RADIO MOSCOW : European dates (updated)

Feb 9 @ Appels D'airs, St Brieuc - Alligators Night (France)
Feb 10 @ La Maroquinerie, Paris - Alligators Night (France)
Feb 12 @ Last Train, Oslo (Norway)
Feb 14 @ Trix, Antwerpen (Belgium)
Feb 15 @ Purple Bar, Chalon s/Saone (France)
Feb 16 @ Cooperative De Mai, Clermont Ferrand (France)
Feb 17 @ La Nef, Angouleme (France)
Feb 18 @ Son'art, Bordeaux (France)
Feb 20 @ L'Abordage, Evreux (France)
Feb 22 @ Menza Dri Koritu, Lubjana (Slovenia)
Feb 23 @ Dom Kulture, Pirot (Serbia)
Feb 24 @ Feedback, Nis (Serbia)
Feb 25 @ SKC, Belgrade (Serbia)
Feb 26 @ KSET, Zagreb (Croatia)
Feb 27 @ Secret Place, Montpellier (France)
Feb 28 @ Tulle - Festival (France)
Feb 29 @ Le Reservoir, Perigueux (France)
March 1 @ Double Six, Lyon (France)
March 2 @ El Che, Lachaux De Fonds (Swiss)
March 4 @ My Way, Freiburg (Germany)
March 5 @ Biel Etage, St. Gervais (Swiss)
March 6 @ Zelig Cafe, Lausanne (Swiss)
March 7 @ Confort Moderne, Poitiers (France)
March 8 @ Ouvre Boite - Festival, Beauvais (France)

TURPENTINE BROTHERS European dates

Feb 6 @ L'Excalibur, Reims (France)
Feb 7 @ Sonic Ballroom, Koln (Germany)
Feb 8 @ Theaterkeller, Gottingen (Germany)
Feb 9 @ Kiste, Stuttgart (Germany)
Feb 10 @ Corso Barm, Konstanz (Germany)
Feb 11 @ My Way, Freiburg (Germany)
Feb 12 @ Salon Hansen, Neu-Ulm (Germany)
Feb 13 @ Forum Stadtpark Keller, Graz (Austria)
Feb 14 - TBA (Yugoslavia)
Feb 15 - TBA (Yugoslavia)
Feb 16 - TBA (Yugoslavia)
Feb 17 - TBA (Yugoslavia)
Feb 18 - TBA (Yugoslavia)
Feb 20 @ Soultrain, Trento (Italy)
Feb 21 @ Magazinno Parallelo Cesena (Italy)
Feb 22 @ Pieffe Factory, Lucinico -- Gorizia (Italy)
Feb 23 @ Acrikroen, Villafranca Di Verona (Italy)
Feb 24 @ Ungawa! Tiki Bar, Bergantino -- Rovigo (Italy)
Feb 26 @ Carlo Levi, Liege (Belgium)
Feb 27 @ Alte Haeckerei, Karlsruhe (Germany)
Feb 28 @ Altstadt, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Feb 29 @ Huehnermanhattan, Halle (Germany)
March 1 @ White Trash Fast Food, Berlin (Germany)
March 3 - TBC - Bremen (Germany)
March 4 @ German Jazzchamber, Aarhus (Denmark)
March 5 @ Elvaerket, Helsingor (Denmark)
March 6 @ Garage, Oslo (Norway)
March 7 @ Debaser, Stockholm (Sweden)
March 8 - TBC - Goteborg (Sweden)
March 12 @ The Pit's, Kortrijk (Belgium)
March 13 @ Patronaat Café, Haarlem (Netherlands)
March 14 @ Druckluft, Oberhausen (Germany)
March 15 @ Soapbox, Laxou (France)
March 17 @ La Mecanique Ondulatoire, Paris (France)

SSM - Detour

SSM’s 2006 debut totally forced the issue, ramming a prog proboscis into any available garage rock orifice. Gross, right? But the record totally worked, particularly when the Detroit trio’s flair for the lyrical fantastic really jibed with Marty Morris’s rock-n-roll moan (he’s from the Cyril Lords, remember), John Szymanski’s rack of vintage keys (Szymanski from the Hentchman, that is), and drummer-about-town Dave Shettler, who propelled the whole bit from an electro-disco land of willing women and readily available drugs. Shit was addicting, especially live.

Now, remember what was written about the band’s set at the Detour Launch Party. “If psyche-garage-stoner-disco isn’t an official genre, it will be by the time SSM release their new record in 2008.” No lie there. The mechanized and caterwauling center riff of “Deja Vu” is what plays in the heads of those who do the robot, or maybe the tin heads of all robots, while “Regenerate Your Face” builds from blowsy-stoned riffs that ooze off the fruit of the moon. “Start Dancing” threads a motorik beat into a chiming chorus built from 60s garage rock, then dissipates like oxygen released in a vacuum, while “Now We’re Six” and the anxious gas pedal headache of “Emotional Tourist” wind some hooky crackle into the mix to ensure a little of what the first album’s experiments occasionally lacked. Break Your Arm for Evolution still turns star charts into question marks, but it grooves clean like the 2.0 version of anything. SSM aren’t just talking about an evolution. — Johnny Loftus

Tags: SSM, John Szymanski, Dave Shettler, Marty Morris, Break Your Arm for Evolution, Alive Records, Cyril Lords, Hentchmen