UPCOMING SHOWS
Jack Rose, Chiz & Chris Corsano at Volcanic Tongue before we officially opened
photo by David Keenan
A Requiem For Jack Rose
Hush Arbors
Heather Leigh
Rick Tomlinson
Michael Flower Band
C Joynes
Tuesday 16th February 2010
Cafe Oto
18-22 Ashwin Street
Dalston
London
E8 3DL
8PM-11PM
http://www.no-fi.org.uk/events
http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/JackRosefeat.shtm
SEE INFORMATION on other events for Jack Rose happening in the States
JANDEK TOUR IN AUSTRALIA
MARCH 2010
more details soon
NEW RELEASES
The Jailbreak debut LP is out!. You can read about it and hear a clip on Family Vineyard's web site:
http://family-vineyard.com/catalog/fv68.php
Here's what Paul Flaherty has to say about it:
For those of you who've been worried that the Free Power Noize scene
has become a little too tame, ( and seriously who isn't somewhat
concerned about that), a new screamin' creamin' duo -- Jailbreak --
expoldes to the rescue.
The world's wildest free drummer (Chris Corsano: Cold Bleak Heat ,
duos with Mick Flower, Bill Nace , etc.) and the world's wildest free
steal pedal guitarist, (Heather Leigh:, Dream Aktion Unit, Jandek,
etc.), pits two of the landscapes most intense pyromaniacs against
each other in -- "The Rocker" -- a blast-furnace of blisteringly
joyous witch-howling assaults on the essence of whips and chains and
repressive injustice gone legal. Both of these magisterial musicians
are capable of extreme dynamics and subtleties, but those concepts
don't get in the way of this monster-truck of a record. And why should
they when drums and guitar can slash and burn in a riotous electric
smash fest like this crazed merry madcap of an album. Over the top .
. . Way!
As the full frontal music rips through my naked and defenseless
eardrums, images emerge of of an old and demented grandmother,
strapped into her rocking chair by disciples in heat. (ooooohhhhh
yyyeeeaaahhhh!!!) The more she violently rocks and chants with insane
exhilaration, the more the treacherously imprisoned souls of Hell claw
at their walls of liquid fire, desperately trying to free themselves
from chains of Human and Sub-human limitations. It sounds like 100
pall-bearin' viciously possessed drummers lifting 100 gone-bonkers
zombie lovin' guitarists into another realm of escape, one that
reality hasn't presented as a release, until now.
The 1st time Heather & Chris played together, (a first meeting improv
4tet performance -- Babes on the Loose), I watched in disturbed horror
as Heather crashed her steel pedal to the stage and sliced her hand
while trying to play upside down. Then she passed out. Corsano rushed
to her aid, but had to stop and bandage his own bloodied digits, as
rivers of crimson soaked the frightened platform. (They obviously
survived). This recording picks up where that chaos and bedlam left
off, and if possible, lifts the ante higher, into a maelstrom of
American psychotic pandemonium gone-a-hunting in Scotland.
A catch-and-release band for sure that attacks the jailers and frees
the innocents ... just before the death penalty can be brutally
administered.
I liked it.
You can buy it at Volcanic Tongue
ACTIVITIES
THREE at Colour Out Of Space
I have 3 pieces in the Colour Out Of Space exhibition in Brighton, one is a poster I made for my first solo show in 2003, another is a poster I designed and silkscreened for the first More Hair Less Bush tour (Chris Corsano/Dredd Foole/Christina Carter/Loren Connors/MV&EE/Paul Flaherty/Thurston Moore/Byron Coley and others) and the other is a triptych I did in October 09. You can see images of the exhibition here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smackmusic7/
RICHARD YOUNGS & HEATHER LEIGH
Thanks to Matt for posting pics of my performance with Richard Youngs at The Wire festival:
http://ifjusttoday.blogspot.com/2009/10/richard-young-heather-leigh-murray.html
Richard and I have plans to record an album together soon.
Clip of a Jailbreak (Heather Leigh/Chris Corsano) Live Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1M4ss4yIVA
Clip of a solo guitar show supporting Thurston Moore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCa-eNn4D6Y
Some JANDEK youtube clips:
Larne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjQG3W-PaG0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-hAIbSdAeA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOUkXnZJnw&feature=related
Derry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X5RKwGZu_k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__S3wZmVetw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuZPZnwebLE&feature=related
Volcanic Tongue: www.volcanictongue.com
CONTACT ME
heatherleighmurray [at] googlemail [dot] com