Upcoming gig: Cluny 2, Newcastle - 6th March 2013

St. James Infirmary's first trip out of the year is to The Cluny 2 in Newcastle, playing with our friends The False Poets and The Illustrators (who were raised from the ashes of Cinematic Submarine, who in turn were raised from the ashes of The Illustrators.)

Come and see us - it's cheap (£3) and should be fun.

More info hither: Facebook Page.

SJI: Out Of The Trees Festival, Warkworth. 29th December 2012

Our last trip out of 2012 took us up to the picturesque village of Warkworth for the very lovely Out Of The Trees festival, in which acts alternated between two pubs and then decamped to the Memorial Hall in the evening. Our set was in the Mason's Arms. Thanks to John Egdell for asking us to play and for joining us on drums, and to audience member Jay Anna Walker for showing willing on sleigh bells.

Setlist:
1) Toledo

2) Merry Christmas One and All

3) Young and Miserable

4) Eight For A Fiver

5) Goodnight and God Bless

Personnel:
g.w.lang (Gtr, Vox), Mark Oliver (Gtr, Vox), John Egdell (Drums), Jay Anna Walker (Percussion).

SJI: Abbreviate

Abbreviate,  from September 2012.

Sent free to subscribers with Almanac 3.09

Ten miniature tracks composed on iPhone apps.

Tracklist:
01) Fishtickbreath
02) It Wud Be Rude Not To
03) Mark Luvs Emma
04) Who Put This Thing In Here?
05) Fonecharga
06) Simon Luvs Carrie
07) Smellybellybutton
08) The Night Sky
09) A Nicer Slice Of Brie
10) Three Pints At Spoons


Personnel:
g.w.lang

All tracks by g.w.lang

Produced by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.

SJI: Almanac 3.11

Almanac 3.11, from November 2012.

Tracklist:
1) A Game of Soldiers
2) Random Thoughts On the Possibility Of A Supreme Being
3) Five Major Ways To Soften Your Brain
4) Memories Of You
5) Untitled


Personnel:
g.w.lang

Written by g.w.lang

Produced by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.

Available from Bandcamp with a "name your own price" deal.

SJI: Almanac 3.10

Almanac 3.10, from October 2012.

Tracklist:
1) Threnody for Voices and Fake Strings (35:21)


Personnel:
g.w.lang

Written by g.w.lang

Produced by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.

Available from Bandcamp with a "name your own price" deal.
Unfortunately, BandCamp restrictions dictate that it is cut in half:

Upcoming gig: Out Of The Trees festival, 29th December 2012

SJI's final run-out of the year is as part of the 8th annual Out Of The Trees festival, taking place in Warkworth, Northumberland. From their website:

Out of the Trees is an independent music festival that takes place annually in the small Northumbrian village of Warkworth.  It is the only alternative music festival in Northumberland and one of the most unique events on the North East music scene calendar.

This year’s Out of the Trees will take place on Saturday the 29th December 2012 and will be our eighth year.

The festival originally began in 2005 as a strange idea on a winter night and has gradually developed over the years to become a day-long festival that show-cases some of the most original musicians and artists from the North East and further afield.

All profits raised from this year’s event will be going to SPOWE Uganda, a grassroots charity that supports victims of AIDS and HIV.  You can read more about the incredible work of SPOWE here: http://spoweuganda.blogspot.com/

You can find all of the details about the event from the festival's website here.

Note: There are three venues, SJI's appearance will be at The Mason's Arms.

SJI: Kick Out The Jams on Koast Radio, 16th November 2012

SJI were guests of Nick Newcombe's excellent Kick Out the Jams show on Koast Radio with the brief of choosing tracks that had been influential in our musical development, or musical lives, or something. Whatever the brief actually was, we did our own thing in the end.

g.w.lang's choices:

John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street     Listen
Squeeze - Up The Junction     Listen
The Specials - Friday Night and Saturday Morning     Listen
The Jam - Down At The Tube Station At Midnight     Listen
Jilted John - Jilted John     Listen

mark oliver's choices:

 Laurie Anderson - O Superman (For Massenet)     Listen
 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Never Understand     Listen
 American Music Club - Western Sky     Listen
 Belle and Sebastian - String Bean Jean     Listen
 The Horse Loom - Valley     I could only find one ropey sound quality version on YouTube, so:

 



More info about Kick Out The Jams HERE
More info about Koast Radio HERE.