ELEGIAC: Wire's Graham Lewis & poet Ted Milton collaborate for new project. Debut self-titled album out March 26th & first single

ELEGIAC - New collaborative project of E. Graham Lewis (Wire), poet Ted Milton (Blurt) & Sam Britton - First single "Vous Et Ici" online now  - Debut self-titled LP due March 26th via Upp Records

ELEGIAC is the collaborative project of Edvard Graham Lewis (Wire, He Said) and poet Ted Milton (Blurt). The pair have joined forces, alongside sound artist Sam Brittion, who mixed the record for their debut self-titled album, which is due out March 26th via Upp Records. Today they are sharing the first single from the record "Vous Et Ici" online.  Listen to "Vous Et Ici" here: https://soundcloud.com/allcitydublin/elegiac-vous-et-ici-out-mar26th Ted Milton is a prolific poet, with several volumes under his belt, as well as an avant-garde puppeteer. Yet he's probably best known as vocalist/saxophonist with psycho-funk afro punk fake no-wave pogo jazz trio Blurt. Milton's group has produced an impressive string of albums, not to mention his numerous solo recordings. Meanwhile, Edvard Graham Lewis has a history of strong solo releases, both under his own name and as He Said. And of course, as bassist, lyricist and sometime vocalist with post punk innovators Wire, he's been responsible for numerous landmark releases, from 1977's Pink Flag, to 2003's Send, to 2020's Mind Hive. There's a definite sense that Milton and Lewis were born to collaborate. Both are idiosyncratic sonic stylists: bullish outsiders with a Dadaist's ear for unexpected rhythms and ear-catching turns of phrase. Now, 'ELEGIAC' sees them melding their considerable talents to produce an album of arresting intensity. What started out as a one off joint composition, proved to be such a fruitful exercise it soon developed into a stream of new work.  Album opener 'Vous Et Ici' is a twisted tale of unrequited love, set atop skittering rhythms and curlicues of bass, whilst, 'Vancouver Slim' is a dialogue between nervously looping electronics and a mournfully wayward sax solo.  Meanwhile 'So Far' comes across like Michael Nyman trapped in some strange break-beat bordello, as Milton recites information regarding the 'planking' of a boat. It's a bizarre yet perfect fit. The album has been arranged and mixed by electronic composer and sound artist Sam Britton. Britton’s sure touch ensures that the various elements work together to create something quite unique. For whilst 'ELEGIAC' is a collection that foregrounds its off-centre and experimental aspects, it's also blessed with plenty of hooks and seductive grooves. This is exemplified by 'Swish', which, with its shuffling drums and reverberating guitar traces, sounds like a sublime out-take from Can's 'Tago Mago'. Bristling with ideas and exploratory sounds 'ELEGIAC' bounds into 2021 with a supreme confidence. It's unlikely you'll have heard anything quite like this before... Pre-order album here: https://elegiacupp.bandcamp.com/ ELEGIAC artwork: ELEGIAC track list: 1. Vous Et Ici 2. So Far 3. Pelican House 4. The Daffodil Women 5. The Swish 6. Boat 7. One Two 8. He Folds 9. Ian's Gone 10. Vancouver Slim

NEW NOISE 2020 w/ Alexander Laurence shows 010-012 with playlists

NEW NOISE SHOW 010: @ RADIO KAJW March 20th 2020 3pm

PART ONE

1. King Krule "Cellular"

2. Goldfrapp "Ooh La La"

3. Men With Secrets "Cabaret Demode"

4. Autolux "Softscene"

5. Adult. "Why Always Why"

6. Colder "Inside"

7. Opal "Supernova" 

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/alexander-laurence-1/newnoise010-pt1-32020/s-Fo8Zi

PART TWO

8. Idles "Danny Nedelko"

9. Phoebe Bridgers "Garden Song"

10. The Growlers "Try Hard Fool"

11. Zamilska "Closer"

12. Honeyblood "Bubble Gun"

13. Crewdson and Cevanne "Two Machines"

14. Agnes Obel "Camera's Rolling" 

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/alexander-laurence-1/newnoise010-pt2-32020/s-6v5PE 

NEW NOISE SHOW 011: @ RADIO KAJW March 27th 2020 3pm

1. Red Wedding "Goddess No More"

2. The Gun Club "Mother of Earth"

3. Kommunity FK "Something Inside Me Has Died"

Interview with Michael Ely (of Red Wedding)

Red Wedding: redweddingoriginal.bandcamp.com/releases

The Elegant Rabies: elegantrabies.bandcamp.com/releases

4. Mneumonic Devices "27 Crosses"

Listen to part one: https://soundcloud.com/portinfinite/newnoise011-pt1-32820/s-eUZC3

PART TWO:

5. Red Wedding "Marsha In Pictures"

6. Outer Circle "Blind Venetians"

7. The Fibonaccis "Narcissist"

8. Alexander Laurence "Surrender" (cover of Red Wedding song)

9. 45 Grave "Evil"

10. Ex Voto "If I Never"

11. Tex and The Horseheads "Lock Me Up"

12. Suburban Lawns "Janitor"

Listen to part two: https://soundcloud.com/portinfinite/newnoise011-pt2-32720/s-gQXLm

Episode 012: live music program

WIRE @ Echoplex April 1st 2017 Drill LA part one

Wire at DRILL LA (pinkflag.com)

Boiling Boy

Diamonds in Cups

An Alibi

This Time

Three Girl Rhumba

Art of Persistence

Brio

Underwater Experiences

WIRE @ Echoplex April 1st 2017 Drill LA part two

WIRE live at Echoplex 2017

Red Barked Trees

Small Black Reptile

Keep Exhaling

Split Your Ends

Playing Harp for the Fishes

Short Elevated Period

Over Theirs

WIRE live at Echoplex 2017 part three

Encore:

Silver/Lead

Ahead

Stealth of a Stork

Encore 2:

Pink Flag Guitar Orchestra

FITTED @ Echoplex MARCH 31, 2017 (DRILL LA) part four

Track List:
1. Plug In The Jug
2. Training Pit Bulls For The Navy
3. The Legend of Lydmar Lucia
4. Magically Blessed
5. The Chunk That Got Chewed
6. The First Fit 

FITTED is a new project from Bob Lee (The Freeks), Edvard Graham Lewis (Wire), Matthew Simms (Wire), and Mike Watt (Minutemen).  

Live Streaming: https://live365. com/station/RadioKAJW-a51134

Listen to previous shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/infinitealexander/

PORTABLE INFINITE LINKS:

Website: http://portable- infinite.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ portinfinite

Instagram: https://www. instagram.com/portable_ infinite/

RADIO KAJW Twitter: https://twitter.com/ radiokajw

WIRE @ Music Hall of Williamsburg March 12th 2020 @wirehq

                                             all photos taken in Brooklyn by Daniel Murtagh

WIRE release orange version of MIND HIVE and US TOUR this week + SXSW

Mind Hive (orange)

Wire’s new album has already garnered much praise. Here are just a few quotes from the UK press...

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“If you were to compile a list of bands still at their creative peak after 40 years, it would be very short. But Wire would be on it.” - The Sunday Times Culture

“If Mind Hive were the debut by a hot new band, you suspect what’s left of the music press would be doing their nut over it.” – The Guardian (****)

“Instantly recognisable as their work, possessing that hallmark of chiming harmonies draped across angular skeletal constructions - a sound nobody else has ever convincingly replicated.” - Metro (****)

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However, we doubt anyone who signed up to this list needs to be told a new Wire album is something to celebrate!

Anyway, without further ado, we are today announcing that the orange ‘hive’ version of the new album is available from our mail order. This has previously not been available outside of UK indie stores. We should stress the record is exactly the same; only the artwork is different. Nobody should feel they need to have more than one copy of the album.

For those yet to buy, check out the imagery below…

 

The conceptual idea behind the two different cover treatments relates to the words ‘mind’ and ‘hive’. The blue ‘mind’ cover has imagery relating to Bletchley Park, home to World War II codebreakers that included Alan Turing, often credited as the inventor of the computer. The orange ‘hive’ cover features imagery associated with bees and hives. (The CD, note, has images from both versions.)

Mind Hive (T-shirts)

 

We are making available today a range (small to XXL) of Mind Hive T-shirts. These are the same ones we are selling on tour.

Live dates

After our sell out UK tour here are our upcoming tour dates (some of which have sold out already). These take us to early July. We will announce more soon. Check pinkflag.com for ticket links.

Mar 03: Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Mar 04: Metro, Chicago, IL, USA
Mar 06: Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN, USA
Mar 07: Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, USA
Mar 09: Union Stage, Washington, DC, USA
Mar 10: Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Mar 11: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mar 12: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mar 13: The Sinclair, Cambridge MA, USA
Mar 14: Bronson Centre Theatre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mar 16: The Great Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mar 17: SXSW Opening Party, Empire Garage, Austin, TX, USA
Mar 18: Daytime -  Barracuda, Austin, TX, USA
Mar 18: Evening - Desert Daze SXSW showcase at Hotel Vegas, Austin, TX, USA

May 13: La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
May 14: Roma, Antwerp, Belgium
May 15: Gebäude 9, Cologne, Germany
May 16: Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 18: SO36, Berlin, Germany
May 19: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
May 21: Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK
Jul 03-05: Playtime Festival, Gachuurt Village, Mongolia
Jul 05-07: Bol Festival, Moscow, Russia