June Long Weekend Launch for Rumours CD

The Sydney launch for "All Your Love", the debut CD for Brisbane band Mick Medew & The Rumours, is on Sunday, June 7 at The Vanguard in Newtown. It's a showcase gig at one classy joint - you can even get a sit-down meal. Tickets are procurable here.

Supports will be Decline of the Reptiles and Ghost Valley. Decline are the reformed Sydney band who have killed it in their first two comeback gigs. Mick Medew, of course, was leader of the Screaming Tribesmen who should need no introduction to fans of the good stuff. Ghost Valley are a bunch of kids with an old man called Ashley Thomson on drums who go pretty well.

And yes, the album is on I-94 Bar Records and, yes, it is a killer. So good you can pre-order it here and score it before it hits retail. It'll be distributed in Australia by Fuse and overseas by Off The Hip.

Brisbane launch details when they come to hand.

Machine Gun Thompson and the draft

Dennis Thompson's blog of his back pages in bands like the MC5, The New Order and (upcoming) New Race are a treasure trove if you're into the good stuff. This post on how he ducked the draft is a pearler.

All Your Love

Forgot to to say the promo single is airing here.

Ambient Music YouTube Overdose

That's my term for it anyway. Have a squizz here. Clever.

"Decaying corpse"

Not a zombie splatter movie description sadly, but a review of the new NY Dolls. Having heard a leaked copy, I must concur.

"All Your Love": Mick Medew & The Rumours

Out June 1 on I-94 Bar Records.

Spinning Wheel (Mick Medew)
When The Wood Is Brown (Mick Medew/Tony Cardinal)
All Your Love (Mick Medew)
Ready to Fall (Mick Medew/Ron Peno)
Overdo Everything (Mick Medew)
Way Down Low (Mick Medew)
Start The Show (Ash Geary)
Another Girl Another Planet (The Only Ones)
Mary Jane (Mick Medew)

I guess thus qualifies as a Rock Royal Wedding

Meg White and Jackson Smith are tying the knot.

Groovin' with Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan

Sounds like Cyril and Roy with the A-Bones went down a storm at Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans their pseudo-Flamin' Groovies show. Here's some YouTubeage to prove it.

Joey Ramone w/ The Dictators - The Kids Are Alright

From Joey's birthday party at Coney Island High, 1998.

Rumours album is more than a rumour

Good news on the Mick Medew & The Rumours album front and it should be out in the next month.

The title is "All Your Love". There'll be a radio-only single of the title track going out so keep your ears open. The album includes a co-write with Mick Medew and his old bandmate from The 31st Ron Peno called "Ready To Fall" and a stinging cover of The Only Ones' "Another Girl Another Planet".

Keep an eye on I-94 Bar Records for cover art.

Iggy goes jazz crooner

I don't know if this is going to be good or bad but it's certainly going to be different.

In The Red and That Holy Fuck Effect

This is a goodie: In The Red Records founder Larry Hardy talks about the Cheater Slicks, Kid Congo Powers and Andre Williams here. Who'd believe it's been 100+ releases.