Muckle Sandwich issue 4 out now!

Fri, Aug 13 2010 12:15 | interview, ineedmusik.com, Scottish zine, muckle sandwich Muckle Sandwich is a great wee zine put together by Neil Warrack of Super Adventure Club, and the latest issue features an interview with Ian MacKaye of Fugazi/Dischord/Evens, a tribute to Ronnie James Dio, art, poetry, writing and an interview with me about ineedmusik.com!

Grab one in Avalanche Edinburgh, Love Music in Glasgow, and wherever else this fine publication is sold.

Test The Pie Competition Result

Wed, Aug 4 2010 08:43 We were deluged with an almighty 53 entries for our recent competition, in which entrants were asked to identify the 10 tracks contained within our Record Store Day 2010  RATM / Fresh Prince mash-up thingy "Test The Pie".  


The closest to getting them all correct was Aye Tunes blog writer Mr Jim Connick!  Well done Jim!  He shall be receiving a variety of YAK related goods, including a hoodie, t-shirt, various CDs, and some very rare YAK memorabilia!


In order to put some minds at rest, here's the 10 correct references, as scribbled down on a bit of card on the night Keef laid down the vocal tracks:

found-sounds.co.uk

Mon, Jun 28 2010 01:42 The YAK studio is relocating, into Arc Rehearsal Rooms in Glasgow, and you can book a session now.

Prices start at £150 for a session, check out www.found-sounds.co.uk for more info.

TOO MUCH STUFF AT ONCE Part 1

Wed, Jun 23 2010 02:10 Howdy everyone.... anyone?   Hmmmm.

We've recorded *almost* everything for album 2. It's been a completely different adventure this time.  This time we've gone for a live vibe.... minimal overdubbage has been applied... some tracks have no overdubs at all.  Fuck knows when we'll put it out tho.  Probably early 2011.  If you run a record label, or have some cash you'd like to inject into the YAK kitty, get in touch.

We are planning on putting out an EP of new shit later on this year, and we will of course be booking as many gigs as we can squeeze into our already rather hectic schedules.  As soon as we have something to try and sell you, we'll be in touch.  Or just buy loads of merch and we'll leave you alone. :-)

We should hopefully have some shows to announce soon.... hopefully.  

I'm starting up a recording studio business using all this wicked new gear i've amassed in the process of building the YAK studio, Stef just got a new job writing extensively about Vuvuzelas and East Kilbride, Duncs hands are falling off and Keef has been harrassing the folks at Monster Energy Juice about getting an endorsement.  None of us have "got the AIDS" or joined Modest Mouse.  Yet.

We'll be moving out of Avalanche / Love Music / The Nest at the start of July, and relocating to The Arc, also in this fair city known as Glasgow.  This is tied in with my new business venture, and also because we all want to give Ali at the Arc a good bumming.  He's a smashing fellow, although we're not really all that sure how much he likes being bummed, so maybe those impulses may be a little misplaced.   Whatever, we're moving house, back to our old house.

We've got a shiteload of "making the album" footage, courtesy of YAK FAN #1 Mr Rusty Moorington, which will no doubt see the light of day at some point before the world ends in 2012.  There's been a handfull of his photo's uploaded to our Facebook page too.  I won't link it, you have to find it for yourself.  Rusty did a wonderful job of capturing the essence of a YAK album creative endeavour, and i look forward to sharing his work with you.  Go Rusty!

I'll be making a video to go with our RATM / Fresh Prince mashup at some point very soon. Once it's online, we'll let the competition run for a few more weeks and then close it.  Theres been a surprisingly large amount of entries so far.... some folks are very very close indeed to getting all 10 tracks within that cover.... some folks are clearly retarded, and have a fundamental problem understanding the concept of "covers".  Very odd.  Anyway, the competitions still open. Check out earlier blog posts if you don't know what i'm talking about.

Cheers for still giving a shit.  We promise that the new album will make you shit your drawers, or if you don't have drawers, it'll aid you in wherever you prefer to leave your droppings.
Laters

Allan YAK

YAK LIVE @ Creation Studios, Glasgow

Thu, May 13 2010 03:55 We'll be playing a showcase for the rather excellent site diggingyourscene.com at Creation Studios in Glasgow on Sunday May 23rd!

Tickets cost £5 and are available from Love Music (formerly Avalanche Records, Glasgow). It's an afternoon show, so doors are at 2pm, and everything will be finished by tea time.  Clyde 1's newest DJ Mr Jim Gellatly will be hosting the event, which will also incorporate networking and Q&A events.

Click the link below to find out more.
http://www.diggingyourscene.com

WIN WIN WIN COMPETITION WIN WIN WIN

Wed, Apr 28 2010 12:45 We promised we would do it, so here goes:

In our recent RATM / Fresh Prince mash-up cover version thingy, we included lyrics and riffs from 10 different songs. If you haven't heard the track, check out our blog and stream it. We'll have a video up on youtube very soon too.

If you can name all 10 of the songs we have written on our special bit of YAK PAPER, then you will win the following:

A YAK T-Shirt
A YAK Hoodie
The YAK Back catalogue (including 7", CD EP, the album and the Tour-only Remix CD!)
Special stuff from the YAK studio

Once you've got your 10 track selections, email them to us at tentracks@youalreadyknow.net and on the 1st of June we will pick a winner at random from the correct entries (or whoever get's the closes guess)

Be sure to include your name, T-shirt/Hoodie size with your entry. Don't ask why, just do it.

Good luck!

Record Store Day Recap

Mon, Apr 19 2010 10:42 Thanks to everyone that came along to Avalanche Records in Glasgow on Saturday for our first show of the year in the intimate surroundings of a shop floor! The Covers CD is now sold out, so if you missed out, you're gonna have to work extra hard on that time machine you've been meaning to build.

By all accounts Record Store Day was a tremendous success worldwide, and we are very proud to have been a part of it. Thanks to the folks that came along to support us on the day, it was fantastic to be back in action.

Work will now commence on getting album #2 finished, and we'll be booking a veritable shiteload of shows for the coming months.

Download YAK's version of TESTIFY!

Fri, Apr 9 2010 11:50

Download Here : Right Click, select "Save As"


Stay tuned for details on how to enter our competition... there are 10 tracks referenced within this cover, and if you can name the 10 we have listed, you will win all kinds of YAK goodness!

Have a great weekend folks, and be sure to get your butt along to Avalanche Records in Glasgow on Saturday April 17th to get the CD featuring 3 more covers!

YAK vs RATM vs WILL SMITH

Thu, Apr 8 2010 09:17 Go to our facebook page. right now.

Covers EP Tracklisting + Competition

Thu, Apr 8 2010 12:36 On Saturday April 17th 2010, record stores worldwide will celebrate the second annual Record Store Day with a flurry of special events, exclusive products and a unanimous party atmostphere. The industry may well be utterly fucked, but the indies fight on!

This year, we will be playing a set at Avalanche Records in Glasgow, this shop in which one of us works, and we rehearse, record and write in. We have recorded 4 tracks especially for the event, which will be released on a very, very limited edition CD. These will be on sale in Avalanche Glasgow on Record Store Day ONLY.

So, without any more dicking about, here's the tracklist:

1. Testify / Fresh Prince Rap (aka Test The Pie) [RATM/Will Smith]
2. Psycho Killer [Talking Heads]
3. Bury White [Far]
4. My Weakness Is None Of Your Business [Embrace]

Pretty fucked up tracklist for sure, and you really have no idea just how screwy this whole thing is. The first track, lovingly titled "Test The Pie" features 10 covers in one. The first person to name all 10 tracks referenced in it will win a YAK t-shirt! Now, don't worry if you can't get to Glasgow to buy a CD on the 17th, the track will feature in a YAKtv episode soon, at which point the competition will officially begin. Stay tuned for more info, and potentially some track previews.