welcome to another jeepster update, this issue includes: NEW SALAKO SINGLE, TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT GIGS SALAKO TOUR AND PAVEMENT SUPPORT SNOW PATROL TOUR AND SUPERGRASS SUPPORT SNOW PATROL BEST NEWCOMER AWARD WINNER AT HOT PRESS LOOPER SINGLE LOOPER TOUR OF BOOKSTORES GENTLE WAVES IN STUDIO BELLE AND SEBASTIAN IN STUDIO, LOOKING TO TOUR AND WORKING ON TAB MUSIC BOOK ------------------ SALAKO RECORD NEWS http://www.jeepster.co.uk/salako/ musicality has hit the streets in the united kingdom and throughout europe. it's an expedition into the world of high-fidelity (no, not the novel) and is a true masterpiece. if you don't yet have it you can purchase it from us directly. it has just been released in the US through never records/proper distribution, so you should be able to order it in the US from most good stores. as a special treat for fans attending gigs, salako have created an EP that will be given away to the first 50 people through the door. it's entitled the 'mappleton sands' EP and is a six tracker at that! it even features THE best titled song that we've ever heard of: "the three crows of life vs the wood pigeon of death". the exact running order for the EP is; 1- san francisco baby rides 2- (have you heard) musicality 3- the answailians 4- the three crows of life vs the wood pigeon of death 5- you know it's true 6- the overhead projector theory we'll have artwork available reasonably soon, mp3 samples are already available on the salako site (http://www.jeepster.co.uk/salako/). the release date for this is provisionally set at 25th october in the UK, but this is a mere courtesy since it won't be available in the shops, we'll put a few for sale on the website for fans outside of the UK after the gigs, but the vast majority will only be available at forthcoming gigs. copies of their recent 'bird in the bag' limited 7" are still available to purchase through the jeepster shop, it includes the 'associate listener membership cards' which entitles the holder to various privileges. one of the privileges we are aware of is that, if you stop the band on the streets of hull and produce the card, they'll buy you a cup of tea! ---------------- SALAKO TOUR NEWS salako finally present 'musicality' in a live show, these are very exclusive gigs and promise to be exceptionally special. aside from the fact that the first 50 or so people through the door will be given the new limited edition EP for free, the hull gig also has a very, very special support band. check venues for ticket details. 19th oct 99 leeds (UK) the duchess of york 20th oct 99 nottingham (UK) bunkers hill 21st oct 99 manchester (UK) roadhouse 22nd oct 99 london (UK) the borderline (with model ford) box office: 0171 734 2095 ticketmaster: 0171 344 4444 stargreen: 0171 734 8932 or ticketweb.co.uk 27th oct 99 hull (UK) the adelphi 28th oct 99 liverpool (UK) royal court (bbc radio 1 sound city with stereolab & pavement) the following dates are as support for pavement: 18th nov 99 glasgow (UK) barrowlands 19th nov 99 manchester (UK) academy 20th nov 99 london (UK) brixton academy ----------------- SALAKO MEDIA NEWS following the CMJ festival in New York, www.spin.com (the website for the hugely successful US magazine) has an exclusive interview and 2 live songs available. the files can be viewed in Real Video and Windows Media formats (videos!) and can be found here: http://www.spin.com/signal/webcasts/1999/09/29/1/page2.html ----------------------- SNOW PATROL RECORD NEWS http://www.jeepster.co.uk/snowpatrol/ snow patrol will return to the studio in november to finish the long-awaited follow up to the brilliant 'songs for polar bears' which was released in the fall of 1998 to widespread acclaim. the new songs will include a few of the live favourites as well as debuting several astounding new songs. we'll keep you posted with developments. --------------------- SNOW PATROL TOUR NEWS continuing their never-ending tour, you can catch the 'patrol at the following gigs (check venues for ticket info). 21st oct 99 aberdeen (UK) the pelican (aberdeen alternative festival) 22nd oct 99 kirkcaldy (UK) the path tavern 23rd oct 99 kirkcaldy (UK) the path tavern 25th oct 99 norwich (UK) the arts centre 26th oct 99 colchester (UK) twist 27th oct 99 london (UK) scala (with high llamas & seafood & my vitriol) 29th oct 99 leeds (UK) the warehouse 4th nov 99 belfast (UK) morrisons (queens festival with reef) 5th nov 99 dublin (IE) eamonn dorans 6th nov 99 hull (UK) the adelphi the following european dates are as support for the mighty supergrass: 8th nov 99 utrecht (germany) music centre 9th nov 99 frankfurt (germany) batschkapp 10th nov 99 munich (germany) incognito 12th nov 99 modena (italy) vox 13th nov 99 rimini (italy) velvet 14th nov 99 roma (italy) palladium 15th nov 99 milan (italy) magazzini 17th nov 99 zurich (switzerland) abart 18th nov 99 stuttgart (germany) rohre 19th nov 99 koln (germany) kantine ---------------------- SNOW PATROL MEDIA NEWS snow patrol were nominated for two awards at this years hot press awards. the annual awards celebrate irish music, and the paper (which is often compared to that the nme, but for ireland) has been instrumental in having the band nominated after a huge demand from readers. they lost out on 'best single', but left the night gleefully clutching their 'best newcomer' award, that and the memories from offending one of the corrs! a web broadcast of the awards is available from the hot press website (http://www.hot-press.com/), you can also find out more information on the awards and the hot press paper on that site. in other news, following the CMJ festival in New York, www.spin.com (the website for the hugely successful US magazine) has an exclusive interview and live song available. the files can be viewed in Real Video and Windows Media formats (yes, they're videos!) and can be found here: http://www.spin.com/signal/webcasts/1999/09/29/1/index.html and finally, snow patrol will be joining the charlatans in performing backstage at the prestigious MTV europe music awards on november 11th. we're afraid that you can't get in to see it, but hopefully they'll come out with some rock 'n' roll stories to share! ------------------ LOOPER RECORD NEWS http://www.jeepster.co.uk/looper/ looper, brain-child of stuart david, are back, as a four piece and with a new double a-side single 'who's afraid of Y2K'/'up a tree again' released on the 18th october 1999 and backed with a very special remix. the full track listing is: 1- who's afraid of Y2K 2- up a tree again (stuart david re-edit) 3- up a tree again (pulp remix, also known as 'the chocolate layer st johns ambulance mix') stuart david on 'who's afraid of Y2K': "it came about from reading a lot of articles about the millennium bug - about things like the guys they had hired to fix the problems at the government buildings in america, working on it for a couple of days, till they realised how unfixable it was, and then all quitting the job and buying themselves land in the hills to build survival shelters to live in. and things like finding out that even richard madely from this morning and keith richards have their own survival cupboards at home. then i thought of how it was such a simple and avoidable problem, but how much damage it could do now. and i thought maybe it would cause a kind of natural revolution." ---------------- LOOPER TOUR NEWS to promote the forthcoming single and the publishing of his debut novel, looper will be appearing at a number of bookstores in the UK, check the stores for more details and start times: 16th oct 99 glasgow (UK) virgin megastore 18th oct 99 london (UK) virgin megastore, oxford street 20th oct 99 brighton (UK) borders (sallis benney theatre) 21st oct 99 nottingham (UK) virgin megastore 22nd oct 99 leeds (UK) virgin megastore each of the shows will be starting of with a looper-style reading from the novel, accompanied by films and stuff for about fifteen minutes. then they'll be doing a set of looper songs for around half an hour. ------------------------- LOOPER MISCELLANEOUS NEWS looper have expanded, new band member scott twynholm plays keyboards and live drum loops and has also helped Stuart David produce the latest single. ronnie black, stuart's brother is now full-time on guitar and karn david, his wife, still sings and plays as well as handling all the live visuals. ---------------- THE GENTLE WAVES http://www.jeepster.co.uk/thegentlewaves/ isobel is currently in the studio with various members of belle and sebastian and is recording her follow up to the successful 'green field of foreverland'. we hope to have this released spring/summer next year, but we'll keep you up to date with the progress. ------------------- BELLE AND SEBASTIAN http://www.jeepster.co.uk/belleandsebastian/ are still in and out of the studio working on the new album, they're also currently considering locations for a possible tour in the future to co-incide with the release of the album next year. other bits in the pipeline include the development of the lyrics/tablature book which should include illustrations by alisdair gray (if you haven't yet read his novel 'lanark' and are wondering who he is you should rush out and get it now; from either: amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0156003619/jeepsterrecord0a amazon.co.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330319655/jeepsterrecords ) -------------- END OF MESSAGE well, that's us done for once again. we'll mail again the next time we have something of substance to say :) as usual all corrections and comments (there are always some!) should be forwarded to myself at the address below. as a footnote, you may have noticed that the official jeepster belle and sebastian has moved from www.belleandsebastian.co.uk to http://www.jeepster.co.uk/belleandsebastian/ . but it's still the same site, and to underline it's the fact that it's the record label site, we've gone and made it look like the 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