Nectarine No.9 to perform first gig in 10 years!

The Nectarine No.9 have announced their first gig in ten years, and will be performing their amazing Saint Jack album in full at Rutherglen Town Hall, in Glasgow, on June 7th. The album was originally released on the short-lived reincarnated Postcard label back in 1995. Special special guests include Casual Sex, and tickets are available here. If I had dough to burn I would definitely fly over for this one.

For those who don't know, Nectarine No.9 is lead by Davey Henderson, and followed his stints with the Fire Engines, and Win, and preceded his somewhat current band, Sexual Objects - although its sometimes hard to tell with him whats current.

Nov 30 in Newcastle: Vic Godard, Sexual Objects & Pauline Murray

Just Because: The Fire Engines

What sort of crazy place lets a band like the Fire Engines on television? Wow...here they are, circa 1981, performing their final single, "Big Gold Dream."

This Saturday in Glasgow

Vic Godard, Sexual Objects to play Newcastle, March 10

Vic Godard, Sexual Objects, Spectorbullets, plus film: March 10, 2011, Newcastle

Stupefaction Top 12 for 2010

This is never easy for me, but at least I got this together ahead of time year. And in case you're thinking "who gives a crap?", don't worry...I'm under no delusions about anyone wondering what I loved this year (and if you visit regularly you'll know), but I like running it here as a matter of record. In no particular order, and with no further ado:


01. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone) (CD, MP3, vinyl)


02. Vic Godard & Subway Sect - We Come As Aliens (Overground) (CD & MP3. Limited edition vinyl available directly from the band)


03. Vic Godard & Irvine Welsh - Blackpool EP (Gnu) (CD-only available directly from the band)


04. Orange Juice - Coals To Newcastle (Domino) (CD & MP3)


05. Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (Heavenly) (CD, MP3, vinyl)


06. Paolo Conte - Nelson (Universal) (CD, MP3)


07. Patti Smith - Just Kids (Ecco Publishing) (Book)


08. Sexual Objects - Cucumber (Creeping Bent) (MP3. Limited edition vinyl available here.)


09. Harvest Ministers - Strange Love Letter (Crayon Records) (MP3, CD. CD available to order here)


10. Spoon - Transference (Merge) (CD, MP3, vinyl)


11. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band feat. Tom Waits - Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing b/w Corrine Died On The Battlefield - very limited edition 78 RPM record (Preservation Hall) (also available on Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall (CD, MP3)


12. Christian Scott - Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord) (CD, MP3)

From my Last.FM stats - Top 15 listened-to artists, 2010:
01. Tom Waits
02. Willie Mitchell
03. Paolo Conte
04. The Harvest Ministers
05. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
06. Sufjan Stevens
07. Borscht
08. Sidney Bechet
09. Echo & The Bunnymen
10. Big Star
11. Spoon
12. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
13. John Lurie
14. Vic Godard & The Subway Sect
15. Roddy Frame

Sexual Objects out and about in the UK

It's a Scottish thing, he's a Scottish man

Lots & lots of Davy Henderson action going on around certain quarters. First of all, his fourth band within the last 30 years, Sexual Objects (following Fire Engines, Win, and Nectarine No.9), has just released their debut album, Cucumber. It's currently available via iTunes (US here, UK here).



Recently RPM/Cherry Red Records reissued Win's second album, Freaky Trigger. The two Win album's have both been long out of print. Let's hope RPM is able to work out getting the first one, Uh! Tears Baby, back in print as well.



And lastly, Friend of the Blog(©) Kevin, over at Your Heart Out, has just posted an excellent appreciation of Davy and Nectarine No.9's incredible Saint Jack album. Saint Jack was originally released way back in 1995 on the short lived second version of the Postcard label, and has recently been reissued digitally via the new digital-arm of the Creeping Bent label, We Can Still Picnic. Check out some song clips over at Amazon. It's hard to believe it's been that long. Read and/or download a free copy of Kevin's tribute here.