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Do The Dog Music News - March 2007
Scroll down the page for all the Do The Dog bands'
TOUR DATES.
To celebrate 11 years of the label a DO THE DOG MUSIC
11TH ANNIVERSARY BASH will take place on Saturday 26th
May at The Rhythm Factory, 16 18 Whitechapel Road,
London, E1 1EW (nearest tubes Whitechapel & Aldgate
East). Appearing at the Bash will be Rebelation, Too
Many Crooks, The Scrub, APB, 3 Minute Warning & New
Town Kings & doors will be open from 6pm til 11.30pm.
Tickets for the event are available now for 7.75 each
(cheque payable to Do The Dog Music) from: Do The Dog
Music, 65 Blackdown Way, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19
3FY. The venues capacity is only 300, so if you are
planning to come along then please order your tickets
in advance directly from Do The Dog Music HQ now to
avoid disappointment! The 7.75 ticket fee includes
postage & you will not have to pay a booking fee when
ordering from us.
After 6 months of hard work involving 10 musicians, 25
instruments & 15 songs, the brand new REBELATION album
is at last finished. The album was recorded at Purple
Studios in Norwich by Laurence Eaves (who also
recorded 3 tracks on the previous Rebelation release
"Pounds & Pence"). The new album contains the finest
cuts of rockin' reggae, smoothest rocksteady &
scorching ska! It will be released in April on Do The
Dog Music & the band will be taking to the road to
promote the CD. A UK tour through April, May & June is
being booked & there are also plans for a limited
edition vinyl release & a Rebelation European tour
later in the year.
Here at Do The Dog HQ we are happy to announce that
the latest addition to the labels stable of bands are
SQUID 58. This Brighton & Cornwall based 4 piece is
the new band formed by ex-Hotknives' lead vocalist
Mick Clare. For this new project Mick has teamed up
with ex-Ska'd For Life members Tim, Alan & Dom to
create a highly infectious brand of 2 tone ska. Much
like vintage Hotknives before them, Squid 58 lace
their songs with melancholy story telling vocals &
beautiful pop melodies. Their excellent 10 song debut
CD, titled "Dismantled", (which was self-released by
the band last year) will be released soon on Do The
Dog Music. Check out 4 super cool Squid 58 tunes at
http://www.myspace.com/squid58
Another brand new addition to the Do The Dog Music
stable are ETTIN. This young 4 piece crew hail from
the Sussex town of Worthing & have a really fresh
infectious sound, mixing up chilled out reggae & dub
stylings with upbeat 3rd wave ska & dreamy female
vocals. Since their first gig at the end of 2005,
Ettin have played with loads of bands around Sussex &
notched up Brighton support slots with Toots & The
Maytals & The Slackers. The band will be in the studio
very soon to record their debut album, which should
hopefully be released by Do The Dog Music in April or
May. You can check out 4 fab Ettin tunes at
http://www.myspace.com/ettinuk
Out now On Do The Dog Music is the long awaited
re-release of Brighton ska kings TOO MANY CROOKS'
superb second album "Inside"! Originally released
almost a decade ago on the now defunct T Leaf Records,
"Inside" has been unavailable for a few years, so here
at Do The Dog HQ we've decided to give it a new lease
of life! The new Do The Dog version of the album comes
complete with groovy new artwork & has been
re-mastered with 4 previously unreleased bonus tracks!
Fans of Madness, Ian Dury & Bad Manners should snap up
this 2 tone ska masterpiece without delay! To order
your copy go to the Releases page at
http://www.dothedog.com The end of January saw the
Crooks pick up some Radio 1 airplay for their track
"New Killer Ska" courtesy of Mike Davies' Punk Show.
Both Too Many Crooks & Ettin will be appearing at the
next BRIGHTON SKA FESTIVAL at the Concorde 2 venue,
Brighton Seafront on Sunday 15th April. The full line
up for the festival is: The Hotknives, Too Many
Crooks, Les Skalopes, Ettin, Just Called Charlie, The
Meow Meows, Mr Shiraz, 2nd Time Lucky, The Karmatones,
Pissed Resistska & Death By Ska. Doors will be open
from 3-11pm & entry will cost you 10 on the door.
Due out soon on Do The Dog Music is the debut album
from fast rising Essex based outfit NEW TOWN KINGS.
Formed in the summer of 2004 this 9 piece played their
first live show in Colchester in December 2005 & have
since been setting venues across Essex & East Anglia
alight with their super catchy live show! The New Town
Kings' sound draws influence from original Jamaican
artists such as The Skatalites, Toots & The Maytals,
King Tubby & Des Dekker, as well as the New York
stylings of The Slackers & King Django & UK 2 tone
legends The Specials & their highly infectious brand
of 2 tone ska, reggae & dub looks set to gain them
many new fans over the next few years. The band's
debut album looks set to be released in March or April
on Do The Dog Music & New Town Kings plan to play
loads of UK & European dates this year. You can check
out 4 kick ass New Town Kings' tunes on their Myspace
page at http://www.myspace.com/newtownkings
FOUR 0 have been working hard on their soon to be
released debut album on Do The Dog Music. Final
touches on the artwork for the release are being done
now. The album will be titled "Across The Borderline"
& will feature 11 tracks. The Swanage based 4 piece,
who play a smoothly flowing, relaxed brand of ska &
reggae in the mould of Sublime & Sadies Doll, are also
currently training up their recently acquired new
drummer Nathan.
The start of February saw SMOKE LIKE A FISH head over
the Channel for their first ever live dates in France.
The band played 4 highly successful French shows & if
you take a look at the news page on
http://www.smokelikeafish.co.uk you can read a
hilarious diary of the tour. Gin frenzies, car
bouncing, cable TV appearances, tardis-like snoring,
lost shoes, Wursel singalongs & onstage bust ups all
played a part in the latest SLAF adventure! More
across water exploits will see the band head off to
Germany & France in September.
Plans are also afoot for another PDF FESTIVAL in the
SLAF orchard in mid Wales this summer. This year the
festival will be a 2 day event & looks set to feature
live sets by Splitters, Rebelation, Zen Baseballbat,
The Big, 3 Minute Warning, New Town Kings, Skalinskis,
SLAF, Subtronix, Tatty Syrup, 24/7 & loads more. The
festival will take place on 27th & 28th July. Tickets
will be limited to 400 & will cost 15 for the
weekend. For more PDF Festival info email
info@smokelikeafish.co.uk
January saw 3 MINUTE WARNING have a live session
broadcast on BBC Radio Wales. The session featured the
songs "The Ripper", "TV Is On" & "Sussed Out". The
band have been working hard on material for the follow
up album to their "Tramps Jackpot" disc on Do The Dog
Music. 12 tracks have been penned so far & once they
have a few more they will take the best into the
studio. New tracks include "Have This", "On The Run" &
"Vauxhall Nova". 3 Minute Warning are currently
booking gigs for a summer tour where they will be
performing their new material.
PAMA INTERNATIONAL will very soon follow up the
release of their highly aclaimed "Trojan Sessions"
album with a 10" vinyl EP titled "Pama International
Meets Manasseh" on their own new label, Rockers Revolt
Records. The disc will feature 4 superb dub
re-workings of tunes from the "Trojan Sessions" album.
The 4 tracks are "Neither High Nor Dub" (featuring
Dennis Alcapone), "It's All About The Dub",
"Betterment Dub" (featuring Dawn Penn) & "Fisherman
Dub" (featuring Winston Francis & AJ Franklin). You
can order the vinyl EP from
http://www.pamainternational.co.uk
In other Pama International news the band are back in
the studio recording their 5th album. Lynval Golding
flew in from the States to begin work on the as yet
untitled CD with the rest of the band in February.
Pama International are working on 20 tracks of which
they are going to cherry pick the best 12 or so for
the release. Tracks being recorded include "Tomorrows
News Today", "World War 3", "Doomsayers/The Use In
Trying", "You Got Me/I Miss You", "Lovely Wife" & "The
Race For Inner Space". The direction of the new album
is reportedly dub fuelled roots rockers mayhem. Pama
International will be touring from April through to
mid September to promote the album, which should see a
release around June time. The upcoming tour will
include a bunch of summer festival appearances
including Glastonbury, Eastern Haze, Dunstaffnage,
Rebellion & Ostroda in Poland.
SPLITTERS are currently in the studio working on the
follow up to their "Good Time Trouble" album on Do The
Dog Music. As well as this new album, other Splitters
planned releases in the works include a limited
edition vinyl single & a dub version of "Good Time
Trouble". Titled "Dub Time Trouble", this album is
being engineered between Steve Vibronics (Scoops
Records) & Paul Aryiss (The Tone, Hardskin). Meanwhile
the long awaited Splitters' remix album is nearing
completion & is also set for release this year. It
features old & new Splitters' tracks in dub, drum n
bass, electronica & ambient styles with mixes from
Vibronics, Subtronix & Victor Rice. The band are also
having their website overhauled for a re-launch at the
end of March by Convolution Design. Splitters will be
touring in Ireland & Europe later in the year, as well
as appearing at the Rebellion & Summer Sundae
Festivals. Ted & Steve Splitter also have a new
hardcore side project band up & running called
BlackEyeFriday.
Big news from the SKYLAR camp! The Southampton trad
ska/reggae maestros have started recording their
eagerly awaited 2nd album. The recordings will be
spread across the next couple of months as the band
are also busy with other projects. Matt, Nick & Rob
have reformed Howards Alias & toured the UK in
December.
SADIES DOLL members Dan & Jack are in the early stages
of writing new songs for their new band, which looks
set to also feature The Scrub's frontman Justin on
drums. Watch out for some live dates from the trio in
the not too distant future.
APB have recruited a new drummer to their line up in
the shape of ex-Dead Pets' sticksman Tom. The band
will begin gigging regularly again at the end of
March. You can check out 4 fab brand new reggae/ska
APB tunes at http://www.myspace.com/adubbypunkyband
THE SCRUB continue to slave away on work for their
long awaited debut album release. Their Myspace page
at http://www.myspace.com/thescrub has an excellent
new song
"Sideshow" up for people to have a listen to. The
start of April will see The Scrub play some shows with
Satori & Chris Murray & also a date with Westbound
Train.
DAVID HILLYARD & THE ROCKSTEADY 7 have a new live CD,
titled "Way Out East", out now. The album was recorded
in Jena, East Germany on the band's 2004 European tour
& was released on the Spanish label Brixton Records.
The Rocksteady 7 played a European tour in January &
February.
DUFF MUFFIN is dead, long live THE JB CONSPIRACY! Yes
those loveably lazy Muffins have a new name & a brand
new album. The album, titled "This Machine", is an
absolute corker, the best ska/punk release i have
heard in many a moon in fact & is out now on Gravity
DIP Records. Having recently played some highly
successful support slots with Capdown, The JB
Conspiracy will be touring the UK again in May with
Sonic Boom Six. You can order their new "This Machine"
album from http://www.gravitydip.com
After numerous delays the CATCH IT KEBABS' 2nd CD,
"Return Of The Kebabulance" has at last been released
by Riot Music. And the long wait was definitely worth
it as this is another great release from the band,
serving up 7 kick ass helpings of their trademark
fusion of 2 tone, 3rd wave ska, swing & skacore. You
can order the CD now from
http://www.punkermentality.com
TOUR DATES - support your local ska scene!
APB
31 03 London, 12 Bar
07 04 Bradford, Love Apple
08 04 Leeds, Josephs Well
20 04 Keighley, Victoria Hall
05 05 Bradford, 1 In 12 Club
14 05 London, Camden Purple Turtle
26 05 London, Rhythm Factory Do The Dog Bash
09 08 Blackpool, Winter Gardens - Rebellion Festival
CATCH IT KEBABS
24 03 Barnsley, Arches
25 03 Manchester, Retro Bar
30 03 Workington, Monroes Bar
31 03 Ashington, Football Club
01 04 Bournemouth, Landmarc
06 04 Nottingham, Rose Of England
07 04 Cambridge, Portland Arms
08 04 Worcester, Evolution
08 04 Reading, Face Bar
09 04 Hebden Bridge, Trades Club
10 04 London, Camden Purple Turtle
11 04 Newbury, Football Club
12 04 Bristol, The Junction
13 04 Hereford, Imperial
14 04 London, Rhythm Factory
15 04 Swansea, Monkey Bar
21 04 Barnsley, Arches
28 04 Bishops Castle, Three Tuns
26 05 Barnsley, Arches
13 07 Nottingham, Rose Of England
14 07 Bishops Castle, Three Tuns
14 07 North Berwick, The Big Event
15 07 Scarborough, Zero
27 07 Newtown, venue tbc - PDF Festival
28 07 Pontdolgoch, Neuadd Newydd - PDF Festival
28 07 Barnsley, venue tbc BOM Festival
29 07 Leicester, The Shed
10 08 Swansea, The New York
11 08 Narbeth, Queens Hall Welsh Ska Festival
ETTIN
30 03 Worthing, The Rest
06 04 Worthing, The Rest
15 04 Brighton, Concorde 2 Brighton Ska Festival
04 05 Worthing, Assembly Hall
07 07 Hove, Portland Rock Bar
13 08 Exeter, The Hub
FOUR 0
23 03 Swanage, White Swan
25 03 Boscombe, Green Room
01 04 Bournemouth, Landmarc
05 05 Swanage, White Swan
23 06 Swanage, White Swan
04 08 Swanage, White Swan
DAVID HILLYARD & THE ROCKSTEADY 7
05 04 New York City (USA), Bar On A
THE JB CONSPIRACY (ex-Duff Muffin)
06 04 London, Camden Underworld
14 04 London, Rhythm Factory
19 04 Kingston, Peel
30 04 Southend, Chinnerys
01 05 Derby, Victoria Inn
02 05 Leicester, Charlotte
03 05 Stoke On Trent, Sugarmill
04 05 Mansfield, Town Mills
05 05 Sheffield, D'N'R Live Bar
07 05 Newcastle, Trillians
08 05 Glasgow, Barfly
09 05 Carlisle, Brickyard
10 05 London, venue tbc
11 05 Oxford, Zodiac
12 05 Luton, University
13 05 Brighton, Engine Rooms
10 08 Blackpool, Winter Gardens - Rebellion Festival
NEW TOWN KINGS
23 03 Ipswich, Steamboat Tavern
07 04 Scarborough, venue tbc Scooter Rally
19 04 London, Shoreditch The Edge
20 04 Ipswich, Steamboat Tavern
27 04 Colchester, East Mersea Youth Camp - Bum In The
Mud Rally
04 05 Norwich, Cricketers Arms
06 05 Birmingham, Custard Factory
11 05 Ashington, Football Club
12 05 Hartlepool, The Studio
18 05 Kettering, Sawyers
26 05 London, Rhythm Factory Do The Dog Bash
13 07 Bristol, Mr Wolf's Noodle Bar
14 07 Bishops Castle, Three Tuns
15 07 Brighton, Concorde 2 - Brighton Ska Festival
26 07 Swindon, 12 Bar
27 07 Swansea, The New York
28 07 Pontdolgoch, Neuadd Newydd PDF Ska Festival
09 11 Great Yarmouth, venue tbc Speedfreaks Ball
PAMA INTERNATIONAL
20 04 Southampton, The Joiners
27 04 Exeter, Phoenix
28 04 Falmouth, Princess Pavilion
03 05 Leeds, Hi Fi Club
04 05 Hebden Bridge, Trades Club
12 05 Nottingham, The Maze
01 06 Narbeth, Queens Hall
02 06 Chester, Telfords Warehouse
08 06 London, Jazz Cafe
09 06 Bristol, Clockwork
21 06 Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival
13 07 Bournemouth, Opera House
14 07 Milton Keynes, Pitz
20 07 Somerleyton, Somerleyton Hall Estate - Eastern
Haze Festival
28 07 Oban, venue tbc - Dunstaffnage Festival
29 07 Edinburgh, Club Ego
09 08 Blackpool, Winter Gardens - Rebellion Festival
REBELATION
13 04 London, 100 Club
14 04 Boston, Axe & Cleaver
22 05 Southampton, Soul Cellar
25 05 Cambridge, Man On The Moon
26 05 London, Rhythm Factory Do The Dog Bash
16 06 Hunstanton, venue tbc Lifestyles Festival
23 06 Kings Lynn, venue tbc Vancouver Festival
24 06 London, Camden Dingwalls
THE SCRUB
03 04 Southampton, The Joiners
04 04 Bristol, The Cooler
05 04 Peterborough, Met Lounge
06 04 London, Camden Underworld
07 04 Harlow, Square
05 05 Bath, Pavillion
26 05 London, Rhythm Factory Do The Dog Bash
27 05 Manchester, Retro Bar
11 08 Blackpool, Winter Gardens Rebellion Festival
SMOKE LIKE A FISH
14 04 London, Rhythm Factory
26 04 Leicester, The Shed
27 04 Bishops Castle, Three Tuns
18 05 Kettering, Sawyers
16 06 Hunstanton, venue tbc Lifestyles Festival
22 06 Darlington, Forum
24 06 London, Camden Dingwalls
07 07 Llanfairfechan, Castle
14 07 Bishops Castle, Three Tuns
28 07 Pontdolgoch, Neuadd Newydd - PDF Festival
11 08 Narbeth, Queens Hall Welsh Ska Festival
15 09 Mainz (Germany), Reduit
10 11 Great Yarmouth, venue tbc Speedfreaks Ball
SPLITTERS
30 03 Swansea, New York
02 04 Leicester, Charlotte
3 MINUTE WARNING
30 03 Alnwick, Falcons Rest
31 03 Ashington, Football Club
13 04 Leamington Spa, Kellys
27 04 Bishops Castle, Three Tuns
29 04 Manchester, Retro Bar
09 05 Rhyl, Bar Blu
12 05 Stockport, Thatched House
25 05 Swansea, The New York
26 05 London, Rhythm Factory Do The Dog Bash
02 06 Rhyl, Dudley Arms
05 07 Nottingham, Junction 7
14 07 Bishops Castle, Three Tuns
27 07 Newtown, venue tbc - PDF Ska Festival
11 08 Narbeth, Queens Hall
TOO MANY CROOKS
15 04 Brighton, Concorde 2 Brighton Ska Festival
26 05 London, Rhythm Factory Do The Dog Bash