news
1. we have a new website. you're looking at it. sorry about the wait. I
know, I know, it's taken a while. but thanks to our webmistress
catherine lewis
and our graphics expert ld beghtol
(and, oh, I worked pretty hard
too), you have many giant colorful polkadot pages to peruse.
write and let
us know what you think. future additions include music and video downloads,
crushlist personals, and a band name generator. the site's archives is not
that filled up at this point, but we will be adding stuff all the time.
interns, we need you! a lot of our earlier issues were never saved to discs,
so it's slow going here at inputting central.
2. we have a new print issue! chickfactor #15 features interviews with
elisabeth solex, anna padgett the naysayer, a girl called eddy, bertrand
burgalat, club 8, puffy amiyumi, nina nastasia, the saturday people, the
aluminum group, nikki mcclure, all girl summer fun band, quix*o*tic, chicks
on speed, amy annelle from the places, ld flare, fab frockmaker andrea
loest, and even a jukebox jury with daniel clowes, dave eggers, michael
chabon, and other pop-culture luminaries. there's also the gig etiquette
poll question special, and loads of reviews and stuff. click here
to buy one.
3. chickfactor's label, enchanté records, is the proud home of a new
chickfactor.com*pilation!
various artists
all's fair in love and...chickfactor: cf mixtape1
release date: oct 29, 2002
in honor of our new website and our 10th anniversary, it's the first-ever
chickfactor comp, featuring liner notes by belle & sebastian's dreamy stevie
jackson (yes, the one who wrote a song called "chickfactor") and 21 of our
favorite musical geniuses:
- exclusive tracks from dump, would-be-goods, the pines, flare, stuart
moxham, hercules featuring the fan modine, and gilmore tamny
- exclusive-in-the-u.s. tracks from pipas, foxgloves, april march
- exclusive versions of tracks that will appear/have appeared elsewhere:
shannon wright, jim ruiz, cannanes with steward
- first time on cd tracks from the magnetic fields and aislers set (both
appeared on 7-inches before)
- nonexclusive tracks from the clientele, the pacific ocean, graeme downes,
low, true love always, marine research
1 pipas "wells street"
2 dump "last minute"
3 would-be-goods "leave my mind alone"
4 the magnetic fields "I don't believe you"
5 the pacific ocean "I'm part of everything again"
6 low "those girls (song for nico)"
7 shannon wright "I started a joke"
8 the legendary jim ruiz "ariel"
9 the pines "kisses and fog"
10 the clientele "rain"
11 april march "mon ange gardien"
12 flare "where's the boy that I once knew?"
13 the aislers set "summer's reprise"
14 the foxgloves "daystar"
15 gilmore tamny "simple & fragrant"
16 stuart moxham "save it"
17 marine research "angel in the snow"
18 hercules featuring the fan modine "hurricane"
19 true love always "mediterranean"
20 graeme downes "mastercontrol"
21 the cannanes with steward "astra"
4. we are celebrating our 10-year anniversary this fall with a series of
shows in nyc, london, glasgow, and d.c. here are the confirmed acts; more
tbc:
sept 15: the three terrors' nyc show has been postponed; they hope to
reschedule for december very soon.
sept 22 at nyc's tonic: dump + jennifer o'connor + linda smith. 8pm
sept 28 & 29 at london's bush hall: the black + white ball starring...
• sept 28: camera obscura + the montgolfier brothers + would-be-goods + pipas
• sept 29: future bible heroes featuring stephin merritt and claudia gonson of
the magnetic fields + the clientele + the pines + special guests.
showtime 7:30pm. 10 pounds; two-nite pass 17 pounds. for tix call
011-44-208-222-6933. bushhallmusic.co.uk
oct 5 in glasgow: has been cancelled due to venue licence trouble or somesuch. apologies!
oct 13 at nyc's tonic: mascott + ld beghtol + the sophie drinker 8pm
oct 20 at nyc's tonic: the naysayer + the fontaine toups. 8pm
oct 25-27 at nyc's fez: big blowout grand finale...
• oct 25: lois + pipas + glo-worm + honeybunch + more
• oct 26: would-be-goods + all girl summer fun band + the pacific ocean +
gilmore tamny + legendary jim ruiz
• oct 27: future bible heroes + the aislers set + a fashion show! featuring the frocks of
andrea loest (andreaforever.com) + the aluminum group + cover girls
featuring fontaine toups, kendall meade, phoebe summersquash (chickfactor's
first cover girl), pam berry, lupe nunez fernandez, jessica griffin, lois
maffeo, amy linton, anna padgett, jennifer o'connor, linda smith, connie
lovatt, sue garner, and way more.
fez, 380 lafayette street (at great jones street; feznyc.com)
for tix visit other music or othermusic.com. $12; 3-night pass $26. OM
charges a $1 surcharge per ticket in store; $2 surcharge per ticket online;
online tix will be at will call the night of show. 3-day pass counts as one
ticket. other music, 15 east 4th street; nyc; 477-8150
oct 29: at washington, d.c.'s 930 club starring future bible heroes + the
would-be-goods + pipas + glo-worm!
930.com; $12; tickets are available thru 9:30 club box office and more
expensively from tickets.com
keep an eye on this page for show updates (which are happening daily, like it or not!).
