we're pleased to announce you tht we're playing two gigs with punk legend TV SMITH, the singer of THE ADVERTS. If you don't know who TV SMITH is, go kill yourself or go here. By the way "CROSSING THE RED SEA WITH THE ADVERTS" is one of our favourite record of all time.
This is what will happen:
-FEBRAURY 14 (thursday) @ TRANSILVANIA (BOLOGNA) Matt, Mars and me will be playing a short set of ADVERTS' songs together with TV SMITH, after his acoustic set and after the Sweet Vendetta set.
-FEBRAURY 16 (saturday) @ RAIN DOGS (SAVONA) there will be a VALENTINES set, an acoustic TV SMITH set, and then Matt, Mars and me will play a bunch of ADVERTS' songs together with TV SMITH.
this is what TRE ACCORDI RECORDS has to say about this (italian only):
TV Smith, la leggendaria voce degli Adverts, sarà in Italia a metà febbraio. Due appuntamenti dal vivo in cui Smith si esibirà sia in versione acustica che elettrica, accompagnato da una prestigiosa backing band: i Valentines.
Complice di questa collaborazione anche la loro impeccabile interpretazione di "One Chord Wonders" recentemente pubblicata sul tributo "PUNK 77 07" per il trentennale punk e particolarmente piaciuta al leader degli Adverts.
TV Smith si esibirà il 14 febbraio al Transilvania di Bologna e il 16 febbraio a Savona al Raindogs, all'interno di un festival di tre giorni organizzato da TrueLove Produzioni e Kriminal Class (sempre per il trentennale punk). In questa data anche i Valentines suoneranno dal vivo.
and this is the flyer of the gig @ RAINDOGS (Savona)
PUNK 77-07 the italian tribute to 30 years Of R’n’R swindle!
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,
here we go again! we're featured on a italian compilation celebrating 30 years of PUNK ROCK released by TRE ACCORDI RECORDS (our beloved label). You can find that in Italy in the best record stores and newsagents for the price of 9.99 euros.
E' uscita questo weekend "PUNK 77 - 07", un omaggio "made in Italy" al Punk che trent'anni fa esplodeva in tutto il mondo.
Prodotto da Self e Tre Accordi Records, l'album contiene 23 cover di brani classici, scelti dal repertorio di nomi internazionali come Ramones, Sex Pistols, Damned, Clash, Buzzcocks, Sham 69 e tanti altri, eseguiti e interpretati dalle più rappresentative band italiane del circuito alternativo.
Il cd, stampato in 10.000 copie, sarà allegato ad un libretto esterno di 32 pagine che, oltre alla presentazione degli artisti partecipanti, conterrà tre interventi firmati da Federico Guglielmi, Marco Philopat e Stefano Gilardino.
L'uscita di questo album avrà qualcosa di speciale: non solo si troverà in tutti i negozi di dischi e in digital download, ma sarà distribuito da Self anche in tutte le edicole ad un prezzo di euro 9,90.
L'album sarà prossimamente presentato in anteprima al locale Surfer's Den di Milano.
Ecco la track list: 01) THEE STP...............................(New York Dolls) - "Vietnamese Baby" 02) SENZABENZA...........................(Ramones) - "Suzy Is A Headbanger" 03) MUDLARKS.............................(The Damned) - "Neat Neat Neat" 04) TOMMI E GLI ONESTI CITTADINI....(Sex Pistols) - "Holidays In The Sun" 05) KLAXON................................(The Clash) - "Garageland" 06) TAXI....................................(Slaughter And The Dogs) - "Victims Of The Vampire" 07) TRANSEX...............................(The Cortinas) - "Fascist Dictator" 08) HIGH SCHOOL LOCKERS..............(Generation X) - "Ready Steady Go" 09) PROZAC+...............................(Buzzcocks) - "What Do I Get?" 10) THE VALENTINES......................(The Adverts) - "One Chord Wonders" 11) CLUB27.................................(Alternative Tv) - "Action Time Vision" 12) SUPER SEXY BOY.....................(The Vibrators) - "Automatic Lover" 13) INTELLECTUALS.......................(X-Ray Spex) - "Identity" 14) KLASSE KRIMINALE....................(Sham 69) - "Angels With Dirty Faces" 15) RAPPRESAGLIA........................(Stiff Little Fingers) - "Alternative Ulster" 16) SORELLE KRAUS.......................(X) - "Los Angeles" 17) HORMONAS............................(The Cramps) - "Lonesome Town" 18) SPEEDY PEONES.......................(The Stranglers) - "Nuclear Device" 19) THE TWINKLES........................(The Boys) - "Weekend" 20) CRUMMY STUFF.......................(Germs) - "The Other Newest One" 21) IMPOSSIBILI............................(Misfits) - "Halloween" 22) WATER TOWER........................(The Exploited) - "Alternative" 23) LOS FASTIDIOS........................(Angelic Upstarts) - "Solidarity"
if you go to our myspace you can listen to our blistering version of THE CRAMPS' "CAN YOUR PUSSY DO THE DOG?".
This song is from a compilation called "WILD SOUNDS FROM THE PAST DIMENSION" released by our good friends at GO DOWN RECORDS.
"WILD SOUNDS FROM THE PAST DIMENSION" contains a collection of reviewed and interpreted 60's and 70's songs by bands such as Not Moving, Small Jackets, the Rippers, the Intellectuals, Sator and other cool bands. The compilation will hit the stores in Italy by october, be sure to have it!
"The Go Down Records & the Phantom Circle Association (Ass. Cult. Circolo Fantasma) celebrate their passion for the r'n'r with the idea of a Compilation that contains the wild and primordial sound of the 60/70: a collection of reviewed and interpreted pieces either by underground band or by true pillars of the national and international stage, all of them with unquestioned artistic value. "Wild Sound From The Past Dimension" is composed of the pieces that have enjoyed for 4 years the evenings and the concerts organized by the Circle: not a "soulles" collection but "ad hoc" covers played by the band involved in the project. 60ies and 70ies classics and dark gems replayed by 22 national (Not Moving, The Rippers, Ray Daytona, The Intellectuals, ENRi, The Caveman, The Small Jackets, The Valentines)... and international groups (The Playboys, France; White Flag, Usa; Gorilla, Uk).
An electric sound cascade for the mind and the body: a travel through r'n'r, garage, freakbeat, hard rock, punk, from Elvis Presley (Kissin'Cousin) to the psychedelic Pink Floyd (Lucifer Sam) of the recently departed Syd Barret, passing through the Beatles' Swingin' London (Love You Too), David Bowie (Suffragette City), The Kinks (I Need You), The Small Faces (Tin Soldier), Brian Auger (Black Cat). It's important to underline the presence of MC5, The Monks, The13th Floor Elevators, The Sorrows, The Continentals, The Merry Dragons, which are probably unknown for the most but important in the 60's as they created the wildest sound (garage punk) that swept away the conformism. Naturally here you find excerpts composed by icons like Jimi Hendrix (Stone Free) and Iggy Pop (Search&Destroy), that brought to the Motorhead hard rock and to the notorious punk of The Cramps e The Real Kids.
The project, emotional and not commercial, went in port thanks to the passion of the phantoms, to the band involved and to the friends of the Circle, among them the "magical" hands of Matteo Guarnaccia, author of 2 valuable printings enclosed to the cd and of the logo of the Compilation, and Laura Timpano, author of the graphic part of the project. The compilation was printed in limited bound edition, while official exit will be in stores at the end of September: in concomitance to the event will be organized a party inside of the show "Rainbow Days", a two days of Music and Counterculture organized from the Circolo Fantasma, where the groups involved will play."
a big THANK YOU to all the people who showed up at BlackBird Festival. this gorgeous girl posted in her blog a couple of pics taken at BlackBird Festival in Bologna, go check 'em out!
just wanted to tell you that our new record "HOT NUMBERS" is available in italian record stores from TODAY! "HOT NUMBERS" is licensed by TRE ACCORDI RECORDS and distributed by SELF
you can now listen to the brand new song "MAIN DEADHEAD" taken from our forthcoming record "HOT NUMBERS" that will be released in january by TRE ACCORDI RECORDS.
Friday 15 december we will play at COVO CLUB in Bologna for the RELEASE PARTY of "HOT NUMBERS" and you will able to buy it that same night. Our friends thee Boozers will play too so don't miss it cuz it will be a night to remember,
