Great White Monkey TV

Ginger (of the Wildhearts) and Laika Dog (featuring Tony of Terrorvision) are currently touring the UK. I'd love to go and see these two awesome bands playing on the same bill, but I'll be in Vassilikos when the tour rolls around my way. Oh, it's a hard life ;-)

Thankfully, to make me feel better, Ginger has started the GWMTV channel on You Tube, documenting the tour each step of the way. You can watch the first installment below and be sure to subscribe to the channel for more shenanigans.

Ginger was in Denmark, recording the new Wildhearts album, 'Chutzpah'. The band blogged about the recording of the album that should hit stores in August daily, in a very entertaining and enlightening way.

He certainly seems to like the internet at the moment as he's also a guest blogger over at the Classic Rock website, where he writes about some of his favorite overlooked bands. It's great to be seeing more of an online presence from him as his Ask Ginger and Ginger Says sections of the Wildhearts website were great back in the day.

Too Many Bubbles

The Wildhearts release their 'Live In The Studio - A Film By Tim Smith' DVD tomorrow. Mine turned up in the post early and I'm just watching it at the moment. It captures the awesomeness of The Wildhearts live in a very intimate environment. And it's so funny! The talk and antics between songs very tongue in cheek and hilarious. Check out this clip:

The DVD see's the band playing their 2007 self-titled album in full. As well as the promo videos from that album, including the awesome 'Destroy All Monsters', which is really messed up.

Here's the video for 'The Revolution Will Be Televised' from the DVD:

The DVD can be ordered here and here.

Eureka!

The Eureka Machines are one of the support bands from the Wildhearts Eath Vs gig I went to recently. Unfortunately I didn't get to catch all their set as I was waiting in line to get a t-shirt with a blokes beer belly pressed against my back. But what I heard was very good.

Chris Catalyst (also of the other Wildhearts support act that night, The God Damn Whores) is the singer/guitarist/songwriter for the band. Bobby Ball of 'comedy' duo Cannon And Ball once called him 'last of the mohicans'. And Crispian Frigging Mills out of Kula Frigging Shaker once accused him of stealing his minidisc player. Oh, and he writes some irresistibly catchy pop nuggets.

They released their debut album 'Do Or Die' on September 1st. Check out the coolio video for 'Everyone Loves You':

And as usual, check out their MySpaz page for more awesome songs. You can also buy the album from the band here.

Sorry And The Sinatras

When I saw The Wildhearts this past weekend in London playing the Earth Vs album in it’s entirety and all the b-sides, I saw a t-shirt at the merch booth for Sorry And The Sinatras. I knew that the new bass player for The Wildhearts was called Scott Sorry, but didn’t know anything about this band. It was especially odd seeing as Sorry And The Sinatras were not supporting The Wildhearts that night, those duties went to The Eureka Machines and The God Damn Whores.

So I checked them out on Myspaz the other day and really liked what I heard. They have a very DIY punk approach to their music, which sounds very raw and enjoyable. Check out a live video for ‘Hated Heart’:

Sorry And The Sinatras played their first show supporting The New York Dolls and will be supporting The Misfits this October. They are currently recording their debut album ‘Highball Roller’, which comes out in early 2009 on Undergroove.

Check out their MySpaz site for some cool DIY demos that you can download. I suggest you start with ‘Riverside’.