The Laughing Windows in psyche-throwdown....

19/03/07

The Laughing Windows in a psychedelic throw-down—The Laughing Windows are opening up for Dead Meadow in August for the long hot summer in London.  Details to be confirmed.  What?  You can’t wait?  No mind.  You can always go over to their myspace page and listen to the tracks from their forthcoming mini-album.  And remind yourself that the Cherrystones remix of Opel Hair is going to be fantastic.  The people at the office are calling it the ‘Dub Sabbath’ remix.  And yes, Cherrystones set out to shake your ribcage with the bottom end of Opel Hair. So err… look out!

Poptones at the Rites of Spring!

08/03/07

Greenman Festival has put together an acid-rock killing frenzy of a bill for their Rites of Spring—with Cherrystones!  The Laughing Windows!  Pete Fowler!  And on the non-poptones side of things you’ve got Gruff Rhys!  The Peth!  The Earlies! To check out the poster on all this fuzzed-up, loved-up goodness please click here.

Luke Insect of Laughing Windows and In the Pines DJ

22/02/07

White Noise
Friday 23th February. 7pm - Late
The Montague Arms, 289 Queens Road, London, SE15 2PA

Brighton jazz-rock collective Diagonal are joined by whimsical Green Man favourites Woodcraft Folk and special guest In The Pines DJs alongside residents Doug Shipton (Finders Keepers) and Luke Insect (The Laughing Windows) for an evening of soft psych, acidik folk, radiophonic anomalies and fuzz-ridden-break-heavy psychedelic platters of yesteryear.  For more details check the flyer below.

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Cherrystones remixes the Sessions...

22/02/07

Poptones just heard the first parts of the mighty Cherrystones remix of the Sessions.  And minds were blown.  Heavy drums.  Psychedelic afrobeat.  The Sessions reimagined as the Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Afrobeat Experience.  The thing is people—its not a dance remix.  Its a rock’n’roll remix.  And it will blow your minds.  Details when we’ve got them on release.

The Laughing Windows! Live! Tomorrow Night!

19/02/07

Those kraut rock groove kids are hitting Dean Street @ Push on the 20th of February.  We’ve been listening to the new EP pretty much non-stop around the Poptones offices and this would be a good chance to hear previews of the new material (with phat grooves provided by All Traps Set of Voice of the Seven Woods) ... look out for the EP in late June.  With remixes by the ever fabulous Cherrystones!

Cherrystones! Pete Fowler! Luke Insect from the Laughing Windows! All at the Greeman Party!

19/02/07

THE GREEN MAN FESTIVAL’S
“Rite of Spring”
SPRING EQUINOX PARTY

at Baskerville Hall, Nr. Hay On Wye,
Powys, Wales
Fri 23 & Sat 24 March 2007

On Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th March 2007, The Green Man will be returning to the legendary Baskerville Hall for a Spring Equinox party.
The scene of the 2004 and 2005 festivals, “The Rite of Spring” will be 2 days of countryside celebration in the Black mountains.

The following DJs have been confirmed so far with more DJs plus other entertainment to be confirmed in the coming weeks ...for more details please click below. 

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Cherrystones and The Laughing Windows play Rites of Spring -- the Greenman Spin Off Festival!

14/02/07

The first DJs have been confirmed for the Rite Of Spring equinox celebration in March. Gruff Rhys and The Earlies are among those joining the mix of music, cinema and general madness in the Black Mountains…

Rite Of Spring takes place in Baskerville Hall, Powys, Wales, from 23-24 March.

A spin-off from the hugely successful Green Man Festival, the two day event has also confirmed The Laughing Windows, The Fence Collective, Cherrystones, Andy Votel and Jonny Trunk for DJing duties.

The party runs from sunset to sunrise each night and entertainment includes guest DJs, psych folk cinema and silent films with live music accompaniment.

Expect also a few witches and druids, alongside pagan puppet shows and holistic therapies.

Accommodation is available within the stately Baskerville Hall, from sunken baths to bunk rooms, or you can fend for yourself in the nearby town of Hay-on-Wye.

Tickets are on sale priced £60 for the weekend and available here.

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