Thee Spivs, with a slight line-up change…Dans gone, Daniels here… head over to Europe for some dates…plus a good one in London on the 4th of May too.
MAY 2012
Friday 4th – The Horatia – The Ricky C Quartet Single EP Launch – London – UK
Wednesday 9th – Trix – Antwerpen – Belgium
Thursday 10th – DB’s – Utrecht – Netherlands
Friday 11th – Pacific Parc – Amsterdam – Netherlands
Saturday 12th – Crow Bar – Groningen – Netherlands
Sunday 13th – The Move – Arnhem – Netherlands (Afternoon show)
Sunday 13th – Charlatan – Gent – Belgium (Evening show)
Monday 14th – Ramones Museum – Berlin
Tuesday 15th – Hafenklang – Hamburg – Germany
Wenesday 16th – The Tube – Dusseldorf – Germany
Thursday 17th – Wild At Heart – Berlin – Germany
Friday 18th – Immerhin – Wurzburg – Germany
Saturday 19th – Sonic Ballroom – Koln – Germany
JULY 2012
Sunday 8th – Sjock Festival – Gierle – Belgium
AUGUST 2012
2nd – 5th – Rebellion Festival – Winter Gardens – Blackpool – UK
They are working on a new single which will be out in the Summer.

OUT THIS WEEK
The first two Piney Gir albums are back out digitally via Damaged Goods, thats ‘Peakahokahoo’ and The Piney Gir Country Roadshow’s first outing ‘Hold Yer Horses’ They’ve been unavailable for a couple of years so it seemed like a great time to re-issue them. Piney is just back from a quick tour around the UK and has a few London-ish dates coming up before a jaunt to the US in June.

Holly & Dave are back with a great new album which is out this week, it’s called “Long Distance” and here’s what Holly had to say about it……”After many requests to incorporate the best of the solo Holly Golightly songs into the live set, with top-notch backing provided by The Brokeoffs, I have picked some of my original band favourites and recorded this collection for old and new fans alike.

The highlight for me was the chance to re-record ‘(You Ain’t) No Big Thing,’ the fantastic 1966 Sam and Dave classic that I first started performing live in 1995. It’s one of my all time top tunes, along with
‘My Love Is,’ the fabulous Little Willie John number, which we’ve given a wistful lone banjo accompaniment this time around.

There is an even mix of cover songs and originals to revisit, all of them corkers in their own right and all of them especially dear to me. ‘Long Distance’ is collection of my good-time-foot-tappers and
sing-along-tear-jerkers. It’s my top ten tracks prepared from scratch and served up fresh.”

It’s out on CD, Digital and a lovely limited edition LP on red & white splattered vinyl too.

This is one we’ve wanted to release for years and now finally it’s coming, it’s the (pretty much) complete recordings of Brighton legends The Chefs.
We think The Chefs are the real roots of C-86 and the early IndiePop stuff along with bands like Girls At Our Best & The Au Pairs, They first appeared on the compilation ‘Vaultage ‘79’ on Attrix records and went onto release three singles, two John Peel sessions and one Richard Skinner session on the BBC before calling it a day in 1983.
This compilation features all their recordings and sessions plus great sleeve notes by The Legend himself, Everett True.
Due out 23rd April, Damgood388CD

Brand new album due out in April, their first together since ‘Here Come The Fleece Geese’ in 2002. It’s called ‘Dung Beetle Rolls Again’ and will be released on Limited Edition 12” LP and download only.
If you don’t know their work together it’s inspired by the like of by the early DaDaists, Edward Lear, Captain Beefheart and the literature of the absurd.
It also reminds us of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in a lot of ways, so not your usual Damaged Goods release but a pretty special one none the less.

CASE join THEE SPIVS and The CYANIDE PILLS as Damaged Goods bands getting ready to make a hefty dent in this years Rebellion festival in Blackpool. Days and times are due to be announced soon but we’re going up for the full 4 days and will be around with free stickers, badges and flyers and maybe even a few CDs too, other bands we’ve worked with that are playing include HARD SKIN, TV SMITH, SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS.
Full details from their site here REBELLION FESTIVAL 2012

The lovely Ms Piney Gir will be live on BBC 6Music on the Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie show, she will be on around 2.20 on the ‘Show & Tell’ part of the show, this will be available on the iPlayer for 7 days after broadcast too.
Her second single from the ‘Geronimo!’ album ‘Outta Sight’ will be out on the 30th January 2012 and she is playing a one-off show at the Lexington in London on the 17th of January too, tickets available from http://www.thelexington.co.uk/

Anyone who orders between now and 21st December will be entered into a prize draw to win a signed copy of Holly Golightly’s 7” picture disc “Christmas Tree’s On Fire”. There’s 3 copies to be won, winners will be drawn at random and notified by email. Good luck!

Just back from their European tour the Cyanide Pills are back with a brand new 2 track single and it’s fucking great! It’s ‘Up Against The Wall’ on the a-side and ‘Lying Low’ on the b, it’s a limited 7” on lovely clear vinyl. They will be supporing TV Smith on some of his December dates, check out the GIGS page for full details. BUY IT HERE

Yes, the new single from The Cute Lepers ‘Head Over Heels’ is out in the shops this Monday, 3rd december. It’s taken from their latest album ‘Adventure Time’ and features an exclusive track on the b-side, a cover of the first solo Brian James single after he left the Damned ‘Ain’t That A Shame’. There’s 1000 copies, 500 on Grey vinyl and 500 on Purple vinyl, so get them quick. We’re shipping this week, go to the Damaged Goods shop for THE PURPLE ONE or THE GREY ONE