This afternoon (between 16.00-17.00 h.) Saskia & Arne will appear on the radio program ‘Songwriters Guild Live’ (AmsterdamFM, 106.8 FM). The recording takes place at the Open- bare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, so everybody’s welcome to watch the performance.
And this Saturday (August 25) Labasheeda will be playing in the full line-up with The Sugarettes at Roodkapje in Rotterdam.
On Sunday June 24 Labasheeda will do a (semi) acoustic performance during the opening of Formalisme.nl, an exhibition of paintings by Marco Rump at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam.
Free entrance, so be there.
We’ve just arrived back from the tour yesterday.
Besides five regular gigs we also did two radio sessions in Prague featuring Saskia on acoustic guitar and Erwin drumming on a cardboard box. You can listen to the April 30 session for Radio Wave here.
UPDATE: the StreetCulture session from April 27 is now online as well.
The split 7″ with Wavezero is now available as well!
On Wednesday April 25 we will be heading to Germany and the Czech Republic again for a six day tour (see agenda). Erwin van der Laan will be behind the drums this time.
Our new full-length release, Castfat Shadows, is available from April 16. The album is released on transparent green vinyl and as a digital download – no CD this time (yep, the times they are a-changin’ indeed). You can listen to two of the new tracks in the music player.
The split 7″ with Wavezero is delayed a bit, but will be released in the near future.
Currently test pressings are being made of not only one, but two new Labasheeda records: the full-length Castfat Shadows (planned for April) and a split 7″ with Wavezero. The 7″ will be released in March, and contains the song ‘Liver Spots’, which will not be on the LP. Stay tuned.
The second volume of the Love No Love compilation will feature the track ‘Winter’ by Labasheeda (previously released on The Twilight State). 100% of the album sales benefit groups working against domestic abuse and assault. The double CD will be released on December 28 in an edition of 300 numbered copies. Check The Levee Breaking for more information.
Labasheeda will be on tour in Germany from November 3-8 (also doing a gig in Prague), check the agenda for more details. Due circumstances Dyan will be replaced by Assi Weitz (Sophya, Sex Dolls, ex-Gone Bald) during the tour. Also joining us are André (driving, visuals, record sales) and Brutus (barking).
By the way, the new record is mixed and will be mastered in the near future.… Read more
The last three days of July we’ve been busy recording with Corno Zwetsloot at the Next to Jaap Studio in Voorhout. We recorded the basic tracks of 15 new songs, which we plan to release on an album later this year.
The Noise Problems blogspot posted six songs from our gig at The Beginner Festival (which took place at De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam on March 5). You can listen to part of Jelle Buma’s set as well.
Setlist (five new songs and a Blues Explosion cover*):
On Tippy Toes / Withdrawn / Relax-her* / Fake Italian / Last Ride / Copycat Emotions
‘White Leather’ (from The Twilight State) is one of the tracks on a free CD that comes with the April issue of the UK magazine Artrocker.
Other artists include The Chapman Family, Metronomy, and Sonic Youth.
Just before the start of our UK tour Inner City Grit Records released Labasheeda: Bootlegged in Bristol, a digital download-only EP featuring four tracks from our gig at the Junction (April 28, 2010).
Go to the Inner City Grit page for more information.
