"Hey Folks
We're ecstatic to report that the last Sonic Reducer bash raised £380 towards the tsunami appeal, which is deffo more than chump change ... This month, we're kicking off holding SR on Saturday nights, allowing yer good selves a full day's run up, and another 24 hours or so to recover! Ain't we just the kindest? Waaaaal ...
On Saturday January 12th, our guest DJ is none other than beat-hunter par excellence Cherrystones, who's just returned from helping David Holmes open up his new Belfast club ... From blistering funk to psych rock gems, the tracks this hairy fella has racked out on such mind-bending compilation albums as Rocks, Hidden Charms and B-Music proves that what he don't know about a myriad of musical styles could be written on the back of a postage stamp, and used to cover Pete Doherty's sense of propriety ...
Sadly, it looks as if the uber-special DJ we were wishin' & hopin' could make it to the decks on Saturday February 26th, namely Dictators frontman and DKT-MC5 guest vocalist Handsome Dick Manitoba, will be en route to play in Italy - for shame! But the big beat is for everyone, rite? And them Italians are mad for that ramalama racket ... Happily, veteran beatmeister Steptoe is travelling up from Bristol, to dish a whole box full of moves'n'grooves that have been wowing the hipsters at that fair city's Jubjub and Shake clubs ...
Natchully, we're still almost soiling ourselves at the thought of another go-round with the DKT-MC5 monster, this time avec the Sun Ra Arkestra, at Londinium's esteemed Royal Festival Hall on February 25th ... Do your ears, brains and souls a favour, will ya?!?!?!
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives are back in the UK this month, too ... Visit www.tsool.com for the lowdown, and be sure to watch the hilarious vid for their latest single, Heading For A Breakdown, which makes Aphex Twin's Windowlicker look like an episode of Ballykissangel ...
Also be sure to pick up a copy of the marvy Beat-Up album, Black Rays Defence, produced by the one and only Kevin Shields, which confirms their status as the finest rock'n'roll band in all the land ...
As if we didn't need to tell ya, Easter Weekend ain't for praising da lord - noooooooooooo! You should spend it genuflecting at the feet of The Chocolate Watch Band AAAND Love with Arthur Lee & (original guitarist) Johnny Echols, at Rob Bailey and co.'s Le Beat Bespoke weekender ... Visit www.newuntouchables.com for details ...
Lastly (but by no means least), our good, good friend Stewie Kirkham has just compiled a marvy selection of psych-rock obscurities, entitled Scorched Earth, for the "Eeee-Emmm-IIIII" label, and he'll be spinning cuts from it at SR during March ... Which will be nice ...
So that's all the news that's fit to sing for this month, seez ya at the bar ...
Selah, Joss and Joe"
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