Danish rock'n'roll label reports that Dragontears (ex-Baby Woodrose/On Trial) are currently recording what will probably be their third and final album. It will be called "Turn on tune in fuck off" and is set for release this fall. Also on the way from the label is a collection of demos and outtakes Baby Woodrose made during recording their debut album "Blows your mind" which will feature various alternate takes of songs on the album plus a few previously unreleased cuts. The title of that one will be called "Mindblowing seeds & disconnected flowers" and it's set for a spring release.
Check out The Submarine Sessions, a new Danish multimedia site featuring pared-down live performances from a number of artists such as The Raveonettes, Oh Land, Cody, Baby Woodrose and more recorded in the belly of a submarine: http://www.submarinesessions.com/
Crunchy Frog has established a myspace page for their new tribute comp "Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue" and are streaming a good number of the tracks: http://www.myspace.com/frogalogue
In case you missed my earlier mentions of it, the comp features 25 current Danish acts each covering a song from the label's vast back-catalogue. Acts featured include: As in RebekkaMaria, Baby Woodrose, Choir of Young Believers, Decorate Decorate vs Cody, Figurines, I Am Bones, Marybell Katastrophy, Robert Johnson and Punchdrunks, Slaraffenland, The Asteroid Galaxy Tour, The Blue Van, The Fashion, The Kissaway Trail, The Wong Boys, When Saints Go Machine, Who Made Who and lots more.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Marit Bergman - Casey, hold on
02. TALK 1
03. Ponamero Sundown - Alcoholic deathride
04. Titiyo - If only your bed could cry (feat. Moto Boy)
05. The Bear Quartet - Millions
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Millions
08. Gösta Berlings Saga - Sorterargatan 3
09. TALK 3
10. Stefan and the Problematix - In the city
11. 1999 - Hated people
12. Astrid Swan - 2000 - 2010 (I'm not even 30)
13. Grande Roses - I don't wanna get back on that horse again
14. TALK 4
15. Blänk - Shirt off
16. Psychic Stunts - Wind up the sound
17. Baby Woodrose - Countdown to breakdown
18. TALK 5
19. AC4 - Let's go to war
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Trying hard to stay positive on music posts this week, and boy am I struggling. Good thing I've got more quality hard rock to share though, because without it, I'd be at near-zero. So yeah, keep holding on for the hate to come next week; until then here's a cut from the new self-titled Baby Woodrose album, their sixth overall. I've only been so-so on the last few Woodrose records and the same goes for Mr. Lorenzo Woodrose's various side endeavors (The Setting Son, Dragontears), but this new disc is totally solid. Maybe not quite a year-end contender, but whatever, I'll take pure listening enjoyment over the stacks of plastic garbage littering my office and will be content, thankyouverymuch. Soundwise, don't expect any big surprises though; as with all Bad Afro releases, this falls well within their usual standard classic/retro/garage rock spectrum. "Countdown to breakdown" psychs it up a bit at least, adding a few backing aahs, tasteful tremolo leads and a smattering of backwards guitar, all while dropping small hints of bad-trips to come. Like I said, totally solid.
There's a new Baby Woodrose track streaming at myspace called "Countdown to breakdown": http://www.myspace.com/babywoodrose
The band's new self-titled album will be released on September 14 via Bad Afro.
Upcoming releases on the way in 2009 from Danish rock'n'roll label Bad Afro:
01/19 - Serena Maneesh – Montrose cadaveric 7"/download
03/01 - The Setting Son – Spring of hate LP/CD/download
Spring 2009 - The Mojomatics – Don't believe me when I am high 7"/download
Spring 2009 - The Dolly Rocker Movement – Our brave new world 7"/download
Fall 2009 - Baby Woodrose/The Setting Son – split 7"
Fall 2009 - Baby Woodrose – tba LP/CD/download
Both The Mojomatics and The Dolly Rocker Movement are non-Scandinavian acts and will be featured on the new Bad Afro sub-label Bad Afro International, so that's probably the last you'll ever see them mentioned here.
Baby Woodrose psych-/spacerock sideproject Dragontears has finished recording their sophomore album "Tambourine freak machine" and will release it on November 17 via Bad Afro records. Hear a sample tune at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/badafrorecords
The new Baby Woodrose 7" featuring "Coming around again" b/w "I feel high" is confirmed for release on August 11 via Bad Afro with a digital download version preceding it on August 1.
The upcoming Baby Woodrose/Dollhouse split 7" is now confirmed for release on March 31 via Bad Afro. Baby Woodrose contribute the previous unreleased "Love comes down" outtake "Here today gone tomorrow" and Dollhouse respond in kind with the song "Set me free" which was recorded during the sessions for their 2nd album "The royal rendezvous" (recorded with Nicke Royale, 'natch). 500 copies on black vinyl.
Bad Afro will be reissuing Baby Woodrose's 2001 debut album "Blow your mind" on heavyweight gatefold vinyl on March 17. The record was originally released on Lorenzo Woodrose's own Pan Records label and has long been out of print.
With the 80s nostalgia scene quickly becoming little more than a dance floor too crowded for much dancing or originality, it feels as though more and more bands are looking further back through the decades for relief and release. Baby Woodrose attempt a look into that strange, dark heart that fueled the psychedelic rock of the 1960s - borrowing from (and paying tribute to) bands like the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane - and crafting an interesting, layered rock album in "Chasing rainbows". If you love the Stones and the soundtracks to films investigating the liminal period that the 60s and early 70s represented, "Chasing rainbows" should find its way into your collection, or at least be scrawled down on a piece of paper as a band to check out. - Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Danish rockers Baby Woodrose will be releasing a grand total of five limited edition 7" singles over the next few months featuring both tracks from the "Chasing rainbows" sessions as well as outtakes recorded during December 2006. The list:
I'm gonna make you mine / Information overload 7" (Crusher)
A-side from "Chasing rainbows", b-side from December session.
Coming around again / I Feel High 7" (Bad Afro)
Both tracks from December session.
Let yourself go / Good day to die 7" (Longfellowdeeds)
A-side from "Chasing rainbows", b-side from December session.
Twilight princess / Make my time 7" (Feedback)
A-side from "Chasing rainbows". B-side from December session.
Here today gone tomorrow split 7" w/Dollhouse (Bad Afro)
Outtake from "Love comes down"
Baby Woodrose