Formed in 2018, Black Limousine is a three piece alt-rock band from Manchester, UK.
They are set to release their debut single ‘Dressed in Black’ via German Shepherd Records on 6th September 2019.
‘Dressed in Black’ is a blistering debut with its heavy, sludgy guitars, macabre undertones and soaring rhythm section calling to mind great alt rock-sounds of the 90s such as Rollins Band, Helmet and Filter. The track was produced by Simon ‘Ding’ Archer (Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Fall) at 6dB Studios in Salford, UK.
Of the single, lead singer and guitarist Mark Taylor says: “It’s about a person who basically takes no joy from anything, despite having the opportunity to be involved in moments and experiences of joy in their life. It’s about people who are just completely self absorbed, paranoid and no awareness of the good that’s around them”.
Mark Taylor (Four Candles),who is a seasoned musician on the Manchester underground music scene, recruited bass player John Pew and drummer Damien Hughes (Peter Hook / Monaco) to form Black Limousine. The band mixes stoner rock influences with punk and new wave sounds to make their own brand of crossover rock.
The next UK date for the band is Friday 16th August at The Peer Hat Manchester.
‘Dressed In Black’ will be available via German Shepherd Records via their Bandcamp page and all other digital platforms from 6th September 2019.
Welcome to our weekly news which this time lets you know about our three August 2nd releases.
Auster Boys – Reversing Into The Holoscene
The masters of psychogeography and the art of the flâneur are back with a three track EP “”Reversing Into the Holocene”. The title track is a stinging attack on the regressive policies of the Tory government and the other main track “Autopsychogeography” applies metafictional processes to journeys across Greater Manchester and the villages of West Northamptonshire blurring locations and times. The set is completed by a dub version of the title track. In a unique approach to the melding of spoken word and electronica the Austers celebrate their sporting, literary and musical heroes.
Austers on Facebook – @austerboys
Inferior Complex I Dream (Remix)
Southampton trio Inferior Complex return with a stunning remix of the track “I Dream” from their debut album.
Inferior Complex are
Raymond Missons – bass guitar and vocals
Andrew Missons – Arp omni 2 and guitar
Paul Jenman – drums
Additional production and arrangement in this instance was by Alex Bradley.
I Dream was originally recorded at Sound on Sound Southampton March 2017 an included in the “In My Life” album
The band have series of gigs coming up – see our gig list below
You can find them on Facebook at @arp2011
Kit B Singles and Obscure B-Sides
With a new line-up in rehearsal we thought it would be a good idea to collect everything that we had released by KIT B to date in a tidy little package. Exclusively available on digital sites only this twelve track collection includes singles, ep tracks and compilation tracks showcasing some of the finest alternative popular music in Manchester. Core members Danny Cusick (The Hidden Gem, Crab Dance GIs) and John Montague (The Junta, Positronik) are joined by a wide variety of excellent musicians including Night Operations Mike Powell to create stunning tunes with memorable hooks and melodies.
You can find them on Facebook – @kitbband
AOS HIT HMV
The Bury branch of HMV is now stocking Vinyl and CD versions of Adventures of Salvador’s “Welcome To Our Village” under their “Local Artist” promotion.
FORTHCOMING GIGS
Why not catch one of our bands live……details below
July
27th – Umbrella Assassins and Bouquet of Dead Crows play Pimjam festival at the Rose and Crown, Haverhill
28th – Monkeys In Love celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing at The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme, Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande also play – afternoon show between 1pm and 5pm
28th – Angry! play Friend Festival, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5LI
31st – The Junta, and Jed play The Peer Hat
August
3rd – Adventures of Salvador play Movers & SHAKERS Festival at The Longfield Suite Prestwich to support Forever Bury and Help Save Bury Football Club.
9th – Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande play The Railway, Didsbury
9th – Toska Wilde plays Margate Pride Rock at Elsewhere, 21-22 The Centre, Margate
10th – The Ombudsmen, Four Candles, Adventures of Salvador and Mark Corrin play Yerrr Bar, Manchester
16th – Keltrix play The Green Man, Granchester
24th – Umbrella Assassins play Rugfest, Haverhill
25th – Toska Wilde and Brucie feature on the End of the Week Show in Sheppey FM before nipping around the coast to play at It Came From The Sea II at The Centre, Margate
26th – Adventures of Salvador, Weimar and Pearl Divers play Glaston-Bury, Bury – venues and times to follow
29th – Dominic Carlton Jones plays The Peer Hat, Manchester
31st – The Mind Sweepers play Queen of the South Bar, Dumfries
31st – Mark Corrin plays Alt Night at The Whip and Kitten, Rawtenstall
September
7th – Inferior Complex play Railway Hotel, Yeovil
13th – Inferior Complex play The White Swan, Aylesbury
20th – The Harveys and Matthew Hopkins play The Peer Hat, Manchester
20th – Weimar play The Boulevard, Wigan
28th – Inferior Complex play The Victoria Gate, Taunton
October
12th – Scissors play The Six Bells, Cambridge
19th – The Junta plays at Hymns for Robots at the Golden Lion, Lancaster
19th – Bouquet of Dead Crows play The Smokehouse, Ipswich. FREE ENTRY
25th – The Parish Church Fire, Bouquet of Dead Crows, and Mark Corrin at Gullivers, Oldham Street, Manchester
26th – Toska Wilde plays CULT 13 – Underground Alternative Night at The Venue Southend.
26th – Poppycock play the Castle Hotel, Manchester
November
1st – Dominic Carlton-Jones plays Foundations Festival at Peer Hat/AATMA, Manchester
1st – Bouquet of Dead Crows and The Parish Church Fire play The Blue Moon, Cambridge
2nd – Weimar play Foundations Festival at Peer Hat/AATMA, Manchester
14th – The Harveys and Four Candles play The Castle, Manchester
30th – Adventures of Salvador and Weimar play The Globe, Glossop
December
14th – The Harveys play The Peer Hat, Manchester with the legendary TV Smith
2020
February
1st – The Junta will be supporting TRUE ORDER at Sunbird Records, Darwin
1st – The Harveys support The Monochrome Set at Jimmy’s Liverpool
Hello and welcome to our regular newsletter featuring:
Next weeks releases on July 26th
– Wider distribution for Ember Rev’s “Premonition and Ruin” EP
– A New Single from Ian and Neil Moss
Available now….
– Two new Mixcloud Direct Radio Shows from Bryn from The Screaming Love Collective and Mark & Richard from Lizard Brain
EMBER REV
Ember Rev came together early 2016 to play the nervous & neurotic accordian-driven tunes of Cambridge singer-songwriter Dan Ecclestone. Initially ploughing a folk-rock furrow, debut album “…it was all fields around here” was all ukuleles and autoharps. 2018’s critically acclaimed Premonition & Ruin shifted the sound up several gears and the complex asymmetrical rhythms heard in their current set are pushing the band in a darker direction.
The band joined German Shepherd in June 2019 for a wider distribution of Premonition and Ruin and the aim to release a full album later in the year.
The highly regarded EP is packed with stunning song craft and memorable lyrics.
‘absolutely blown away…stunning…. pure ingenious Art Rock passion, which is riddled with so much complexity it should be any self-respecting audiophile’s absolute dream’.
(A&R Factory)
‘Powerful…a disruptive, edgy opus’
(Cambridge Music Reviews)
The Moss Brothers return with the third of a new run of singles “Fall Out Of Love With Me” – with trademark angular rhythms and instrumentation and unique lyrics Ian and Neil turn the usual perception of a long song on it’s head. With a further single already in the bag and more planned it has been a busy time for the brothers.
MIXCLOUD DIRECT
Our new subscription service on Mixcloud Direct continues with two brand new hour length podcasts the first from Bryn Thornburn of The Screaming Love Collective, and the second from Richard & Mark from Lizard Brain, Featuring music from both artists and a selection of their own musical choices this is an excellent opportunity to listen to the influences behind two of our bands. Subscription is £2.99 a month from HERE
JULY GIGS
Gigs featuring our artists for the rest of July….
18th
Angry! play The Queen’s Head, Stockwell Road, Brixton, London with the Lucky Sevens.
The Scissors and Adventures of Salvador with Moonstrips at Blue Moon Cambridge
20th –
Keltrix play Whoosh Festival, The Missing Sock, Sto-Cum-Quy
Adventures of Salvador with Umbrella Assassins and The Get play Dublin Castle, London
27th –
Umbrella Assassins and Bouquet of Dead Crows play Pimjam festival at the Rose and Crown, Haverhill
28th –
Monkeys In Love celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing at The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme, Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande also play – afternoon show between 1pm and 5pm
Angry! play Friend Festival, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5LI
Hello and welcome to this weeks edition of the German Shepherd Records newsletter,
We are still trying to cool down after a red hot night in Manchester last Friday where Adventures of Salvador launched their new album “Welcome To Our Village” accompanied by Electric Cheese and Umbrella Assassins. All three bands put in sterling performances as can be evidenced from Paul Forshaw’s videos of the event captured here.
This week we launch the new album from Four Candles “Nettle Rash” which is released on 12th July.
The third album from the band finds them moving on and expanding their repertoire with the presence of Mark Taylor’s guitar coming to the fore, and Ian Moss’s words taking on a broad range of subjects from Climate Change, through political issues including the badger cull, to an exploration of the seamier side of sexual entanglements. With guest vocalists Anne and Julia from the band Matthew Hopkins and keyboards from engineer Simon “Ding” Archer the aural palette of the band has been expanded. This is their strongest album yet.
An interview with Ian Moss about the album will be aired on Bob Osborne’s Aural Delights show in taintradio on 11th July.
The band are playing live at the following
10th August – Yerrr Bar, Manchester with Adventures of Salvador, and The Ombudsmen
14th November – The Castle, Manchester with The Harveys.
Speaking of The Harveys – that is the new name for Harvey’s Rabbit and we will be releasing a brand new double A side single from the band “Skeleton Dance/Laugh At The Stars” in September – here’s a preview of the gorgeous single art
GERMAN SHEPHERD ON MIXCLOUD DIRECT
We are pleased to announce the launch of German Shepherd Radio via Mixcloud Select
Hosted on label co-owner Bob Osborne’s Mixcloud channel this new venture will feature radio content from members of the German Shepherd Roster with exclusive shows only available to subscribers. Subscription is £2.99 a month for access to brand new content featuring not only German Shepherd acts but also the bands and artists that our roster is listening to. We will also be featuring exclusive live content from our bands recorded at some of the gigs we have promoted.
To kick things off we have
an exclusive new show from Mike Powell of Night Operations which features a broad range of rock indie and electronica acts and couple of fellow German Shepherd artists – with John Grant, New Order, The Junta, Tin Machine, Dubstar , The Scissors, The Fevers, Weyes Blood, Ikara Colt, Ian Brown, and Temples.
the return of Bob’s Reformation Show with an interview with Ian Moss of Unseasonal Beasts and featuring tracks from Ian’s and Simon Ding Archers careers.
The next two exclusive shows will feature Four Candles and The Screaming Love Collective.
FORTHCOMING GIGS
July
4th-
Smith, Hughes & Williams from The Parish Church Fire appearing at the Waiting for the Clampdown Book Launch at the Castle Hotel, Manchester – Free Entry
5th –
Inferior Complex play The Shooting Star, Southampton
13th –
Umbrella Assassins play The Smokehouse, Ipswich
Electric Cheese play Indiefest 2019 at The Boulevard, Wigan
Adventures of Salvador play Strummercamp Summer Party at The Star & Garter – £5
19th –
The Scissors and Adventures of Salvador with Moonstrips at Blue Moon Cambridge
20th –
Keltrix play Whoosh Festival, The Missing Sock, Sto-Cum-Quy
Adventures of Salvador with Umbrella Assassins and The Get play Dublin Castle, London
27th –
Umbrella Assassins and Bouquet of Dead Crows play Pimjam festival at the Rose and Crown, Haverhill
28th –
Monkeys In Love celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing at The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme, Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande also play – afternoon show between 1pm and 5pm
31st –
The Junta plays The Peer Hat
August
3rd
Adventures of Salvador play Movers & SHAKERS Festival at The Longfield Suite Prestwich to support Forever Bury and Help Save Bury Football Club.
9th –
Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande play The Railway, Didsbury
Toska Wilde plays Margate Pride Rock at Elsewhere, 21-22 The Centre, Margate
10th –
Weimar play Scarborough Apollo
The Mind Sweepers play Queen of the South Bar, Dumfries
The Ombudsmen, Four Candles, Adventures of Salvador play Yerrr Bar, Manchester
16th –
Keltrix play The Green Man, Granchester
24th –
Umbrella Assassins play Rugfest, Haverhill
25th –
Toska Wilde and Brucie feature on the End of the Week Show in Sheppey FM before nipping around the coast to play at It Came From The Sea II at The Centre, Margate
29th –
Dominic Carlton Jones plays The Peer Hat, Manchester
September
20th –
The Harveys and Matthew Hopkins play The Peer Hat, Manchester
Weimar play The Boulevard, Wigan
October
12th –
Scissors play The Six Bells, Cambridge
26th –
Toska Wilde plays CULT 13 – Underground Alternative Night at The Venue Southend.
Poppycock play the Castle Hotel, Manchester
November
1st –
Dominic Carlton-Jones plays Foundations Festival at Peer Hat/AATMA, Manchester
2nd –
Weimar play Foundations Festival at Peer Hat/AATMA, Manchester
14th –
The Harveys and Four Candles play The Castle, Manchester
30th –
Adventures of Salvador and Weimar play The Globe, Glossop
December
14th –
The Harveys play The Peer Hat, Manchester with the legendary TV Smith
2020
February
1st –
The Junta will be supporting TRUE ORDER at Sunbird Records, Darwin
Due to sterling video work by Paul Forshaw we have all three sets from the Adventures of Salvador album launch at the Castle Hotel on Friday 28th June 2019.
We are pleased to announce the launch of German Shepherd Radio via Mixcloud Select
Hosted on label co-owner Bob Osborne’s Mixcloud channel this new venture will feature radio content from members of the German Shepherd Roster with exclusive shows only available to subscribers. Subscription is £2.99 for access to brand new content featuring not only German Shepherd acts but also the bands and artists that our roster is listening to. We will also be featuring exclusive live content from our bands recorded at some of the gigs we have promoted.
To kick things off we have an exclusive new show from Mike Powell of Night Operations which features a broad range of rock indie and electronica acts and couple of fellow German Shepherd artists – with John Grant, New Order, The Junta, Tin Machine, Dubstar , The Scissors, The Fevers, Weyes Blood, Ikara Colt, Ian Brown, and Temples.
Keep watching for more content to be announced soon….
Hello and welcome to the weekly newsletter from German Shepherd Records……
This week
– The first EP from Unseasonal Beasts
– Adventures of Salvador album launch and mini-tour
– Debut gig for Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande
– New video from The Screaming Love Collective
– Gigs!
THE REAL NORTHERN POWERHOUSE
The debut EP from the partnership of Ian “Moet” Moss and Simon “Ding” Archer is released on July 4th, they call themselves Unseasonal Beasts, badged as MUSIC FROM THE NORTHERN POWERHOUSE . The first of a series of four, the EP includes three brand new tracks of pumping electronic pop-punk/post-punk with special guest appearances from the Manchester music scenes finest – Dan Woolfie, Eoghan Clifford, Seth Leppard and Susan O’Shea. This powerful music has been constructed over several months at Ding’s legendary 6dB Studios in Salford. It follows on from the debut single from the pairing from 2014 X-Factor/Dum Dum Daze.
With subjects ranging from legendary Chilean/French film-maker Alejandro Jodorowsky(who is feted in a massive near seven minute dance epic) through the harrowing tales of migrant workers, to a discourse on the pressures of modern life, this is a powerful first statement from two legends of Manchester Music.
No gigs are planned at the moment although the duo have made one live appearance to date featuring two of the tracks from this EP
A ten minute interview with Ian Moss will be broadcast on Bob Osborne’s Aural Delights Show on Taint Radio on July 4th.
ADVENTURES OF SALVADOR ALBUM LAUNCH
The Adventures of Salvador album launch is this Friday (28th June) at The Castle Hotel, Oldham Street, Manchester with special guests Electric Cheese and Umbrella Assassins. CD and Vinyl editions of the album will be available on the night. The band will follow up the launch with a string of other dates:
13th July – Strummercamp Summer Party, Star and Garter, Manchester
19th July – The Blue Moon, Cambridge with The Scissors
20th July – The Dublin Castle, London with Umbrella Assassins and The Get
MARK CORRIN’S ELASTIKBANDE DEBUTS
Mark Corrins’ Elastikbande will be playing their debut gig at the Old Abbey Taphouse, Manchester on Friday 28th June with New Zealand band Mr Sterile Assembly and Liverpool group Unstoppable Sweeties. The band will also be doing a set at the Monkeys In Love afternoon gig “50th anniversary of the moon landing” at The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme on July 28th …..this is an afternoon show between 1pm and 5pm. The band are described as “a three piece garage rock / post punk outfit featuring ex members of The Fall / Polythene, (Una Baines’) Poppycock and Rose & The Diamond Hand”. Featuring Kate on drums, Luisa on guitar / backing vocals and Mark on bass / vocals the band are about to start recording their debut album and Mark has another solo album in the pipeline.
NEW VIDEO FROM THE SCREAMING LOVE COLLECTIVE
The new Screaming Love Collective album, and the second one this year, “Do What You Love” releases on July 19th – it’s a fun packed selection of dark disco grooves moving on from the post-punk stylings of previous albums.
FORTHCOMING GIGS
2019
June
26th –
Dominic Carlton Jones plays Cuckoo Calling (Featured Artist) Bury New Road, Prestwich
28th –
Adventures of Salvador play The Castle, Oldham Street, Manchester – ALBUM RELEASE SHOW with Umbrella Assassins and Electric Cheese
The Scissors and Adventures of Salvador with Moonstrips at Blue Moon Cambridge
20th –
Keltrix play Whoosh Festival, The Missing Sock, Sto-Cum-Quy
Adventures of Salvador with Umbrella Assassins and The Get play Dublin Castle, London
27th –
Umbrella Assassins and Bouquet of Dead Crows play Pimjam festival at the Rose and Crown, Haverhill
28th –
Monkeys In Love celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing at The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme, Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande also play – afternoon show between 1pm and 5pm
31st –
The Junta plays The Peer Hat
August
9th –
Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande play The Railway, Didsbury
The new Screaming Love Collective album, and the second one this year, “Do What You Love”releases on July 19th – it’s a fun packed selection of dark disco groovesmoving on from the post-punk stylings of previous albums – here’s a preview of the title track…..
Hello and welcome to the weekly newsletter from German Shepherd Records
This week we have a new single to announce plus lots of gig news and a sneak peak at what’s coming from the label in the rest of 2019
IAN AND NEIL MOSS
Ian and Neil return with the second in a run of a new singles with “A Story” a psychedelic sound melange tinged with progressive tropes and layers of voices and instruments. Released digitally on June 28th the single will be followed by at least one more in this productive run of material from the Moss siblings
WEIMAR, THE OMBUDSMEN AND SOME OF THE PARISH CHURCH FIRE
For the hometown gig of the week we are back at The Eagle in Salford this Friday for a band curated evening from Weimar, currently in the studio recording their debut album, who have brought in exciting new German Shepherd roster members The Ombudsmen. This three piece from the Greater Manchester area produce amazing instrumental music which is breathtaking to watch live – the band will have a special guest vocalist on show on the night. Bassist John is also in The Parish Church Fire and three of his band mates Sam, Dewi and Tim will also be playing as “Smith, Hughes, and Williams”. That trio can also be seen at The Castle in Manchester on July 4th as part of another MASS Assembly event. We will have an announcement about a Parish Church Fire gig, with some very special guests, very soon. To complete the circle Weimar, together with Dominic Carlton Jones, will be representing German Shepherd Records at this years Foundations Festival at The Peer Hat/AATMA in Manchester on 1st (Dominic) and 2nd (Weimar) November.
SALVADORIAN ADVENTURES
With the release of the sophomore album, “Welcome To Our Village” from Adventures of Salvador this Friday we would like to remind of the launch event at The Castle Hotel, Manchester on 28th June, where the band will be joined by Electric Cheese (who have a new EP in the pipeline) and Umbrella Assassins who bring their Shed Punk sound all the way from Haverhill in Suffolk, their new single “Sweat It Out” was released last Friday. Tickets are selling fast!
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE
A quick preview of what is coming in Summer/Autumn….
The first of four EPs from the pairing of Simon “Ding” Archer and Ian Moss called Unseasonal Beasts…..special guests on the EP include Dan Woolfie, Susan O’Shea, Seth Leppard and Eoghan Clifford
The new album from Four Candles called “Nettle Rash” – German Shepherd subscribers will get a bonus track
A new one from The Screaming Love Collective called “Do What You Love”
A remix single from Lizard Brain called “Don’t Even Blink”
The excellent debut EP from Ember Rev “Premonition and Ruin” will be distributed with a new release coming later in the year
Another Ian and Neil Moss single “Fall Out Of Love With Me”
A remix from Inferior Complex of “I Dream”
A collection of Crab Dance GIs tracks to date plus a brand new single “The Latest Record/Trash Talk”
A new EP from Auster Boys “Reversing Into The Holoscene”
A Kit B compilation “Seven Singles & Four Obscure B Sides”
GIGS
2019
June
19th –
Ember Rev play Johnny Wright’s Wednesday Sessions at The Brook, Mill Road Cambridge
21st –
Weimar play The Eagle, Salford with The Ombudsman and Smith, Hughes & Williams from The Parish Church Fire
22nd –
Ember Rev and The Scissors play Knackfest in Isleham, Ely
Electric Cheese play The Doghouse Cellar Jazz Bar, Bury
24th –
The Junta plays The Peer Hat, Manchester with Lucky + Love.
26th –
Dominic Carlton Jones plays Cuckoo Calling (Featured Artist) Bury New Road, Prestwich
28th –
Adventures of Salvador play The Castle, Oldham Street, Manchester – ALBUM RELEASE SHOW with Umbrella Assassins and Electric Cheese
Inferior Complex play The Alexandra, Southampton
Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande play The Old Abbey Taphouse, Manchester
30th –
Electric Cheese play Night and Day Cafe, Manchester
The Scissors and Adventures of Salvador with Moonstrips at Blue Moon Cambridge
20th –
Keltrix play Whoosh Festival, The Missing Sock, Sto-Cum-Quy
Adventures of Salvador with Umbrella Assassins and The Get play Dublin Castle, London
27th –
Umbrella Assassins and Bouquet of Dead Crows play Pimjam festival at the Rose and Crown, Haverhill
28th –
Monkeys In Love celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing at The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme, Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande also play – afternoon show between 1pm and 5pm
31st –
The Junta plays The Peer Hat
August
9th –
Mark Corrin’s Elastikbande play The Railway, Didsbury
