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OCTOBER - 2006
GIG UPDATE: It looks like MORRISSEY will be returning to Holland in December as part of his end of year tour. He will be playing at the HMH in Amsterdam on Wednesday 20th December (Kaartverkoop voor het concert van Morrissey start aanstaande zaterdag 4 november om 10.00
uur - Tickets go on sale from 10am on Saturday 4th November)
See also our gig listings section - > HERE for all the forthcoming gigs recommended by AAPA.
On 30th October Rhino Records are to release expanded & remastered versions of three SISTERS OF MERCY albums. Pick of the bunch has got to be their groundbreaking "Floodland" album from 1987 which this time around will have 4 extra songs, including the previously unreleased full length version of closing track "Never Land".
NEW SINGLE RELEASES: In the lead up to their eagerly awaited "Best Of" collection DEPECHE MODE will be releasing a new single on 30th October - "Martyr" was produced by Ben Hillier and will be out on CD and as a download through Mute Records, while new Glasgow 3-piece band 1990`s who are currently in the studio recording their debut album with Bernard Butler (Suede) at the helm will be releasing their new single “You’re supposed to be my Friend” through Rough Trade Records on the same date. In November the Grunge / Punk / Disco / House influenced BLOOD RED SHOES release their new single "You Bring Me Down" (you can have a listen at: http://www.myspace.com/bloodredshoes), while THE FRATELLIS will be releasing "Whistle For The Choir" on 20th November, which is another single from their critically acclaimed debut album "Costello Music" (Island Records).
new rave rock, new rave punk, or just "new rave"... From the UK (Hot Chip, Klaxons, Shit Disco, etc) to Scandanavia (Datarock), and then all off on an assault across the Atlantic, this year we have seen a bunch of new bands who have been mixing Rock, Punk and Pop influences with the rave culture and music of the early 90`s with the use of conventional instruments and their keyboards and laptops. That said, here in Holland we also have a bunch of new bands out there who have well and truly missed the boat and in 2006 just aren`t, er ... "new" anymore! - One exception however appears to be ABOUT who are based in Amsterdam (check out their MySpace site at: http://www.myspace.com/aboutabout) who have tried something different and who don`t think "new" is simply trying to copy the Moloko or Massive Attack sound of the 90`s when it is 2006! - ABOUT have been described by Q Magazine as having “An exhilarating collision of electronic noise and punk programming" while the US based Pitchfork magazine recently reported “If only more groups could so skillfully unleash the hidden rock-out potential of the laptop”.
Their debut album "Bongo" is out now on the Cock Rock Disco label.
  
NEW RELEASES: Next week will see the release of 3 new albums containing all the sessions that PJ HARVEY, PULP and SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES did for John Peel - Available through BBC / Island Records or BBC / Universal; PJ HARVEY - "The John Peel Sessions 1991-2004", PULP - "The Complete John Peel Sessions" (2CD) and SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - "Voices On The Air: The John Peel Sessions" can all be ordered through the CD WOW website for around 10 Euros each (with free postage).
This years Crossing Border Festival which takes place around the Spuiplein in The Hague / Den Haag between 15th & 18th November will include performances by THE FUTUREHEADS, THE VEILS and RAZORLIGHT. The Futureheads last appearance in Holland was back in March when they were by far the best band to appear at the 2 day London Calling (British bands showcase) event in Amsterdam - more info on that event can be found by going through our REVIEWS section. You can also check out the album reviews for Razorlight & The Futureheads - > HERE
Go to their website at: http://www.crossingborder.nl/tickets_en.php for more info.
   
NEW RELEASES: "Darkel" is the first solo album from AIR`s JEAN-BENOIT DUNCKEL, "The Black Parade" is the new album from MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE which will be released on 23rd October, while the Remastered Edition of DEPECHE MODE`s "Songs Of Faith And Devotion" (with extra tracks & a bonus DVD) on Mute Records and GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY`s debut album "The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager" on Atlantic Records are both out now.
JARVIS COCKER (Pulp) is set to release his first solo album on 13th November - "JARVIS" will be available on Rough Trade Records. In July his controversial online only single "Running The World" received a lot of attention and has since been included on the soundtrack of "Children Of Men", the new film by Alfonso Cuarón which is due for release in the Benelux region later this month. You can listen to some of his new tracks by going through the AAPA MySpace link - > HERE
NEW SINGLE RELEASES: We hear that THE MOTORETTES have confirmed the details of the next single to be taken from their debut album - They will release ‘I Am Blisters, I Am’ (Kitchenware Records) on 6th November, while CAPTAIN will be releasing "Frontline" as a single in the USA on 23rd October, while the DFA re-mix of Frontline will be out on vinyl as a 7" single in the UK on 16th October (both on EMI Records).
iLiKETRAiNS have signed to Beggar Banquet records. The band from Leeds had released their mini album "Progress Reform" through Fierce Panda in July this year. Their debut full length album will now be released through Beggars Banquet and is expected in 2007. See also our recent REVIEW from their gig in Rotterdam.
FIELDS have a new single out on 13th November - 'If You Fail We All Fail' will be available on 3 formats: CD single, 7" vinyl and 7" gatefold vinyl and will be released through WEA / Atlantic Records.
GIG UPDATE: The KAISER CHIEFS have announced an extra date in Holland when they tour Europe in November. They will be playing at the Tivoli in Utrecht on 11th November (with tickets going on sale from 14th October), ALEX SMOKE will be appearing at the Patronaat in Haarlem on 28th October, while BAT FOR LASHES will now be playing their first Dutch gig at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on 7th November. Go to our gig listings section - > HERE for more info.
INTERPOL are to change record labels for the release of their next album. The New York quartet will leave their long time home of Matador for Capitol Records. Their 3rd album is expected to be released in mid 2007. Interpol’s contract with Matador had expired and they had apparently been courted by a number of major’s after the success of their 2nd album ‘Antics’ in 2004.
NEW SINGLE RELEASE: We hear that THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN (fronted by BLUR singer Damon Albarn) have confirmed the details of their debut single to be taken from a brand new album which should be released early next year - "Herculean" (Parlophone) is out on 30th October. Be quick if you want to buy it though - it'll be released and deleted on the same day!
It has just been announced that SONIC YOUTH will be playing one gig in Holland on Friday 15th December as part of the 2 day STATE-X NEW FORMS FESTIVAL in Den Haag/The Hague. Tickets for this event will go on sale from 14th October.
All our gig listings can be found - > HERE
LADYFUZZ have re-recorded their debut Albums title track "Kerfuffle" which will be available as an EP including 2 new and unheard songs on vinyl and download only from 13th November through Transgressive Records.
update: It would appear that the debut album and our album of the month recommendation for August by the hotly tipped CAPTAIN has finally hit the shops in Holland - EMI in the Benelux have let us know that it was available from 29th September. The band are currently touring the UK with KEANE and are also set to re-release "Frontline" (featured in our June playlist - > HERE) as a single on EMI. The rare original version of the single on the At Large label from 2005 is already fetching in excess of 35 GBP (50 Euro)! - The album and one of their gigs has already been reviewed - Go to our REVIEWS section for more info.
The first bands to appear at the next LONDON CALLING event in Amsterdam at the end of November have been announced (see our GIGS & FESTIVALS section below for dates). So far we have THE AUTOMATIC, KLAXONS, BOY KILL BOY, THE PIGEON DETECTIVES (For more info go to our NEW BANDS section - > HERE), LITTLE MAN TATE, BROMHEADS JACKET and THE RIFLES. We will keep you posted as more bands are announced. Hopefully they will also be able to attract some more bands that we recommended during the summer like BAT FOR LASHES, CAPTAIN and THE DYKEENIES? - see our proposal - > HERE
  
NEW RELEASES: On 2nd October DATSUNS release their new album "Smoke And Mirrors", on 6th November MOBY will be releasing "Go: The Very Best Of", while the artwork for AIMEE MANN`s new album (out on 30th October) "One More Drifter In The Snow" is now known.
DEAD DISCO released their single "Automatic" (Fierce Panda Records) on 11th September. You can have a listen and find out how to order a copy by going via the AAPA MySpace section (go to links at top of this page) to their site. They are also set to appear with iLiKETRAiNS at the Night & Day in Manchester during this years IN THE CITY International Music Convention on 29th October, with THE DYKEENIES playing at the same venue the day before on 28th October, while the Manchester Academy have announced that they will be putting on gigs by ZERO 7 on the 27th and THE FRATELLIS on 28th October as part of the annual convention.
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