknown)
Bushpilot 

Ninos Du Brazil – O Vento Chama Seu Nome
(Nice tribal techno recommendation from Iggor)
Ninos Du Brazil

Boz Metzdorf – Sails Across The Sea (from Sad About The Times)
(Great psyched west coast pop)
Boz Metzdorf

PJ Harvey and Harry Escott – An Acre of Land
(Winter has set in & this is just perfect folk for the times)
PJ Harvey and Harry Escott 

Elvinid Aarset – Black noise / White Silence
(Turn on. Freak out)
Elvinid Aarset

ARZACHEL – Leg
(Steve Hillage psych prog from 69, heavy on the organs)
ARZACHEL

Mahasonā – -යන්ත්‍ර.මන්ත්‍ර.ගුරුකම්!
(Sri Lankan sludge)
Mahasonā

Concrete Rubber Band - Risen Savior
(Christian Psych Rock from 71)
Concrete Rubber Band

Enslaved – Slaget I Skogen Bortenfor
(Black)
Enslaved

Waclaw Zimpel - Sine Tapes
(Jazz repetitions)
Waclaw Zimpel

Bruxa Maria – The Void (Radio Edit)
(Banging new Bruxa)
Bruxa Maria

Firefriend – Avalanche
(Missed this Cardinal Fuzz album on release...contains some good sounds)
Firefriend

Imitation Electric Piano - EP
(Stereloab with a swing)
Imitation Electric Piano

Puce Mary – The Size of our Desires
(Rhythmic noise)
Puce Mary

Weather Report - Vertical Invader / Seventh Arrow / T.H. / Doctor Honoris Causa (Live)
(Very 'Miles' vibing 72 Weather Report & free & groovy)
Weather Report 

Choronzon – Guest mix for Technoir
(Heavy)
Choronzon

Sandra Bell – The Country Girls
(Distorted outsider sounds from '92)
Sandra Bell 

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (album)
(Coming at this from a love for the groove, the rhythm section really knew how to play, historically its mostly been about the guitars but the others are fucking cooking too and thats what makes it all the more better now).
Black Sabbath 


Listen to our updated monthly Rocket Probes Spotify playlist:




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PETBRICKS new single Gringolicker released today

Today sees the release of new PETBRICK single Gringolicker that features Warmduschers Mutado Pintado on vocals.

Listen here: Streaming sites  /  Bandcamp

‘Gringolicker’ – the latest single to be taken from ‘I’ features the crazed vocal talents of Mutado Pintado, a very unique individual who can normally be seen fronting the highly acclaimed South London band Warmduscher. Mutado’s twisted stream-of-consciousness lunacy valiantly attempt to inhabit the increasingly unhinged persona of Donald Trump. The uncontrolled rant explodes over a collision of the duos beats and repetitive noise into something that could be called ‘Kraut-Gabba’.

The single's b-side is a heavy industrial remix by the mighty $hit and $hine – who dissolves the original song into a maelstrom of uncontrolled chaos but held together by an incredibly heavy and addictive groove. Listen to this beat of a track above.

PETBRICK's genre defying debut album 'I' can be bought from here on Ltd LP and CD: Bandcamp

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs to play Kendal Calling

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are heading to the Lake District on 30 Jul-2 Aug for Kendal Calling Festival – they are playing the Earache stage.

Info and Tickets can be found here: Kendal Calling

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Teeth of the Sea head to Scotland next week

Teeth of the Sea are heading to Scotland next week for two special shows:

07 Feb / Aberdeen / The Tunnels  Tickets
08 Feb / Glasgow / Broadcast  Tickets

The band are also playing these dates in 2020:

29 Feb / London / The Dome (Chaos Theory Festival)
06 Mar / Birmingham / St. Paul's Church (The Seventh Wave Festival)
07 Mar / Manchester / Soup Kitchen (w/Gum Takes Tooth)
20-22 Aug / Somerset / Arc Tangent Festival


+ more Teeth of the Sea live shows soon to be announced.
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