NEWS ARCHIVE JUNE 2011
Site Updates
Wednesday 1st June 2011
End of the month updates. Firstly video whiz-kid Mike Courteau has overlaid the original version of Milk Crisis
over the video for the re-recorded version, to splendid effect. Check it
out here.
On the discography front there's a few additions - the Australian
CD version of Rolling Blackouts has turned up- not hugely exciting
(except for me perhaps) as the only
difference is the Shock Records logo and catalogue number - but we have to keep
things complete around here. I also discovered (somewhat late in the
day) what I think is the only remix of
'Hotdog', one of two Simian Mobile Disco tracks that Ninja raps on,
dating back to 2008.
It's the
Cosmo Vitelli Remix on
a promo CD and 12" single and it's pretty good. Check out the items
here and you can check out the track
itself
here. I also thought it was about
time to collate the many versions/remixes and formats of Simian
Mobile Disco's 'It's The Beat' single featuring Ninja - all 19 versions
to be precise! The whole lot can
be found
here.
Thank You Chi...
Sunday 5th June
2011
Chi Fukami Taylor has, once again, been incredibly kind by picking me up
some more posters from the band's
Australian and Japanese tours last month together with a lovely unique Japanese
tour T-Shirt. Check out the posters on Chi's dedicated poster page
here
and the T-Shirt on the merchandise page
here. A big 'thank you' salute
heading Chi's way as we speak.
Piknik in Poland
Monday
6th June
2011
The Go! Team (unofficially,
so far) are down to be playing the Piknik Kulturalny Festival in Warsaw,
Poland next weekend (the 11th possibly?). This is the same festival
which the band were unable to play last year following torrential rain
that took-out the sound desk, so top marks to them for returning again
this year. Check out
Last FM for info and keep an eye
on official sources for confirmation.
New Festival Dates
Confirmed
Monday 6th June
2011
The band have added two new festival dates to their summer schedule:
11 June
-
Gazeta
Wyborcza Picnic, Warsaw, Poland
30 July -
Storass Festival, Trondheim, Norway
And no sign of The Kings of Leon at either. Result!
Brooklyn Bowl Gig
On-Line
Wednesday 8th June
2011
The majority of the show is available to watch, courtesy of
Baeble Concerts
here.
New Festival
Date/Australian Live Photos
Wednesday 8th June
2011
Firstly many thanks to photographer Lisa Businovski for getting in touch
and pointing me in the direction of a link to a collection of fab live shots she
took of the band playing at The Bakery in Perth on the 13th of May - go
check 'em out
here. Thanks Lisa! The band have also
added another festival date - Pukkelpop in Belgium on the 18th of August
- link
here.
Lisa Businovski Photos
Thursday 9th June
2011
Photographer Lisa Businovski has kindly given permission to include her
excellent photos, from the band's recent gig in Perth, in the Gallery
section of this site. They're a fantastic addition and I'm very grateful
to her for the contribution. Please check them out
here.
Go! Team Fan Art (&
Chocolates!)
Friday 10th June
2011
While in Japan the band were presented with a really unique gift of some
lovely fan art from a girl named Maguro. This consisted of an
illustration of the band (above), drawn by Maguro, and a set of
chocolates - the wrappers of which included her illustration and the artwork for Rolling
Blackouts. Amazing stuff! Chi acquired an extra set which she has very
kindly passed on to me - so, thank you Chi - and thank you Maguro!
I've included them in the Fan Art page of the Memorabilia section but check them all out
here. Please also check out Maguro's
website featuring many of her other excellent illustrations at
http://goldenlion.moo.jp/.
Let's Go! To The Hop
Monday 13th June
2011
Prince may be headlining but the real royalty will be found elsewhere:
The Go! Team - Hop Farm Festival, Tonbridge, Kent, UK - 3 July.
Let's Go! To The
Slottsfjell
Wednesday 15th June
2011
Nope - doesn't quite work does it. I'm sure it will on the day:
The Go! Team - Slottsfjell Festival, Tonsberg, Norway - 15 July.
Add Yr Voice To The Sound Of The Cloud
Friday 17th June
2011
The Go! Team have added a bunch of free downloadable remixes to
SoundCloud today including the very splendid Ruby Suns remix of Voice Yr
Choice. Rolling Remixes
here.
Essential Logic
Saturday 18th June
2011
The timing
of the release of The Go! Team's iTunes Essentials compilation this week
here makes perfect sense. The band have
just kicked off a 19 date season of festival appearances and it follows
that, once again, a load of people will be seeing them for the first
time and undoubtedly new fans will be made. If you are one of those
people and you've found your way here - welcome! The iTunes
compilation is a great place to start - but really all three studio
albums shown at the top of this page are 'essential' listening, as are
the myriad of singles, b-sides, radio sessions and other non-album tracks The Go! Team
have recorded over the last ten years. For further details on all
releases please check out the Discography section
here and for individual track info go
here.
I wouldn't be so presumptuous as to recommend my own 15 track
'Essentials' list (actually, it'd just be darn impossible) but if I could
suggest one track that hasn't made the compilation, it would have to be
'Templates From Home' - a sublime and ingenious bit of song writing
originating from an unlikely source and recorded for a good cause.
Probably my favourite Go! Team track ever and I can't help feeling it's
been overlooked somewhat, since its release in 2008. For further
information on the song go
here and
(for the time being) check out a little video for it
here.
Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup Ad
Monday 20th June
2011
Great ad for
this year's Homeless World Cup featuring The Go! Team's 'The
Running Range' - watch it
here.
Ready To Go Single
Wednesday 22nd June
2011
Well, sort of. The band
have announced they're releasing a four track download EP on the 25th of
July featuring Ready To Go Steady, Voice Yr Choice Remixes by The Ruby
Suns and TOBACCO and a remix of Buy Nothing Day by The Lost Boys. For
the official info go
here. There's also a one track promo CD
single doing the rounds - check it out
here.
Field Music
Thursday 23rd June
2011
A very big Go! Team
festival weekend kicks off tomorrow (Friday) in Paris at the Solidays Festival,
followed by Sea Sessions in Ireland on Saturday and culminating in their
third Glastonbury appearance in six years on Sunday. The band are
playing at around 6.30pm on the West Holts Stage - not sure if the BBC
or its
interactive service in the UK will be broadcasting any of their
performance as they did in 2007, but I'll be glued to the TV all
evening with fingers crossed. Wishing the band and festival go!-ers a
splendid weekend...
Glastonbury 2011 -
Update 26 June #2
Sunday 26th June
2011
Update #2 - 8.50pm:
The Go! Team's live Glastonbury set is up within the next half hour or
so, on screen 2 of the BBC's interactive red button service, following
Bombay Bicycle Club. Not that we've been waiting for it or anything.
Update: According to the band it sounds as though their set will be
broadcast on BBC's 'red button' interactive service via BBC2 & 3 in the
UK this evening. Also, looking around the BBC's Glastonbury site
here, there are selected performances
from many bands recorded over the weekend, so worth keeping an eye out
if you can't get the interactive service.
BBC Glasto Coverage
Sunday 26th June
2011
Was it really four years
ago since they last played Glastonbury? Always fantastic to see The Go!
Team on TV - the BBC broadcast ten songs tonight from what appeared to be
a scorching final night of the festival. Tracks aired were:
T.O.R.N.A.D.O.
Grip Like A Vice
Voice Yr Choice
Secretary Song
Ladyflash
The Running Range
Huddle Forrmation
The Power Is On
Apollo Throwdown
Keys To The City
Glastonbury Tracks On-Line
Monday 27th June
2011
How Ninja
managed to balance on those flowers I'll never know. See if you can work
it out by watching the BBC's coverage of The Go! Team, from their
Glastonbury appearance yesterday,
here. (Photo courtesy of the BBC).
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Festivals Cont'd
Wednesday 29th June
2011
This week
sees The Go! Team playing some more great and unique
festivals/locations. Tomorrow night they rekindle their acquaintance
with The Flaming Lips for a show at the amazing Eden Project in
Cornwall. That's followed by a trip to Guernsey on Saturday to play the
island's Performing Arts Festival before they return to the UK mainland
for a show at one of the larger unbranded/unsponsored events on
the festival calendar, Hop Farm in Kent on Sunday, on a bill that
includes headliner Prince. Click on the posters above for a better look.
Industrial Revolutions
Wednesday 30th June
2011
Memphis Industries has
been making records for 13 years. To mark the occaision the label is
throwing a birthday bash at Koko in London on the 30th of November with
live sets from four of its esteemed roster - Colourmusic, Dutch Uncles,
Field Music and, of course, The Go! Team. Tickets for 'Lucky 13'
go on sale on Friday 1st July at 10am
here. It's worth noting that, according
to the band's news letter
here, this show replaces the Coronet
gig planned for the 30th of September. So if you've already bought
Coronet tickets they are valid for Koko. Refunds are apparently available if you
can't make it to the November show.