Palace of Swords

I thought that it might be a good idea to start a Krautrock recommendations thread on Aberdeen Music.

Anyway, I'd like to start off by recommending the fantastic La Dusseldorf:

(This must be one of the coolest television appearances ever, surely?)

I'm just back from seeing The Fall at The Electric Frog, Glasgow.

Yet another stunning performance - by far the best band on the bill.

The news tracks are sounding brilliant - the track Monocard, in particular, seems destined to be a future classic.

The Hare and the Moon would probably fit into this category, and are definitely worth checking out. They're on the same label as us, actually.

http://www.myspace.com/thehareandthemoon

Do Circulus count? They were brilliant when they played at the Tunnels in 2006. (There were only about 10 people there, though.)

Oh, and this is quite brilliant:

Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire – In Blood

(The spotify title is wrong, incidentally. It's actually Billy Childish and Holly Golightly)

Listening to this at the moment:

Ty Segall – Ty Rex

It's definitely about time Aberdeen Music had a thread dedicated to the mighty Fall.

Anyway, I'll kick things off by posting a song from the forthcoming album Ersatz GB, due to be released 7/11/11. This is Cosmos:

The Cramps - Flamejob

Have you seen the Live at Napa State Mental Hospital DVD?

It's possibly one of the best live music DVDs ever.

I noticed that the Romanian woman has started singing as well.

She's very good, actually - her intonation and phrasing are very reminiscent of Damo Suzuki.

This is quite good as well:

Gorilla Rose by Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds on Spotify

Kid Congo has a rather impressive CV - having played with The Gun Club, The Cramps and The Bad Seeds.

Listening to this at the moment:

Badlands by Dirty Beaches on Spotify

It has a sort of Lynchian feel to it.

Snide Rhythms:

From Edinburgh, but with Banff connections.

a bit like the hoff

anywhere i can have a wee listen?

Those Germans have impeccable taste.

The tracks from the debut ep are on our myspace page: Palace of Swords | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos

And here's the vid for our track The Black Lodge Will Rise Again:

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I love a tape like. how did you go about getting featured on a german only cassette??

Our debut ep received quite a lot of radio play over there, so it came from that, really.

I think we're probably more popular in Germany than we are in Scotland, to be honest.

I was there too... a fine night!

Yes, it was a fine night.

A Proustian recollection: on the track Suicide, Pete Kember used a bent cigarette to jam a note down on his keyboard - thus obtaining the required drone effect.

gigs, releases.... oh yes please

Thanks Free Tibet.

We've two releases in the pipeline - although we don't really want to say too much until everything is sorted out.

Please don't ruin things by getting these tracks 'properly' recorded.

Cassettes are a brilliant format. The sound quality is often surprisingly good as well.

It's also interesting to note that quite a few smaller labels have started releasing music on cassette again - definitely an encouraging development!

(We've had a track featured on the German cassette-only release Don't Drop It In The Dustbin Vol 2)

I can remember seeing them (Spacemen 3) at the Station Hotel, 1989.

They played the track Revolution twice in their set, I think.

August show now online:

Container Drivers Radio

Palace of Swords are also featured on Don Campau's LUVer.com radio show this month.

Here's a link: LUVeR - Love Underground Visionary Revolution - streaming audio video station

[We've decided not to mention radio play etc after this as people are probably getting a bit bored with it. We'll still post news concerning gigs, releases and other developments, though.]

Some of my fave covers...

the Fall 'Victoria' 'I can hear the grass grow' and many others

I would say that I'm a Mummy is probably The Fall's best cover.

‪The Fall - I'm A Mummy‬‏ - YouTube

More radio play on WFMU, New Jersey.

I am Peter the Hermit (Part 2) and The White Goddess (Part1) were both played on today's This Is The Modern World with Trouble. (Another great show, incidentally - definitely worth checking out)

Listen or download here: Playlist for This Is The Modern World with Trouble - August 2, 2011

New Jersey DJ Liz Berg played our track I am Peter the Hermit (Part 2) on her WFMU radio show today.

The show (which we would highly recommend) is available to listen or download from here:

Playlist for Liz Berg - August 1, 2011

We're on No Pigeonholes again this week - Deer Park this time.

The whole show is available to listen or download here: PodOmatic | Podcast - No Pigeonholes

[There's also some exciting Palace of Swords news in the pipeline - watch this space!]

Palace of Swords are featured on Don Campau's No Pigeonholes this week. The show is broadcast via KKUP in the States and Radio Marabu in Germany.

It's also available as a podcast. Here's a link:

PodOmatic | Podcast - No Pigeonholes