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NEW 12" 180g vinyl editions of Spacemen 3 24/02/10
Deluxe reissues on 180 gram vinyl of Perfect Prescription, Sound Of Confusion & Performance. Thick hard heavy card covers. Lovely! Orderable now from our website.

Drumming For Pistols - Free Download 03/12/09
Puerto Muerto announce the release of their new album "Drumming For Pistols" scheduled for release in February 2010. To celebrate we are offering a free download of the title track for a limited period.

Click to Download Drumming for Pistols

Josephine Live At Cafe Oto / Barbican 02/12/09
On the 15th December Josephine will be playing at the Barbican's Twisted Christmas. And on the 18th Josephine is back at Cafe Oto, after a hugely successful sell out gig last month.

Debbie Leggo "Car Crash Crowd" Video 24/11/09


Video for the Debbie Leggo single "Car Crash Crowd" taken from a performance at the 12 Bar Club.

"a seemingly interesting array of influences. Theres the drone rock of bands like Spacemen 3 and Loop, a little free jazz of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane and the haunting atmospherics of Slint." PENNYBLACK MUSIC

"Gorgeously disturbed, truly inspired third eye voyage" THE SUNDAY EXPERIENCE

"A disorientating sonic trip" NEW NOISE

Pigbag Re-Issues 22/10/09
Pigbag and Fire Records have joined forces to re-issues the bands two studio albums, “Dr Heckle and Mr Jive” and “Lend An Ear“ as part on the on-going "Fire Embers" series. Best know for their hits "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag" & "Sunny Day" the band will re-issue their first two albums in early 2010. “Lend An Ear” (the bands second album) hasn’t been officially re-issued since it was released on LP and cassette in 1983

Jackie-O supporting Yo La Tengo 23/09/09
Exciting news for those of you based in Portland and Seattle. JOMF are playing 2 dates with Yo La Tengo

- 20/10/09 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
- 22/10/09 showbox sodo Seattle, WA

Also Jackie-O have announced a few dates in Japan.

- 15/10/09 O-nest Tokyo
- 17/10/09 bears osaka
- 18/10/09 metoro Kyoto

SACRED SONGS FOR WORRYING TIMES! 18/07/09
Three of Fires finest artist appear on the new Righteous Recordings compilation.

Dave Cloud in The Guardian! 18/07/09
FIRE IN THE NME 17/07/09
JACKIE O RETURN / TOP WNYU CHART !!! 03/07/09
Jackie O Motherfucker have announced the following dates for their upcoming European Tour in support of "Ballads Of The Revolution".

23 June MILANO -- Moonshine pub (Tom Grenwood solo)
24 June BOLZANO - Caffè del Teatro
25 June WROCLAW | Survival art festival
27 June OFFENBACH | Haffen 2
28 June GENEVE | L'Usine
29 June MARSEILLES | L'embobineuse
30 June ES VIC | TBC
01 July COIMBRA | TBC
02 July LISBOA | ZDB gallery
03 July MADRID | El Perro
04 July BARCELONA | TBC
06 July NANTES | BPM
08 July NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
09 July MANCHESTER | TBC
10 July LONDON | Cafe Oto
11 July DEN HAAG | The Hague
12 July BERLIN | TB
13 July KOLN | Kulturbunker
14 July DUISBURG | Steinbruch
15 July WIEN | rIHZ
18 July VERONA | Arci Kroen

WNYU CHART June 29th 2009

1. Jackie O Motherfucker – Ballads of the Revolution (Fire)
2. Kurt Vile and the Violators – The Hunchback EP (Richie)
3. Ben Reynolds - How Day Earnt Its Night (Tompkins Square)
4. V/A – Rocky Mountain Low: The Colorado Musical Underground of the Late 1970's(Hyperpycnal)
5. Say No! To Architechture – S/T (Ghosthunter's Club)
6. Blues Control – Local Flavor (Siltbreeze)
7. Wreckmeister Harmonies - Recordings Made In Public Spaces Vol. 1(Atavistic)
8. 13th Chime - The Singles 1981-1983 (Sacred Bones)
9. Tiny Vipers – Life on Earth (Sub Pop)
10. Amen Dunes - Dia (Locust)
11. Harbinger – Second Coming (Guerssen)
12. The Field – Yesterday and Today (Anti-)
13. Duke Garwood – He Was A Warlock (Fire)
14. Starving Weirdos – Into An Energy (Bo'Weavil)
15. Dinosaur Jr – Farm (Jagjaguwar)
16. Hugo Filho – Paraibo (Shadoks)
17. Bipolar Bear – S/T (Kill Shaman)
18. Headdress – Lunes (No Quarter)
19. The Tree People – Human Voices (Guerssen)
20. Zilbread – Buddha in Purgatory (Self-released)

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