Sonic Youth’s 16th album, ‘The Eternal’, will be released on vinyl, compact disc, and digital album by Matador Records on June 9. ‘The Eternal’ not only marks Sonic Youth’s return to the independent label sphere (titles on their own SYR label excepted) after a long association with Geffen, but more importantly, ranks as one of their more inspired efforts in a 28 year career.
“I don’t know. They’ve been coming for a long time.”
“That’s what makes it even scarier,” Sam Potter concurs with bandmate Ross Matthews, “the fact that they’ve been coming for so long. People might forget and then, when they actually do come, it might be twice the disaster. It’s like the snowfall the other day, the bears came and London wasn’t prepared, so it hit them.”
Welcome to Late of the Pier’s distinctly warped universe, which tonight (thanks to their “really tough” bus driver) has torn a dimensional rip in a dressing room located in the grey bowels of Wolverhampton, allowing my mere mortal self to converse with visitors who themselves look suspiciously like male humans in their early twenties. Drummer/Ron Weasley understudy Ross and electronic whizz-kid Sam are discussing when the titular fuzzies of their shape-shifting, funk monster The Bears Are Coming are due to arrive, a debate that results in them considering penning a sequel. “Yeah,” Sam laughs, “The Bears Are Here. Or The Bears Are Still Coming.”
Valentine’s Day…Those beautiful words…I love you, te quiero, je t’aime, mina funani wena, the sweetest in Zulu do you not think? A great day for partners and stalkers alike, the 14th of February is drawing near, following Friday the 13th in a bittersweet manner in fact. Best avoid walking under any ladders if you have a night of romance planned on Saturday. Champagne and a la carte dinners, bundles of lovely expensive roses, hand holding and smiling longingly at your other half, city breaks to crisp winter locations, what is there not to love about this day of happiness and joy?
If you’re a fan of Judas Priest, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin then Home of Metal want you! This Saturday at the Waterhall Gallery in Birmingham City Centre you are encouraged to bring along any memorabilia, photos or stories to the Open day and your items will be digitised and recorded for the Home Of Metal archive, which aims to tell the true story of the birth place of metal. Think antiques roadshow for Metal fans!
Colourbox Sofa
Do you know what we love about Colourbox? That his poignant and often dark observations are disguised under pretty, bubbly, naïve patterns and colours that make you feel all warm inside! That’s not to say we are missing the point. It’s just pleasing to see illustration that is accessible to all as beautiful and interesting visually, before realising the meaning behind it being scribbled in the first place.
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