Mogwai Man To Collaborate With Aidan Moffat

A statement issued by Chemikal Underground has confirmed that Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite will once again team up with long-term friend Aidan Moffat, formerly of Arab Strap. The duo will record under the name of Aloha Hawaii and will particularly focus on releasing severely limited 7" singles.

They have recorded together before of course, during 2002 with their short-lived Sick Anchors project. Moffat, meanwhile, has performed on stage with Mogwai on numerous occassions and is somewhat of an honoury member of the Glaswegian band, having provided vocals to "R U Still In 2 It", from Mogwai's debut album "Mogwai Young Team".

The first 7" will be 33rpm and will feature the following tracks:

A: Towns On The Moon

B: I've Been Bad For Years And Years

The label has a issued a tentative late Summer release date and offered a little more insight into this venture.

"Now, here's the thing: these singles will be available on Vinyl only and when we say vinyl only, we mean vinyl only. There will be no digital files available of these tracks or certainly any digital versions of these tracks you can get your hands on will not be sanctioned by Chemikal Underground. Stuart and Aidan wanted to release something that was purely for you vinyl junkies out there and we saw absolutely no earthly reason to stand in their way. The first Aloha Hawaii single will be available in late July/early August - final date to be confirmed (you can never tell until we get the test pressing approved etc.)"

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'The Hills Run Red' horror finds its stars

Sophie Monk, Tad Hilgenbrinck and William Sadler in film

Sophie Monk and Tad Hilgenbrinck are starring with William Sadler in "The Hills Run Red," the latest horror production from Dark Castle Home Entertainment and Warner Premiere. Shooting is underway in Sofia, Bulgaria.


Alex Wyndham and Janet Montgomery also star in the production, which is being directed by Dave Parker and is written by David J. Schow ("The Crow") and John Dumbrow from a story by Dumbrow and John Carchietta.


Dark Castle's Steve Richards and Erik Olsen are producing along with Roee Sharon, Robert Meyer Burnett and Carchietta. Carl Morano is executive producing.


The story centers on a film fanatic whose obsession with finding a complete print of an infamous slasher movie leads him and two friends into the backwoods where the film was shot. They realize too late that filming never ended -- and now they must survive a nightmarish onslaught or become part of the movie forever.


Monk, repped by APA, most recently appeared in "Click" and "Sex and Death 101."


Hilgenbrinck, repped by Innovative Artists, starred in "American Pie Presents: Band Camp" and next will be seen in Warner Premiere's "Lost Boys: The Tribe."

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Robots In Disguise, We're In The Music Biz

Looking at the evidence of Robots In Disguise makes you feel a little like a musical Loyd Grossman preparing to ask the question “what sort of person is a fan of a band like this?”

Think about it – the attachment to the Shoreditch set, the appearances in The Mighty Boosh, the oh-so-clever fake names of Dee Plume and Sue Denim; surely every right thinking music fan should hate them?

Yet, in We’re In The Music Biz, the Robots have produced an album that not only makes them pretty adorable, it also shows that they are more than capable of introducing a fine slice of electro into the bargain.

Maybe some of that is down to their producer, ex-Sneaker Pimp Chris Corner, but credit where it’s due, Sue and Dee are more than worthy of their place in, well, the music biz.

Combining tongue-in-cheek lyrics – see the autobiographical title track’s “stalked the journos round Reading/we got tagged in your mag as Britain’s worst band” or the brilliantly honest single, The Sex Has Made Me Stupid – with sturdy basslines and simple melodies, the pair have hit on a formula so ferociously simple and utterly addictive, it makes you wonder how you could have ever considered not loving them.

Most stunningly, they’ve even got two songs, The Tears and I Don’t Have A God, that a certifiable ‘proper dead serious’ band would saw off their arms for, coming as they do with just the right level of epic chorus, angry verve, resigning pathos and driven beat to make them more captivating than even the cover art (look carefully, you’ll suddenly get a shock).

So what sort of person does like a band like Robots In Disguise? Well, pretty much anyone who enjoys pop, doesn’t take life too seriously and is prepared to approach new sounds with an open mind – in short, any right thinking music fan.