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UN EPISODE INTERNATIONAL - CONCERT IN PARIS 2ND DEC; "DEVIL ON THE STAIRS" FRENCH RELEASE; TWO DOLLAR BASH AT SXSW 2009; NEW REVIEWS.
TWO
DOLLAR BASH album "Lost River" German Release Party at FOLKTOWN,
Grüner Salon, Volksbühne, Berlin, September 19th.
GERMAN RELEASE DEVIL ON THE STAIRS + TWO DOLLAR BASH UK TOUR "The Devil on the Stairs" will be released in Germany on May 26th, distributed by Rough Trade. There will be a release party on Wed June 4th in Max und Moritz, Oranienstr. 162, Berlin Kreuzberg, featuring Mark, percussionist Chris Hughes and several other guests, and support from Robert "Fearless Bob" Angst. The album has been receiving airplay in the UK, including several plays on BBC Radio Scotland's Iain Anderson show. For the rest of June, Mark will be on tour in the UK playing with Two Dollar Bash, who are releasing their third album, "Lost River" in the UK on June 9th through Proper Distribution. The dates are as follows: Wed
11.6 Aikman’s, St Andrews Over the last few months Mark has been playing lead guitar and recording an album with Berlin rock'n'roll band Strip me Naked. The final parts of the recording and the mixing of the CD will be done over the summer by Dugald Jayes, who recorded "The Devil on the Stairs". Strip me Naked will be playing a one-off London show during the day on July 6th at 93 Feet East in Brick Lane, along with fellow Berliners Mamasweed and London psychedelic rock band Instant Flight check out the bands at www.myspace.com/stripmenakedberlin
I -TUNES EP AND ALBUM RELEASE PARTY In advance of the release of "The Devil on the Stairs", Troubadour Records has released an i-Tunes EP consisting of "Don't Want to Hear You Laugh" from the studio part of the album, "Taking a Taxi" from the live disc, and two bonus tracks not on the album, "Departure Lounge Blues", a new song recorded in San Francisco" in January with Rusty Miller and James Finch Jr of the great Californian band Jackpot, and "Lonesome Whistle", a solo version of a song which also features on the third Two Dollar Bash album, "Lost River", due for release in June. There will be a CD release party on Monday March 31st, at the 12 Bar Club, Denmark St, London, starting at 7.30pm. Mark will be playing with drummer and percussionist Chris Hughes, who also played on the album. Also playing on the same bill will be Jason McNiff, who is celebrating the UK release of his album "In my Time" on Snowstorm Records (which will also be released in Germany by Cannery Row Records in May), and Phil Shoenfelt and Pavel Cingl, whose album "Live in the House of Sin" is being released on Exupery Records
KILL CITY Legendary
punk label BOMP RECORDS has just released a tribute album to the
label's founder, Greg Shaw, called "He put the Bomp in the Bomp" which
includes a version of Iggy Pop and James Williamson's song "Kill City",
featuring Mark on guitar, along with Nikki Sudden - vocals Check it out at http://www.bompstore.com/servlet/Detail?no=7636 San Francisco Mark is heading for San Francisco for Christmas and New Year, where he will be playing a couple of shows with old friends JACKPOT, described by the New York Times as" one of California's greatest unknown bands" UK Album Release As one of the first releases on their new folk offshoot, Troubadour Records, London-based label Easy Action are putting out a double album of Mark's material, comprising the Devil on the Stairs, plus "Taking a Taxi", from the first Two Dollar Bash album as a bonus track, and a live recording from a gig at the 12 Bar Club in London. SXSW 2008 Two Dollar Bash have been invited for the second successive year to play a showcase at the prestigious SXSW festival and music industry conference in Austin, Texas, in March 2008. The band is just finishing work on their third album, "Lost River", which will be released on Cannery Row Records in 2008. Philadelphia band Barleyjuice have recorded an adapted version of Mark's song "Tartan is the Colour" which is released on their album "6 Yanks" UPCOMING GIGS Sat 08.12.07 - East of Eden, (the bookshop's 6th birthday party, with lots of great performers) Schreinerstr. 10, 10247 Berlin, Germany Fri
14.12.07 + Sat 15.12.07 - Tir na n’Og (with
Tony Rose)
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