DWC News
Spector Sound Man Dies
Larry Levine, the sound man in large part responsible for Phil Spector's legendary wall of sound, has died aged 80.
Recently interviewed by The Associated Press, Levine spoke of meeting Spector in the sixties and the collaboration that lasted many years. "He said to me he had the sound in his head that he wanted to create," said Levine, and the engineer set out to build the trademark wall of sound that involved dozens of musicians and instruments as well as echo chambers.
Besides working on such legendary Spector classics such as Doo Ron Ron and Be My Baby, he also engineered on The Sonics' album Introducing The Sonics and the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.
He is survived by his wife Lyn and two sons.
Thee Vicars win Best Punk Band
Hot on the heels of their stunning set at last week''s DWC show, Thee Vicars have just won the Best Punk Act category at the Indy Awards held at The Forum last night.
If you were unfortunate enough to miss them last Friday, they''ll be back at the DWC on the 9th May. In the mean time take a look at what you''re missing out on right here - http://youtube.com/watch?v=0FwDuJOVKIE
Brian Jonestown Massacre and Black Lips announce tours
The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Black Lips have both just announced tours - unfortunately not together, but I guess that would have been too much for anyone in the audience to take in!
Doubtless you'll already have seen both these bands in the more intimate, and non-corporate, confines of the DWC in the past, but if you didn't you'll just have to content yourself with the larger venues both bands are now playing.
See their Myspace pages for full list of dates:
http://www.myspace.com/theblacklips
http://www.myspace.com/brianjonestownmassacre
Garage-rock on children's TV
Unfortunately for us, it's Swedish not British TV...Go to: http://www.svt.se/play?a=1119607&from=tipsa
and click on the link: "Gäst: Babian - 18 april 2008"
The Mummies to reform
They said it would never happen but those garage punk legends The Mummies are getting back together!
The only date confirmed so far is at the Funtastic Dracula Carnival in Valencia, 9–11 October 2008, alongside The King Khan & BBQ Show, the Untamed Youth, Thee Vicars, Palookaville, the New Domolators, plus others still to be confirmed.
What this means is that on Friday 10 October the Dirty Water Club will not be on.
http://www.myspace.com/funtasticdraculacarnivalcom
Dave Cloud sells beer
Dave Cloud who, with his band the Gospel of Power, is appearing at Dirty Water on Thursday 8th May, can be seen in a television advert for Budweiser which aired for the first time in the UK on Monday 14th April. In the advert he mentors and inspires a group of musicians who play the tune "Popcorn" using cans and bottles of Budweiser for percussion. Anyway, take our word for it that if anyone is up for the job of being a musical inspiration then Dave Cloud is the man.
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/5831/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/14/advertising1
Dirty Water regular and former webmaster Steve Coleman has set up a Dirty Water group on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8345393679&ref=mf
Los Peyotes confirmed for Primitive ''08
This year''s Primitive Festival in Rotterdam is on the weekend of 25-29 June, with Nederbiet gods the Outsiders.
And Dirty Water Records signinings from Argentina, Los Peyotes, have now been added to the bill. Anyone that''s bought a copy of their single "El Humo Te Hace Mal" will be itching to see these guys live on stage! (Look out for a new single and an album from Dirty Water later in the year.)
Also booked to play are The Stems, The Woggles, Graham Day & the Gaolers, the Higher State, Thee Vicars, Hipbone Slim & the Knee Tremblers, the Phantom Keys, the Cannibals, the Midways, the Micragirls, the 1-2-5 and the legendary Outsiders (with Jeff Conolly standing in for the sadly departed Wally Tax).
And PJ from the Dirty Water Club will be one of the DJs.
Go to http://www.primitive-festival.nl/ for more information and to book your ticket.
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Los Peyotes confirmed for Primitive ''08
This year''s Primitive Festival in Rotterdam is on the weekend of 25-29 June, with Nederbiet gods the Outsiders.
And Dirty Water Records signinings from Argentina, Los Peyotes, have now been added to the bill. Anyone that''s bought a copy of their single "El Humo Te Hace Mal" will be itching to see these guys live on stage! (Look out for a new single and an album from Dirty Water later in the year.)
Also booked to play are The Stems, The Woggles, Graham Day & the Gaolers, the Higher State, Thee Vicars, Hipbone Slim & the Knee Tremblers, the Phantom Keys, the Cannibals, the Midways, the Micragirls, the 1-2-5 and the legendary Outsiders (with Jeff Conolly standing in for the sadly departed Wally Tax).
And PJ from the Dirty Water Club will be one of the DJs.
Go to http://www.primitive-festival.nl/ for more information and to book your ticket.
DAVE DAY, R.I.P.
It is with great sadness that we heard today, Thursday 10 January, of the death of Dave Day, the man with the banjo in The Monks.
Dave suffered a heart attack last Monday, resulting in a massive brain injury. He was taken off life support and passed away at 6:30 this morning at the Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington.
Dave was one of the absolutely nicest people that I had the pleasure of meeting. He never lost his passion for rock'n'roll and seeing him at a festival, down in front of the stage enjoying the bands, was a real inspiration. He'll be missed by many, many people.
THE SONICS
The Sonics' gig on Friday 21 March 2008 at the Forum, 9-17 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, London, NW5, is now sold out.
But tickets are now on sale for an extra date on the Sunday, 23 March, with support from The Horrors and Pete Doherty.
The ‘official Sonics after show party' on Friday night is free for those with weekend or Friday night tickets, at The Venue, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1. (opposite Great Portland Street underground station).
This is all part of LE BEAT BESPOKE, a three day festival organised by the folks of the NEW UNTOUCHABLES sixties/mod organisation, featuring great live acts from all over the world, all-night parties with three dancefloors and an international line-up of DJs, with go go dancers, a record fair and huge retro market!
For this week the Dirty Water Club will be closed on the Friday night and will instead be open on the Thursday, that's Thursday 20 March - with The Stems (Australia), Muck & the Mires (Boston, USA) and Los Cretinos (Basque Country) live on stage.
Dirty Water Records will be hosting the Saturday daytime gig at The Venue, Great Portland Street, with live sounds from Los Chicos (Madrid, Spain) and The Branded (Malmö, Sweden).
Weekend ticket for Le Beat Bespoke are £45 - which covers all three days, Friday to Sunday, including the Sonics show at the Forum, and all daytime events.
Friday on its own is £25, Saturday night £12,
Sunday night £12, Saturday daytime £6 (which includes admission to the record fair).
Thursday night at Dirty Water will be at a slightly higher admission price of £8 in order to cover the costs of work permits and hotels for The Stems.
Le Beat Bespoke ticket hotline details:
boxoffice [at] 229thevenue [dot] co [dot] uk
Tel 020 7323 7229
For more information on the Sonics and Le Beat Bespoke keep an eye on http://www.newuntouchables.com or join the Dirty Water mailing list - http://www.dirtywaterclub.com/lists for regular updates.
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