2 nice reviews for the Two Horses album from Norman Records and Boa Melody Bar...

Yesterday we listened to a promo of the new Venetian Snares 12" and it was well funny. It's called 'Horsey Noises' but Andy Robbins' CD on We Like Danger is called Two Horses. Hopefully they're making horsey noises though? Andy Robbins doesn't specify if that's the case but he does sing some nicely understated Americana-ish songs which are soothing the germ warzone of our office. I asked Brian if he could think of someone this sounded like for the sake of offering a comparison but he just started moving his head backwards and forwards like a chicken. God, give me strength.

This record left our Brett feeling happy.
Norman Records.

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Two Horses follows on from Andy Robbins' instrumental tape (which was well received at the Melodybar) in fine style. This is an album of songs - very good they are too - and one long, driving instro. to finish. There's elements of psych-pop, drone-folk and old country blues going on here. I'm thinking that I might be hearing some nods to Bert Jansch, Will Oldham and Tyrannosaurus Rex, but I only mention these as a rough outline. There are really nice textures, from violin & 'cello, electronics and autoharp and, all in all, this album is one I can recommend quite easily. (JC)
Boa Melody Bar.

You can order the record from our myspace now or from normanrecords.com

Again, sorry for the lack of updates over the past couple of months. We have a new release out on Monday which is the long awaited M S Thomason - I Am Your Son 7". It's the second in our 7" series and is a stunning piece of work from MST. There's only 200 copies so you'll need to be quick. You can pre-order the record now from the shop section of the website, and it will be sent out to you the day after release.

We have more releases in the pipeline but more about them soon.

A quick note as to what everyone is up to... Herzoga have just completed their tour with Who Owns Death TV which went extremely well. They will be back on the road in the new year after they've recorded some more songs. Here's To The Atom Bomb have just had one of their tracks from the EP remixed, check out their myspace for a link to where you can hear it. Ox Scapula are currently lying low but will have a new record and a tour in early November. They also play their first gig in a while at the October Wrongpop. Truckdriver Jnr also play their first gig for ages on 27th August at Harrys Bar, Stoke with Humanfly, Red Stars Parade and Space Witch.

thursday 17th january

Right then, new year new stuff to get on with.  Firstly, the new Herzoga single is currently being pressed.  There will be a pre-order starting soon but if you don't want to do that then the first time you will be able to buy it will be at the launch gig.  This is at The Glebe, Stoke on Sunday 17th February along with our mates from Brighton Epideme, ever reliable loud bastards Ox Scapula, and new local spikey types We Fly Spitfires!  DJ Stratosphere will also be bringing his 7 million boxes of wax to entertain you in between the bands as ever.  For more info on this gig, go to the gigs section of the website.  After that the record will be available to buy from the usual places.  There's more details on what's on it in the records section of the site.

We're also planning WLD005 which will be the debut EP by the awesome Here's To The Atom Bomb.  This will be out towards the end of February so keep an eye out.  If you've never heard Here's To The Atom Bomb then think along the lines of bands such as The National, Joy Division, Mogwai, Chameleons.  Brilliantly melodic and reflective vocals with huge walls of guitars and driving bass.  Go to www.myspace.com/bombthepast for more.

Following that, we'll be getting some vinyl on the go.  M S Thomason is currently recording for a 7" and so are Ox Scapula.  We'll let you know what's happening with them all in good time.  M S Thomason is also playing at the next Wrongpop on the 2nd February after pulling out of the last one due to illness.  He's not on the flyer's as they were printed before it was organised but he is definitely playing!

The lineup for the WELIKEDANGEROUSWRONGPOP all-dayer is almost complete.  It's going to be on Saturday 5th April and we'll let you know who's playing as soon as its all sorted.  It's going to be a nice mix of out-of-town and local bands along with food, DJs and a charity raffle.

Finally, Truckdriver Jnr and Ox Scapula have been asked by the thoroughly nice dudes at BBC Subculture to play for them at The Glebe, Stoke a week today on Thursday 24th January.  They will be broadcasting the normal Subculture show from The Glebe from 7pm-9pm and then bands will follow at 9.  See you there!

monday 17th december

Possibly the last news item I'll write before Christmas as the next couple of weeks will be spent purely drinking.  

Right, you may or may not know that Wayne is leaving this land on 2nd January to go and live in Japan, just outside Tokyo.  With this in mind, it means that all of our releases will now get a miniature release in Japan.  It's highly unlikely anyone from Japan is reading this but if you are, keep an eye out for anything welikedanger related in the indie record shops of Fujisawa and Tokyo.  We'd also like to take this opportunity to wish Wayne all the best and good luck on the other side of the world. 

Secondly, the M S Thomason album has been steadily gaining the critical acclaim it deserves.  If you go to the records section of the site, there's now a press archive for each release which you might be interested to read if you've got some spare time.  If you've not yet bought yourself a copy of Under The Birch Tree then this should convince you its a worthy investment.  

M S Thomason is also playing as part of the the BBC Radio Stoke Xmas Special this coming Thursday.  Herzoga are also wrongpopping it up on the show as well as loads of other bands in a kind of Jools Holland fashion but without all the pianoing in between.  Its on from 7pm - 9pm and its 94.6FM or you can listen to it on t'internet at www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/subculture.

To finish off this year, there's a couple of gigs you should be going to...

Wednesday 19th December
The Glebe, Stoke
Iye
M S Thomason
Mountains Became Machines
8.00pm.

Sunday 23rd December
The Sugarmill, Hanley
Andy Gower - Album Launch
7.30pm.

Finally, we'd like to thank everyone who's been involved with anything we've done this year, be it played a gig for us, turned up at a gig, bought one of our releases or helped promote anything we've done.  Between us, welikedanger and wrongpop have brought some amazing bands to town such as This Aint Vegas, Charlottefield, Kong, Bilge Pump, Popular Workshop, Ice Sea Dead People, Cove,  some of whom have never played Stoke before or haven't been seen around here since the by-gone days of the legendary Musicroom nights.  We put them together with our best local bands and created some awesome nights which we will be carrying on in 2008.

We've got lots planned for next year including 4 more releases, the first of which will be the new Herzoga single, so keep your eyes peeled.  Have a good Christmas and New Year.  

friday 7th december

We've got lots going on at the moment.  Firstly, we'd like to thank Kong, Ox Scapula and From The Captain for playing our third WLD gig as well as everyone who came down and made it an excellent night.  Also cheers to Rob for an excellent DJ set yet again!

The main news is, we will be releasing the new Herzoga single early next year.  We'll let you know the actual date soon, but keep a few quid in reserve over christmas as you'll need this record in your life!  It'll be a CD single with 3 tunes and the brilliant Dan Hopkins directed video on there just for good measure.  It'll also have awesome artwork by Tony from Cove who designs the wrongpop gig flyers.  If you are still yet to hear Herzoga, then where have you been?  Go HERE and turn the volume up!  They'll be playing lots of gigs round the country in February too, so if you'd like to put them on, give us a shout.

We have more plans in the pipeline for the new year including the WELIKEDANGEROUSWRONGPOP all-dayer in April where we'll have a full day of pretty special bands as well DJ's, food and other stuff.  We'll let you know more closer to the time.  

Finally, for those of you down south, our friends Spy Versus Spy and Ox Scapula play together at Camden Barfly, London this Sunday 9th December.  Also playing are Milloy, Tellison and The Computers.  Doors are at 7pm and its about £6.00 to get in. Go down if you live in the big smoke!

Goodbye for now.

monday 30th july 2007

Big thanks at all who attended our first gig on Saturday and thank you to all the bands for playing.  It was an excellent night and we shall be repeating the feat very soon.  You can see photos of all the bands by going to the gigs section of the website and scrolling down a bit.  Keep an eye out on t'internet and around town for flyers of what we've got coming up.

We also have some awesome new releases in the pipeline, all of which will become apparent soon!

One last thing, Truckdriver Jnr had the honour of 'single of the week' on Organ's website.  Organ also released the amazing Herzoga single this month.  We like Organ.  Check them out here:  www.organart.com

Another good review for the Truckdriver Jnr EP and also some nice words about the label on TastyZine...

Truckdriver Jnr. - 'And Then You'll Burst Into Flame' (We Like Danger!) 

'And Then You'll Burst Into Flame' is as much a housewarming present from Staffordshire band Truckdriver Jnr as it is for the new independent record label We Like Danger! At five songs long (the opening track is a sampled intro) it becomes clear that this band is about minimal vocals and structured sections of guitarwork and drumming. It's heavy and rides the very thin line between rhythmic and monotonous, but if you like bands like Devil Sold His Soul you'll know what I mean, and in that case I recommend it to you. Keep an eye out not only for this band, but for their label too. It's more than a good start. Best tracks: 'We are Men of Action' and 'Pretty Black'.

Willa C