The Big Picture(s)
Friday 1st April 2011
  
Click on the above photos for some hi-res action. They are big and they are clever.

Go! Team/Voluntary Butler Scheme Remixes + New Festival Date
Friday 1st April 2011

Monday the 4th of April sees the release of The Chevreul EP from The Voluntary Butler Scheme. The four track 7" single on Split Records comes with a free download EP of remixes of tracks from the single including an excellent reworking of 'Do The Hand Jive' by The Go! Team and another track remixed by Dan Le Sac. The single's available from all decent vinyl outlets including Rough Trade, Norman Records, Piccadilly etc and both the regular and Go! Team remix of Do The Hand Jive are also available through iTunes. There's also a really nice five track promo CD single featuring The Go! Team remix knocking around - check it out here.

In return, The Voluntary Butler Scheme has remixed the Team's Buy Nothing Day which is available as a free download via Soundcloud here. For further VBS info check out his wiki page here and watch out for the new album 'The Grandad Galaxy' due out in June. 

There's a new Go! Team festival date also just announced - Sea Sessions, Bundoran, Ireland - 25th June.

Cool As Truck
Monday 4th April 2011

The Go! Team have announced two further festival dates this Summer - the Solidays Festival in Paris on the 24th of June and the splendid  and unique  Truck Festival in Oxford on the 24th of July. If you're not aware of the latter, it's well worth reading up about  here. Festival website here and ticket info here. There's also a telephone box office on 0844 854 1350 or buy in person from the  Truck Store, 101 Cowley Rd, Oxford and other shop outlets.

A few site updates from March to mention: a couple of new Go! Team promo releases added to the Discography (bringing the total number of promos now to 50) - a recent Apollo Throwdown single and a CD version of  Thunder, Lightning, Strike  on EMI (UK) Publishing. Check them out here. Also in the Discography there's some ace new scans of the the US vinyl release of T,L,S courtesy of August Krater here. There's also a couple of new posters added here.

Thanks to everyone who has given me advice on stuff to do in Philly and Boston on my trip to see the Go! Team in the US next week. Really appreciated. And particular thanks to Al Baker for your kind offer of accommodation/hospitality.  

And last but not least our best wishes to Chi Fukami Taylor for a speedy recovery following a backstage accident while on tour in Spain last week,  that resulted in five stitches to a head wound (and quite a bit of blood, judging by her Twitter photos). Hope you're on the mend Chi!

Pitchfork Interview
Wednesday 6th April 2011

Nice IV with Mr P published today here.

Team America
Friday 8th April

I'm extremely fortunate to be going to the US on Sunday to follow The Go! Team for a week on their American tour. I'm doing the east coast dates - New York, DC, Philly, Boston & Brooklyn. Subsequently Titanic Fandalism will be closing down temporarily from today until the 18th of April. I will try and tweet from time to time and will no doubt go into full-on gush mode on my return. Until then, don't forget Record Store Day on the 16th and, if you're going to any of the east coast dates and spot a bearded middle-aged bloke in a brown suede jacket, getting the words wrong and dancing really badly - please come and say hello.

Until then...goodbye.

East Coast Tour - Thanks
Monday 18th April

Had are a really terrific six days in the US last week - going to take me while to get my head around it and I'll be adding in bits of memorabilia, set lists, diary entries etc over the next few days. But more importantly than that (and at the risk of sounding like Gwyneth Paltrow's Oscar Speech) there's a bunch of people I need to say a very big thank you to, who really helped me out with this trip. Firstly my family and friends - although I paid for most of the trip myself, a lot of folks gave me some funds towards the tour instead of birthday presents - so thanks to Jo, Ethan, Aby, Mick, Mum, James, Heather, Mia, Kris, Andy, Cheryl, Len, Sue and Neal - really appreciated. Secondly thanks to Yarrow, Roy and David in New Jersey for your lovely hospitality and Stephen D who works for the airline I flew out with - not only for getting me a great price for the flight but the upgrade to business class going out and the first class upgrade coming back (may have to post a few posey photos on that one later in the week - couldn't believe it!). Thank you, of course, to The Go! Team for five fantastic shows, to Chi for being so thoughtful and accommodating so often, to Tommy, the band's sound man, for more top-notch audio every night and for looking after my rucksack at the Brooklyn Bowl - and to the chaps at Memphis for sorting things out. A big thank you also to the management and staff at the Brooklyn Bowl and the 9.30 Club in DC for their help when really needed - and to Massoud at the 9.30 for the poster - much appreciated. Hats off to Amtrak and its staff too - excellent stuff.

More stuff from the tour later...

News & Stuff
Monday 18th April

As I'm sure you're already aware the band will be playing the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury this year on Sunday 26 June and also that the Record Store Day Remixes 12" came out last Saturday in lovely blue wax. Should have some proper photos by the end of the week but here's a pic of the disc.

Further to today's earlier post (see below) there's a few photos from the east coast tour here plus check out the posters, passes, stage times and tickets pages of the Memorabilia section here for a few additions under each.

Radio-wise the band are doing a couple more 'takeovers' - BBC 6 Music on Sunday 24 April at 8pm (UK time) and YNOT Radio in the US on 21 April at 3pm (US East Coast time). There's also a nice on-line  interview with Ninja here.

For those who are interested, I'm gonna start writing up my diary for the five US gigs later today so keep an eye on the Diary page here throughout the week. 

New Festival Date/Go! Team Mix Tape/Unofficial Remix
Tuesday 19th April 2011

The band have announced a new festival date today - Ignition in Newcastle on the 6th of August. Details here. They've also put together a lovely downloadable mix tape for Check Yo' Ponytail ahead of their club gig there at Echoplex in LA  tonight - go get it here - well worth it.

Thanks to skip128 for another unofficial remix find: Brigade & Yellow (Wiz Khalifa vs The Go! Team) on YouTube here.

And finally got round to watching 'Whip It' today (the Drew Barrymore directed movie) - or rather the ten minutes at the end that included both Doing It Right and The Power Is On. Shall be going to buy a pair of roller-skates first thing tomorrow. 

US East Coast Tour Stuff
Wednesday 20th April 2011

Ah - Record Store Day in Boston - that was a good day! Thanks to Jared for the above photo.

All my US tour things - photos, diary ramblings, memorabilia, set lists etc  are now up. Please check them it out if you get a sec.
Cheers, Pooh

Brooklyn Bowl Review & Photos/US TV Show Appearance
Thursday 21th April 2011

Nice article and photos from the band's Brooklyn Bowl show last Saturday at the BrooklynVegan website plus according to Ninja's Facebook page the band 'just performed 2 songs for Fuel TV at Fox Studios in LA' yesterday. Anyone know more about this then please let us know.

Apollo Throwdown Record Store Day 12" Pics
Thursday 21th April 2011

Cover, labels and lots of lovely blue plastic stuff - not to mention four excellent remixes. Check out some photos here.

On-Line Interview
Friday 22nd April 2011

There's a 20 minute on-line US interview with Ian and Ninja from earlier this month here. 

Go! Team 6Mix - Sunday 24th April @ 8pm
Saturday 23rd April 2011

Just a quick reminder that The Go! Team will be taking over BBC 6 Music for a couple of hours tomorrow night (Sunday 24th April) from 8pm for a 6Mix session. Full details here.

Poly Styrene RIP
Tuesday 26th April 2011

Incredibly sad news...link
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The Go! Team on Fuel TV
Tuesday 26th April 2011

The Go! Team's live performance of T.O.R.N.A.D.O. for Fuel TV in the US is now on YouTube here. Keep an eye on the Fuel site as, according to the band's official site, a live version of The Power Is On is on the cards later tonight.

Checking out the Fuel TV music page, I was moved to see that the extremely sad news of the death of Poly Styrene had been covered in the US as well as being given deserved coverage on the BBC (here) and in other media in the UK as well as on the net. X-Ray Spex, alongside Siouxsie and the Banshees were my introduction to music. Germ Free Adolescents was the first album I ever bought, in 1978, and I love it as much today as I did then. Alongside The Slits and the Banshees, X-Ray Spex not only re-shaped the music scene in the late 70s but also the way in which female singers and musicians were represented in bands. It's so sad that Ari Up and Poly Styrene are no longer with us. I'm very happy that their spirit and legacy live on.   

Fuel Power
Thursday 28th April 2011

As announced previously on The Go! Team's official site, alongside T.O.R.N.A.D.O. the band performed The Power Is On for Fuel TV in the US during their recent tour there. Check it out here. And on the subject of the US tour - a very big thank you to Jamie and Chi for looking after and bringing back my Record Store Day Remixes 12" from the States and to the band for signing it. Thanks folks. 

More Posters From Chi...
Thursday 28th April 2011

Chi from the band has, once again, been very thoughtful and generous by collecting for me a further nine posters from her recent tours in Europe and the US and also giving me another poster dating back to 2005. I have added them to her own, dedicated posters' page in the Memorabilia Section here. They're a really fantastic addition to the site as well as to my own collection. Thanks again Chi - you're a star!

Apollo Throwdown (Remixes) Download EP
Friday 29th April 2011

There's a four track download-only EP on iTunes in the UK at the moment: Apollo Throwdown (Remixes) - which includes the original version, the Star Slinger and D/R/U/G/S remixes and, crucially, an instrumental version of the title track that, to my knowledge, has not been released elsewhere. And all for a cheeky £1.29. The perfect wedding gift. Linkage here.

Australian Tour/Propaganda Festival
Saturday 30th April 2011

The band's nine-date Australian tour kicks off today - a mix of their own club dates and as part of the travelling Groovin The Moo Festival. Click on the posters above for further info. Anyone going fancy reviewing a show for this site? If so please drop us an email at pooh@titanicfandalism.co.uk. Cheers.

And, although officially unconfirmed, it appears that The Go! Team are playing the Popaganda Festival in Stockholm this August. Check out the link here and keep an eye on the band's own sites for updates.