From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V11 #90 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Thursday, June 11 2009 Volume 11 : Number 090 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] Fw: Githead News - 10.06.09 [Ari ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:53:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Ari Subject: [idealcopy] Fw: Githead News - 10.06.09 - ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Githead Mailin List To: Githead Mailing List [announce] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:21:41 PM Subject: Githead News - 10.06.09 Dear Githead Fan, Welcome to the latest edition of our occasional, small, but perfectly formed newsletter. Our numbers continue to swell and once again webd like to welcome all those who are new here. We've been keeping theB news pageB up to date but have saved the newsletter until we had some proper announcements to make. So without further ado... 2009 tour news We can now announce Githead's first foray into North America, a short Canadian tour. 26 JUNE: Junction Theatre (Sled Island Festival) Calgary, Canada (all ages) 27 JUNE: Warehouse (Sled Island Festival) Calgary, Canada 29 JUNE: El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada 30 JUNE: Rose Theatre, Brampton, Canada Dates include two in Calgary at the Sled Island Festival, as part of Colin's guest curatorship of the festival (see below for the news item). The first is an all-ages show at the Junction Theatre alongsideB The FaminesB andB Indiensoci. The second Calgary date is at Warehouse and features alongside Githead what must undoubtedly be the line-up of the festival:B Sub-Linguals,B Women,B HealthB andB Holy Fuck! There are a further two dates in the Toronto area, the first of which at the Rose theatre in Brampton will beB streamed live. Sign upB hereB to get a ticket. We can also confirm one date this autumn: 25 SEPTEMBER: Festival L'Ososphere at the Laiterie, Strasbourg, France We soon expect to be able to announce more dates in September. TheB gigs pageB carries links to the venues if you need to know addresses and other information. Githeadbs third album Githead's eagerly awaited follow up to "Art Pop" is now in the final stages of completion. Mixing will continue during the summer with an aim for an autumn release. Upcoming shows will feature a large percentage of the new material, described by those bin the knowb as yet another big step for the band, featuring, as it does, an increase in intensity with faster tempii, and an approach which is deeper and wider yet more upfront. Intrigued? You certainly should be! Githead on show Those who will not be able to make the Canadian shows this summer but will be in London might like to stop by theB Elixir BarB in Eversholt Street (near Euston Station) which is currently showing a small selection of Malka's images, including ones of Max and Robin. The owners are Githead fans, and so you might even here the odd Githead tune during your visit! Download With the sad demise of posteverything last year, all Githead products have been now moved to theB Githead shop.B The shop sells physical product (where available) and digital in both MP3 and FLAC formats. NEWS ROUND-UP Herebs some news from the site you might have missed. APR 18, 2009: SLED ISLAND ColinB is this year's guest curator of Calgary'sB Sled IslandB Festival. The hugely ambitious city based festival which encompasses music, film, visual arts, comedy and more will take place between 24th and 27th of June 2009 and Githead will play more than one show. The line up is expected to be announced by May 1st. NOV 28, 2008: VIDEO Some new videos have been added as streams from theB downloadsB page of this site. They are from performances earlier this year at theB Mains d'OeuvreB in Paris and were shot by an audience member and posted on theirB YouTubeB page. In addition, some rarely seen classic videos from Githead members have now been posted on theB Headgit You Tube pageB these include ImmersionB Live At the Royal Festival Hall. See you next time. Love Githead If you are new to this list and want to catch up on past mailings you might like to take a look at theB mailing list archiveB . This list is run by humans who donbt like spam any more than you do. If you arenbt interested to hear more from us then simply send an email to and webll remove you as fast as our little legs can accomplish the task. If youbd like to resubscribe under a different email then send an email to and webll sort it out. - --B GITHEAD info@githead.com http://www.githead.com/ Mailorder -B http://githead.greedbag.com/ Mailing List bB announce-subscribe@githead.comB ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V11 #90 *******************************