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