Palace of Swords

Chrome. Brilliant dystopian/sci-fi/space rock sort of thing.

Les Rallizes Denudes. Brilliant noise/psyche/experimental sort of thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H29NgCbXKU

It's at Cellar 35.

I'm DJing at the first night of this - expect to hear The Vaselines, The Pastels, Felt, Television Personalities, Jesus and Mary Chain etc.

Strawberry Wine: An Evening of C86, Early Creation Records, Shoegaze, 80s Indie. Entry £2. Free mix tape and badge for early arrivals. DJs: The Smith, Peter L (Palace of Swords)

Strawberry Wine: An Evening of C86, Early Creation Records, Shoegaze, 80s Indie. 9pm, Friday 18th May. Cellar 35, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen. Entry £2. Free mixtape and badge for early arrivals. [i'm going to be DJing at the first night of this - expect to hear The Vaselines, The Pastels, Felt, Television Personalities, Jesus and Mary Chain etc.]

I'm resurrecting this thread as the new show features Palace of Swords (and lots of other good stuff). http://www.containerdriversradio.com/

Head Music is now sold out at source (850 copies in less than a week!) I think one or two record shops might still have the odd copy, though. http://www.fruitsdemerrecords.com/head music.html

A few more reviews: http://aural-innovations.com/blog/2012/04/various-artists-head-music-fruits-de-mer-records-2012-2-lp/ http://www.unimeri.com/PsychotropicZone/reviews.en.php?subaction=showfull&id=1333360699&archive&start_from&ucat=3 http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/head-music-compilation-fruits-der-mer.html

The new ep is also available from the Reverb Worship ebay shop (at the bargain price of £4.50 inc. p&p): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PALACE-SWORDS-II-LTD-EDITION-3-CD-EP-FALL-4AD-/290690425125?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item43ae7fe125#ht_1758wt_962 [if any bloggers, reviewers, DJs, radio people etc want a copy, please send me a PM.]

And some more..... http://www.wasistdas.co.uk/headmusic.htm http://www.gew-gaw-fanzine.gr/index_english.htm (It's also been receiving a lot of radio play on Radio 2, Radio 6 Music and elsewhere.)

The new Palace of Swords ep is now available. It can be ordered from here: http://reverbworship.com/first.html Here's two of the tracks, 'The Castle Spectre' and 'The Black Lodge Will Rise Again':

There's another one of these on the way. This time we're going to attempt 1988's The Frenz Experiment Palace of Swords are marked down to cover the track Athlete Cured. Here's the rather wonderful original version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IqRUFULbwQ We're looking at an early May release, hopefully.

Our new e.p Palace of Swords II is due to be released v. soon. It's going to be a limited edition 3'' CD on the Reverb Worship imprint. (I'll post something in the News and Announcements thread when I have more details). Anyway, here's a video for one of the new tracks, The Castle Spectre:

Some more reviews/thoughts on 'Head Music' from across the interweb: http://atalhodesons.blogspot.co.uk/ http://www.heyday-mo.com/catalog/index.php?_a=document&doc_id=7 http://www.myspace.com/psychatrone/blog/545463480

From Chybucca Sounds: http://chybuccasounds.com/2012/03/04/various-artists-head-music-fruits-de-mer/

Andy Weatherall plays a couple tracks from Head Music on his new Music's Not For Everyone radio show. Here's a link: http://www.mixcloud.com/XOYORadio/musics-not-for-everyone-xoyoradio006-rec-8th-march/ (He describes it as 'an exceptional compilation', and promises to play more tracks in the future. )

Another review, courtesy of Terrascope (formerly Ptolemaic Terrascope): http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Reviews_March_12.htm#HeadMusic

Promo copies of this were sent out at the end of last week, so there's a few reviews starting to appear - all very positive. Here's a selection: http://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-barton/various-artists-head-music/365019116866415 http://mratavist.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/head-music-fruits-de-mer-records/ http://www.funkygibbins.me.uk/?p=4880

PRIZE WINNING LETTER ‘‘Here are my choices for your Punk Rock Hall of Fame: 1, Wyndham Lewis (RIP). Self-styled ‘The Enemy’, hated by almost everyone in his day. Books have been pretty effectively blacklisted. Ask any phony intellectual about this guy and watch them squirm. Real tough guy. When dying of a tumor and blind, doctor asked him about his bowels, his last words were ‘Mind your own business!’ That’s punk! 2, Ezra Pound (RIP). You want style? Dig this description of Ez in 1912 (he was 27). ‘Living in London ‘Futuristic’ poet with forked red beard, luxuriant chestnut hair, an aggressive lank figure, one long blue single stone earring dangled on his jaw line. He wore a purple top hat, a green shirt, a black velvet coat, vermillion socks, trousers of green billiard cloth (!!- Ed), in addition to an immense flowing tie that had been handpainted by a Japanese.’ And that’s in the daytime! Made a lot of enemies and was driven out of England. Arrested for treason by the US in 1945 and placed in an asylum for 13 years. When finally released in ’58, they asked him how it was. Says he: ‘Oi’ve had it tougher’. That’s punk! 3, Gene Vincent (RIP). Elvis was great, but this guy played for keeps. Who else made so many great records? He told the DJs to go and fuck themselves and even tried to punch out Dick Clark when Clark was very powerful. The best white rocker of them all, and possibly the only rock star ever to VOLUNTEER for military service and win honors for heroism in combat. 4, Little Walter (RIP). Another tough guy who played for keeps. While Diddley and Berry are accepted, this guy is ignored by rock fans and he made great records that a lot of those English R&B cats picked up on. Early Stones sound more like him than Berry. Pulled a gun on one of his band members when the member wanted to leave and shot himself in the leg. 5, Frank Zappa. Don’t have any of his records but respect this person a great deal. Could have been the Elvis of the 70s if he’d wanted to, but rubs people the wrong way (a prerequisite of punkhood –Ed) Must be a punk, he talked himself into his own label without having a hit record. Can sum up whole attitudes in 5 words or less and people don’t like it. Had the guts to say in Rolling Stone that Monkees records were better than anything coming out of San Francisco in ’68. When asked opinion of Bob Dylan and the Band, he replied ‘Sky Saxon and the Seeds. Only Sky Saxon dresses better’. Now THAT’S PUNK! - Duane Rossignal, New York’’

Hmm, I'm thinking about buying a GG Allin t-shirt now... (Not the one in the video, though)

I quite like GG Allin.

I can't manage the Friday, unfortunately. It does sound like a great line-up, though.

Counting down to the Mono gig.....

As I mentioned elsewhere, Palace of Swords are set to feature on the new Fruits de Mer album 'Head Music'. Anyway, I've just spotted these tracks on youtube, so here's a taste of what to expect from some of the other artists involved: