Tuesday 24 September 2013

THIS WEEKEND - @LpoolPsychFest 2013, Camp and Furnace, L1 0BY


After all the fun of it's hugely successful 2012 debut, Liverpool Psych Festival returns this weekend for a two day programme of pretty much psych-perfection. 

Here's what they say...

"The Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia returns this September for two days of worship. This is the UK's largest celebration of psychedelic sub-culture.

Liverpool Psych Fest celebrates artists operating at the cutting edge of today's global psychedelic renaissance, alongside visual art, film, performance and mind expanding visual delights"

"A 150 microgram hit" The Quietus

Which is pretty bang on. 

The line up of live acts is listed below & we're DJ-ing from about 11.30 in the Furnace on Saturday night, just before Peaking Lights - pop by & say hi...if it's ready in time we hope to debut a certain aA act's new material...



For last minute ticket purchases and more info, check out the Psych site here. 


Wednesday 18 September 2013

Sam Forrest bits and bobs


Check out Sam Forrest 's website here for a nice little photo montage of his rustic stoodio set up.


Don't forget to join us at aA this Saturday 21 Sept for Sam Forrest, 
Songs for Walter & Gasoline Alley all live.

Cheers

aA

Monday 16 September 2013

Sam Forrest, Songs for Walter & Gasoline Alley at aA Saturday 21st September


Join us this Saturday back at The Castle for 
Sam Forrest, Songs for Walter & Gasoline Alley.
8pm til late!

Tickets available here 

Cheers

aA

Monday 9 September 2013

aA this Friday 13th September at The Castle.....The Spirit Vines, High Hazels, Clang Boom Steam





Akoustik Anarkhy Presents:

The Spirit Vines
High Hazels
Clang Boom Steam
+ Support 
& aA DJ’s 

The Castle Hotel
8pm til late
Friday 13th September 

£3 Advance…..more £££ on the door!

The Spirit Vines 

We’re pleased to announce the return of Manchester’s The Spirit Vines with their marvellously urgent Joyce/Rourke esque rhythm section. 


High Hazels

Alongside them come Sheffield’s High Hazels who are about to release their debut single ‘Hearts are breaking’…. already been played this week by Don Letts, Huey Morgan, Whispering Bob Harris, Steve Lamacq & Radcliffe & Maconie on BBC Radio 2 & 6 Music which is quite a pleasant start. 


Clang Boom Steam

Stolen from Ireland and drowned in the Mersey, CLANG BOOM STEAM emerged from Liverpool’s underbelly in 2012. They are the acerbic, long lost Irish cousins of The Bad Seeds. All McGowan and Cave, Auden and Poe;



 Very Limited Advance Tickets......... here! More ££££ on the door!

Tuesday 20 August 2013

September aA

Hello folks, aA is back with a double header of September shows at the Castle. Tickets are now on sale for Saturday 21st September here
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Saturday 21st September
Akoustik Anarkhy Presents

+ Special Guests
& aA DJ's 

A very limited number of advanced tickets are available for £3 but it'll be more ££££! on the door so get a bargain quick smart before they all go.

Here's a video of the sensational Sam Forrest's River Bed to get you started.....



Thursday 1 August 2013

@LpoolPsychFest : LINE UP UPDATES & MORE DETAILS

@LpoolPsychFest
We're super excited here at aA Towers to see the line up for this year's Liverpool Psych Fest is just getting better & better...

If you've not got your tickets yet then do so here, quick quick as it's gonna sell out very soon...

See below for the latest updates, breath in....

27th and 28th September 2013 - Camp & Furnace, Liverpool

With the announcement of final line-up additions and the release of single day tickets on Tuesday 30th July, LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PSYCHEDELIA announce a limited edition 7” vinyl on their new imprint label PZYK.

The record will feature previously unheard tracks from Lorelle Meets The Obsolete (Sonic Cathedral/Captcha Records) and Maston (Trouble In Mind), as well as tracks from festival headliners Moon Duo (Souterrain Transmissions/Sacred Bones) and Clinic (Domino). PZYK 0001 will be limited to a specific number of copies, and will be given away FREE, exclusively to people who purchase weekend tickets from Bido Lito! (see link below). The records will be allocated on a first come first served basis: once they are gone successful purchasers will be contacted with details of how they can collect their record at the event.

WEEKEND WRISTBANDS + FREE 7” RECORD: CLICK HERE 

In addition, Liverpool Psych Fest are delighted to unveil the complete bill of artists for this year’s event, with Heavenly Recordings’ scuzzed-up East End rockers CHARLIE BOYER AND THE VOYEURS, and cinematic diviners of psych LOLA COLT added to the programme. Orlando’s STRANGERS FAMILY BAND will be continuing their proggy tour through the outer reaches of blistering rock by teaming up with Dead Meadow again at Liverpool Psych Fest. Glaswegian psychonauts THE COSMIC DEAD are joined by CAMERA, Berlin’s latest wunderkinds of drone, with the deliciously raw garage rock of TELEGRAM and Manchester’s sonic wanderers BASE VENTURA completing the stunning roster.

Individual day line-ups have also been finalised, with the opening night (Friday 27th September) featuring MOON DUO, DEAD MEADOW and PSYCHIC ILLS. Running from 5pm – 4am, Friday also sees performances from THE HOLYDRUG COUPLE, NIGHT BEATS, KLAUS JOHANN GROBE and CARLTON MELTON.
The live action on Saturday 28th September begins at 2pm, with CLINIC, FUZZ, THE BESNARD LAKES, HOOKWORMS, WHITE MANNA and a PEAKING LIGHTS SOUNDSYSTEM keeping things running until 4am. Individual day tickets are available to purchase now, and full breakdowns of the running orders for each day can be found on the accompanying poster, or at www.liverpoolpsychfest.com.

BBC 6 Music’s MARC RILEY will be performing an exclusive DJ set at the festival this year, following on from recent live sessions with Psych Fest artists Hookworms, Telegram and Moon Duo. The award winning DJ has a sharp ear for today’s cutting edge sounds, so expect his set to be nothing short of an education. Founder of the consistently stunning Finders Keepers Records, ANDY VOTEL, will be playing an exclusive "Heavy Global Psych" set especially programmed for the festival.

RICHARD HECTOR-JONES (Never Been Caught, Slut Smalls Records) and BERNIE CONNOR (Bernie Connor’s The Sound Of Music) will be  performing an exclusive back-to-back DJ set, while proprietor of the longest running alternative music show on radio, Roger Hill, brings his PURE MUSICAL SENSATIONS playlist to the turntables. SONIC CATHEDRAL will be reprising their role on the 1s and 2s this year, along with TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS’ DJ PSYCHED ALEX, and Shindig! Magazine’s SI NORFOLK. All of these will be joining existing disc spinners RICHARD NORRIS (The Time And Space Machine, Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve) and Super Furry Animals collaborator PETE FOWLER.

The festival’s DJ selection already includes BAD VIBRATIONS, THE BLACK MARIAH, FAUX DISCX vs GRINGO RECORDS, THE GREAT POP SUPPLEMENT, AKOUSTIK ANARKHY, JOE McKECHNIE and CAFÉ DEL LAR.

This is all in addition to a bill already consisting of -

MOON DUO (USA), CLINIC (UK), FUZZ (USA), DEAD MEADOW (USA), THE BESNARD LAKES (CAN), PEAKING LIGHTS SOUNDSYSTEM (USA), WHITE MANNA (USA), PSYCHIC ILLS (USA), NIGHT BEATS (USA), THE HOLYDRUG COUPLE (Chile), HOOKWORMS (UK) and tonnes more.

The festival features a stage curated by the stunningly consistent TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS, who will be making the trip across the Atlantic from Chicago bringing a cohort of their artists along for the ride. Liverpool Psych Fest will also host an exclusive hook-up with the gloriously antagonistic MORDANT MUSIC who bring an audiovisual MORDANT MUSIC MiasMa to the festival.

The full programme of visual arts, projections, film and additional kaleidoscopic delights will be announced later this summer, ahead of the festival in September.

For full line-up information and artist details please visit - www.liverpoolpsychfest.com

Here's a mixtape we did for last year's event:

 

Sunday 7 July 2013

Not aA but... THE RETURN OF CLUB SUICIDE, July 13th at Islington Mill

Here at aA we remember fondly the Manchester electroclash wars of the early 00's so we were excited to hear about the return of arguably the finest night of the time, Club Suicide.  

Full details are below - it's on Saturday 13th July Salford-side at Islington Mill 


LIVE: AÉREA NEGROT (BPITCH CONTROL) & HIEM (NANG RECORDS)

Club Suicide is a misguided attempt to map the space between leftfield pop, old punk (funk), new electro and off-kilter techno. You could say 'anything goes', but it doesn't. Not really. Between 2000 and 2004, Suicide ran sporadically and chaotically at a pub in the Arndale (now demolished) and Charlie's. Live turns were crucial to the night and Club Suicide gave Manchester debuts to, among others, Patrick Wolf and M.I.A. The 'DJs' didn't mix (they still can't), but people danced. Honestly. 

On Saturday July 13, Club Suicide returns for a one-off continuation. No classics, no nostalgia, no pandering. Instead, we will pick-up where we left off and, for one night, hopefully present a unique collision (car crash?) of musical styles for curious disco dissidents. 


Playing live: AĂ©rea Negrot, the 21st century Berlin chanteuse and Venezuelan force of nature, whose Arabxilla on BPitch Control was one of the most distinctive albums of recent years. AĂ©rea's music may be filed as house or techno, she may be a sometime collaborator with Hercules & Love Affair, but this is 4/4 channelled by a woman equal-parts Grace Jones, Maria Callas and Klaus Nomi. Google her, now, and tell us that operatic, electronic eruption isn't one of the strangest, most thrilling noises you've heard, this year. See? You can’t, can you? 


Closer to home, we also welcome our friends and yours, Sheffield's mighty Hiem. The Steel City lineage of peculiar, clangy electronic pop remains one of Club Suicide's key inspirations, and with Hiem's debut album, Escape From Division Street, recently re-released by Nang Records, fate was clearly telling us to get Nico and Bozz involved. Expect: facepaint, fleet disko, fat synths and plenty of that trademark surly SoYo wit.

WHY? WHY? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? 

Someone asked us, basically. Bill Campbell is the creator of Islington Mill and a one-time Suicide regular: "For me, the early Club Suicide nights at John Willie Lees reasserted a DIY, John Peel-esque spirit in Manchester, bringing together various generations of misfits, and giving them a new home. The music, post-punk, synth pop and noisy garage rock, sat perfectly alongside the emerging electroclash scene, putting it in context without nostalgia. It reignited a sense of just-do-it in me personally and, in the friends I made there, brought two distinct music and art crowds together in a way that has informed much of what we now do at the Mill. That is, bringing people together to explore what is possible."

Which is a very nice way of Bill saying that he spent a lot of time at Suicide, "drunk" and "dancing". Ultimately - in fact, primarily - that is all there is to it. See you there. 


Tuesday 25 June 2013

THIS WEEKEND: PLANK! W/ SONIC BOOM @ Kraak Friday, HILLS excursion Sunday...

DOTS & LOOPS
This Friday at Kraak Gallery, PLANK! are playing at Dots & Loops' birthday extravaganza, alongside a DJ set by the mighty SONIC BOOM. It's £8 on the doors and runs 8pm til 4am....(!)

PLANK! in Halifax
PLANK! road tested a load of new tracks a couple of weeks ago in Halifax & they sounded amazing, catch them now before they lock themselves away recording their second album...

SONIC BOOM
Then on Sunday things take on a much more laid back agenda, at the Fox & Goose in Hebden Bridge...
The Fox & Goose
DANIEL BACHMAN / dbh (LIVE) 
FOX & GOOSE , Hebden Bridge 
Sunday 30th June 

EARLY EVENING SETS


FREE entrance with a hat going around for the musicians

Daniel Bachman is a 22 year old musician born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has been playing what he describes as “psychedelic appalachia” since he was a teenager, releasing small run editions of tapes, CDs and LPs for the past three years, with a sound that evolved from drones and banjos to a now guitar centered focus.


 Touring off and on since the age of 17, Bachman has managed to cover thorough ground across the US, sharing stages with like minded folk such as fellow Fredericksburg native Jack Rose, for whom he fashioned the artwork for the posthumous release of ‘Luck In The Valley’. His newest effort is the full length LP ‘Seven Pines’ on the Tompkins Square record labal, sprung from a year living and working in the city of Philadelphia. The sound results in a combination of homesick worried blues and the ecstatic buzz of fresh experience and a new life in unknown territory. Familiar and known, but also seeking to access memories from lives past, dead and gone. 
Duende & aA DJS from 3.30pm playing psych, folk, country, pop oddities


Manchester based dbh plays lovingly crafted instrumentals, enunciating his passion for popular music with a languid, progressive guitar style and playful experimentation. The approach will appeal particularly to fans of American Primitive (Fahey/Basho/Lang et al) and modern-era, post-Takoma solo guitarists (Steffen Basho-Junghans/William Tyler/James Blackshaw), but the melodies are there for all to enjoy as heard on his recently released 'Time Flies' release.



TestPressing just posted this new mixtape which is all related...

Thursday 20 June 2013

THIS SATURDAY: Beat The Radar, Clang Boom Steam & Plant Food @ The Castle

aA @ The Castle

This Saturday at The Castle sees the long overdue return of our favourite lo-fi indie poppers Beat The Radar, supported by Clang Boom Steam & Plant Food Disco + aA DJs.

You can pick up £3 advance tickets via here & head over to the Facebook page for the latest updates.... 


Wednesday 19 June 2013

Fancy a Sunday afternoon in the hills...?

The Fox & Goose
DANIEL BACHMAN / dbh (LIVE) 
FOX & GOOSE , Hebden Bridge 
Sunday 30th June 

EARLY EVENING SETS


FREE entrance with a hat going around for the musicians

Daniel Bachman is a 22 year old musician born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has been playing what he describes as “psychedelic appalachia” since he was a teenager, releasing small run editions of tapes, CDs and LPs for the past three years, with a sound that evolved from drones and banjos to a now guitar centered focus.

 Touring off and on since the age of 17, Bachman has managed to cover thorough ground across the US, sharing stages with like minded folk such as fellow Fredericksburg native Jack Rose, for whom he fashioned the artwork for the posthumous release of ‘Luck In The Valley’. His newest effort is the full length LP ‘Seven Pines’ on the Tompkins Square record labal, sprung from a year living and working in the city of Philadelphia. The sound results in a combination of homesick worried blues and the ecstatic buzz of fresh experience and a new life in unknown territory. Familiar and known, but also seeking to access memories from lives past, dead and gone. 

Duende & aA DJS from 3.30pm playing psych, folk, country, pop oddities





Manchester based dbh plays lovingly crafted instrumentals, enunciating his passion for popular music with a languid, progressive guitar style and playful experimentation. The approach will appeal particularly to fans of American Primitive (Fahey/Basho/Lang et al) and modern-era, post-Takoma solo guitarists (Steffen Basho-Junghans/William Tyler/James Blackshaw), but the melodies are there for all to enjoy as heard on his recently released 'Time Flies' release.





Click here for more info, & here too...

Monday 17 June 2013

Limited advance tickets for Saturday on sale now......

Greetings folks, very limited advance tickets are on sale for Saturday here
Get one before they go as it'll be more on the door!



Tuesday 11 June 2013

aA @ The Castle Hotel - Saturday 22nd June 2013



Hi Folks, news on our next aA happening below.

Including great new band from Liverpool
'Clang Boom Steam' coming over! 

Hope you can join us. 
Cheers
aA






Akoustik Anarkhy Presents

Beat The Radar
Clang Boom Steam
Plant Food Disco
aA DJ's

The Castle Hotel, MCR. 
Saturday 22nd June 2013
8pm til late
Limited £3 Advance Tickets / More on the door!
akoustikanarkhy.co.uk 







Sunday 9 June 2013

PLANK! in the THE DOGHOUSE, then DOTS & LOOPS...


Wainhouse Tower, Halifax
 PLANK! have been holed up in their studio starting work on the 2nd LP, they ll come out to see sunlight and air some NEW TUNES at The Doghouse in Halifax next Friday 14th June. The venues ace and plenty of good boozers in the 'Fax so sure be a few taking the train over from Manchester to join in the festivities...

Friday June 14th at Arden Rd Social Club. Halifax 
8:30pm. £6/5 pay on door.
rest of bill:
Joe Tillotson
+ The Stray

Here's their latest video from Animalism, it's for 'Dying For Pigs', we can't remember if we showed you this at the time (we probably should have), think Dead Man Shoes meets Animal Farm....



Also we're on to our last box of LPs - click here to purchase... 

Then at the end of the month, PLANK! are at DOTS and LOOPS...

DOTS AND LOOPS 28TH JUNE
We'll post more details soon but would strongly advise ticket purchase as soon as possible, more info via here...

Details of Beat The Radar's next show to follow...



Thursday 2 May 2013

SFTOC : SPECIAL LIVE SHOW : KEITH FLOYD : 6.15PM THE SALFORD ARMS


This Sunday, as part of the always ace Sounds From The Other City Festival, will see the debut live performance of 'KEITH FLOYD'. Comprising of members from PLANK!, Driver Drive Faster & The Freezing Fog, they will perform tracks from the seminal concert film 'Pink Floyd : Live at Pompeii'

The show's at 6.15pm at The Salford Arms as part of the Bad Uncle stage. You'll need a wristband for SFTOC - get 'em 'ere.

Basically, it's gonna be the best thing of the ever, for now...

To get yourself in the mood, view this:








Wednesday 27 March 2013

aA this Easter Saturday at The Castle!


Join us this Saturday for 



Akoustik Anarkhy Presents

High Hazels 
Danny Add
The Spirit Vines
The Light Fantastic
& aA DJ's

The Castle, Oldham Street, Manchester,

Easter Saturday 30th March
8pm til late 
£3 Advance - More £ on the door! 

Wednesday 20 March 2013

aA JUNK Basement Club This Friday at Solomon Grundy!



Join us down Solomon Grundy in Withington again 
this Friday 22nd March for our JUNK Basement Club...


Akoustik Anarkhy 
presents

'JUNK' 
Basement Club 

Friday 22nd March
Evening til late

Live sets: Plant Food Disco & Robot Alien 

aA DJ's playing Electronic, Psych, Rock n' Roll Sounds 

Solomon Grundy, Wilmslow Road, Withington. 



Friday 15 March 2013

Easter Saturday aA - 30th March! Tickets on sale now....




We're back at the castle for the first time in quite 
a while for a brilliant Easter Saturday aA. 
Ace bands, ales & aA DJ's!

 Details below...


Akoustik Anarkhy Presents

High Hazels 
Danny Add
The Light Fantastic
+ Special Guests & aA DJ's

Easter Saturday 30th March
The Castle Hotel, MCR.
8pm til late 

£3 Advance - More £ on the door! 
Tickets available here

High Hazels



Sounds from High Hazels here

Danny Add


Sounds from Danny Add here

The Light Fantastic



Sounds from The Light Fantastic here

FACEBOOK EVENT


Tuesday 5 March 2013

aA JUNK Basement Club This Friday 8th March!


This Friday 8th March sees the second instalment of our brilliant 
new JUNK Basement Club over at Solomon Grundy in Withington. 

aA approved Robinsons Unicorn available at the bar! 

Join us from 9pm til late for aA DJs playing all sorts of hits
 & aA rarities not heard since the Gardens Hotels heyday! 
The crowd looks a bit different than we remember!

Thursday 28 February 2013

aA DJ-ing with Eighty Six, De Nada Chorlton, March 01st


If you're in Chorlton tomorrow, Friday March 01st, pop down to De Nada (opposite the swimming baths) for Eighty Six. There will be food, beer and music from 8.30pm onwards...



Tuesday 19 February 2013

THIS SATURDAY aA Presents 'JUNK' featuring HIGH HAZELS, Solomon Grundy...


This Saturday, February 23rd, aA presents the first in a series of suburban gigs at Withington's Solomon Grundys.

HIGH HAZELS are bringing their dream pop across from Sheffield & as you can hear on the video below, are well worth investigating:


& in support we have Cavan Moran, the wandering troubadour fresh from touring Europe's back street bars & alleys...

Plus to continue the theme of that High Hazel's track, DJ Bernard from Vox Pop Mag, Paris will be providing DJ support


FaceBook event page is here, start time is 8pm and it'll be £5 on the door*




*if you drop hello@akoustikanarkhy.co.uk a line before Saturday, we'll add you to the £3 list...