29 Jun 2012
Crawling Chaos 'Spookhouse' ltd edition CD 
Belgian label EE Tapes presents 'Spookhouse', a collection of largely unreleased recordings by ex-Factory Records/Benelux band Crawling Chaos from 1987. This is a CD release in a limited edition of 500 copies.

Tracklisting

1. Big Nail [3:46]
2. Spookhouse [4:43]
3. Scotland Gate [3:29]
4. Yes Boss [1:30]
5. Da [1:20]
6. The Box [5:53]
7. Veggie Squad [3:11]
8. Yeti Cometh [1:57]
9. Dave Judgement [3:07]
10. Memory Loss [3:11]
11. The Game [2:27]
12. Creosote Dreams [2:00]
13. Little Prick [2:53]
14. Camera Action [3:26]

Artist: Crawling Chaos
Title: Spookhouse
Catalogue number: EE25 - CD
Release date: n/a but coming soon

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20 Jun 2012
Fantastique Night with Ike Yard in Brussels 
Crépuscule / Factory America No Wavers Ike Yard play their debut Brussels show as part of a special Fantastique Night at T.A.G. in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday 22 September 2012 from 20:00. The line-up is completed with HNN and True Zebra.

The gig is followed at midnight with a Minimal Wave Afterparty featuring DJs: Muffin | Skullscraper aka Dirk Ivens & Wattie.

Presale: 10€ (soon)
At the door: 13€
Afterparty only: 5€

T.A.G.
rue Marie Popelin straat / passage Rogier doorgang
1210 Brussels

More info at Ike Yard's Facebook and the official Facebook event page.

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10 Jun 2012
True Faith: an exhibition 
Electronic Beats presents an exhibition about New Order at .HBC in Berlin from 21 June to 4 July. True Faith features photography by Kevin Cummins and a complete set of Peter Saville's artwork for the band.

A catalogue will be on sale soon, featuring the exhibited artworks, photos, interviews with New Order and a Paul Morley essay

21 June - 4 July 2012
6-11pm (closed Sunday/Monday)

.HBC
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 9
10178 BERLIN

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6 Jun 2012
The End of the Pier 
The Distractions will release their 2nd album, The End Of The Pier on limited edition 180g vinyl LP, CD and digital download via Occultation Recordings on 21 August. The release precedes the band's only UK shows at the Kings Arms, Salford on 31 August and 1 September when they headline The Occultation End Of The Pier shows (also featuring labelmates Factory Star and The June Brides).

Factory fans will be familiar with the FAC 12 Time Goes By So Slow and other classic era output including the 1980 debut album Nobody's Perfect but, by 1981 they had disbanded Steve Perrin moving to New Zealand and singer Mike Finney going on work with The Art Of Noise before pursuing other projects.

All was then quiet until 2010 when The Distractions re-emerged with a the Black Velvet and Come Home EPs on Occultation. A year later, a studio in Exeter and after four days Finney and Perrin had laid down the basic tracks for The End Of The Pier with Mike Kellie (drums), Arash Torabi (bass) and producer Nick Halliwell (guitar and vocals).

Steve Perrin explains the long gap: "Being geographically challenged as we are means The Distractions is more occasional than full time; then again, long-awaited could also adjectivally apply to this album – Dexys look like they've rushed their new record, it's only 26 years since their last".

Mike Finney adds: "I rather like the idea of a world tour but it'd interfere with watching my son's football practice. Besides taking time off work is a bit tricky, so we've had to forego six weeks traversing North America in a bus and settle for two shows in Salford".

Album tracklisting

I Don't Have Time
Wise
Girl of the Year
Boots
When It Was Mine
Too Late To Change
The Summer I Met You
Man of the Moment
100 Times
The Last Song

More info on the album and tour at The Distractions Nothing and Occultation Recordings.

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