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 “Phenomenal live.” – NME
“Frantic fever-dream folk slashed through with rock stabs.” – The Onion
“Kind and Scary.” – Spex
“As giddy and inventive as it is pissed off, it’s the 21st-century equivalent of the Fugs at their finest.” – Village Voice
“I have never heard anything like this before or since.” – Pop Matters
“Whip-smart pop song writing, intricately clever wordplay.” – KUSF/MTV San Francisco
“This is folk rock twisted and distorted into compelling new structures.” – Relix
“They took that saucepan and spoon and wrote a textured and intense opera… 9 of 10.” – Vice
“Tender, calm and epiphanistic lyrics.” – New York Press
“Seth Faergolzia could be the poster boy for anti-folk.” – Stylus
UK TOUR 2014
August 12 – London, UK – The Garage
August 13 – Cambridge, UK – Portland Arms (w/Jeffrey Lewis)
August 14 – Leicester, UK – The Musician (w/Jeffrey Lewis)
August 16 – GreenMan Festival, Wales, UK
August 17 – Sheffield, UK (early) Secret House Show
August 17 – Wakefield, UK – The Hop (w/Jeffrey Lewis)
August 18 – Newcastle, UK – The Cluny (w/Jeffrey Lewis)
August 19 – Dundee, Scotland (w/Jeffrey Lewis)
August 20 – Moseley, Birmingham – The Dark Horse
August 22 – Hull, UK – The Adelphi
August 23 – Manchester, UK – The Deaf Institute (w/Jeffrey Lewis)
August 24 – Cardiff, Wales – HUB Festival (6PM)
August 24 – Bristol, UK – Secret Garden Show
“Pop culture in general is the main thing they use to keep young people from developing any ideas.” - John Sinclair
John Sinclair, the renegade poet, scholar and cultural revolutionary released his new album called "Mohawk," on Iron Man Records, on Monday 24th March 2014 with distribution by Cargo. John Sinclair is best known as the Sixties "marijuana" activist who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for giving two joints to an undercover policewoman. He was eventually freed when John Lennon and Yoko Ono spoke out on his behalf.
Less understood is his role as the founder and chairman of the radical anti-war group, The White Panther Party, an offshoot of the Black Panthers. The Black Panther Party was a militant political organization formed after the brutal murders of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Robert Kennedy.
The Nixon Administration and the FBI launched a secret program called COINTELPRO to disrupt and ultimately destroy the Black Panthers and the Anti-War movement. As part of this program, John Sinclair was set up and imprisoned on marijuana charges. When the government could no longer justify denying him a bond over two joints, they falsely charged him with a Federal conspiracy to blow up a CIA station, in order to make him disappear. Worth a watch: White Panther - The Legacy of John Sinclair
The music was written and arranged by Steve Fly who mirrored John’s poems in the music by initially combing the tempo of the original songs recorded by John ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie, Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker and Thelonious Monk.
CHU, also a native of Stourbridge UK, has made a fantastic video showing how he put the John Sinclair - Mohawk CD sleeve art together . It's really worth a look. Watch it here: http://youtu.be/20RFyhTfs7U
“The Revolution is totally committed to bringing people out of their shells and into each others arms. The music is the source and effect of our spirit flesh and we demand a free music and a free high energy source that will drive us wild into the streets.....yelling and screaming and tearing down everything that would keep people slaves” – John Sinclair
You can buy John Sinclair books and CDs from Iron Man Records via Big Cartel store here
John Sinclair - Mohawk CD released on Iron Man Records 24th March 2014
Police Bastard have released a new album on Iron Man Records called Confined.
“Thought-provoking monologues and confrontational lyrics bring you on a cold, doom-laden journey of perpetual war, psychological mind control and disillusionment.”
"…an anti-theistic slice of brutality, which leaves the listener in no doubt that Police Bastard mean business. You even get a quote from Richard Dawkins about teaching the bible as fiction. Musically they give us huge chugging riffs on “Brought To Our Knees”, which tackles the blandness of multi-national companies infecting the high street, set against the backdrop of the widening gap between rich and poor. For those that like their anthems loud and stompy, “Sick Sick System” will no doubt win a seal of approval with its knock about Punk mayhem and catchy refrain, ‘sick sick system, same old bullshit’.
“….From Mark Orton‘s cover art through to the final song, “Fortress,” Police Bastard have presented an album that uses hardcore’s battering ram approach to push through a series of songs that depict how humanity has destroyed the Earth. Lines such as “We’re sealing our fate” hammer home the idea that mankind has taken the world to the edge of existence…"
You can buy Police Bastard CDs, Vinyl and T-shirts from Iron Man Records via Big Cartel store here
Fanzines / Magazines / Bloggers: Email your postal address for a review copy
Last Under The Sun are back in the studio and have started work on a new album.
The Nightingales - Born out of Birmingham’s original punk group The Prefects, the Nightingales have stubbornly ploughed their own furrow in the field of alternative rock n roll for three decades.
2006 saw the release of “Out Of True” on Iron Man Records and the return of a reformed Nightingales after some years away.
"For Fucks Sake" is an 180g vinyl LP, containing twelve songs & comes packaged in a beautiful matt varnish gatefold sleeve (& inner bag) featuring five original art works by brilliant Scarborough based artist David Yates.
You can buy Nightingales CDs and Vinyl from Iron Man Records via Big Cartel here
Having been dumped by their fourth consecutive label, following the release of one album each, the group are self releasing the new LP on their own terms.
No interference or outside opinions, no label, no distributor, no catalogue number, no bar code or logo shit, blah blah.
“For Fucks Sake” is an 180g vinyl LP, containing twelve songs & comes packaged in a beautiful matt varnish gatefold sleeve (& inner bag) featuring five original art works by brilliant Scarborough based artist David Yates.
The LP is a limited edition of 600 copies & will be available for pre-order up until 9 April 2014, after which it will only be available at Nightingales gigs.
Download coupon included.
You can buy Nightingales CDs and Vinyl from Iron Man Records on eBay here or Big Cartel here
- See more at: http://ironmanrecords.net/2014/02/the-nightingales-for-fucks-sake-new-lp-available-april-2014/#sthash.I3Lm5UIp.dpuf
Having been dumped by their fourth consecutive label, following the release of one album each, the group are self releasing the new LP on their own terms.
No interference or outside opinions, no label, no distributor, no catalogue number, no bar code or logo shit, blah blah.
“For Fucks Sake” is an 180g vinyl LP, containing twelve songs & comes packaged in a beautiful matt varnish gatefold sleeve (& inner bag) featuring five original art works by brilliant Scarborough based artist David Yates.
The LP is a limited edition of 600 copies & will be available for pre-order up until 9 April 2014, after which it will only be available at Nightingales gigs.
Download coupon included.
You can buy Nightingales CDs and Vinyl from Iron Man Records on eBay here or Big Cartel here
- See more at: http://ironmanrecords.net/2014/02/the-nightingales-for-fucks-sake-new-lp-available-april-2014/#sthash.I3Lm5UIp.dpuf
P.A.I.N have a few gigs coming up and are active on faaacebook. Have a look there for more details.
Radio To Go Music, Musicians, Music Business and Radio in the UK's West Midlands by Robin Valk www.radiotogo.blogspot.com
Simon Reeves has built a new Framework Recording Studios in Digbeth. The recording studio is based at Blotto on Floodgate Street, Birmingham, B55ST. If you are a musician and are interested in recording with him call his mobile number 07790 158210 or email sifra...@gmail.com.
Message to Distributors
If you run an independent record shop, an online store or a punk distro, there's a Wholesale and Trade list of all Iron Man releases here.
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