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Import Promotions Presents
SWEARING AT MOTORISTS (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
THE DUDLEY CORPORATION
THE WORMHOLES
Monday 11 November
Whelans
Doors 8pm
Adm €11
Import Promotions is proud to present the imminence appearance in Dublin by Swearing at Motorists.
In the beginning there was a four track and two enthusiastic Daytonians - Dave Doughman and Don Thrasher. The time was 1995 and the duo convened wherever they could find borrowed gear and a power source. Within months the pair had racked up a serious bar tab, killed a brain cell or two and still managed to amass a healthy back log of songs, many of which still remain in the vaults.
By late summerí 95, the duo was still working without a name but that was about to change. Doughman compiled an LPs worth of material, borrowed a name from a fake band flyer he had made and began pumping out DIY cassette copies of the 12-song debut by Swearing at Motorists. The tape caught the ears of Matt and Jon Fisher, who were starting an indie label in the Staten Island home of their parents. The brothers selected two S@M songs, "King of Baltimore" and "Sympathy for Thinkers,"
for their flagship release, As Seen On TV. The CD compilation also featured the Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Jason Morphew, Azalia Snail, the Caroline Know and more. Before, the compilation was even out, Spare Me was making plans for its second release, Tuesday's Pretzel Night, a 10-song 7" EP from Swearing at Motorists. This release followed the same framework as the self-titled debut: magical pop songs, wreathed in melancholy and captured in miniature.
Now a full-fledged band, the duo began to play out with a vengence. The flurry of activity sparked a continuous string of songs that the duo were now recording exclusively in Doughmanís Main Street home, dubbed the Rock n' Roll Bed & Breakfast.
In 1997, Spare Me issued the 12" vinyl EP, The Fear of Low Flying Clouds, a collection of yearning pop songs that forged a common ground between Elvis Costello, the Buffalo Springfield, the Minutemen, Nick Drake and the Cars. Swearing at Motorists continued to release songs on compilations and increased its exposure by touring with Shove, from Davis, California, in the summer of '97, and Spoon, from Austin, Texas, in the summer of '98. Frustrated with Spare Me's lack of promotion and limited distribution, Doughman and Thrasher began fielding other offers.
In 1999, Swearing at Motorists signed to Bloomington-based indie Secretly Canadian, home to Songs: Ohia, Marmoset, June Panic, Panoply Academy and other fine bands. In the summer of '99, the duo broke tradition and entered an actual studio to record More Songs From the Mellow Struggle, its Secretly Canadian debut. The tracks were recorded by Phil Mahafey at Cyberteknic Studio in Dayton. Mahafey has worked with modern acts such as Kim Deal's Amps, Brainiac, the Mulchmen and Mink as well bluegrass stars Ralph Stanley and Red Allen, country rockers Dixie Peach and new wave songwriter Dale Walton.
The Dudley Corporation are Joss, Pip and Dudley.
Formed sometime in the distant present, The Corpo are pioneers in the quixotic and intoxicating field of Mamrock(tm). More succinctly they are a band from Dublin, Ireland, who've spent the last couple of years playing gigs with proper bands like Rocket From The Crypt and Papa M throughout the world. They bandy about smart, fast, sweet rock songs that encourage weak knees to shake with abandon.
2001 saw the release of their debut long player, 'The Lonely World of...', recorded by the redoubtable Andy Miller in the Chemikal Underground Studio in Glasgow. Following a pretty fantastic response to the record, The Corpo feel sufficiently bolstered to return to the same studio in late 2002 to record their sophomore effort. Touring efforts for the year should see a wee UK jaunt in November and their first trip Stateside to support the American release of the debut LP.
The Wormholes are one of Dublins most sublime, idiosyncratic and elusive acts. Their live shows are infrequent, but when they happen are unmissable. The band over their lengthy career have recorded for such labels as Road Runner and Dead Elvis and lo Recordings. They remain even during lengthy absences, a potent and enduring musical force.
Swearing at motorists will also perform dates in Cork and Limerick. Details TBC.
SWEARING AT MOTORISTS (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
THE DUDLEY CORPORATION
THE WORMHOLES
Monday 11 November
Whelans
Doors 8pm
Adm €11
Import Promotions is proud to present the imminence appearance in Dublin by Swearing at Motorists.
In the beginning there was a four track and two enthusiastic Daytonians - Dave Doughman and Don Thrasher. The time was 1995 and the duo convened wherever they could find borrowed gear and a power source. Within months the pair had racked up a serious bar tab, killed a brain cell or two and still managed to amass a healthy back log of songs, many of which still remain in the vaults.
By late summerí 95, the duo was still working without a name but that was about to change. Doughman compiled an LPs worth of material, borrowed a name from a fake band flyer he had made and began pumping out DIY cassette copies of the 12-song debut by Swearing at Motorists. The tape caught the ears of Matt and Jon Fisher, who were starting an indie label in the Staten Island home of their parents. The brothers selected two S@M songs, "King of Baltimore" and "Sympathy for Thinkers,"
for their flagship release, As Seen On TV. The CD compilation also featured the Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Jason Morphew, Azalia Snail, the Caroline Know and more. Before, the compilation was even out, Spare Me was making plans for its second release, Tuesday's Pretzel Night, a 10-song 7" EP from Swearing at Motorists. This release followed the same framework as the self-titled debut: magical pop songs, wreathed in melancholy and captured in miniature.
Now a full-fledged band, the duo began to play out with a vengence. The flurry of activity sparked a continuous string of songs that the duo were now recording exclusively in Doughmanís Main Street home, dubbed the Rock n' Roll Bed & Breakfast.
In 1997, Spare Me issued the 12" vinyl EP, The Fear of Low Flying Clouds, a collection of yearning pop songs that forged a common ground between Elvis Costello, the Buffalo Springfield, the Minutemen, Nick Drake and the Cars. Swearing at Motorists continued to release songs on compilations and increased its exposure by touring with Shove, from Davis, California, in the summer of '97, and Spoon, from Austin, Texas, in the summer of '98. Frustrated with Spare Me's lack of promotion and limited distribution, Doughman and Thrasher began fielding other offers.
In 1999, Swearing at Motorists signed to Bloomington-based indie Secretly Canadian, home to Songs: Ohia, Marmoset, June Panic, Panoply Academy and other fine bands. In the summer of '99, the duo broke tradition and entered an actual studio to record More Songs From the Mellow Struggle, its Secretly Canadian debut. The tracks were recorded by Phil Mahafey at Cyberteknic Studio in Dayton. Mahafey has worked with modern acts such as Kim Deal's Amps, Brainiac, the Mulchmen and Mink as well bluegrass stars Ralph Stanley and Red Allen, country rockers Dixie Peach and new wave songwriter Dale Walton.
The Dudley Corporation are Joss, Pip and Dudley.
Formed sometime in the distant present, The Corpo are pioneers in the quixotic and intoxicating field of Mamrock(tm). More succinctly they are a band from Dublin, Ireland, who've spent the last couple of years playing gigs with proper bands like Rocket From The Crypt and Papa M throughout the world. They bandy about smart, fast, sweet rock songs that encourage weak knees to shake with abandon.
2001 saw the release of their debut long player, 'The Lonely World of...', recorded by the redoubtable Andy Miller in the Chemikal Underground Studio in Glasgow. Following a pretty fantastic response to the record, The Corpo feel sufficiently bolstered to return to the same studio in late 2002 to record their sophomore effort. Touring efforts for the year should see a wee UK jaunt in November and their first trip Stateside to support the American release of the debut LP.
The Wormholes are one of Dublins most sublime, idiosyncratic and elusive acts. Their live shows are infrequent, but when they happen are unmissable. The band over their lengthy career have recorded for such labels as Road Runner and Dead Elvis and lo Recordings. They remain even during lengthy absences, a potent and enduring musical force.
Swearing at motorists will also perform dates in Cork and Limerick. Details TBC.
