Shipping News

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Hello Friends / SHIPPING NEWS UPDATE SEPT. 24th, 2009
Hope you're all doing well...!
I'm writing today with a few updates about the next few months.
As we mentioned before - we've been really excited to play the BOOMSLANG festival here in Kentucky next month. Unfortunately, Shipping News has had to cancel our upcoming performance plans and postpone our November album recording dates as well.
Apologies for such a sudden change - this year has been going really well for music plans - however - I've developed some serious health problems that will keep me from band projects for a few months.
Not to make anyone worry or anything - it will all be cool... and we'll get back to our original plans as soon as we can. As always - thanks so much for the support and the generosity...
All the best - J. Noble / Shipping News Louisville, KY
PS: We really hope that folks will make it to the BOOMSLANG festival - the line up is amazing and it should be a really unique weekend. http://boomslangfest.com/
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Shipping News... BOOMSLANG FESTIVAL update 8/12/09
Hello - We're really excited to announce that we're playing the WRFL BOOMSLANG Festival in Lexington, KY ~ Oct. 9th - 11th.
We'll be performing on Friday night (10/09) with Rachel Grimes, Parlour and Faust (!).
A complete listing of this rather amazing festival can be found here: http://boomslangfest.com/
There's a multi-artist station set up here as well:
http://www.last.fm/event/1171624+WRFL+Presents...BOOMSLANG
We're very glad to be playing with our bros. Parlour + Rachel Grimes!
More updates will be posted soon... we're going to present another unreleased track here next week.
Thank you for all the support - hope yr doing well!
RMSN Louisville / Chicago
In Memory: We want to extend our deepest appreciation to the author JG BALLARD and send our best wishes to his family. He passed away this April.
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)
UPDATE 07/18/2009:A few words from your friends in Shipping News ~
We just posted two tracks from the archives... one is a live recording of "QUIET VICTORIES" from All Tomorrow's Parties (2002 / Live mix by Christina Files) - a kindly soul recorded this off the BBC broadcast and sent it to us (THANK YOU) --- the second piece is from a practice session (somewhere in 2003). This song eluded us completely - and the only listenable version ended up being this early demo... kinda nice to hear after all this time.
With all the strife and violence happening worldwide right now - we hope you are well - and we send our best wishes to you wherever you call home. RMSN / Louisville & Chicago
06/01/09 : SHIPPING NEWS, THREE SECOND KISS and BEAR CLAW will play in Louisville on Friday, June 19th. Skull Alley. All Ages Welcome.
MARCH 2009 - A few words regarding our friends at Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records.
We're profoundly thankful for having a relationship with a label that treats musicians like human beings, that does business fairly and honestly, and has true punk spirit.
Unfortunately, the music industry and general economic climate has become really toxic for any label that does everything with a handshake, has no contracts, and doesn't make commercial albums. Touch and Go announced a few days ago that it will dramatically reduce the size of the label... while keeping all the catalog in print (around 400 releases) it will not be working on new albums for the foreseeable future.
Our biggest concern is the welfare of our friends and family in Chicago... the people at the label that have given us such support over multiple decades. We seriously fuckin' love them. As for Shipping News... we don't have a clear idea of what we will do with the album we've been writing. We are still rehearsing over the next few months and will be recording in the Fall. It's possible we'll make it here in Louisville and self-release it - or work with friends that have other small labels. Our goal is to remain committed and available to Touch and Go/Quarterstick for the duration of our band's life... and whatever way we move forward will be with their best interest in mind at all times.Thanks so much for listening - and for all the support. SHIPPING NEWS
For a longer and more detailed articles about the Touch and Go news, please check out:http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2009/02/end_of_an_er a_touch_and_go_rec.html
HERE'S A LINK FOR RMSN Live at the TOUCH AND GO 25th Anniversary Festival 2006 - Recorded by Chris Bellew : http://www.archive.org/details/rmsn2006-09-08
Updated Jan. 2009: Hello! Shipping News has been a band since the Fall of 1996, when they were just three guys in a small house in Kentucky. Their first music was composed for the public radio program "This American Life" - a show they still really enjoy. They released their first record, "Save Everything" on Quarterstick Records in September of 1997, and a split EP with the band MetroSchifter soon followed. "Very Soon, and in Pleasant Company," their second album, was released in January 2001. Both of these albums garnered praise and savage criticism, often citing that "post-rock" or "math rock" was dead.
Shipping News kept rocking, regardless. People attended their concerts, swayed back and forth and were fun to talk to at the merch table. Sometimes people would talk on their cellphones instead of listening. One or two people yelled and tore off their shirts.
After finishing a series of limited edition EPs in 2001 and 2002 (Carrier, Sickening Bridge, Variegated) the band assembled them into a double album called "Three-Four", released in February 2003. "Three-Four" also received many kind words and a few harsh rebuttals.
2004 saw the band touring through the southern United States and recording an album with their newest band member, bass player Todd Cook. They released the "Flies the Fields" LP/CD in Spring 2005.
Shipping News have toured the US and Europe extensively over the last 10 years. They have played the RHAAA Lovely Festival in Belgium, as well as All Tomorrow's Parties in the UK. They performed at the Touch and Go 25th Anniversary in September 2006 and toured in JAPAN that same year.
In 2007 they worked with their other projects (Dead Child, Gold Jacket Club, Shannon Wright, Rachel's and others) and in 2008 returned to the stage at the Primavera Festival in Barcelona, as well as other shows in the US and Europe. Writing and practice sessions will start in early 2009, working towards a new full length LP...
RMSN
To view more SHIPPING NEWS posters visit:www.gigposters.com
HERE ARE A FEW LIVE TRACKS FROM 2008