Happy Birthday Kim Salmon!

Celebrating the Kim Salmon's birthday some performances. interviews and a Smoked Salmon video you may have missed.

That time I ran into Kim Salmon in Memphis

Way back in the 90s, I was surprised to encounter Kim leaning against the bar in an empty Memphis club on a week night Not only was it early in the evening, about 7 pm, but when I asked someone who worked at the venue if there were any bands scheduled for later they shrugged, "I dunno... it's lesbian night." I had no idea whether Kim was in town to record some music or play a show. Who knows, maybe he was just checking out the joint's set-up for a possible gig on the next tour? In any case, odd as it was to see him standing there alone nursing a brew, I was confident it was actually Kim Salmon. There was no mistaking the pink suit and yellow-tinted aviator shades. So I walked over and said, "Hey Kim, what are you doing in Memphis?" After fighting back a reflexive spit-take, he gasped with a perplexed look, "How on earth did you know it was me?" "Hey," I chuckled, "there's only one Kim Salmon!" He conceded with a laugh, "I guess you're right." 
 

Watch Tex Perkins sing "Drop Out" with The Scientists in Perth

Tex Perkins belted out the Beasts of Bourbon fave "Drop Out" with Kim Salmon and crew at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday. 

One For The Weekend: The Scientists

Check out The Scientists' rip snortin' "Outsider" – video directed by Andrew Watson – off their forthcoming Negativity album.  

Here's the scoop...

The Scientists’ powerful brand of deranged swamp-rock returns with a vengeance on June 11th, when In the Red Records unleashes Negativity, an all-new magnum opus featuring the first new full length album by the Australian band’s penultimate line-up in 35 years.

The bruising 11-track collection features a Scientists configuration much beloved by connoisseurs of the band’s work: singer-guitarist Kim Salmon, lead guitarist Tony Thewlis, and bassist Boris Sujdovic, all veterans of the group’s defining 1981-85 outfit, and drummer Leanne Cowie, who replaced drummer Brett Rixon on the storming 1986 release Weird Love.

 Happily, rousing receptions during the band’s American treks and a sense that fans would welcome a new full-length project resulted in sessions for Negativity, the Scientists’ first full-length collection of new material since their 1987 last bow Human Jukebox.

It can’t be overstated how thrilled In The Red is to be unleashing this album. The vinyl comes in a handsome gatefold sleeve with a limited edition on gold vinyl. It’s also available on CD, which also looks really suave. 

You can pre-order The Scientists' Negativity album right here. Watch the video for "Outsider" below. 

 

Kim Salmon previews improv-style Rantings From The Book of Swamp album

Check out "Burn Down The Plantation" off the forthcoming double album Rantings From the Book of Swamp due Sept 4th.

 

The Scientists, B-17 @ Lee's Palace, Saturday

Here's Kim Salmon and his Scientists crew performing their classics "Swampland" and "We Had Love" – don't miss them in Toronto.

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Please Kill Me: Eric Davidson on The Scientists

The Scientists, B-17 @ Lee's Palace, April 13

Tickets for this rare Toronto appearance of Kim Salmon and his Scientists crew go on sale January 24 right here. 

Watch The Scientists play the hits in Chicago

Have a look at Kim Salmon and crew knocking out "Swampland" and "We Had Love" at The East Room in Chicago on Sunday. 

Wooden Shjips @ The Horseshoe, Sunday

San Francisco's Wooden Shjips may soon be taking a detour into Zamrock.