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| Countdown To Norway and The United Kingdom…. | The Warlocks Norway and UK tour starts T-Minus 2 weeks!
We are excited as hell to come back to the UK! We can't wait to come back to the UK! We feel extremely privileged to be able to tour abroad this year! It's been so much fun! See you soon – The Warlocks
The Warlocks tour of United Kingdom and Norway! With Very Special Guest The Koolaid Electric Company
Yes, we are playing songs from all the albums! www.thewarlocks.com
The Warlocks UK tour 2008. With The Koolaid Electric Company...
Wed 08/13 -Oslo, Norway @ Bla
Fri 08/15 -Manchester @ Roadhouse
Sat 08/16 -York @ The Duchess
Sun 08/17 -Aberdeen @ Moshulu
Mon 08/18 -Glasgow @ Barfly
Tue 08/19 -Newcastle @ Academy 2
Wed 08/20 -Liverpool @ Academy 2
Fri 08/22 -Cardiff @ Clwb Ifor Bach
Sat 08/23 -Sheffield @ Academy 2
Mon 08/25 -Cambridge @ Barfly
Tue 08/26 -Birmingham @ Academy 2
Wed 08/27 -Bristol @ Academy 2
Thu 08/28 -Oxford @ Zodiac
Fri 08/29 -Islington @ Bar Academy
Sat 08/30 -Brighton @ Engine Room
--bobby-2008-07-29-- |
| Tickets for The Warlocks live in Australia on SALE today!!! |  Advance ticket sales for The Warlocks live in Australia go on sale starting today go here and click tickets for the appropriate links...
Oct 11 Sat Brisbane,
The Troubadour
Oct 14 Tue Sydney,
Spectrum
Oct 17 Fri Melbourne,
The Ding Dong Lounge
Oct 23 Thu Adelaide,
The Gov
Oct 26 Sun Perth,
Metropolis Fremantle
--bobby-2008-07-01-- |
| Even More Press! | Artist Direct Feature
June 3rd San Diego:
San Diego City Beat - Concert Preview
San Diego Union Tribune - Event Listing
June 7th San Francisco:
San Francisco Weekly - Event Listing
San Francisco Bay Guardian - Event Listing San Francisco Chronicle - Event Listing The Owl Mag - Live Review:
The Owl Mag
June 9th Portland Oregon:
Portland Mercury - Concert preview
Portland Mercury - "Tonight!" Posting:
Portland Mercury
Portland Tribune - Event Listing
The Oregonian - Event Listing
Willamette Week - Concert Preview
June 10 Vancouver:
Abort Mag: Show review and photos:
Abortmag
June 11 Seattle:
Seattle Weekly - Event Listing
Seattle Stranger - Event Listing
Seattle Times - Event Listing + Warlocks photo w. Noise for Needy Piece KEXP Blog - Live Review
KEXP
Three Imaginary Girls - Live Review
Three Imaginary Girls
June 13 Salt Lake City:
SLUG Magazine: Feature (waiting for press clip) Salt Lake Weekly: Concert Preview Salt Lake Tribune: Concert Preview
June 14th Denver:
Denver Westword: Event Listing
Denver Westword - Backbeat Blog Live Review
denverpost
Denver Post: Event Listing
June 15th Rapid City:
Rapid City Journal: Concert Preview
June 17 Fargo:
In Forum - Event Listing
June 18 St. Paul:
Pioneer Press: Concert Preview
Minneapolis City Pages: Concert Preview
Minneapolis City Pages: Photo Gallery
Minneapolis City Pages
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Concert Preview The Rake Mag: Confirmed Live Review:
rakemag
June 19 Madison:
Isthmus Daily Page: Event Listing
Wisconsin State Journal: Event Listing
You Be The Mouse: Annex Photo Gallery
link
June 20 Chicago:
Chicago Reader - Concert Preview
Chicago Innerview - Calendar Listing
Chicago Sun Times - Concert Preview
Chicago Tribune - Event Listing
Timeout Chicago - Critic's Pick Event Listing Illinois Entertainer - Online CD Review and Show Listing:
Illinois Entertainer
June 21 Milwaukee:
Milwaukee Express - Concert Preview
Milwaukee Express - Live Review
Milwaukee Express
June 23 Detroit:
Real Detroit Weekly - Event Listing
The Detroit News - Event Listing
Detroit Free Press - Event Listing
Detour Mag - Magic Stick Photo Gallery
link
June 24 Cincinnati:
Cincinnati Weekly - Soundcheck Blog Posting:
Coneweekly
Cincinnati City Beat - Concert Preview w. Photo
City Beat Spill It Blog - Live Review
Citybeat
June 25 Cleveland:
Cleveland Scene - Event Listing
Cleveland Free Times - Event Listing
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Event Listing
I Rock Cleveland - Live Review:
Chromewaves Toronto Pics
I Rock Cleveland
June 26 Toronto:
Chart Magazine - Feature (waiting on clip)
June 27 + 28 NYC + Brooklyn:
AM NY - Mercury Lounge Preview (need to scan) Brooklyn Vegan - Tour Announcement:
Brooklyn Vegan - This Week In Indie Post (Merc show)
Brooklyn Vegan
Consequence Of Sound - Live Review:
The L Magazine - Event Listing for Merc + Southpaw The Aquarian - Warlocks Feature
NY Press - Southpaw Review:
Nypress
Village Voice - Event Listing for Merc + Southpaw The Onion - Concert Preview Timeout NY - Critics Pick Listing w. Photo for Merc. + Critic's pick listing for Southpaw (need to scan)
June 29 Boston:
Boston Herald - Concert Preview
Boston Globe - Event Listing
Boston Weekly Dig - Warlocks Feature
Boston Phoenix - Concert Preview
Boston Phoenix - Live Review:
Boston Phoenix
June 30 Philadelphia:
Philadelphia Weekly - Concert Preview
Philadelphia Metro - Warlocks Feature
Philadelphia Daily News - Event Listing
Philadelphia City Paper - Event Listing
July 2 Washington DC:
Washington City Paper - Event Listing
Washington Post Express - Event Listing
July 3 Chapel Hill:
Indy Week - Event Listing
Chapel Hill News and Observer - Event Listing
July 4 Asheville:
Mountain Xpress - Warlocks Feature
Asheville Citizen Times - Warlocks Feature
July 5 Nasville:
Nashville City Paper - Warlocks Feature
Nashville Scene - Live Review
July 6 Memphis:
Memphis Flyer - Event Listing
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Event Listing
July 7 Birmingham:
Birmingham Weekly - Concert Preview
July 8 Atlanta:
Creative Loafing - Event Listing
--bobby-2008-06-23-- |
| Fried Brains Electric | The tour has been going great so far. Probably the most fun I've had in sometime. The Angels are sweethearts and we all jive like peas and carrots. Except when Stephanie threatens to stick toilet paper on peoples shows for kicks! thats not cool. Tee-hee! But shes just kidding. I think?! Uh we all did our first double show in Seattle. It was one for the weird. It was like fried brains all over the place. Leaking from our pockets...Jetset and blurry as hell. I thought both bands played really well, charged and zapped out. Man, what a night. Crazy Press everywhere! Get your tickets kiddies!
--bobby-2008-06-14-- |
| Oh 2008, why so blue... |  So we are Awake. Well, at least I am. For now. Touring and working on new songs in no particular order. Slowly getting our shit together. Again. Again, Again. JC has wandered back into the fold, which is pretty exciting. We played our first show together in ages last week. It felt great. We had our friend Sasha come in a play for a little bit, drums and keyboards and such- but then she got sick and went home. All the way to Australia. Yes I know weird stuff, what can I say. Its too much to explain. Its always too much to explain. We’ve had three different line ups in three weeks. Hectic. Oh well everything works out they way they should. 20 million zillion weird auditions later we finally found a bass player too, her name is Jana, she is teacher, well she was a teacher-now she plays bass and sometimes teaches? I don’t know. I do know we feel great, the last few months of rehearsing and playing have been a blast. I’m going to start trying to write more. Everybody says I should, so will see…
--bobby-2008-05-21-- |
| Questions...Questions... |  More interviews if your curious go here
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| The Warlocks announce first LA show in 6 Months... |  We wanted to make it all ages so you can’t drink here but there are bars around the corner. We have set up limited advance ticket buys through PayPal.
The Warlocks plus special guests The Meek and Dave Stone
Also new collection of artwork displayed by local artists…
Sat 05/03- Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
--bobby-2008-04-12-- |
| Interview with Bobby Hecksher for Tinnitus Magazine Germany | Interview with Tinnitus Magazine Germany
[Questions written for B. H.]
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Your new record is quite different then the last one. There is a lot of noise, dirt and edges that weren’t there on Surgery. Where did that came from all of a sudden?
Well it was all like a relief working with Tee Pee. All of sudden there was no more rules on how things should or shouldn’t be done. All that had vanished after things end with mute and management. So I felt I could break out the weird shit and turn in a fractured record. I’m happy with it but it could have been mixed better. We just ran out of time…
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You produced the record by yourself. Was this change to more freedom a necessary Step for The Warlocks?
Absolutely.
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How did you get this amazing dirty sound for the record, did you have to get some older equipment? And where did you record it?
Thank you, layering amps and sound separation. I’m really close to dialling this all in guitar land. Its all about splitting channels. Don’t mix colours too much or you’ll get mud.
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How exactly was this fantastic Interlude in Reverse played & recorded?
Shit busted it was fucked up. It was great song but we ran out of time. So we just flipped it. Not recommended!
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The Songs have a really free and jamming vibe. How much of it was written, and how much just jammed out in the studio?
The structure was written for sometime. We only had a weekend to do it, pretty amazing we got that far if you think about it!.
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Tell us a little bit about the lyrics of the record. There is no booklet this time, any particular reason for that?
No time. The pictures for the booklet were horrible. So we scrapped it. The lyrics are about a rattlesnake, David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, Greed, jealousy, envy and what that shit does to people. It’s a dark record. Its suppose to be fucked up and left for dead.
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One thing that came along with the more underground Sound of the Record is the change to Tee Pee Records from Mute. Why this change, and do you think you could have done a record like that on your former label?
Oh no way, I would have gotten canned for “Heavy Deavy Skull Lover” but then again maybe not because I would have had the time to mix it better and flush it out so who really knows? Daniel Miller is one cool guy!
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The Artwork was done by Steve Quenell, a really nice work. What can you tell me about him?
He had the best submission as far as artwork. He so far gone on paper, but when you meet him- he is totally normal.
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Looking back on it, are you still satisfied with how Surgery turned out?
No. They changed what we turned in. Starpower got ruined. Warhoses should have been towards the top and mixed better. Some songs came out right, but not the concept. We were going for My Bloody Valentine meets Doo-Wop for the second half. Can you imagine?
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Do you think that is it important that music as it is played by The Warlocks should strictly stay to the underground without making any compromises?
There are no rules anymore.
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In that matter, one of the leading neo-psychedelica bands, Anton’s Brian Jonestown Massacre, are about to release a very rare underground sounding record. Do you think there is a reason why more and more bands turn away from making catchy & clean records?
See above. The moneys gone. Everything is underground. I don’t think Anton’s made “catchy & clean” records sans maybe the TVT one and its just mixed clear. Anton’s always been ahead with this philosophy: since they are just going to burn it make the best representation available free on the website. Its what Radiohead did but just made it more legitimized.
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On your Myspace Site Anton can be found filed under “Heroes”. What makes him that?
I have a lot of respect for the guy. I learned a lot from him when I played with the BJM. It was a lot of fun, I never got all tangled up or saw any of the Dig bullshit and i was there first hand. A few drunken episodes but mostly it was a blast. I was at a lot of those shows and it really was blown out of proportion. Makes for a good movie though.
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You are about to release vinyl only releases in conjunction with Birdman and Tee Pee Records, witch are strictly instrumental. What can you tell us about this release?
Bobby’s 8 track stuff. Its for the mega fan. Lo-Fi. Super rare only 1000. That’s it. Its what I like to make as sort of a hobby when I’m in the mood. Its sounds like Suicide meets Neu!
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The band seems to have shrunk after the last record; as far as I know you are “only” four Members at the moment. Will you keep it that way?
Its 5 now. Hopefully with keys as well…
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How is it going with your touring plans, do you see The Warlocks playing in Germany in 2008?
Ask Stuart at Cargo. HA! I would love too.
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I read somewhere on your Myspace site “Trying really hard to get into new shit but everything fucking sucks.” What would you think is the problem with music these days?
Oh don’t mind me I just hate everything bitter old man. What I mean is there is so much noise created by all this new technologies its hard for me to get through it all and get to the good stuff. So I just don’t bother, but I keep trying and trying and trying.
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You came from Florida before you moved the Los Angeles, is that right? Why & when did you do that?
About 16. My dad got a job and up moved the family. It was a god send.
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What do you like most about living in Los Angeles, and what is the downside of it?
That you can do anything you dream of here. There are many dark sides of Los Angeles. Many…
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How good can the people in The Warlocks live from the music? Du you have to work besides or is it just touring & recording?
Well, you can’t really correlate it that black and white there Sir. We all work, we all work hard in the warlocks. We love it, we go through hard times too. So it’s a balance.
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No problem. Take Care
Bobby
Cheers & Thanks, hope to se you soon on tour.
Haiko / www.tinnitus-mag.de
--bobby-2008-04-06-- |
| Pedals Rule |  The Warlocks are endorsed by this great new pedal company: Vintage FX. We highly recommend the Fuzz Riot and the Color Drive, you can check them out here.
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