14th April 2012 - Lydia Lunch & Viv Albertine
Laugharne Festival
Browns Hotel Marquee, King Street, Laugharne, Wales
2.00pm www.thelaugharneweekend.com
16th April 2012- Faber Social Celebrates Punk
Viv reading a chapter from her forthcoming memoirs.
The Social, 5 Little Portland Street
7:00pm until 11:00pm
Tickets cost £5 on the door www.facebook.com/events/210869179014522/
Armed with chiming, atonal guitars, and real-life dramas, torn from recent experience, Viv Albertine has re-emerged with a musical vengeance. Since the split of The Slits in 1982, the feisty, once mud-bathing guitarist has spent the majority of the last three decades (largely) anonymously directing films for television. She made a surprise yet brief return to the reformed The Slits in 2009, who tragically lost founding ‘wildchild’ Ari Up to cancer late last year, is now making up for lost ‘fret’ time on her own.
'Home Sweet Home (at Christmas)' is Viv Albertine's latest annual alternative Christmas single.
As with last year's 'When It Was Nice (Christmas version)', Viv has customised one of her own songs in order to create a dark, twisted take on everyone's favourite Christian festival. This year finds the acclaimed 'Confessions of a MILF' subject to a sinister Seasonal adaptation.
Playing on the song are:
Viv/guitars/vocal, Toby Strain/bass guitar, Jude Rawlins/bass guitar, Zoe Street Howe/percussion/organ/backing vocals/glock and Guy Evans (Van Der Graaf Generator) drums.
Engineered by Jude Rawlins
Mixed by the legendary Dennis Bovell
A Christmas tune guaranteed to rewrite the words and the rules!
Viv Albertine: Interview Viv Albertine talks candidly to Will Parkhouse about her musical reawakening and the release of her excellent new EP Flesh, on Ecstatic Peace - thequietus.com
Viv Albertine joins up with experimental band Braindead Collective and Zoe Street Howe to record Viv's Christmas song, 'When it Was Nice'.
A melodic, poignant remembering of childhood innocence and trust, with a skewed and intense musical interpretation by BDC.
Viv met BDC when they were both appearing on The Late Late Breakfast Show on Resonance Radio 104.4 FM a month ago.
They hit it off immediately, played their first show together at a friend's birthday party a week later, never having played together before.
The improvisation worked and in that spirit they decided to record one of Viv's songs as a Christmas track available as a free download to mailing list subscribers...
15 August - 5.00pm at Mick Jones' Rock n Roll Library, Acklam Road off Portobello Road. Viv playing a couple of songs acoustically and Zoe Street Howe reading from The Slits biography.
01.08.09
Viv interviewed for BBC radio 2 on 'the other Notting Hill' transmission date TBC
Viv interviewed for Janice Long Show. Chooses 6 tracks to play. Transmission date TBC
Viv, Tessa and Zoe Street Howe interviewed for Vincent Luttman's show on Resonance Radio. Transmission TBC
Viv interviewed on Gideon Coe's show, chooses 8 tracks to play. Date TBC
30.06.09 For the release in July of The Slits biography, written by Zoe Street Howe, I'm doing some signings at:
FOPP, Covent Garden, 13th July
Rough Trade East (possibly doing an acoustic set as well), July 14th.
Plus a Q and A at The Secret Garden Party on 26th July.
31.03.09Queens of British Pop transmits BBC 1, 22.45 Wednesday 1st April.
30.03.09Exclusive! A track on Don Letts' radio show this Saturday, 5th April. BBC 6 Music. Digital station. 11.00-12.00 midnight. Listen again for 7 days go to Don's page at BBC 6 music.
23.03.09Viv interviewed for BBC documentary 'Queens of British Pop' broadcast on BBC1, 1st April 2009.
21.03.09The Slits' album, 'Cut' chosen as one of the 50 albums to celebrate Island Records' 50 year anniversary. Viv interviewed for DonLetts' BBC radio documentary airing soon.
20.02.09Viv recording with Dylan Howe, drums, Ross Stanley, organ, piano and Simon Yapp, violin. Mix by Dennis Bovell. Watch out!
12.02.09Viv interviewed at The Roundhouse, Camden Town, Feb 15th, 7.30. For Simon Reynolds (Rip it Up) new book Totally Wired.
02.02.09 Viv interviewed in 'Who Killed Nancy'.
Who Killed Nancy - The Movie
Opens in UK cinemas February 6th 2009
DVD release February 23rd 2009
29.01.09 The Slits biography written by Zoe Street Howe, to be published by Omnibus this year.
20.01.09 Viv interviewed by Jah Wobble for his radio show on Sid Vicious.
BBC Radio 4, 11:00pm Tuesday 20th January
Jah Wobble discovers the real Sid Vicious, 30 years after the Sex Pistols bassist's death. Wobble formed his own opinion of his friend Sid as they grew up together, but has since met other people who knew him that held contrasting impressions of him.