Friday 27 January 2012

Crow Versus Crow presents...


Crow Versus Crow presents...
PALE SEAS and THESE MEN
Tuesday 6th March 2012
8.30pm
FREE ENTRY
Facebook Event

Crow Versus Crow proudly present, for their second night at The Puzzle Hall Inn, PALE SEAS with support from THESE MEN.

PALE SEAS (formerly Netherlands)

Crow Versus Crow have been huge fans of PALE SEAS since hearing an early track, 'Killed By Lions', on Marc Riley's BBC6Music show in early 2011 when they were but one solitary man, Jacob Scott, working under the name Netherlands.

Now expanded to a group, featuring Zeelah Izabella Anstey on vocals and percussion, Matthew Bishop on guitar and keys and Graham Poole on guitar, vocals and keys, PALE SEAS craft timeless organic pop songs that retain the sense of introspective, beaten and broken catharsis that was so prominent within Jacobs initial home recordings.

Serge Gainsbourg, Galaxie 500 and My Bloody Valentine and early Bee Gees in equal parts.




Pale Seas' Website

THESE MEN

Like a barbershop quintet performing Beach Boys-influenced tales of contemporary, and socially conscious, woe. If we're to be reductive (which we are), for fans of, erm, Barbershop quartets and The Beach Boys(!) The Beta Band, TV on the Radio, Super Furry Animals...



Anthologies Christmas 2011 | These Men from Anthologies on Vimeo.

These Men's Myspace Page

This gig is free entry, although donations are welcome and will go directly to the artists. As always, Crow Versus Crow will not take any profit from this gig.

Sunday 22 January 2012

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #22





'...If you're going to fill something with anything it might as well be The Fall.'



Here is the third of the pre-recorded Crow Versus Crow Radio Show podcasts, recorded completely 'live' in the studio, with no overdubs and alterations. This show will air/aired on Calderdale's 96.7 Phoenix FM on Sunday 8th January 2012 between 6 and 8 pm.

There was an issue with the panning during the recording of this episode, so, at points, the left or right speaker will cut out. Apologies to you the listener, and to the artists whose work is affected by this. We hang our heads... The T G Gondard track is the most badly affected, so to compensate there is a stream of 'The Phalanx' below.

If you are interested in any of the work presented here please support the artists through purchasing their records and/or attending their live shows when possible. Thank you to all the artists who allowed us to use their recordings within the show and to those who sent us records to listen to.


Track List

1. Thje - h
2. Nai Harvest - Distance, etc.
3. Thomas Function - Filthy Flowers
4. Rafael Toral - WF Radio Edit
5. James Blake - At Birth
6. Storm and Stress - And Third And Youngest, Unnamed
7. Richard Knox and Frederic D. Oberland - Drawing Lines To The End Of The World
8. Pine Barrens - Kingmaker
9. Silencio, Ahora, Silencio - Juan
10. Women - Flashlights
11. Posset - Sonic Reducer Reduced
12. The Unit Ama - M
13. Pascal Savy - On Leaving
14. TG Gondard - The Phalanx
15. Current 93 - All The Pretty Horses
16. Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Daniel
17. Junior Boys - Last Exit (Fennesz Mix)
18. Demdike Stare - Bardo Thodol
19. Oneohtrix Point Never - Pelham Island Road
20. The Fall - Eat Y'Self Fitter




Also, below is a scan of Peter Nejedly's photograph that graces the cover of Pascal Savy's recent release in the Hibernate Postcard Series. You can find more information about the series here.



Thank You

Sunday 8 January 2012

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #21



Here is the second of the pre-recorded Crow Versus Crow Radio Show podcasts, recorded completely 'live' in the studio, with no overdubs and alterations. This show aired on Calderdale's 96.7 Phoenix FM on Sunday 8th January 2012 between 6 and 8 pm.

If you are interested in any of the work presented here please support the artists through purchasing their records and/or attending their live shows when possible. Thank you to all the artists who allowed us to use their recordings within the show and to those who sent us records to listen to.


This mp3 file is at a bit rate of 192kbps, in order to give a quality representation of the tracks featured, whilst not full 320kbps quality to deter ripping of tracks from the show. Due to the nature of most of the music we play, its subtlety and texture, we recommend listening to it through headphones, in a dark room, on your own....crying. Kind of.


Track List:


1. An Excerpt of an Interview with Charles Bukowski
2. Imaginary Forces (featuring Balázs Pándi) - Flood Gate
3. Brian Eno and Harold Budd with Daniel Lanois - Dark Eyed Sister
4. Hella - Biblical Violence
5. I See A Giant - Deckchair
6. Hey Hachi - Hazel
7. Fennesz, Sakamoto - Huru
8. Liturgy - Glory Bronze
9. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - Keep What You Have Built Up Here
10. Human Hands - Buildings
11. Faraquet - The Fourth Introduction
12. The Pupils - I Will Remain Human For Another Day
13. Zoviet France - Pyroclastic Flow
14. We Came Out Like Tigers - The Sailor Does Not Pray For Wind, He Learns To Sail
15. Ravachol - Equilibrium
16. Tape - Reperto
17. Lyon - Débaucher
18. David Thomas Broughton - River Lay
19. The Caretaker - Libet's Delay
20. Collections of Colonies of Bees - Funeral

Imaginary Forces
I See A Giant Bandcamp
Eat A Book Records
'Liturgy's Hunter Hunt-Hendrix Responds To The Critics'
Human Hands Bandcamp
Count Your Lucky Stars Records
Dischord Records
We Came Out Like Tigers
Ravachol
History Always Favours The Winners Records

Thank You

Tuesday 3 January 2012

The Subterranean Literary Journal - Issue 2

Back in October I was asked to contribute an illustration to the second issue of the Subterranean Literary Journal, themed 'The Tranfiguration', in response to Oisin Fagan's poem, How To Build The Utopia.

You can read and purchase the Journal in physical and digital versions here.