From javiersorribes at xxx.com Thu Apr 2 21:30:44 2009 From: javiersorribes at xxx.com (Javi Sorribes) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:30:44 +0200 Subject: Sinister: God help the girl Message-ID: It's been a while since I last posted here, but no-one has posted this yet and I thought... why not? I'm a little lazy to write it myself, so I'll just copy-paste from Pitchfork (thanks Stacey for the link in Facebook): ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After an internet-wide talent search, Belle and Sebastian leader Stuart Murdoch's long-in-the-works latest project-- a twee musical called God Help the Girl-- is finally coming to fruition. The soundtrack, featuring new Murdoch songs and a couple reworked B&S favorites, is due June 23 on Matador in North America (June 22 on Rough Trade in Europe). First single "Come Monday Night" is out May 11, but you can hear it right now on the God Help the Girl MySpace. Along with the work of a 45-piece orchestra conducted by Withnail & I composer Rick Wentworth, the upcoming album features vocals from Murdoch himself, his B&S cronies, Asya from Smoosh, online finds Brittany Stallings and Dina Bankole, and Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy. But it's Scottish newcomer Catherine Ireton who takes top billing-- she sings on 10 of the record's 14 tracks. So who is this overnight twee idol? Well, if she looks like she belongs on the cover of a Belle and Sebastian record, it's probably because she was already on the cover of a Belle and Sebastian record (2006 single "White Collar Boy"). She's also one half of acoustic pop duo the Go Away Birds, who currently have 1,017 plays on their MySpace at press time. Expect that number to rise. Based on the Go Away Birds tracks and the Ireton showcase "Come Monday Night", B&S stalwarts shouldn't have much trouble falling for her. God Help the Girl tracklist (including who sings what) after the jump: God Help the Girl: 01 Act of the Apostle (Catherine Ireton) 02 God Help the Girl (Catherine Ireton) 03 Pretty Eve in the Tub (Stuart Murdoch and Catherine Ireton) 04 A Uniļ¬ed Theory (Instrumental) 05 Hiding Neath My Umbrella (Catherine Ireton and Stuart Murdoch) 06 Funny Little Frog (Brittany Stallings) 07 If You Could Speak (Catherine Ireton and Anna Miles) 08 Musician Please Take Heed (Catherine Ireton) 09 Perfection as a Hipster (Neil Hannon and Catherine Ireton) 10 Come Monday Night (Catherine Ireton) 11 Music Room Window (Instrumental) 12 I Just Want His Jeans (Asya) 13 I'll Have to Dance With Cassie (Catherine Ireton) 14 A Down and Dusky Blonde (Dina Bankole, Catherine Ireton, Celia Garcia, Brittany Stallings, Asya) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's all great but... twee? I thought we were past that word... Anyways, great news for us all. -- Javi Sorribes javiersorribes at miperronotienenariz.com http://www.miperronotienenariz.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From dimensionflip at xxx.uk Fri Apr 24 22:08:06 2009 From: dimensionflip at xxx.uk (Ian Anscombe) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:08:06 +0100 Subject: Sinister: panic on the streets of London, picnic on the streets of Birmingham References: Message-ID: <003001c9c520$c3560670$2101a8c0@IanandJim> Hello Sinister-children, Though none of us are children any more. We're either grown-ups or playing at it. I feel as if I'll always be playing at it, no matter how grown-up I'm supposed to be. It has been a long time. Every time I post on sinister, I decided I'm going to do it more and then I just........ don't. Which applies to so much of my life, I suppose. Anyway, enough navel-gazing. There was one good reason for posting: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1131571057&ref=nf#/event.php?eid=52297313786&ref=mf Just incase you don't subscribe to the corporate behemoth that is facebook, the event is a sinister picnic in Birmingham. Rachel and Grainne have been good enough to come up with the idea - possibly to overcome the force of inertia that is Ian Anscombe (i.e. me. Yes, he refers to himself in the third person now. Who the fuck does he think he is? Apparently, he doesn't know, but he's hoping to find out soon) err... thread, lost, continue... Yes, Rachel and Grainne were good enough to suggest it. It will be happening on 2nd May, which if I've done my sums right is a week on SATURDAY. Ideally, the time to advertise this would have been more than a week beforehand, but of course I have failed spectacularly to do this. For those travelling from (purely for the sake of argument) Ireland, Carlisle, London, Cardiff, Exeter, Brighton or Colchester (Ramsdale, you still owe me a visit...) or anywhere else, there is lots of space in my house. And it would be nice to see you. And I will get out my Bumper Book Of Fun Things To Do In Birmingham. I won't read it, but we can marvel at its existence. Rachel says the list is bouncing. Will this reach you? I don't know...just in case, I won't write any more. A wise man once said that, at some point in their life, every man visits Birmingham. And then he goes home. He didn't mention women. Perhaps he didn't know any. Come, join, Love, Birmimgham, Yes. 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