SHUTDOWN 66 Tour November 2004

11 the San Diego Ken Club w/ Telltale Hearts

12/ 13 Thee Parkside SAN FRANCISCO with Kelley Stoltz, Lords of the new
Crusade, Flakes, etc etc etc 2 big nights

14 Record fair in San Fran!!!!

15 PITTSBURGH at Gooskis with The Blacktie review and THE CYNICS!!!

16 recording with Jim Diamond (Dirtbombs) in Detroit, then show at THE
LAGER HOUSE with Fortune and Maltese and Gore Gore Girls

17th Live to air WFMU NEW YORK CITY

18th MADRID SPAIN with the Fumestones
19/20/21 The wild Weekend Benidorm SPAIN

24 th TOKYO JAPAN Higashi Koenji UFO CLUB

*New on Corduroy - Dirtbombs 7" Crash Down Day/Ha ha ha. Mixed live to acetate at Corduroy.
Eddy Current Suppression Ring 7" Get Up Morning & You Dont Care/So Many Things
*Some photos courtesy of Shake Some Action

KELLEY STOLTZ Aus tour CD
Yes Kelley was undoubtedly the smash hit tour of 2003 and this is his superb tour CD which featurs his hit single "underwtaer is where the Action is" that you can hear everyday on JJJ as well as 8 other exclusive tracks.......it's totally brilliant with influences including everything from Beefheart to Thirteenth Floor Elevators to Nick Drake........and guess what it retails for a measly $10.Whao Dad!

MATT EDDY Egg CD
Perfect crystalline pop tunes from Matt Eddy (local boy) who used to play bass in the much beloved Huxton Creepers......why is it that whenever bass players start their own bands they always turn out to be the best bands ever (like Shutdown 66!!). real catchy pop with Paul Thomas from the Huxtons helping out with some guitar and drum work.

THE STABS Wading b/w That's It 7"
Their live shows have already created a huge buzz around this band so now it's time for the debut release for Melbourne's newest noise rock 3 piece... THE STABS! Swampy and pulsating this record is choc full of grating
feedback, crunching distortion and big swaggering arrogance. Think The Scientists jamming with The Dream Syndicate aboard an out of control school bus.

THE T BONES Seventeen (best of) CD
Well you know I love this band.originally from Robinvale, near Mildura they are Australia's answers to Green on Red (high praise indeed!) incredibely good lyrics and stories back with impeccable country twang.....the only truly australian band that I know...and not in some terrible John Williamson type way....these guys are the real deal with impeccable Ray Daviesesque phrasing from lead singer Pip.........finally they've put together a best of from all their various albums and EP's. It's downright un-Australian not to own this CD

DAS BUTCHER All In Blood/Mummy 7"
Imagine a man with a moustache, dressed like a butcher and drenched in blood, singing into a treated lapel microphone shoved deep into his mouth, accompanied by a boy in an army helmet, both playing tiny keyboards that sound like aramageddon and then some. Layer upon layer upon layer of keyboard drone, toy pianos and screams - and you think Phil Spector knew about wall of sound. As disturbing as it is beautiful. Features a front cover that has to be seen to be believed.

THE PAYBACKS Knock Loud LP/CD
Last chance before these rockers fronted by one tough chick get igned to a major and we flog these off on e bay for heaps...their killer debut LP on blue vinyl LP or CD.......as heard on JJJ

KING KAHN and his SHRINES "Three hairs and your mine" CD
If James Brown wasn't in jail (I can'tkeep track is he in or out at the moment) and if he was 20 years old and had a wild rockin band with sax, piano, brass section and guitars then he would sound like this....authentic but wild R'n'B sould from King Kahn who I saw play in Spain and he is like a young JB.....he's a crazy black dude and he howls and moans and MAN can he dance....e slayed em in the aisles.. Produced by Liam Watson at the legendary Toe Rag (think White Stripes) studios......KILLER STUFF

THE KELPIES CD
Classic reissue for this notorious Sydney heavy/melodic punk rock n roll band circa 1980-1982, tracks are from 3 separate recording sessions from 1981 and 1982, tracks 1-13 were recorded onto cassette in the bands rehearsal space underneath 51 staley st East Sydney in 81, tracks 14 - 21 recorded to 8 track Now Studios, Sydney 1981, tracks 22 23 & 24 were from a 24 track session in 82 for a Phantom records single. The playing on the cassette recorded tracks is very tight and deadly, this was the early set the band played as the fans destroyed the venues all over Sydney. The 'Now Studios' stuff (recorded on a sunday afternoon) lacks some of the intensity of the cassette versions on some tracks, but nonetheless includes the only recording of My Wall and a cool versions of Change and Underway. The tracks recorded for Phantom have a lush sound maybe not quite suited for the band but musically and arrangement wise the band really cranked it up here. Drugs and Ego oblitherated the band into a million pieces, their candle burned real bright and real fast, members went onto tons of other bands in Sydney, 2003 saw them play a gig with the original line up.

MAGAZINES:
UGLY THINGS #21
We just got in the lsat 50 copies of the latest Ugly Things zine so if ya want one better hurry....they need no introduction..simply the greatest rock n roll writing ever. ESSENTIAL

SCRAM #18
Kooky zine from LA with fabulous articles about how to get the best records from op shops etc and lotsa great music stuff like Ramones, Real Kids, Suicide, ? and the mysterians, NY Dolls etc ESSENTIAL

SCRAM #16
as above with cool articles on Rezillos, Radio Birdman, Steve Wynn, The Turtles, Van Morrison ESSENTIAL!

GARAGE AND BEAT #7
my current fave zine...absolutely brilliant articles about current and old garage and beat combos.......fab articleon Beatles rip off records etc..really funny and ESSENTIAL

UPCOMING SHOWS:
Don't miss the next Shutdown 66 party: Sat 20th March at our favourite Town Hall Hotel in North Melbourne......free to get in, free stuff given away.it'll be a wild night I promise.........special guests those loveable punk muffet street urchins THE STABS and extra special guests flying here from Detroit Konqistador - Rock on fucking Rock with a evil middle eastern twist.

Nothing to do with Corduroy but one of our band of worldwide coolness testers* has written in from the USA saying:
"I saw My Morning Jacket on Saturday night in DC. I am still speechless. They
are close to, if not the best live act I have ever seen. If you haven't got
it, go and get their latest CD, 'It Still Moves.' They are playing at the
Corner in Richmond on Friday March 12th. As Neil Young once said, "Please
take my advice" go and see them in a venue like the corner while you still
can. I can only describe it as a mix between The Band, Grateful Dead, Little Feat
and Crazy Horse circa Rust Never Sleeps. They are a bunch of country boys
from Kentucky, you should definitely have a listen. Check out their website.
http://www.mymorningjacket.com/news.html


coming soon the 5678's and the DIRTBOMBS!!!