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Friday, November 17
Mudhoney on the Radio Online: Mudhoney will play a set on WFMU-FM (91.1 New York) tomorrow, November 18, sometime between 3 and 6pm local time. The station streams live over the Internet at wfmu.org, and archives their shows as well.

Wednesday, September 13
Monkeywrench LP: The third Monkeywrench LP, Gabriel's Horn will be released in March on Birdman Records. The label is run by David Katznelson, who was Mudhoney's A&R man with Reprise records.

Sunday, June 25
Steve Record: Steve's New Wave Punk Asshole will be released on CD (FH003CD) and LP (FH003LP) on July 31. The LP will be limited to 600 copies.

Sunday, June 25
Mr. Epp DVD: Box Dog Recordings will be releasing a live Mr. Epp DVD. No release date is set, but it might be out in early 2007.

Mudhoney, May 8
Dan and Robert Pollard: Dan, Robert Pollard, former Guided By Voices bassist Chris Slusarenko, and Quasi rocksichorder/singer Sam Coomes are the Takeovers. They will be releasing their record Turn to Red (Fading Captain Series) sometime this month - probably May 16. Dan plays on the eight of twelve tracks which contain drums. robertpollard.net has posted a mp3 of 'Fairly Blacking Out.' The tracklist is as follows:

  1. Do You Get Your Wish?
  2. Insane/Cool It
  3. First Spill Is Free
  4. Mojo Police
  5. Scuffle With Nature
  6. Sweet Jelly
  7. Fairly Blacking Out
  8. Wig Stomper
  9. The Public Dance
  10. Be It Not for the Serpentine Rain Dodger
  11. Bullfighter's Cut
  12. Jancy

Monday, May 8
New Steve Group: Steve has recently recorded some songs with local musician Rob Clarke and a drummer, as STIV. It's possible that the material may be released in the near future.

Thursday, May 4
'It is Us' Single On May 8, Sub Pop will release a 7" single of 'It is Us' b/w 'Dig those Trenches' (SP 716) in the UK.

Monday, April 24
Suicide Squeeze Single: The single released by Suicide Squeeze will probably contain 'The Rag's on the Boil' and an as-yet-to-be-written song.

Monday, April 24
Steve Single: Funhouse Records will be releasing a 45 single off of Steve's New Wave Punk Asshole.

Tuesday, April 18
Steve: Steve's new record, New Wave Punk Asshole will be released by Funhouse Records in the UK on CD and LP "as soon as possible." This is the only label which will be releasing the record, as of now. Also, Steve is on myspace at myspace.com/stivturner. On the page right now are three of the 16 songs from the upcoming record, 'No One Gives a Shit,' 'Reject the Future,' and 'I Know You Scorpio.'

Wednesday, March 29
New Single: Suicide Squeeze (suicidesqueeze.net) will be releasing a 7 inch Mudhoney single as part of its 10th Anniversary series of singles. All the singles will be compiled on a 2 CD set to be released August 22. The single is limited to 2,000 copies. The songs and release date are unknown.

Sunday, March 19
Steve Record: Steve's third LP, Punk New Wave Asshole will be released by British label Funhouse in May.

Sunday, March 19
Monkeywrench Record Delayed: The Monkeywrench's Gabriel's Horn LP will not be released by Estrus. The band is searching for a label, with no set release date.

Tuesday, March 14
Mudhoney on the Radio: On March 12 at 8:00pm PST, Mark and Steve hosted the local music The Young and the Restless program for two hours on KNDD 107.7 FM, Seattle. They recorded the show the previous week. Below are the songs that they played, including unreleased Steve Turner and Monkeywrench songs. The show is archived online in two parts, in Windows Media format: part 1 and part 2.

Friday, March 3
DVD Compilation: On May 9, Sub Pop will release the Acquired Taste DVD, featuring music videos from bands on the label. Mudhoney's contribution is unknown, though it will most likely be either Sonic Infusion or It is Us.

Thursday, February 23
New Shirts: Sub Pop has made two new shirts available. The first is an Under a Billion Suns shirt, which will not ship before the record is released on March 7, and the second is a variation on the Superfuzz Bigmuff record cover.

Thursday, February 23
Video Shoot: There will be a video shoot for It is Us this Sunday, 2/26, at Voodoo Doughnut (voodoodoughnut.com) in Portland. Extras are needed to film a crowd scene, and are invited to show up at the bdesignated time.

Thursday, February 16
Press Corps 7": On March 3, The Press Corps will release a 7" single of She's All the Wave/The Happiness of a Paranoid Man on gold vinyl through Flotation Records.

Monday, February 13
Under a Billion Suns Pre-Order: Sub Pop is releasing Mudhoney's latest record, Under a Billion Suns on March 7. Pre-orders through the Sub Pop website receive bonus CDs and qualify to win autographed copies of the record. The bonus CDs contain outtakes and unreleased songs. Here's the official ad copy:

The new record from Mudhoney is available for pre-order in the shop now and all of you who order before March 3rd will receive a 6 song bonus CD with out-takes, remixes, and non-album tracks from Under a Billion Suns. But wait--there's more! The dudes from Mudhoney have agreed to sign the first 60 LPs and 30 CDs at random. Holy smokes, is this the best pre-order in the world or what?

Also, the entire first pressing of the Under a Billion Suns LP, not just pre-orders, will come bundled with a CD of the record from which to make MP3s.

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