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This is thoroughly bizarre... but we like it.
We met Kim Fowley, probably best known for being The Runaways' svengali, at the L.A. Record xmas party because Luke had drawn him for the magazine (the portrait appears on the video),,,
Obviously he took a shine to us!
My favourite line is the one about our "magic cars".
Love,
Joe
Here's the Wombats after their set on the main stage at Scotland's RockNess Festival with DJ Jim Gellatly, representing Pop Noir!
Tord wearing the shirt onstage. Brilliant!
(Photo by Aaron Sneddon)
Also, we're featured on Jim Gellatly's New Music Podcast on radiomagnetic.com!
Click this link to listen... It's also available on iTunes...
P.S. Follow us on twitter! twitter.com/popnoir
Our shows with Doves this past weekend were BRILLIANT. Loads of fun.
And I don't think we can speak highly enough of the Doves guys. They were all dead cool, dead friendly, definitely one of the best groups we've had the pleasure of working with.
We'd also like to thank all the Doves fans who gave us such a warm reception in San Diego and Anaheim. We really appreciate it!
And now for some photos:
1) Post-show, the Doves gents with the Pop Noir gents..
2) Jimi Doves and Luke Pop Noir backstage (the singing bassists together).
3) Jez Doves and Joe Pop Noir (guitarists).
4) Nico Pop Noir and Andy Doves (drummers).
5) And finally, Joe, Johhny Marr, Jimi Goodwin and Luke backstage...
Not a bad weekend!
For photos of the actual shows (well, San Diego, anyway), you can check out stereogum.com.
We're slowly but surely working our way through Manchester rock royalty. Doves, Johnny Marr, Donald Johnson, Mani, Hooky, Andy Rourke, to name a few..
Soon we'll be on that list, I'm sure! Haha.
Pop Noir on recent shows with Iglu & Hartly, upcoming shows with Doves, and a Tupac impersonator at the Roxy, Hollywood.
This past week has been excellent... Our show last Saturday with Adult. went really well (sold out, rumour has it) and the following night, Factory Records legends, A Certain Ratio, were in town to headline the Part Time Punks festival at The Echoplex. Because we're so brilliant (haha), Ratio's drummer, Donald Johnson, stayed at our house for a week...
Now, we wouldn't let a fabulous opportunity like this go to waste, so Donald, who's also worked with the likes of Bryan Ferry and Electronic, can add Pop Noir to his illustrious list of collaborators!
Here's some videos for you.. First one is of us covering ACR's classic track "Do the Du" in the garage for a laugh, and the second is our song "DIY" and a cover of "Paint it Black" from a show we played with Donald while he was here...
Pop Noir + Donald Johnson / Do the Du from Pop Noir on Vimeo
Pop Noir + Donald Johnson / DIY + Paint it Black from Pop Noir on Vimeo.
This is going to be an amazing weekend / week coming up...
Tomorrow (Saturday) we'll be playing The Echo with everyone's favourite spooky electro duo, Adult.,and then on Thursday we'll be playing in Fullerton, with our special guest Donald Johnson from A Certain Ratio.
Ratio are in town to play the Part Time Punks festival on Sunday (their first appearance in the U.S. in what, 20, 25 years?) and Donald will be joining us onstage to play drums for a few numbers (special surprises included).
Last time he was out here, he played two sold out shows at Dodger Stadium with Electronic (Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr)... Obviously this is a step up!
We finished / uploaded our music video for "Go Ghost" today...
Just a bit of fun for Halloween.
We've just confirmed that we'll be opening for Robyn tonight (Wednesday, October 22) at Spaceland.
It's a bit short notice, but presale tickets are already sold out, so who cares? Haha.
If you want to come, make sure you get there early, so you stand a chance of getting in.
And remember, if you want to get there really early, the first 10 people with the password BRIXTON get in free.
It should be a good one. We'll both be doing special acoustic sets!
In other news, Red Bull shipped us a load of product yesterday. Here's a picture:
7 cases! 24 cans in each case! That's a lot of energy drink.
So yeah, this week's turning out all right.
Love,
Joe
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