Chokebore news & site updates
2010/02/05
Here is a preview of the Chokebore rare tracks CD compilation – on sale at the merch table in less than ten days!
Free mp3 download of the first track: I'll Save You (bubble take).
2010/02/01
Chokebore returns to the stage on February the 14th, 2010. That's Valentine's day, and it's less than two weeks away!
The Paris show (February 19th at the Maroquinerie) is sold out, but tickets are still available for the other shows in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Czech Republic.
Requests
What Chokebore songs would you like to hear at the coming shows? The band is listening, send them a shout on Myspace, Facebook or Twitter.
Merchandising
A CD compilation of rare tracks will be sold at the shows. Here is the tracklisting:
- I'll Save You (bubble take)
- Pop Mod (demo version)
- Ciao L.A. (alternate recording)
- Sections (extended version)
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life (live @ La Cigale)
- Snow (live @ La Cigale)
- I Love the Waiting (alternate recording)
- Be Forceful (Strange Lines version)
- Brittle and Depressing
- Her Majesty (Beatles cover)
- Person You Chose (demo version)
- Pink Deluxe
- Speed of Sound (acoustic version)
- One Easy Pieces (live in Finland)
- 29 Mile Wind
- Throats
That's a bunch of previously unreleased tracks, a few live tracks and lots of hard to find tracks. And there will be some T-shirts too!
French interview
The latest issue of French magazine Noise features an interview with Troy Von Balthazar about Chokebore. Here are scans of the interview (with kind permission of Noise magazine):
2009/12/15
Here is the flyer for Chokebore's February 2010 tour:
The painting used was made by Jonathan Kroll. It is a play on El Greco's Mary Magdalene in Penitence. The "Chokebore" lettering was taken from the cover of the album A Taste for Bitters.
2009/12/07
Here is the last date of the Chokebore 2010 tour: February 26 in Prague (Czech Republic). See tour dates page.
2009/12/03
German dates for Chokebore's February 2010 reunion tour are here! Chemnitz, Wiesbaden, München and Berlin.
2009/12/02
A message from Jonathan:
who: Jonathan Kroll
what: an exhibition of recent paintings
when: December 7th, 8-12pm (NEXT MONDAY)
where: The Forgotten Bar, Boppstraße 5, 10967 BerlinIt would be lovely to see you there!
....JonP.S.: The exhibition will be up for one night only, so don't put it off!
2009/11/23
The first dates of Chokebore's February 2010 reunion tour are here! Geneva, Luzern, Paris and Brussels... More to come soon!
Follow Chokebore on Twitter to stay updated.
2009/11/18
A message from the band:
Hello Chokebore fans,
We are happy to announce that Chokebore are getting back together again to play a handful of shows around Europe!
We're gonna rock you like it's 1997!
More news very soon...
Chokebore
2009/11/02
French band Run Ronie Run covered the Chokebore song Foreign Devils on the Silk Road on Memoria: A Tribute to the Alternative 90s, a compilation of indie bands covering classic 90s bands such as Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, My Bloody Valentine or Soundgarden. Listen to the track on Run Ronie Run's Myspace page, then buy the record online from Yr Letter Records!
2009/10/28
A message from Jonathan:
Jonathan Kroll + Jan Schieffer = Carrousel (a sort of band) and we will be playing our loosely formed brand of improvisational background music tomorrow October 29th at White Trash Fast Food in Berlin (Schönhauser Allee 6-7, U: Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz) at 9 pm. Cover charge? 3€
2009/07/27
A Newborn Riot of Dreams, Jonathan Kroll's slow and wordless
musical project, can now be found on both Myspace and Facebook. Two tracks can be streamed on either page: The Far Bank and We Meet Between Glass. Both were recorded during A Newborn Riot of Dreams' first and only live performance, opening for Coco Rosie on November 26th 2005 at the Divan du Monde in Paris, France.
Photos of A Newborn Riot of Dreams' show at the Divan du Monde can be found on PhotosConcerts.com.