Envy - Added to ATP bill & European festivals

6 May 08

Envy have been added to the bill for the Explosions in the Sky-curated ATP held at Minehead May 16-18.

The festival is totally sold out however if you want to find out more about ATP events then click here

The band are also returning to Europe in June for dates:
22-06-08 Hellfest, Clisson (Fra)
23-06-08 Rock School, Bordeaux (Fra)
24-06-08 La Boite, Madrid (Spa)
25-06-08 La2, Barcelona (Spa)
26-06-08 Le Rockstore, Montpellier (Fra)
27-06-08 Epicerie Moderne, Lyon (Fra)
28-06-08 Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats Evreux (Fra)
29-06-08 Furia Festival, Cergy (Fra)
30-06-08 Exhaus, Trier (Ger)

Rock Action Spring Sampler w/Plan B

29 March 08

As you may have heard, we’re doing a free cover-mount CD with the April issue of Plan B magazine.

It features exclusive tracks from a bunch of Rock Action bands including Part Chimp, Errors, Desalvo plus there’s a chance to hear the first recordings from Remember Remember.

Street date for the issue is 7th April from most good newsagents and record-stores.

Tracklist is as follows;
1. K.K – Apex (from Esthetik Of Destruction)
2. Remember Remember – Fountain Mountain (unreleased)
3. James Orr Complex – Man-O-War Way (from forthcoming album ‘Com Favo’)
4. Envy – Shield of Selflessness (from Insomniac Doze)
5. Errors – National Prism (from forthcoming album ‘It’s Not Something But It Is Like Whatever’)
6. Mogwai – Dracula Family (unreleased)
7. Part Chimp – Bring Back The Sound (from I Am Come)
8. K.K – Hvydale (from Esthetik Of Destruction)
9. Trout – Lying Face Down (from Norma Jean EP)
10. Desalvo – Ripper Situation (from forthcoming album ‘Mood Poisoner’)
11. James Orr Complex – Free Harmony (from Chori’s Bundle)
12. Errors – Mr Milk (from ‘How Clean Is Your Acid House?’)
13. Part Chimp – Dirty Sun (unreleased)
14. Envy – A Warm Room [Live] (from Transfovista DVD)

Remember Remember supporting Mogwai

13 March 08

Remember Remember goes in to start work on his debut album this month however he’s also confirmed as opening for Mogwai at their show in May at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

Details below;
12th May 2008
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
w/Remember Remember plus very Special Guest
Tickets go on sale at 10am Tuesday 18th March.
Box office details: 0871 663 2500 and www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Tickets are £20 plus booking fee
Ticketholders will get a Rock Action compilation too…

Remember Remember myspace here

Errors on Tour - March/April

13 March 08

Errors are doing a bunch of shows over the next couple of months. They have their own dates plus shows supporting 65 Days Of Static and also Forward Russia. Take a look at the list below and see if they’re playing near you;

19 March 2008 Wrexham – Central Station
20 March 2008 Cardiff – Clwb Ifor Bach
05 April 2008 Newcastle – Star&Shadow Cinema

supporting 65 Days Of Static…
10 April 2008 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
11 April 2008 London Indigo
12 April 2008 Leeds Cockpit
13 April 2008 Brighton Concorde 2
14 April 2008 Wolves Wulfrun
15 April 2008 Manchester Academy 2

supporting Forward Russia
18 Apr 2008 Newcastle Academy 2
20 Apr 2008 Liverpool Barfly
21 Apr 2008 Bristol Thekla
22 Apr 2008 London Kings College
23 Apr 2008 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
25 Apr 2008 BirminghamBarfly

Triptych
26 Apr 2008 Glasgow – Tramway (Triptych)
27 Apr 2008 Edinburgh – Cabaret Voltaire (Triptych w/Clinic&RememberRemember)

Triptych 2008

11 March 08

Mogwai, Errors and Remember Remember are part of a stellar bill at Glasgow’s Tramway theatre this year as part of the Triptych event on 26th April.

The full line up reads;
Mogwai,
Clinic.
Dirty Projectors.
Malcolm Middleton,
Errors,
Frightened Rabbit,
Magik Markers,
Correcto,
RememberRemember

For more information on the event take a look here

Forthcoming Rock Action...

11 February 08

Hallo everyone,

A quick update from the house of Rock Action, we’re gearing up for a busy 2008. Errors are nearing completion of their long-awaited debut album entitled ‘It’s not something, but it is like whatever’. James Orr Complex’s record has finally reached us long-distance from Sao Paulo in Brazil and it sounds fantastic.

Meanwhile closer to home Desalvo are finishing up their debut album for Rock Action, recorded in Chem19 studios during January and we’ve received a bunch of awesome demos from Part Chimp recorded at Dropout Studios in Camberwell that bode well for their new record.

More news on RememberRemember should be with us soon and keep an eye out for further Errors release details, in the meantime the tracklist for their album looks like this;

IT’S NOT SOMETHING, BUT IT IS LIKE WHATEVER
1. DANCE MUSIC
2. NATIONAL PRISM
3. SALUT! FRANCE
4. STILL GAME
5. TOES
6. CRYSTAL MAZE
7. CUTLERY DRAWER
8. PUMP
9. THE BAGPIPES
10. A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU DON’T ISN’T

Trout - Norma Jean EP out NOW

12 November 07

rockact32 – Trout: Norma Jean EP rel. date 12/11/07
Available on fantastically heavy pressed 7”...
Trout Myspace

Formed in the early-90s in Glasgow, Trout are one of the city’s most enigmatic bands, Emerging from the same scene that produced the likes of The Yummy Fur and Mogwai their unique blend of psychedelia and pop twinned with the lyrical wit of frontman William Rogan has ensured their place in the linage of cult bands Glasgow has produced is certain.

Counting fans such as Franz Ferdinand and nearly every other influential Glasgow band among their ranks, the 7” is short but sweet, it’s a ramshackle thrash through an avant-garde world of psychedelic garage tipping its hat to the likes of 13th Floor Elevators and the odd Nuggets box set along the way while still managing to sound unquestionably “a Glasgow band”.

Tracklist:
A.
1. Norma Jean
2. Lying Face Down
B.
1. Sugar and Salt
2. Atlas Family Brew

Errors - Future Club Classics

25 October 07

Errors ‘Salut! France’ joins tracks from Simian Mobile Disco, Klaxons, The Gossip and Editors on Renaissance’s latest compilation ‘Future Club Classics’. The compilation’s in stores from Monday 29th October.

Coming soon - Trout: Norma Jean ep

25 October 07

You may remember we mentioned a while back that cult Glasgow band and early Rock Action artists Trout had been in the studio with John Cummings of Mogwai. Well, after a long wait we’ve got the finished records here and in our hands. Release date 12th November on 7”...

Cat no: rockact32
Tracklist:
1. Norma Jean
2. Lying Face Down
3. Sugar and Salt
4. Atlas Family Brew

Altogether now “Sugar and Salt…What’s the difference?”

Rock Action is Vic Galloway's Label of The Month

23 October 07

You can hear some interview, chat and tracks from Rock Action courtesy of Vic Galloway’s new Introducing….From Scotland show airing Wed nights/Thu mornings, midnight til 2am.

We’ve got the spotlight on us for the next 3 weeks, in which time you’ll hear tracks from Mogwai, Trout, Part Chimp, James Orr Complex and a brand new track from Envy, along with chat from Stuart Braithwaite and Craig Hargrave from the label.

To find out more about the show click here