The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #31

'Who the F*ck Is 'Bill Crosby', for a Start...!?'


Here is the 31st episode of the Crow Versus Crow Radio Show, presented in glorious 192kbps technicolour, with a bit of a focus on the Fucking Amateurs label (tip of the iceberg, I reckon, though), a couple of tracks from upcoming releases on Hibernate Recordings (Wil Bolton, Caught In The Wake Forever), a small tribute to Robin Gibb, and an obligatory The Fall track, amongst many other noisy and/or quiet things.

If you are interested in the work of any of the artists included in this episode then please support them through buying their records and attending their shows where possible.

This episode originally aired on 96.7 Phoenix FM (Calderdale) on Sunday 27th May 2012 between 6 and 8pm.


A List of Tracks Played, In The Order They Appeared.

1. Minor Threat - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (Complete Discography/ Dischord)
2. William S. Burroughs talks about Writing and Art
3. The Unit Ama – Glass Like Water (The Unit Ama / Gringo Records)

4. Philadelphia Dave – The Probability of Life’s Construction (Fucking Amateurs 50 / Fucking Amateurs)
5. Netherlands – New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Soundcloud release)
6. The Fall – Mountain Energei (Country On The Click / Unreleased leaked version)

7. Johann Johannsson – They Being Dead Yet Speaketh (The Miner’s Hymns / Fat Cat)
8. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Dramatic Theme (A Manual Dexterity Soundtrack Volume 1 / Gold Standard Laboratories)

 9. Basilica – Blood Servant (Casual Curses [Ear Songs of Unfit Eyes] / Fucking Amateurs)
10. Richard Dawson – Her Bright Smile Still Haunts Me (Fucking Amateurs 50 / Fucking Amateurs)

11. Wil Bolton – Dissolve (Under A Name That Hides Her / Hibernate)
12. Charalambides – Wanted To Talk (Exile / Kranky)
13. Hangedup – Klang Klang (Clatter For Control / Constellation)

14. L’Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti – Sare Mobo (L’Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti / Kindred Spirits)

15. The Blind Piano Tuner – Beans (Fucking Amateurs 50 / Fucking Amateurs)
16. Warsaw – No Love Lost (Warsaw / Movieplay Gold)
17. Tide Of Iron – Bill Cosby (Sow EP / Shybairns Records)

18. The Long Lonesome Go – Potlatch (Chapel Day Trip / Bandcamp Release)
19. Mononoke – Windsor McClay (Issue #1 / Bandcamp Release)

20. John Frusciante – Life’s A Bath (Smile From The Streets You Hold / Birdman)
21. Caught In The Wake Forever – Western Medicine Failed Me (Against A Simple Wooden Cross / Hibernate)

22. Tim Hecker – Analog Paralysis, 1978 (Ravedeath, 1972 / Kranky)

Thank You

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show Mixes

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show Mixes


It has been a while since I have uploaded a guest mix from the Crow Versus Crow Radio Show but, like buses and travesties, here are two at once - an excellent offering from House of John Player and a Beast Tapes of 2011 mix from Posset.

I've also embedded the entire selection of mixes available via Soundcloud in case you have missed any, or have stumbled across CVC for the first time, and wish to work your way through them.

For a list of tracks from each mix, and any further information, please see Crow Versus Crow Mixes on Soundcloud


Posset's Beast Tapes of 2011 Mix

1) Ludo Mich/Burial Hex – Speed of light is too slow (Scumbag Relations)
2) Blood Stereo – Live in Rochester, NY (Chocolate Monk)
3) Usurper & The Void – Self Titled (Threshold Tapes)
4) Hobo Sonn – Synthetic Preserves (Sick Head)
5) Funeral Dance Party – Wedge Driver (Loxley Tapes/Fuckin’ Amateurs)
6) The Piss Superstition – Dallas Amp (Medusa)
7) Roman Nose – For Alcofribas Nasier (Winebox Press)
8) The Chef – Daft Wife with a Dicta (No Label)
9) Midwich – Faraday Cage: Feathered Machines (Matching Head)
10) Serfs – Auld County Waltz (Cabin Floor Esoterica)





House of John Player's mix from The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #28


1. Buttonhead - Fanfare
2. Jonathan Richman - Let Her Go Into The Darkness
3. Grass Widow - Goldilocks Zone
4. Chick Corea - El Bozo (Part 3)
5. The Necessaries - State Of The Art
6. Lispector - Two Rights Can't Make A Wrong






Juffage's mix from The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #23



Imaginary Forces' mix from The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #17



Runners' mix from The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #12



O.O.O's mix from The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #10

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #30

Big Songs for Big Lads (and Dead People)

Continuing on from the last episode, 'The Golden Age of the Crow Versus Crow Radio Show' is picking up pace in it's second episode presented by A Representative of Crow Versus Crow Industries, mixing olde and new and loud and quiet, all filtered through hopeless punk rock ideals.

This show is uploaded at 192kbps and, after a break of almost a year, is now available to download. The intention with the entire show is to promote the music that CVC is passionate about and believes in the merit of. If any artists/labels object to the availability of their track to download then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

If you are at all interested in any of the artists featured in this episode, please show your support and purchase their records and attend their live shows where possible.

This episode originally aired on 96.7 Phoenix FM (Calderdale) on Sunday 13th May 2012 between 6 and 8pm.

Track List

1. Kurt Schwitters – Dritter Teil (Ursonate, WERGO)
2. Hookworms – Form and Function (Split 7” w/ Kogumaza, Gringo Records)
3. The Velvet Underground – Foggy Notion (VU, Verve)

4. Beastie Boys – Sure Shot (Ill Communication, Grand Royal)
5. Kiezos – Rumba 70 (Angola 60s: 1956 – 1970, Buda Musique)

6. Geraldo Mestre Morgado – Mini Saia (Angola 60s: 1956-1970, Buda Musique)
7. Sonic Youth – Silver Loop (Silver Sessions (for Jason Knuth), SYR)
8. Hiva Oa – Morning (Future Nostalgia for Sale, Mini50 Records)

9. B>E>A>K – Keehar (White Edition, Audacious Art Experiment)
10. Ganger – Missile That Backfired (Fore, Domino)

11. Doctors – Gold (Back To Rural Violence, Self Released)
12. Lungfish – You Did Not Exist (Indivisible, Dischord Records)
13. Richard Knox & Frederic D. Oberland – The Wreck of Hope (alternate ambient version) (The Rustle of the Stars (bonus DL track), Gizeh Records)

14. L’Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti – N’Do, N’Do (Kanaga de Mopti, Kindred Spirits)

15. Memphis Goons – Baby, Let’s Bathe in Tang (Teenage BBQ, Shangri-La Records)
16. BnP – In The Key Of Love (Welcome To Mediocrity, Self Released)

17. La Boite Diabolique – Dez Knows (A Lovely Box Of Chocolates, Strictly No Capital Letters and Eat A Book)
18. Greg Sage – Seems So Clear (Straight Ahead, Enigma Records)
19. Mudhoney – Good Enough (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, Sub Pop)
20. Endless Rope – David On The Guillotine (Demo 2012, Self Released)

21. AMERICANS – We Fear Post Rock (AMERICANS, Self Released)
22. Ex Models – That’s Funny, I Don’t Feel like A Shithead (Chrome Panthers, Troubleman Unlimited)

23. My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise (EPs 1998 – 1991, Sony)

Thank You

Crow Versus Crow and Posset present... 'SEAWEED OF SILK'

I am incredibly pleased to be able to announce the completion of a collaborative project with Newcastle's finest, Posset, in the form of a 20pp A5 black and white zine/3" CDR release. My contribution is a set of photocollages produced in response to Posset's organic, layered Dictaphone 'humps', made up of various field recordings and basic instrumentation produced with aesthetic consideration of earlier Crow Versus Crow visual work.

You can purchase a copy, for the cost price of £4, by emailing crow_versus_crow(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk.

Here's a video of Posset in action...

I'll also be peddling copies of the zine/3" CDR, and the very last few copies of the previous Crow Versus Crow zine/3"CDR split, at the upcoming Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention on Saturday 19th May at Victoria Baths, Manchester - appropriately themed 'Mass Participation and Collaboration'. More information on that here.

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #29

As of this show, the Crow Versus Crow Radio Show will now be presented solely by myself, Andy, after Tom has decided to take a break due to an increasing workload and having to prioritise other commitments. This sucks, but is unavoidable. I had the choice to either abruptly pull the plug on the show or present it solo, and, considering the hard work that has gone in to building the show up to what it is so far, I've decided to soldier on... and, yowzers, was this show a battle?! It will no doubt take a couple of shows to get used to sitting alone in a room talking to a microphone, and the nerves are well on show, but it is, as it always has been, what it is... raw, unscripted drivel in between tracks that I've particularly enjoyed over the last two weeks between the recording of shows.

There is a special Beast Tapes of 2011 mix by Crow Versus Crow regular and collaborator, Posset, in which he presents a seamless mix of excerpts from his personal pick of cassette releases from last year (ripped straight from the tapes themselves). A list of the tracks is included in the show's track list below.

Also, this week's compilation, from which I will be selecting tracks, is mini50 records' After a Long Dream of Sleep, a record released to raise awareness of and funding for Crisis Counselling, a counselling and support service based in Scotland. More information on that project can be found here.

As always, if you are at all interested in any of the artists featured in this episode, please show your support and purchase their records and attend their live shows where possible.

This episode originally aired on 96.7 Phoenix FM (Calderdale) on Sunday 29th April 2012 between 6 and 8pm.

Track Listing

1. Allen Ginsberg - Punk Rock (excerpt)
2. Spirit Animals - Bearlesque
3. Posset - For You
4. Kogumaza - Ursids
5. :zoviet*france: - E18
6. Nope - Porous Spile
7. Jandek - Philip Was Mentioned
8. The Douglas Firs - 30.11.10
9. Torn Apart - High Standards
10. No - Pathway
11. Posset's Crow Versus Crow Mix - Beast Tapes of 2011
      - Ludo Mich / Burial Hex - Speed Of Light Is Too Slow (Scumbag Relations)
      - Blood Stereo - Live In Rochester, NY (Chocolate Monk)
      - Usurper & The Void - Self Titled (Threshold Tapes)
      - Hobo Sonn - Synthetic Preservatives (Sick Head)
      - Funeral Dance Party - Wedge Driver (Loxley Tapes/Fuckin' Amateurs)
      - The Piss Superstition - Dallas Amp (Medusa)
      - Roman Nose - For Alcofribas Nasier (Winebox Press)
      - The Chef - Daft Wife With A Dicta (No Label)
      - Midwich - Faraday Caves: Feathered Machines (Matching Head)
      - Serfs - Auld Country Waltz (Cabin Floor Esoterica)
12. Mirrorzisland - Anonatoll
13. Hiva Oa - Exile
14. fiRES Were Shot - Giffords Green
15. Glacis - May This Night Never See Morning
16. Dean McPhee - Power Of Nines
17. The Townhouses - Romance At The Video Game Library
18. Evenings - Alcyone
19. Andrew Forster - Let's Race To The End Of The Tunnel
20. Falenizza Horsepower - Footsteps In The Snow
21. Mahogany Hand Glider - Fringe
22. Fighting Kites - Butterbean

Thank You.

Crow Versus Crow presents... JUFFAGE | GIGANTES | MAHOGANY HAND GLIDER

*POSTPONED* We've had to postpone this gig until later on in the year. It may be as soon as June, but, whenever it will be, IT WILL BE.

Crow Versus Crow presents...

JUFFAGE | GIGANTES | MAHOGANY HAND GLIDER

Saturday 19th May 2012

Bar Up

Halifax

8pm

£4

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #28

This episode features a guest mix from Bletchley based 'YO! wave pop' artist House of John Player, who has released records on Double Dot Dash amongst others. We are also joined by Hebden Bridge based gig promoter/ podcast presenter/ record reviewer/ owl lover/ all-round good guy Ned, of Was Ist Das?. This weeks featured compilation is Birds Out Records' Thrashin' Victim, which you can download for free here.

If you are at all interested in the work of any artists featured in this episode then please support that artist through purchasing their records and attending their live shows where possible.

Thank you to all the artists and labels who have shown their support and provided the records to make this show.

This show originally aired on 96.7 Phoenix FM (Calderdale) on Sunday 15th April between 6 and 8pm.


Track List


1. Ahleuchatistas - 2-3 Coinsensus On The Un-Finite Possibilities
2. House Of John Player - Popwars
3. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning
4. Fursaxa - Leaves Of Bryony
5. King Crimson - Easy Money
6. James Blackshaw - Gate Of Ivory
7. Arbouretum - Ghosts Of Here And Now
8. Hush Arbors - Gone
9. Michael Flower and Neil Campbell - Untitled (excerpt)
10. Padang Food Tigers - Corn Stem
11. Charalambides - Desecrated
12. Pimmon - Other Side Of The Sun
13. Rachel's - First Self Portrait Series
14. The House Of John Player Crow Versus Crow Mix
      - Buttonhead - Fanfare
      - Jonathan Richman - Let Her Go Into The Darkness
      - Grass Widow - Goldilocks Zone
      - Chick Corea - El Bozo (Part 3)
      - The Necessaries - State Of The Art
      - Lispector - Two Rights Can't Make A Wrong
15. No Coast - Make Out With All Your Brothers
16. Closure - Sada Abe
17. Fuck Right Off - Won't Be Phased
18. The Atrocity Exhibit - Scissors
19. Greg Sage - Your Empathy
20. Mogwai - Stanley Kubrick (Live)

Thank You