The band explain the situation in their statement. At the time of Tim's illness we were heavily in to the final plans for new Cardiacs singles here at ORG ahead of the new album. Tim was more animated and excited than ever about Cardiacs music and the new material, we were making plans on almost a daily basis - but the recordings for the single were never quite fnished and all the plans remain just conversations and e.mails between Tim and us. Now we're proud of every single record  we've ever reelased on ORG, but nothing really mattered to us as much as Cardiacs, Cardiacs have always been our real reason, our real love, our passion. Since the events of last year we've not really felt that desire to put out records, like I've said before, we never have released mere 'product', music matters to us, people matter to us, bands matter to us. Tim's recovery is still a long way off, who knows what's going to happen and who knows if we'll ever feel like doing more with ORG. Maybe we will release that new Cardiacs single one day, maybe we'll release other things on ORG, for now, all we really want is for our friend Tim to recover... 

THE CARDIACS/ALPHABET STATEMENT June 25th

A full year has now passed by silently and stealthily yet with ever an eye on promptitude and a passion for consistency it now falls upon THE  ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN to provide this timely annual update to YOU our ever faithful family regarding the health and condition of Tim 
Smith.

One complete year on from Tim Smith’s ‘accident’, THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN is only too aware that since its previous gloomy news  bulletin there have purposely been no further updates. In this time 

YOU have been both patient and respectful to the family of YOUR IDOL and to those so called friends with whom he keeps regular counsel. If rumour and tittle-tattle have reached the collective ear of THE  ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN then we have seen fit neither to extinguish  nor fan their ugly flames.

It is at this time, then, that THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN has chosen to clarify the CURRENT situation 

At the time of his cardiac arrest Tim Smith effectively died.  Resuscitation allowed his passage back from that world of mists and spirits to this one of foetid edges and filth, but upon re-entering  this VALE OF TEARS it became apparent that he had suffered a terrible brain injury from the inability of his faltered heart to supply its  regular goodness in the quantities required to sustain a healthy  condition within his brainbox.

Quite what the sickly lad experienced over the course of the remaining months of 2008 remains largely unclear. He claims at one point to have been surrounded by ‘cheap microphones’ while at other times that he was visited by ‘multiple cigarette smoking’ friends whilst languishing  in a ‘cafe that served exquisite fruit juice’ all set within a ‘beautiful surreal landscape of rivers and curtains’.

In keeping with our reputation as The HONEST Concern, THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN can state categorically that none of these constructs  was of our making.

Since the accident Tim Smith’s body has become his enemy. He is in a great deal of pain and is experiencing difficulty with the finer points of control with regard to his extremities so obviously  perfected prior to the unhappy event, but Tim Smith, his family and  those so called friends, (with whom he keeps counsel), all assert that his mind, however, has been sharpened by the episode. THE ALPHABET 
BUSINESS CONCERN can confirm that no part of YOUR favourite pop star’s 
intellect or personality has been found to be absent WHATSOEVER.

So where does that leave CARDIACS and where does that leave YOU?

At this point Tim Smith can neither sing nor play his guitar. THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN, in keeping with its enviable reputation as THE REALISTIC CONCERN, can state that it is extremely unlikely that  CARDIACS will perform live for the foreseeable future. THIS IS NOT, IT   MUST BE NOTED, THE END OF CARDIACS. YOU must once again be patient  before events can reveal themselves as foodstuffs for YOUR greedy  little mouths.

Unlike the so-called prescient ways of that, at best, ‘cosmic chancer’  Nostradamus, THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN claim no ’second sight’,  therefore it would be mere folly to muse upon how future events may  unfold. Tim Smith’s condition permits no such speculation, but there is in his own words ‘A glimmer of anticipation . . . Quite a glimmer.’  And it is to give that glimmer the oxygen that it requires to become the roaring flame we all need to warm our clammy flesh, that he is participating in the trials and tribulations required within the system of neurological rehabilitation where he is making many small but positive inroads into his recovery. We are therefore left in no doubt that it is a long and arduous road beset with many trips and  stumbles along the way that has yet to be travelled.

In respect of the awful events of last year, much of the machinery surrounding your favourite group, CARDIACS, had ground to a halt. In honour of YOUR patience, YOU will observe the cogs begin to turn and the pistons sputter to life once more. THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN will soon make available to YOU the goods and artefacts YOU so  hungrily crave.

Tim Smith and it goes without saying, THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN, would like to thank all of YOU who have sent him YOUR kind thoughts and beautiful words and indeed in a few thankfully rare cases, your daubs and photos. They have all been gratefully received where appropriate and both Tim and ourselves would encourage you all to continue with your correspondence.

With Respect
 

March 2009 - We've pretty much called a halt to ORG Records for now, we'll leave these pages here as a slice or two of history. I think we can happily say we released some damn fine records by some damn fine bands, launched a few goodies and did it our way... 

24th JAN '09 - For all of you asking for Cardiacs and Tim Smith news, Tim is quietly slowly recovering. It will be some time before there is any real news, I know lots of you keep asking. You also keep asking about the Cardiacs website shop and getting hold of Cardiacs albums (and complaining about the way some people are taking advantage of the situation with the prices they are charging on Amazon and such). The Cardiacs webshop and such has taken a back seat with Tim’s situation and while he hopefully recovers. 

PURE REASON REVOLUTION have finsihed thier new album now, we have one in our hands here, finished artwork and everything, UK and European dates and release news on their My Space page at www.myspace.com/purereasonrevolution

Got details of a few TO THE BONES live shows here that could be of interest.. Proud Gallery, Camden London - Thurs Jan 29th, The Box - Crewe , Friday 30th Jan, The canteen - Barrow In Furness - Sat Jan 31st. Then into Febuary - Febuary 10th @ Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen supporting Sebastien Grainger and the mountains (ex death from above 1979) Someone said “To The Bones have been busy in the studio in January, and what we can tell all is that there is another single coming out very soon and a mammoth amount of live dates. The specially re-recorded song 'Lips on Red' is sounding amazing”. more info from www.myspace.com/tothebones
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14th OCT - What’s going on here, Irons are hovering in fires and such. Time for a quick update on some things that have passed through in recent times while we cook up new things. I see TO THE BONES are now being raved about as the hot new thing just about everywhere, people like the NME, The Fly, Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq on Radio One and such, caused a stir at that in The City thing in Manchester the other day so it seems, hot new tip in the Guardian this week and what have you. Seems you can catch the band we first brought you sometime last year at the Barfly’s best of In The City gig here in London on October 27th where the on the case music industry will no doubt all be congratulating each other for finding another exciting new band only a year late, nice ot see they do sometimes catch up, they're right this time. TO THE BONES are also at the Metro, Oxford Street, London this Thursday 16th, then the Freebutt, Brighton on 17th, Duchess Of York in York on the 18th and onward in some kind of transit van haze to wherever they’re going. The debut Bones album has just come out on Medici Records to pretty much rave reviews from everyone, and good it is, but then you’ve know for ages if you’ve been paying attention right...
      OURLIVES have pretty much finished recording their debut album, they kick back in to action with a homeland gig as part of Icelandic Airwaves alongside BIFFY CLYRO on 15th Oct. Meanwhile IMPERIAL LEISURE have their debut album out on their own label any second now, they play an album launch party show at London’s Scala on Oct 23rd, the album is called The Art Of Saying Nothing, they head off on a lengthy UK tour with LESS THAN JAKE in November. San Francisco’s EVERYTHING MUST GO have finally released a new album as well, THE SMEARS are threatening a new single, PURE REASON REVOLUTION have now finished their new album and a currently on tour in mainland Europe with PORCUPINE TREE. Our frustrating old friends MY VITRIOL have a handful of gigs coming up, and are threatening a new album sometime soon, they play Glasgow Stereo 19th Nov, Manchester Ruby lounge 20th Nov, Bristol Fleece 21st Nov, London ULU 22nd Nov. HERZOGA are working on new material and more of their rather right wrong pop. 
              And thing you most want to know about is how is Tim Smith doing and what’s happening with CARDIACS. Well there isn’t that much to add to previous statements, Tim is slowly recovering and we’re all just giving him the time space and privacy he and his family still need. They (and we) thank everyone who’s been asking, leaving messages on the various forums, on My Space pages and such, as soon as there’s any fresh news we’ll let you all know here but don’t be expecting anything for a while yet, situation is still a long way from good. The Cardiacs singles that were due out here on ORG are still on hold, I read somewhere that we had sent some promos of a new single out to radio, we haven’t, when and if there is news, we’ll put it up here and on the Organ forum.  If we’re honest then the things that have happened to Tim and Cardiacs have kind of knocked the wind out of our sails here in terms of releasing new things by anyone or anything, our minds haven’t really been focused on releasing new bands and records and such. It was a pleasure to play that magical SEA NYMPHS session on our radio show at Resonance FM last weekend though, first time I’ve been able to just sit and listen to a Cardiacs thing and just enjoy the treasure for ages, we really should see about releasing that session....
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26th AUG - IMPERIAL LEISURE follow a busy season of summer festival dates by announcing a full UK tour with fellow ska-punkers LESS THAN JAKE in November. The London band, who's first two singles came out here on ORG finish the festivals at the 360 Festival in Bristol on Aug 30, the Cider Festival in Cheddar on Aug 31st and Bestival, Isle Of Wight on September 6th.  The band release their debut album on their own label in October

18th AUG - I-DEF-I have announced a hometown date at Jillys in Manchester, the date in 23rd September, the band have been in the studio, new single on way soon, who’s doing it? Well watch this space... 

MY VITRIOL have just confirmed what is, these days, a rather rare live date for them, they play the rather good looking Offset festival in forest on the edge of London, they’re headlining the Rock stage on August 31st, loads of good bands playing, looks like one of the festivals of the year, TO THE BONES are also playing – www.offsetfestival.co.uk

Friday night in London, two one time ORG bands in town, HERZOGA at the Buffalo Bar and IMPERIAL LEISURE at the Proud Gallery in Camden 

30th JULY - PURE REASON REVOLUTION are at the Camden Barfly tonight, you knew that already though didn’t you – tonight is Wednesday 30th July, if you haven't got a ticket already get there very early, not many left. TO THE BONES have just been confirmed for the OFFSET festival on August 30th. In a forest on the edges of London, more from www.offsetfestival.co.uk. 

For those of you asking about the CARDIACS tour and holding on tickets for the cancelled shows in the hope of rescheduled dates the advise is go and get a refund, the situation regarding Tim is still very serious and really we should not be expecting fresh dates or anything else in the near future. Sorry to say strong advise is to get a refund now and not leave things until getting a refund becomes difficult. For those of you who have outstanding mailorder placed directly with Cardiacs and Alphabet, please be patient at this difficult time. The band and family are a little distracted and understandably not really focused on anything but Tim right now, thanks you for your continued understanding and patience 
 

HERZOGA are touring with WHO OWNS DEATH TV, a new band put together by some Million Dead people I do believe, double headline, I guess they sort out the running order on the night or something like that. Tour starts on Wednesday 6th August at the Retro Bar in Manchester, then 7th Little Civic, Wolverhampton, 8th Wrong Pop @ The Glebe, Stoke On Trent, 13th Buffalo Cardiff, 14th Hector’s House, Brighton, 15th Silver Rocket @ The Buffalo Bar, London, 16th The Railway, Southend On Sea. – find out more via www.myspace.com/herzogaband or indeed www.myspace.com/whoownsdeathtv – who owns my Space anyway? Censorship. We like Herzoga, you know that already though, we put out their debut single, a split CD affair that also featured TO THE BONES and a load of hidden tracks from other people, To The Bones are MTV stars and all over the radio these days, got a new download only single, or so it says on My Space, don't ask us us, we're just the suckers who put out the debuts for all these bands when no one knows who they are, its is a dirty job but someone has to do it  - hour long 17 track singles that you can cuddle and take to bed and break rather than just accidentally delete off your hard drive – get it from our mailorder page for just two quid.  More debuts from more bands any moment now, we love our dirty job, now where's that I-DEF-I master? 
 

Due to the extenuating circumstances we find ourselves in following  the health issues pertaining to CARDIACS very own Tim Smith we have  deemed it appropriate at this time to officially call to a halt all activities concerning CARDIACS for the foreseeable future. It therefore falls upon us to reluctantly cancel the forthcoming tour  booked for November

We apologise wholeheartedly for this unavoidable action and also for any delay in letting you know of our decision. Any delay has been necessary in order to assure that all promoters and their hirelings have been made aware of this decision in advance to facilitate early redemption of any ticketing refunds as and when required.

On a more positive note. THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN has now  provided a unique and encouragingly entitled special electrophonic  code sequential address for the exclusive use of YOU the faithful to send your well wishes, uplifting verse or whatever you decide to encourage the earliest recovery of young Tim. This is the facility you shall use and only this to ensure that your messages reach the sickly lad. Positivevibes at cardiacs.com We will of course be certain to deliver to him those messages we deem appropriate at the appropriate time.

With respect THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN. 

As far as the planned singles on ORG Records to coincided with the tour and such, everything is on hold and in the hands of Cardiacs. I know a lot of you are asking and are very concerned about Tim, this is more that just a band to lots of us, the Pond really is a family, I know a lot of bands say that but we know it really is the truth here, special friendships and bonds have formed and to a lot of us Tim is a not just the guy in the band we love. The immediate Cardiacs family and Tim's family are still coming to terms and dealing with this in their own way and their priority rightly is with the welfare of Tim right now . They are thankful for all the messages left on the My Space blogs and such and they thank you for giving them privacy and space at this time. Our understanding is that Tim is making a slow but positive recovery and things areno longer life threatening, but this is a serious situation so please do be aware that this is going to be a long slow process and Tim, his brother Jim and everyone will need time and space. We shall do our best to respectfully keep you in touch with the news here and on the Organ forum without infringing on the privacy of Tim and his family. Thanks everyone for the messages, they REALLY are appreciated by all... 
  Some of you have been talking about donating your refunded ticket money, the band and family really appreciate this heartfelt thought and gesture and spirit in which it is made, it means a lot to them, but they ask if you could please hold back at this time and we can look at these things in clear light later on... Sean (ORG Records)
 

17th JULY - CARDIACS tour postponed: We are sorry to inform you that, following yesterday’s announcement, Cardiacs November tour has been postponed. The priority right now is Tim’s recovery and his well-being along with the well-being of his family, friends and those close to him. Everything is on hold in terms of the new single, and all other releases. It would be very much appreciated if people would give Tim, Jim and family time and space to deal with things. I’m sure you’ll all agree that a tour is of little importance at this point, we’re sorry for any inconvenience the cancellation has caused and I’m sure you understand why. It would be nice if people would treat this situation with the respect it deserves. We were sad to see one music website, who we thought were above such things, turning the news story in to a bit of a joke this morning. There’s a time and place for everything. Take your time Tim and get well, to a lot of us you are a lot more than just a guy in a band we love. 

"As some of you have no doubt become aware, Tim Smith, the stalwart front man of your beloved  CARDIACS has fallen foul of ill health.

In order to quash any rumours and idle tittle-tattle amongst the faithful we find it appropriate at this time to furnish you with the necessary information to perhaps remove the worried furrows from the brows of the more hysterical amongst you..

On 25th June Tim collapsed and found himself the unfortunate victim of a cardiac arrest. Thanks to the skill and dedication of those heroes of the streets, the paramedic service he was speedily ensconced within the caring hands of the National Health Service where he was treated by expert medical staff and thankfully he is now making a recovery. There is no longer any danger to his life and he is improving every day though we must caution that there is a long road ahead.

Needless to say we are sure you all wish him a speedy recovery and in keeping with our reputation as the caring concern, THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN will soon be facilitating a method of sending him your personal messages of goodwill on our web site www.cardiacs.com which is sure to cheer both him and his fellow CARDIACS no end.

Needless to say, all further information will be generously furnished by THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN as and when we see fit and we hasten to add that YOUR LOYALTY DEMANDS the utmost respect for his nearest and dearest and that no attempts to gather any more information be made of them during this most fretful of times.

With respect THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN"

It goes without saying that all release plans and everything else is on hold and the health of our friend Tim is all that concerns us at the moment, our thoughts and best wishes are with Tim, Jim and all the Cardiacs family... Sean, Marina and all at ORG 
 

12th JULY - CHRISTOPHER D ASHLEY joins PURE REASON REVOLUTION for the next London show - “Now this I am VERY excited about! (says Paul from PRR), special guest for our night at The Barfly, Camden (30th July) will be none than Christopher D Ashley!  We've been fans of Christopher for sometime now so we're very excited to have him (and his all-star band) on the bill! His debut album 'Cruel Romantics' was released on Sunday Best (Rob Da Bank’s label) last April and it caused quite a stir in the music press…” Indeed Paul is right: "Sluttish warehouse electro London's coolest new producer" NME, "Exceptional... to be heard to be believed" DJ Mag - www.myspace.com/christopherdashley or www.christopherdashley.com. Pure Reason Revolution are promising to preview new material from the forthcoming album as well as perform old favourites at the show. 

8th JULY - What are we up to today? We can't say, not today, lots coming up though, old friends and new bands, meanwhile shall we have a quick round up and a told you so or two? TO THE BONES are in London tomorrow night, not that they bothered telling us or said hey thanks for all your help can we put you on the guest list? Come and have a beer or something. I see the NME have suddenly caught on to them, Zane Lowe has taken to playing their “debut” single on Radio One, the ‘industry’ have discovered a cool new band, Manic Street Preacher/Ash producer had insisted they record with him, of course their debut single came out on ORG last year when we were doing all the shouting, telling, playing demos on the radio, who’d be a pioneer? To The Bones are at the Water Rats, Kings Cross tomorrow night (9th July), they're recording a session for John Kennedy on XFM on Thursday as well. HERZOGA meanwhile are planning a new download single, a free thing that you’ll just need to e.mail and request they send you or something like that. Herzoga are heading off an a double headline tour with WHO OWNS DEATH TV next month, they’re yelling at us to tell you about it all, we will when they have that single available. 

2nd JULY - PURE REASON REVOLUTION have been confirmed as support on a number of Porcupine Tree as well as a couple or European festival dates. The full list of dates are as follows:   30th July -  Barfly, London, 5th Oct – Prog Power Festival, Baarlo, 7th Oct - Incrivel Almadense, Lisbon (with Porcupine Tree), 8th Oct  - Teatro  Sa Da Bandeira, Porto (with Porcupine Tree), 10th Sala  Heineken, Madrid (with Porcupine Tree), 11th Oct – Apolo, Barcelona (with Porcupine Tree), 12th Oct - Rockstar Live, Bilbao (with Porcupine Tree), 17th Oct – Rockhal, Luxembourg (with Porcupine Tree), 19th Oct - Prog  Resiste Festival @ Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium.
 

IMPERIAL LEISURE are following up their two ORG releases with a single on their own new label, the single will be The Great British Summertime, out next month, they’re off to Glastonbury next week – well somebody has to go. 

15th JUNE - HERZOGA are heading out on a double headline tour with WHO OWNS DEATH TV. Catch both bands live as they hit the road in August for mischievious mayhem and adventures at the following places on the following dates: Wednesday 6th August - Retro Bar, Manchester, Thursday 7th - Little Civic, Wolverhampton, Friday 8th - Wrongpop @ The Glebe, Stoke On Trent, Wednesday 13th - Buffalo, Cardiff, Thursday 14th - Hectors House, Brighton, Friday 15th - Silver Rocket @ Buffalo Bar, London, Saturday 16th – The Railway, Southend On Sea.

10th JUNE - If you’re in London tomorrow night then you have your choice of two when it comes to ORG related things from our been there done that file: SPIRITWO takes her big wigs and bigger heels to the Macbeth in Hoxton while IMPERIAL LEISURE take their Ska to Camden where they’ll no doubt pack at the Barfly. Meanwhile somewhere near Manchester I-DEF-I are in the studio finishing up their new ep and such

4th JUNE - TO THE BONES, just about the best new live wired up destructive proper ROCK band in the land right now, have some more dates lined up for July. They’re just finishing up work on their debut album, catch them at MANCHESTER ROADHOUSE on July 5th, GLASGOW KING TUTS on July 6th and in LONDON at the KINGS CROSS WATER RATS on JULY 9th – keep up with what they’re doing today over at www.myspace.com/tothebones

IMPERIAL LEISURE are apparently playing London Metro tomorrow night, June 5th. Their two singles with us here on ORG have been and gone now, you can still grab them if you're quick, we found a handful of the debut, 21 of them, lurking, grab them here now. Imperial Leisure should have a new single out sometime soon on whichever label has picked them up now, been there, done that, hope they don't blow it... 

3rd JUNE - CARDIACS will be performing three songs live in the studio on Marc Riley's Brain Surgery show on Monday 23rd June between 7 and 9:30pm,  On BBC 6 Music. Tune in early. The first song will be performed at 7pm and the following two at 7:30. More news of releases and things soon... 

28th MAY - Rabbits, hares and boxing about in a ditzy way, things are happening. Meanwhile, CARDIACS have added yet another date to their growing tour, this time in Plymouth on November 22nd at The White Rabbit... 

24th MAY - PURE REASON REVOLUTION - A Summer Headline Show – “We've just confirmed a headline show at the Barfly in Camden on Thursday 30th July. This is to wet your appetites (and ours) with just some of what you can expect from our full tour that will be starting in the Autumn. Tickets are £8. For tickets and info please visit www.barflyclub.com. (We promise it won't so 'rammed' as the Water Rats show)/ Tickets will be limited so book to avoid disappointment and As it's a week night we'll be taking to the stage at around 9pm, expect more of our new material and some favourites old” - and yes, you can still get hold of the ORG single Victorious Cupid here. The band als ohave a limited edtion live album, LIVE AT NEAR FEST 2007 available, there's only 1000 of them as well so... 

12th MAY - CARDIACS UK TOUR NOVEMBER 2008, here are those dates you’ve been waiting for - 14th November GLASGOW GARAGE, 15th SHEFFIELD BOARDWALK, 16th LEEDS COCKPIT, 17th BRIGHTON KOMEDIA, 18th CARDIFF CLWB IFOR BACH, 19th BRISTOL THEKLA SOCIAL, 20th MANCHESTER ACADEMY 3, 21st LONDON ASTORIA. Release news and more very soon....   Hear Cardiacs here on our My Space page. And this is where you get to explore the very best band of them all – the band who keep us doing this Organ thing, the band who provide our fuel our heart and far far more besides – ladies and gentlemen come join the pond and let us share with you some of the unique beauty that is CARDIACS  - www.cardiacs.com/downloads.

29th APR - HERZOGA updates and Fox Fest and... “Ladies, gents, misfits and the crimnally insane, HERZOGA have now added another track from the Maida Vale session we did for radio 1's BBC Introducing weekend not so long ago. The track in question is 'Mega Savant' and joins the audio hip of 'swetmores' on our wonderous myspace profile. Both tracks available for your aural pleasure! Our current double a side single 'Nice Car / Blood School' is out on amazing DIY label, 'We Like Danger!' records and can be obtained from this very profile or by visiting www.welikedanger.com. On this very single you'll be the very proud owner of 3 wrongpop noise action tracks, and a music video (complete with dance routine choreographed by our very own drummer, mark)  for 3 shiny gold nuggets and postage + packaging. Next Friday, May 2nd we play at the Glebe, Stoke On Trent for one of the amazing Wrongpop nights, followed by a slot on 'foxfest' a weekend of gigs at the Fox and Firkin, Lewisham, Londinium. We shall be found onstage at the time of 5.30pm on Sunday May 4th making all sorts of noises and shapes of sorts! - www.myspace.com/herzogaband

25th APR - Oakland's finest EVERYTHING MUST GO have an album ready to go, they've called it Sonic Pornography and the no doubt beautiful thing is out on Calendar Of Death - "45 minutes of punk, sex and fury including the hit single I hate Music" so it says here, was it a hit? Did we miss out on that? They claimed to have lost most of the stock in a drug bust in Holland and some kind of Airport fight in San Francisco - we stil lhave a few of those 'hit' singles here though, and they do so rule, I love 'em like my own pet dog, yeah I know we haven't got a pet dog, but if we did we wouldn't call it Jake and we'd keep fireworks well out of the way - singers, dogs, bands, fireworks, you know how it is... 
 

Right then, tomorrow night, in a conspiracy plagued place where the season is already over, TO THE BONES will be firing up a beautiful shit storm of flying noise and how many times do we need to tell you about these exciting new bands buzzing right under your noses? All the way from the North West edges of Manchester and playing in Highbury tomorrow, that's Wednesday 16th at the Buffalo Bar in London (right outside Highbury and Islington tube, easier to spot that a desperate punch in to the back of the net). See this band! We're talking Motorhead for Liars fans, we're talking full on alternative adrenaline fueled nasty rock like we hardly ever get in these insipid indie pop polite pretty boy emo conforming times. On stage some where in the middle of the bill around 9.00pm and kicking up merry hell, there will be no time to breathe. Like I already repeated (repeated because the man was damn well right) Bradford from the mighty Deerhunter thinks they sound like Flipper! He's a fan, he's right, he  insisted To The Bones play with Deerhunter last time they were here - he can be bothered, where the hell are you London!!! hE'S RIGHT!! They have that buzz and feel of the legendary Flipper only you're gonna sit at home with a stick up yer bum waiting for permission from the NME or Kerrang or XFM or the bleedin Zipper or something - come on, get out of your armchair, put down that fishing rod, throw your computer out of the window, stop downloading your life and get down the front, there ain't no damn point in this Organ thing if you can't be bothered to get excited about bands like To The Bones... this is our fuel... - www.myspace.com/tothebones
 

Hey look, our work here at ORG is almost done now, Imperial Leisure are on their way, our part is over - two buzzing singles that brought them some more than deserved attention when everyone had been pretty much ignoring them for a good few years - beats us why no one else wanted to put the wreckords out. Two singles then, two singles that you need to grab now while you still can before the silly prices on Ebay kick in – found a handful of the first single here today so they’re on the mailorder page at the originla two quid price. Yes indeed, our work is done, looks like they’ll be busy at the festivals all summer long and we expect they'll be all over your daytime radio and late night music TV if their people get it right - big if, but hey, the band are there, they have the songs, they have the energy, they have the work ethic... and I hate to be cynical here, but just how many great bands do we have to put on a plate only to watch the mainstream London music industry make a complete pigs ear of it? Nah, no way they can mess this one up, surely not – ladies and gents, our work is done, things have been good, we had fun, we're getting off the ride now while we still have smiles on our faces. Good look Leisure boys, you're going to need it. For all your future Imperial Leisure wants, needs, news and more head on over to www.imperial-leisure.co.uk
 

2nd APR - PURE REASON REVOLUTION ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM DEAL – Pure Reason Revolution are starting to reveal plans in terms of their much anticipated new album. The new single and the first fruits of this new period of activity will be the new single here on ORG – Victorious Cupid is out on April 14th - the band play a one off gig on April 12th at London’s Water Rats (aka Metro) in King’s Cross (with support from the excellent post-rock outfit from Leeds you know as Vessels). Both the single and tickets for the gig are selling fast. Advice is book your tickets now, last time we checked the gig was about 80% sold out and we’re not expecting the band to play again until the album is ready to go. Pure Reason Revolution have today announced they have joined Oceansize and You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead on rather good looking new alternative label Superball Music. 

1st APR - HERZOGA recorded three songs for a Radio One session at Maida Vale in London yesterday. We’re told the first fruits of this recording session should be heard on the Huw Stephens show on BBC RADIO ONE this Wednesday night 
 

28th MAR - IMPERIAL LEISURE then, seems an age, by their standards, since they played a decent hometown gig, not going to count that YoYo stuff from the other day, although those who did actually manage to get in say the band were as good as ever. The band are at Koko on Camden on 12th April with Roots Manuva and Shapes Of Broad Minds, apparently the show starts at 9.00 and goes on to 3.00am – I’m guessing that means Imperial Leisure on early in the evening? The next ‘proper’ gig will be a headline at the 100 Club in London on May 22nd (and the way things are going I'd get a ticket in advance if I were you), not that playing Koko isn’t a proper gig but you know what we mean. The band will apparently be back in full action in late May and June. Although who knows, they do have a new single out this week, so hopefully they have something up their sleeve? Surely they do? Yeah, no way a band would stop doing anything for six weeks when they have a new single coming out? Watch this space, watch your street corner, watch your in-box... Are you on our Imperial Leisure mailing list here at ORG just in case?  Imperial Leisure mailing list. The single is in your shops on Monday, best to mailorder it to be sure though, you know how quickly the last one sold out and you know how much this new single is going to be selling for this time next year when the world discovers how good this band are - grab the proper physical single now - mailorder details
 

All advance orders for the new IMPERIAL LEISURE single have been mailed out today, if you'd like to mailorder a copy then here's where you go for the details

24th MAR - Seems CARDIACS have a show at the London Astoria (again) on November 21st, well tickets are already on sale on various ticket selling websites so.... will the place still be there by then? More news when there is more news, we're as frustrated as hares that missed spring around here.... Talking of tickets being on sales if you're thinking of coming to the PURE REASON REVOLUTION / VESSELS show at the Water Rats in London on the 12th April then tickets are selling fast, there may not be any on the day. 

23rd MAR - IMPERIAL LEISURE have put a home made DIY video for Man On The Street on line on their My Space page at www.myspace.com/imperialleisure. They play the Fat Fox in Portsmouth on 27th of March and then Koko in Camden (London) with Roots Manuva on April 12th – the confirmed festival list for Imperial Leisure so far is Blissfields (Winchester, 5th July), 2000 Trees Festival (Cheltenham, 12th July), Camp Bestival (Dorset, 18th July), Maker Festival (Cornwall, 31st July), En-Dorset (Dorset 8th Aug), Bestival (Isle Of Wright, 6th Sept). There are more festivals that we can't officially announce right now, watch this space.. 
 

Well IMPERIAL LEISURE sounded good from the street outside that YoYo night at the Notting hill Arts Club last night, we didn’t get past the rather violent threatening door men who seem to think using threats and violence against females and keeping people waiting outside for no good reason is OK. Typical London toss and we really don’t need it leaking in to gig-going culture like it is. Spoke to several others outside who had problems with the aggressive door men, their power-tripping and the pathetic venue/promoter policy. If anyone else had problems please get in touch, we’d like to hear from you – we did point out before hand that the smell of bull was in the air. Did question before why the band wanted to play a club with a door policy like that – venues you can only get in to on the guest list and with ID, what kind of crap is that? That is not what we’re about here and if anyone else had the problems we had last night then sorry! Haven’t spoken to the band yet, I’m sure they had no real idea what was going down, I’m sure they’re discovering what’s what and it sounded from the brief converdation before hand they were beingdicked about as well. If you did travel to the gig last night and didn’t get in then get in touch and let us put things right. 
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IMPERIAL LEISURE also have a hometown show tomorrow, 20th March, some kind of club thing at the Nottinghill Arts Centre, over here in West London, on stage at 8.00, you need to be on a guest list to get it, smells a little of London bulshit to me but hey, they just love getting in people’s faces and playing... if you want on thr three quid list then e.mail us... 

13th MAR - IMPERIAL LEISURE continue to enjoy great radio support, playlisted at XFM and Virgin Xtreme, lots of play at Radio One - "this is the second single from one of our favourite new bands". However, strong winds and lorries blowing over means that Man On The Street really is just that! All over the street!, Arrrghhhhh. The release date is now March 31st Advance orders can be made now... IMPERIAL LEISURE mailorder details are over here for those of you who want the CD version, download details coming up in a bit... 

12th MAR - TO THE BONES have just finished what appears to be a very eventful video shoot, PURE REASON REVOLUTION have pretty much finished their new album, more news on that very soon... 

IMPERIAL LEISURE are now confirmed for the 2000TREES festival, looks like a good bill this year, looks like it could be one of the festivals of the year - ART BRUT, FRANK TURNER, FUTURE OF THE LEFT, THE KING BLUES and more... Festival organiser Scarlett said “The most important thing for us is that 2000trees has amazing live acts; and after seeing Imperial Leisure tear the Borderline in London, we just had to book them!”. James went on further: "For me 2000trees is about achieving a friendly and intimate festival experience and conceived as a reaction to the huge corporate sponsored and impersonal that routinely cram you in like sardines and proceed to rip you off at opportunity! It may sound cheesy but we want to create something special something different for UK music fans.". Imperial Leisure will be playing the main stage Saturday 12th July. For more infor head over www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk or www.myspace.com/twothousandtreesfestival
 

HERZOGA are part of something called BBC introducing. Herzoga will be joining 11 other new and unsigned acts at the end of this month @ Maida Vale studios in Londinium to record a couple of tracks to be played in the near future. “this is great news for us and also for the other acts who are as follows and definitely need checking out (said a man from Herzoga) - Dollskabeat / Yunioshi / Brownies / Grinny Grandad / I Concur / Sukie / Attack Attack Band / Little Fish / Rosalita / Shapes / The Anomalies. We'll keep you posted as to when the recordings will be on air.
 

4th MAR - PURE REASON REVOLUTION - NEW SINGLE AND ONE OFF LONDON SHOW - Pure Reason Revolution start their next period of musical evolution and the build up to their much anticipated second full album with a one off four track EP on ORG Records. The new album is due out this summer – more news from the band and their label when they’re good and ready – all sounding rather good to me... The new single will be Part 37 of the ORG-AN-ISED SINGLES CLUB and is released on April 14th, subscribers and advance orders will be sent out on April 7th...Limited edition of 1000. CD only, no download or any other format. Tracks: 1: VICTORIOUS CUPID, 2 Victorious Cupid (Cedo Simplex remix), 3: The Intention Craft (acoustic), 4: Nimos & Tambos (acoustic). Full details on our mailorder page – The single will be on sale at the band’s one off London show at the Water Rats on April 12th. 

2nd MAR - TO THE BONES are at the Dry Bar in Manchester next Friday 7th, they’ve just confirmed for a Goonight show at the Buffalo Bar show in London on April 16th.... 

29th FEB - How good was that IMPERIAL LEISURE show last night, absolutely rammed to doors and bursting at the seams, skanking it up, red black and white, right there... Brighton pressure point this Saturday, 333 Club, London next Friday, new single Man On The Street picking up lots of radio play – and rightly son!
 

The second single is even better! MAN ON THE STREET, HOW YA FEELING? ALRIGHT?!  Once again the radio airwaves are firing up – Meanwhile every gig they ever play in London is packed and jumping, their viral videos of the guerilla gig are fast becoming legendary, oh and wait until you here the anthem that is The Great British Summertime – that’s the third single, ready to come out in time for all the festivals the band are lined up for...   MAN ON THE STREET is out on ORG on March 17th, IMPERIAL LEISURE headline a show at the London Borderline this Thursday Feb 28th. See the video to the last single here, Hear the band here

The IMPERIAL LEISURE dates in full...

FEB 28th  - THE BORDERLINE, LONDON
MARCH 1st  - PRESSURE POINT, BRIGHTON
MARCH 7th  - 333 CLUB, LONDON – bit of a back story here – last time front man Denis played here he fell off the roof (don’t ask), luckily landed on a (literally) life-saving plastic bin and had to be air-lifted to hospital. – if you have to ask what he was doing on the roof, you haven’t seen Imperial Leisure!
MARCH 8th  – Imperial Leisure DJ extravaganza in support of the Parkinson’s disease society research at the Three Blind Mice (5 Ravey St, London EC2) 
MARCH 13th  - RIDE BAR, PLYMOUTH
MARCH 14th  - SIN CITY, SWANSEA
MARCH 15th -  THE FACTORY, BARNSTAPLE with ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION
MARCH 16th - EXETER VIBRAPHONIC FESTIVAL
MARCH 20th - YOYO @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB, LONDON
MARCH 27th - FAT FOX, PORTSMOUTH 
APRIL 12th  - KOKO, CAMDEN, LONDON with THE BAYS
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