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Star & Micey are a Memphis band that sound like vintage folk soul group of the early Seventies. Geoff Smith and Joshua Cosby are childhood friends and when Josh ran into Nick Redmond on a songwriters night they decided to start a band. They took their name for their band from a change meeting between Josh and a homeless guy named Star who sung Josh songs about Star's ex-wife, Micey.

Their self-titled debut is a sad record that sounds cheerful. They laid down the tracks at Ardent Studios, a facility renowned for great recordings by Isaac Hayes, The White Stripes and Led Zeppelin. Inviting a host of guests to play along with them Cosby sings about the women who have let him down over the years. With Luther Dickinson (The Black Crowes, North Mississippi Allstars) and Jody Stephens (Big Star) lending a hand they can reach for the stars. They have the melodies and the lyrics - all they need is a big break.

Star & Micey:
Joshua Cosby: guitar, lead vocals
Geoff Smith: bass, vocals
Nick Redmond: lead guitar

Doug Walker joins them on stage to play organ and keyboards.

Star & Micey is released on Ardent Music.

1. Salvation Army Clothes
2. So Much Pain (feat. Luther Dickinson)
3. Carly
4. I Am The One She Needs
5. My Beginning
6. On Your Own
7. Late At Night
8. She's On Fire
9. Nelson (feat. Jody Stephens)
10. Quicksand

MP3: Star & Micey - Salvation Army Clothes
MP3: Star & Micey - So Much Pain

• 10/17 Memphis, TN – Neil's (album release show)
• 10/24 Oxford, MS – The Blind Pig
• 11/10 Nashville, TN – Cafe Coco
• 11/11 Asheville, NC – Bobo Gallery
• 11/13 Lexington, KY – Common Grounds
• 11/14 Chicago, IL – Dollop Coffee Company
• 11/18 Shreveport, LA – Noble Savage Tavern
• 11/19 Hot Springs, AR – Maxine's
• 11/20 Little Rock, AR – Reno's Argenta Cafe
• 11/21 Oxford, MS – The Blind Pig
• 12/30 St. Louis, MO – Cicero's

» starandmicey.com
» myspace.com/starandmiceymusic

The folks of Royal Mail knows about art, but they know shit about music. They picked The Division Bell as the Pink Floyd album to be featured on stamp. Oh, and how about A Rush Of Blood To The Head? Is their a doctor in the house? Serious case of brain damage.

The 10 stamps will feature the following album covers:

• Blur - Parklife
• David Bowie - The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
• The Clash - London Calling
• Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
• New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
• Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
• Primal Scream - Screamadelica
• The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

The stamps will be issued by the Royal Mail on January 7, 2010.

(Thru Uncut.co.uk)

The biggest punk scene in the world was in Los Angeles and BYO Records was an influential label founded by the Stern Brothers wo were in the Youth Brigade. They are celebrating celebrating their 25th anniversary with a box set containing a compilation album filled with punk bands covering punk bands, a movie and a book.

Let Them Know, the documentary, is built around the Stern brothers and their friends who were in the punk scenes. The result is an array of talking heads intertwined with stills and wobbly footage from way back then. You had to be there to really appreciate it, but after awhile the stories pull you in - the mishaps, the tours, the concerts, the riots. The Youth Brigade evolved ito the new wave band The Brigade before going for the Fourties big band sound Royal Crown Revue, landing an appearance in The Mask, a big budget Hollywood movie starring Jim Carrey. That's as fawr awy form punk that you can get and the Sternss were kicked off their own label .... But all's well that ends well - nowadays there's an yearly bowling event where they can get drunk with their punk peers.

The music is available on CD, digitally, and colored vinyl double LP.

1. Young Till I Die - Bouncing Souls (originally by 7 Seconds)
2. Headlights...Ditch - Off With Their Heads (originally by Bouncing Souls)
3. No More Lies - NoFX (originally by Battalion of Saints)
4. Misfortune - Youth Brigade (originally by SNFU)
5. S.O.S. - Lagwagon (originally by One Man Army)
6. Believe In Something - Blue Collar Special (originally by Youth Brigade)
7. Future Dreams - The Cute Lepers (originally by Upright Citizens)
8. Domination - oung Governor (originally by Marvelous Mark Youth Youth Youth)
9. Wrecking Crew - Pulley (originally by Adolescents)
10. We're Gonna Fight - Pennywise (originally by 7 Seconds)
11. It's Empty - Filthy Thieving Bastards (originally by One Man Army)
12. Dead and Broken - American Steel (originally by Alkaline Trio)
13. The Ballad Of Johnny X - Johnny Madcap & The Distractions (originally by Bouncing Souls)
14. Little White God - In The Red (originally by Leatherface)
15. Fade Away Shark - Soup (originally by Pegboy)
16. Fight To Unite - Dropkick Murphys (originally by Youth Brigade)
17. Foreign Policy - Wednesday Night Heroes (originally by Stretch Marks)
18. 1000 Miles - Anti-Flag (originally by Unseen)
19. Victoria - Complete Control (originally by One Man Army)
20. We're In! - Old Man Markley (originally by Youth Brigade)
21. Keep On - The Ignorant (originally by Hepcat)
22. Piss On You - Subhumans (originally by Personality Crisis)
23. Scratches & Needles - Ch3 (originally by Nils)
24. Pill Box - Lower Class Brats (originally by Lower Class Brats)
25. Who Is Who - The Briefs (originally by Adolescents)
26. Hating Every Minute - Krum Bums (originally by Alkaline Trio)
27. In The Night - Ashers (originally by Bad Religion)
28. I Scream - Matt Skiba (originally by The Brigade)
29. All The Way Nothington - (originally by One Man Army)
30. Doublewhiskeycokenoice - Leatherface (originally by Dillinger 4)
31. Sink With California - 7 Seconds (originally by Youth Brigade)

MP3: Pennywise - We're Gonna Fight (7 Seconds cover)

» letthemknowthemovie.com
» byorecords.com

Hungarian retro-psychedelic pop band The Moog takes on Don't Go, a song by the Ramones. It is included on the Japanese edition of their Razzmatazz Orfeum album.

MP3: The Moog - Don't Go

» myspace.com/moogband

HCTF review of Razzmatazz Orfeum. Photo - Tamás Dobos.