Secret Happenings
#22 | 3rd feb 2010
I thought it was a bit silly to still have a Christmas message at the top of this page now that it's February. Stitch-Stitch things have seemingly gone a little quiet at the moment, but I can promise you that there are lots of amazing records that are nearly finished and due to come out in 2010.
The photos at the top are the contact sheet of pictures taken by Tom Cops at Oxjam last year, and feature a good proportion of people involved with stitch-stitch past and present.
Happy Christmas!
#21 | 20th dec 2009
hello everyone! 2009 has been a pretty splendid year for us. we released a lot of good stuff that we're really happy with. I hope you had a good one too!
here's a christmas song from the mountain parade (pictured above) for you to enjoy! they'll be releasing an EP on stitch-stitch in 2010, along with a load of other great stuff.
The Mountain Parade - Salvation Army Band
have a happy christmas!
New Frànçois album out now!
#20 | 9th nov 2009
Frànçois' amazing new album is available for pre-order from Fence Records in the UK or Talitres in France. Go and buy it! It's super brilliant.
Stitch-Stitch at Oxjam:Bath
#19 | 12th oct 2009
Oxjam is the annual national festival which raises money for Oxfam. This year Oxjam:Bath have invited us to be a part of their festival, and as a result there is an entire venue dedicated to stitch-stitch bands!
Through some kind of magical good fortune, nearly every band on stitch-stitch will be playing! Entry is included in the entire festival, which costs £10.
I've created a little mini website for our part of the festival, which contains all the information you might need.
Tour Details
#17 | 27th jul 2009
Frànçois / I Know I Have No Collar tour:
27th July - House show, Oxford
28th July - The Betsey Trotwood, London (tickets, facebook event)
+ the shrieking violets
29th July - Take Five Cafe Crypt, Norwich (something good, facebook event)
+ the puncture repair kit + the gore vidals
30th July - The Basement, Brighton (type pr, facebook event)
+ thirty pounds of bone
2nd August - The Secret Warehouse, Bristol (facebook event)
+ The Balky Mule + Rozi Plain
tickets with directions from the here shop
As we're going to be away, all orders placed in the shop will not be posted until August 3rd!
Frànçois and I Know I Have No Collar Tour
#16 | 8th jul 2009Hi everyone. Thanks if you came down to the Peter and the Wolf show on Saturday; it was really great. I'm putting on another show this Sunday afternoon at the scout hut - there's a poster here if you're interested.
Also exciting are two upcoming releases from Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains and I Know I Have No Collar, and the small UK tour to support them.
The Frànçois release is a beautiful 10" EP to complement his forthcoming album on Fence:
More information about the new I Know I Have No Collar album will follow shortly.
Keep up to date at the I Know I Have No Collar myspace.
Silver Boat by Ladybird out now!
#15 | 8th jun 2009
You can buy the new Ladybird EP for £5 in the stitch-stitch shop. Five spontaneous songs, in the traditional Ladybird style of maximum-pop, recorded in New York. Go and have a listen!
Le Pont Suspendu London Launch
#14 | 13th apr 2009If you're in London, and you missed the Ray Rumours album launch in Bristol, you can head down to the Bread and Roses in Clapham on Friday.
with support from The Light Sleepers and The Madrigals.
Friday 17th April
7.30pm | £3 Entry
The Bread & Roses
68 Clapham Manor St
London, SW4 6DZ
Le Pont Suspendu Out Now!
#13 | 30th mar 2009
We launched the new Ray Rumours album at the Scout Hut last Sunday. It was a really nice show, and all the bands played really beautiful and amazing sets. Rosa and Roxy brought some very nice cakes and helped serve them, which was fortunate because mine was a massive failure.
So the record is out now! You can buy it from our shop, or even better, you can purchase it from one of these great record shops:
The Here Shop
108 Stokes Croft, Bristol
Spillers Records
36 The Hayes, Cardiff
Monorail Music
12 Kings Court, Glasgow
Rough Trade East
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London
Rough Trade West
130 Talbot Road, London
Sister Ray
34-35 Berwick Street, London
Action Records
46 Church Street, Preston
Norman Records
Online
In other news, I have been listening to a lot of great records that have come out recently. It's nice to see sam back in the country, and his new album (as previously mentioned) is excellent. Have any die-hard I Know I Have No Collar fans spotted the reference?
Great seven inches out from Vase and Planet Earth too; By the River is tense and hushed and dramatic, whilst Bergman Movies is the perfect lighthearted bittersweet song for the spring.
Last night Polite Records put on an excellent show with Sparky Deathcap and Ian Humberstone (Tissø Lake). I bought the latest Tissø Lake LP, Song of the Black Dog. The songs remind me a lot of Thanksgiving, and are surrounded by enough instrumentation to make them magical. You can get it from Mathilde Records (as well as a great new cassette featuring Frànçois).
