Julie Ann Bee – aka Sacramento folkie Sea Of Bees – brought a break up to life with warmth and honesty on her last album, 2012’s ‘Orangefarben’. On its successor, those qualities are still richly evident. The emotions might not be quite as strong on this record but Sea Of Bees still manages to wrap you up in her words.
Sea Of Bees“Build A Boat To The Sun” – Signed Box Set Discs: 2
Boxset £60.00
Release Date: 29/06/2015
pre order Sea of Bees is the musical project of Julie Ann Bee, or Jules as everyone calls her. She sings, writes the songs, and plays lots of musical instruments.
Build A Boat To The Sun is the third album, following 2012’s “Orangefarben” and the acclaimed debut ‘Songs For The Ravens’.
This exclusive boxset includes:
– Build A Boat To The Sun CD
– Build A Boat To The Sun LP
– Build A Boat To The Sun MP3 album
– signed and hand numbered art print
– a special handmade, illustrated lyric book with hand stitched binding
– a one-off photograph taken by Jules during the making of the album, annotated and signed by Jules. Every one is unique!
– an exclusive digital EP of unreleased tracks http://
Jules says “Keep going, don’t stop and be yourself. Never settle for less. I never knew things could be so chaotic growing up when I was a child, but they are and it has taken me years to come to pass through the difficult times. I have finished the record I have been meaning to make. Things are changing for the good and I am happy.”
1. Test Yourself
2. Karma Kard
3. Old Bridge
4. Ease
5. Don’t Follow Me
6. Little Sea
7. Dan
8. Moline
9. Dad
10. Monk
Ride’s welcome revival continues with dizzy new heights for loyal fans as the band announce a UK tour this October to coincide with the 25th anniversary of debut album “Nowhere”.
Oxford four pieceRidehave announced an eight date reunion tour to hit the UK this October. Kicking off in Leeds on October 11th, the band stop off at Liverpool Academyon the 15th for what is sure to be a sell out event.
Since a secret gig in their hometown in April was met with rave reviews and a warm welcome back from loyal fans, the Oxford four piece have gone on to play sell out reunion shows across the UK and beyond with headline sets at Coachella, Primavera and Field Day. The announcement from Ride follows the recent trend of nostalgic reunion tours with the eight date tour later this year coinciding with the 25th anniversary of their celebrated début album “Nowhere”. We’ve been on the road the last couple of months and really enjoyed it. Thank you for coming to see us, from the crowd reactions, you seemed to enjoy it too. To top it all, music critics seemed to like it – multiple 5* reviews can’t be bad! SO, how can we stop there? Going on sale this Friday at 10am are a set of UK dates. All ticket links over athttp://www.ridemusic.net/live
OCTOBER
11 – Leeds – O2 Academy
14 – London – O2 Academy Brixton
15 – Liverpool – O2 Academy
17 – Bristol – Anson Rooms
18 – Newcastle – O2 Academy
19 – Edinburgh – Corn Exchange
21 – Nottingham – Rock City
22 – Birmingham – Institute
Tickets are expected to sell out swiftly when they go on sale this Friday (June 19). They will available online or via Ticketweb.
Here’s something to take the sting off of the start of the working week – this month’s sampler. Let’s not muck about. This month we feature the following (most of whom you’ve read about here over the last month or so).
At the end of August, Universal Music will issue I’ll Remember, an archival box set featuring the music of Taste, the Irish rock/blues band formed in the mid sixties that featured Rory Gallagher on guitar and vocals.
The four disc set will feature both studio albums (1969′s Taste and the 1970 follow-up On The Boards expanded with many alternate versions of album tracks. The third CD is full of live audio from 1970 culled from concerts in Stockholm and London while the final disc adds demos, rare single cuts and more live material. Disc 1
1 Blister On The Moon 03:26
2 Leavin’ Blues 04:15
3 Sugar Mama 07:14
4 Hail 02:35
5 Born On The Wrong Side Of Time 04:00
6 Dual Carriageway Pain 03:13
7 Same Old Story 03:32
8 Catfish 08:04
9 I’m Moving On 02:29
10 Blister On The Moon (Alternate Version) 03:21
11 Leavin’ Blues (Alternate Version) 04:31
12 Hail (Alternate Version) 02:35
13 Dual Carriageway Pain (Alternate Version / No Vocals) 03:13
14 Same Old Story (Alternate Version) 03:26
15 Catfish (Alternate Version) 06:55
Disc 2
1 What’s Going On 02:44
2 Railway And Gun 03:33
3 It’s Happened Before, It’ll Happen Again 06:32
4 If The Day Was Any Longer 02:07
5 Morning Sun 02:38
6 Eat My Words 03:45
7 On The Boards 06:01
8 If I Don’t Sing I’ll Cry 02:38
9 See Here 03:04
10 I’ll Remember 03:01
11 Railway And Gun (Off The Boards Mix) 04:26
12 See Here (Alternate Version) 03:13
13 It’s Happened Before, It’ll Hapen Again (Beat Club TV Audio / Take 2) 10:52
14 If The Day Was Any Longer (Beat Club TV Audio) 02:35
15 Morning Sun (Beat Club TV Audio) 03:31
16 It’s Happened Before, It’ll Happen Again (Beat Club TV Audio) 09:48
Disc 3
1 What’s Going On (Live In Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden / 1970) 06:14
2 Sugar Mama (Live In Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden / 1970) 06:48
3 Gamblin’ Blues (Live In Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden / 1970) 06:41
4 Sinner Boy (Live In Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden / 1970) 06:23
5 At The Bottom (Live In Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden / 1970) 03:19
6 She’s Nineteen Years Old (Live In Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden / 1970) 03:57
7 Morning Sun (Live In Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden / 1970) 04:18
8 Catfish (Live In Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden / 1970) 06:33
9 I’ll Remember (BBC Live In Concert / Paris Theatre, London / 1970) 06:14
10 Railway And Gun (BBC Live In Concert / Paris Theatre, London / 1970) 04:58
11 Sugar Mama (BBC Live In Concert / Paris Theatre, London / 1970) 07:19
12 Eat My Words (BBC Live In Concert / Paris Theatre, London / 1970) 09:21
13 Catfish (BBC Live In Concert / Paris Theatre, London / 1970) 05:27
Disc 4
1 Wee Wee Baby (Demo) 02:45
2 How Many More Years (Demo) 03:24
3 Take It Easy Baby (Demo) 07:08
4 Pardon Me Mister (Demo) 02:44
5 You’ve Got To Pay (Demo) 03:55
6 Norman Invasion (Demo) 03:01
7 Worried Man (Demo) 02:30
8 Blister On The Moon (“Major Minor” Single Version) 03:25
9 Born On The Wrong Side Of Time (“Major Minor” Single Version) 03:15
10 Summertime (Live At Woburn Abbey Festival, UK / 1968) 01:31
11 Blister On The Moon (Live At Woburn Abbey Festival, UK / 1968) 03:36
12 I Got My Brand On You (Live At Woburn Abbey Festival, UK / 1968) 07:23
13 Medley: Rock Me Baby / Bye Bye Bird / Baby Please Don’t Go / You Shook Me Baby (Live At Woburn Abbey Festival, UK / 1968) 10:59
I’ll Remember is due for release on 28 August 2015.
Rory Gallagher and Taste perform “Morning Sun” (Beat Club 1970). Included in the upcoming release of the 4-CD Taste compilation are the audio tracks from Taste’s appearance on the German Beat Club programme. Here’s the video of Morning Sun from that appearance. In a BBC Radio 4 tribute program to Rory, Brian May stated that a key inspiration for the riff to Queen’s ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ came from this tune.
A very Special Box Set for a special day! Rory Gallagher – Across The Water – An Irish Man In The USA Get The CD Here – https://app.box.com/s/o34kfrkuh8notxd2zeda
20 years ago today the world of music lost the unique and prolific talent that was and still is Rory Gallagher. He had rocked his way in to the hearts of millions across the globe. His sweat drenched live shows enthralled crowds over four decades and his records are still peoples treasured possessions. His life story is both the triumphant tale of a boy bursting out of an ordinary background and the sadder tale of a man struggling with the music industry and the consequences of his own success. He touches us all with his talent, his humility and his charm. We admire him for his commitment, his refusal to sell out and his capacity for sheer hard work. On this day may Donal and the rest of his family be in our thoughts and prayers. May we also thank the musicians that still bring that legacy to life, BoF, Sinnerboy, and so many others throughout UK, Ireland and Europe.
The flame will never be extinguished and the music will never die. Rory on my friends!
Sendelica paid scant regard to my suggestions as to the kind of thing that would fit comfortably within the open-prison confines of the box-set and decided to take things into their own hands by producing a 21 minute version of Donna Summer’s synth-drenched 70s disco anthem (that’s a phrase i’ve never thought I’d type); even the mighty Moroder couldn’t manage more than an 8 minute mix – ha!
The motorik rhythm remains but Sendelica introduce Eastern influences and field sounds in this intrumental tour de force.”
an excerpt from Sendelica’s 21 minute cover – taken from Fruits de Mer Records’ 4LP monster of a box-set – what happens when a record label with more time than sense asked eight bands to produce sidelong covers of tracks from the 60s/70s – either epic songs in their own right, or songs that they could use as launchpads for something….BIG?
The whole thing is called ‘SIDE EFFECTS’, and it contains four single albums:
SIDETRACKS
The Soft Bombs – Echoes (originally by Pink Floyd)
Arcade Messiah – Four Horsemen (Aphrodite’s Child)
SIDEWAYS
The Bevis Frond – China (Electric Sandwich)
Wreaths – Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot)
SIDESHOWS
Superfjord – CTA-102 (The Byrds)
The Luck Of Eden Hall – Starship Trooper (Yes)
SIDESTEPS
Julie’s Haircut – Shhh/Peaceful (Miles Davis)
Sendelica – I Feel Love (Donna Summer)
The set features…
– two of FdM’s most popular bands (Sendelica and The Luck Of Eden Hall)
– the legendary Bevis Frond
– two occasional visitors to FdM Towers in Superfjord and Julie’s Haircut (who have contributed stunning recordings to ‘Coltrane’ and ‘strangefish’ respectively)
-three new artists – The Soft Bombs and Wreaths from the USA, and Arcade Messiah (aka John Bassett) from the UK.
The music ranges from psychedelia to progressive rock and back again, taking in krautrock, jazz-rock and…..Donna Summer(I knew it was a mistake inviting Pete Bingham and co to get involved).
The Bevis Frond track appeared in a severely-edited form on the FdM ‘Head Music’ double LP a few years ago, but this will be the full, 23 minute+ version, while everything else is completely ‘new’.
an excerpt from Superfjord’s cover of The Byrds song – taken from Fruits de Mer Records’ 4LP monster of a box-set – what happens when a record label with more time than sense asked eight bands to produce sidelong covers of tracks from the 60s/70s – either epic songs in their own right, or songs that they could use as launchpads for something….BIG? ‘Side Effects’ 4LP box-set – orders have come in so fast, I’m now building up a waiting-list of UK orders as I have virtually sold out on pre-orders already – and the release-date is still two months away! I should get more sets – enough to meet waiting-list requests – but I don’t want to take more cash until I’m sure. http://www.fruitsdemerrecords.com/sideeffects.html
International buyers can still pre-order from Shiny Beast Mail Order as they have a guaranteed supply from me and aren’t quite up to their limit (yet!).
The whole thing is called ‘SIDE EFFECTS’, and it contains four single albums:
SIDETRACKS
The Soft Bombs – Echoes (originally by Pink Floyd)
Arcade Messiah – Four Horsemen (Aphrodite’s Child)
SIDEWAYS
The Bevis Frond – China (Electric Sandwich)
Wreaths – Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot)
SIDESHOWS
Superfjord – CTA-102 (The Byrds)
The Luck Of Eden Hall – Starship Trooper (Yes)
SIDESTEPS
Julie’s Haircut – Shhh/Peaceful (Miles Davis)
Sendelica – I Feel Love (Donna Summer)
The set features…
– two of FdM’s most popular bands (Sendelica and The Luck Of Eden Hall)
– the legendary Bevis Frond
– two occasional visitors to FdM Towers in Superfjord and Julie’s Haircut (who have contributed stunning recordings to ‘Coltrane’ and ‘strangefish’ respectively)
-three new artists – The Soft Bombs and Wreaths from the USA, and Arcade Messiah (aka John Bassett) from the UK.
The music ranges from psychedelia to progressive rock and back again, taking in krautrock, jazz-rock and…..Donna Summer(I knew it was a mistake inviting Pete Bingham and co to get involved).
The Bevis Frond track appeared in a severely-edited form on the FdM ‘Head Music’ double LP a few years ago, but this will be the full, 23 minute+ version, while everything else is completely ‘new’.
Father John Misty,”I Love You, Honeybear” aka Josh Tillman, has released the video for “I Love You, Honeybear” from this year’s album of the same name. Tillman co-wrote the video with his wife, Emma, and co-directed the video with Grant James, who also worked on two videos from Father John Misty’s 2012 LP, Fear Fun(“This Is Sally Hatchet”, “Funtimes in Babylon”). The video stars Brett Gelman (The Other Guys) and Susan Traylor (Greenberg). Tillman describes it as “a portrayal of an average night in the lives of two EMTs.”
He may sound like he wandered away from an L.A. ashram, but don’t be fooled by the beatific-hippie vibes. There’s a killer songwriter’s instinct beneath all those dreamy Laurel Canyon melodies the man can write a cutting lyric like nobody’s business).
Father John Misty’s “City of Music” session, featuring a performance of the song “I Love You, Honeybear”.
Directed/shot/edited/audio by Trent Waterman
On paper, “I Love You, Honeybear” is a nightmare: Suave yet cripplingly self-aware bearded bohemian millennial falls madly in love, grapples at length with becoming a different kind of walking cliché, and tops it off with an on-the-nose takedown of the American Dream. But what some listeners might register as smug self-indulgence strikes me as one of 2015’s realest and rawest dissertations. Josh Tillman’s misanthropy is far-reaching; he’s an equal-opportunity roaster, sparing no target including himself. His lyrical eviscerations are on-point and often laugh-out-loud funny, and they’re couched in throwback lounge-lizard arrangements far too pretty to be retro kitsch. Plus he sweetens the deal with some truly romantic declarations of love. This album is every bit as smart and beautiful as Tillman believes it is
Jacco Gardner, who just released his second album was one of a few bands featured on a limited edition Trouble in Mind 12″ they released just for the Eindhoven Psych Lab Festival that happened in the Netherlands last weekend. The compilation also featured exclusive tracks from The Liminanas, Klaus Johann Grobe, Ultimate Painting, Morgan Delt, Soft Walls and Doug Tuttle, all of whom played the festival. The compilation was hard to come by (the label is promising it may be available ontheir site again soon) but for now you can stream Jacco Gardner’s contribution, the instrumental “You Have The Key (That Opens The Door)” The Previously unreleased track from the Trouble In Mind Presents: Eindhoven 2015 compilation. Produced bij Frank Maston
Released on June 5th 2015 in an edition of 800 LP’s.
Exclusively released for the Eindhoven Psych Lab 2015
Eindhoven 2015 Tracklist:
SOFT WALLS “Hold On To Your Hand”
DOUG TUTTLE “Turning”
JACCO GARDNER “You Have The Key (That Opens The Door)”
THE LIMIÑANAS (feat. Kirk Lake) “The Mirror”
KLAUS JOHANN GROBE “Modo’s Schlepptau”
ULTIMATE PAINTING “No Room To Live”
MORGAN DELT “Galactic Grids”
This superb 3 Disc Boxed Set, with a run time of just over 4 hours, captures the entire show broadcast that legendary night more than 40 years ago. Capturing the group almost fully recovered from the deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, and with a little help from their friends, they deliver one of their most outstanding performances ever. By the end of 1973, the Allman Brothers Band were the most popular touring band in America.
They drew crowds like few others, on a par with those attracted by the Grateful Dead. So it goes without saying, that when the two groups were on the same bill, pandemonium often ensued. A legendary event at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Racecourse on July 28, 1973, when the Allmans, the Dead and The Band drew an estimated 600,000 people – at the time the largest outdoor rock concert ever – illustrates this point to. Thus, given their status at the time, when the Allman Brothers chose to play New Year’s Eve in the Bay Area at Bill Grahams Cow Palace, it was a benediction indeed they quite simply could have played anywhere they damn wanted. And there was a paradox – wasn’t San Francisco’s New Year’s Eve slot by now the exclusive property of the Grateful Dead? This dilemma however was somewhat addressed, live to an FM radio audience sometime after midnight, when Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann joined the Allman Brothers Band onstage. At the time, Garcia’s appearance seemed to cement a synergistic relationship between the two bands that became enshrined in rock history. At the same time, it turned out to be the end of an era not just for the two bands, but for a certain aura in post-60s rock, none of which seemed obvious at the time.
