Set to Fade

The hosting for BUF Recordings runs out in a matter of months, we will not be re-newing the service. All our good work from over the past 3+ years is now archived here in this blog. The shop is in the process of moving too. You’ll find the remainder of our stock on Bandcamp. There are limited quantities of The Stormy Petrel and Live in Melbourne Vinyl LP’s left, both in red vinyl, so get them while you can before you have to pay a small fortune for them on eBay. You can find them here: biguglyfishrecordings.bandcamp.com

We are keeping the BUF Facebook Page as a point of contact if anyone has any queries and don’t forget there are two excellent active Leatherface Facebook pages here and here.

Operations are winding down due to other music projects and commitments outside the music industry.

BUF would like to thank everyone who visited us, bought music and merchandise from us, watched the bands on our small independent label and, those who continue to listen to the great music we were so privileged to be associated with.

We recommend HDQ’s new album Lost in Translation: facebook.com/HDQofficial

The Sainte Catherines: facebook.com/thesaintecatherines

The Leatherface site will remain as an archive as it is and will be updated with archive material as we receive it, if you have anything to contribute to the archive, the gallery or can recommend a high quality video please contact us via Facebook here.

Paul and Graeme @ BUF Recordings.

Produit de Qualité Inférieure

It has been brought to our attention that there is a bootleg just been released and is allegedly being distributed by a well known company.

We can categorically confirm this bootleg release is nothing to do with either Leatherface or Big Ugly Fish Recordings. It is unlikely that any of the band will receive any payment from the sale of such releases.

We ask all true fans of the band’s music to avoid such inferior products. The official releases can only be bought from reputable traders or direct from Big Ugly Fish Recordings’ website.

BUF Newsletter #13 – Leatherface Quit Leeds

Dear Visitor,

We can confirm that Leatherface have pulled out of the All Day Hootenanny in Leeds on the 26th May 2012.

Regards.
Admin @ BUF
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Big Ugly Fish Newsletter #12

Dear Subscribers,

The Sainte Catherines Photobook Shows All

Well, not everything but it’s finally here! What is? Well, The Sainte Catherines have only gone and printed 200 copies of a 46 pages photobook. These previously unreleased pictures were taken by photographer Jimmi Francoeur during the recording sessions for their last album Fire Works, back in 2010. When you purchase the book, you instantly get to download two new songs and three bonus acoustic tracks. Plus you’ll get the Fire Works Deluxe Edition CD inserted in the photobook when we ship it out in April. Ask nicely upon purchase and they will sign your copy in joined up writing, these guys are not just a bunch of pretty bearded faces you know.

Bonus tracks:
14. Leaving El Rancho, 15. Torture Of A Kiss, 16. Ben Mieux D’Même, 17. We Used To Be In Love (Pale Moonlight edit), 18. Reinventing Ron Hextall (I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye) (Tim Thomas At The White House remix).

Out now. $30 + shipping. Pre-order your copy direct from saintecatherines.com

Leatherface T-Shirts See Light of Day Shock

Hello there, we finally got around to restocking the Big Ugly Fish Cornershop with your favourite merchandise. Included in this is a limited edition run of Leatherface’s Mush LP cover tees, Smokey Joe tees previously only available on tour, as well as other favourites including Leatherface Shield Logo, The Stormy Petrel Boat and Monkey Rodeo tees. Available here right now.

BUF CD Sales Hit By Recession

Roll up, roll up! The Stormy Petrel CD has now been reduced to £6.99 as it’s now a bit long in the tooth and all copies are now seeking a place in your or your friends punk rock music collection. All other CD’s including Leatherface’s Live in Melbourne, The Sainte Catherines’ Fire Works and NRFB CD’s have also been reduced in this period of austerity, so stock up while you can. Available here right now.

The Sainte Catherines’ T-Shirts Found In Abandoned Basement

Held captive since a brief tour of Europe when young and later abandoned by really naughty bad ass people, the surviving and ever so slightly dishevelled Fire Works t-shirts (2 x Ladies Fit Small and Medium, 5 x Medium and 9 x X Large) are in the caring hands of the Big Ugly Fish and are currently looking for permanent, caring homes to go to at a small fee of £8 each. Available here right now

Regards.
Admin @ BUF
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biguglyfish.co.uk

The Sainte Catherines – I’ll Miss The Boys

The Sainte Catherines unveil a new video for the song I’ll Miss The Boys from their last album Fire Works.

The Sainte Catherines – I’ll Miss The Boys

The Sainte Catherines Launch Photobook

It’s finally here! What is? Well, The Sainte Catherines are only going to be printing 200 copies of a 46 pages photobook. These previously unreleased pictures were taken by photographer Jimmi Francoeur during the recording sessions for their last album Fire Works, back in 2010. When you purchase the book, you instantly get to download two new songs and three bonus acoustic tracks. Plus you’ll get the Fire Works Deluxe Edition CD inserted in the photobook when we ship it out in April.

Bonus tracks:
14. Leaving El Rancho, 15. Torture Of A Kiss, 16. Ben Mieux D’Même, 17. We Used To Be In Love (Pale Moonlight edit), 18. Reinventing Ron Hextall (I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye) (Tim Thomas At The White House remix).

Released: April 2012. $30 + shipping. Preorder your copy direct from saintecatherines.com

Big Ugly Fish Newsletter #11

Dear Visitor,

In this newsletter you’ll find the 2nd leg of European dates Leatherface are embarking upon before they take a break over the summer to write new songs, polish their guitars and familiarise themselves once again with their home surroundings. A message from our friends in Canada, The Sainte Catherines, who are about to embark on a farewell tour and a reminder that the Leeds All Dayer on 26th May has changed venue.

Leatherface Tour 2nd Leg

March

Saturday 17th – The Farmhouse, 11 Dover Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3HD, UK. Doors 8:30pm. £5 Entry.
thefarmhousecanterbury.co.uk/Leatherface

Sunday 18th – Festival Ben Salad, Fort de Tourneville, Le Tetris, Le Havre, France.
facebook.com/Bensalad

Monday 19th – Bodega Amaya, Place Keruscun, 29200 Br, Brest, France . Doors 7:30pm.

Tuesday 20th – Heretic Club, Bordeaux, France.
hereticclub.com

Wednesday 21st – La Antigua Estacion, Oviedo, Spain.
facebook.com/events

Thursday 22nd – Gruta 77, Calle del Cuclillo, 6, 28019 Madrid, Spain. Entry €8 / €10.
facebook.com/events

gruta77.com

Friday 23rd – Sala Mogambo, Calle de Azkuene17, 20110 Pasaia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
facebook.com/events

Saturday 24th – Estraperlo Club del Ritme, Isidre Nonell 9, 08911 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
estraperloclubdelritme.com

Sunday 25th – Teatre Casino La Unió, Calle de Catalunya, 15, 17411 Vidreres, Spain.
facebook.com/events

Monday 26th – Le Dynamo, Toulouse, France.
ladynamo-toulouse.com

Tueday 27th – Le Mojomatic, Montpellier, France.
lemojomatic.com

Wednesday 28th – Tapas, Nice, France.

Thursday 29th – Le Moloko, Geneve, France.

Friday 30th – Saturday 31st – Avatarium Festival, St. Etienne, Rhône-Alpes, France.
avataria.org

Sat. March 31st – Maison de Quartier, St Serge, Angers, France. Doors 20:30. Tickets €9.80.
facebook.com/events

April

Sunday 1st April Les Combustibles, 14, rue Abel, 75012 Paris, France. Doors 8:00pm. Entry €8.
guerilla-asso.com

Monday 2nd – De Rots, Melkmarkt 11, Antwerpen, Belgium, 2000. Doors 7:00pm.
www.de-rots.be

Wednesday 4th – Minster’s Bar, 23-29 Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HL. Entry £7.00

The Sainte Catherines Farewell Tour

There is less than one month before the start of The Sainte Catherines farewell tour, which will begin April 13th in Toronto at Bovine Sex Club and ends at Club Soda on April 27th.

The group are inviting the press to meet one last time during a media day to be held March 26th at The Hotel of Montréall, located at 262 St. Jacques Street West. Take the time out to ask one last time if punk is truly dead or just to hear another wacky tour story. The band will be doing the same thing in Quebec City the next day, March 27th.

saintecatherines.com

Leeds All Dayer Venue Change

Spring Into Summer Punk Hootenanny at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds is going to be extra special this year with Leatherface replacing the Angelic Upstarts after singer Mensi decided to retire for the forseeable future. Also confirmed are the wonderful Neck, Social Schism, China Shop Bull, Acid Drop, The Fuckwits, The Lost Cherrees, Jock Sparra and Overspill from bonny Scotland and last but not least The Septic Psychos. In the bar expect DJs Jamie Headcharge, Jon Firth , and Z-Carr to be spinning the tunes and keeping you all dancing until the wee hours.

Tickets (£13:50) available here: leedsgigtickets.co.uk/tickets/6942/

facebook.com/event

brudenellsocialclub.co.uk

Regards.
Admin @ BUF
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Leatherface European Tour 2nd Leg

March

Saturday 17th – The Farmhouse, 11 Dover Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3HD, UK. Doors 8:30pm. £5 Entry.
thefarmhousecanterbury.co.uk/Leatherface

Sunday 18th – Festival Ben Salad, Fort de Tourneville, Le Tetris, Le Havre, France.
facebook.com/Bensalad

Monday 19th – Bodega Amaya, Place Keruscun, 29200 Br, Brest, France . Doors 7:30pm.

Tuesday 20th – Heretic Club, Bordeaux, France.
hereticclub.com

Wednesday 21st – La Antigua Estacion, Oviedo, Spain.
facebook.com/events

Thursday 22nd – Gruta 77, Calle del Cuclillo, 6, 28019 Madrid, Spain. Entry €8 / €10.
facebook.com/events
gruta77.com

Friday 23rd – Sala Mogambo, Calle de Azkuene17, 20110 Pasaia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
facebook.com/events

Saturday 24th – Estraperlo Club del Ritme, Isidre Nonell 9, 08911 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
estraperloclubdelritme.com

Sunday 25th – Teatre Casino La Unió, Calle de Catalunya, 15, 17411 Vidreres, Spain.
facebook.com/events

Monday 26th – Le Dynamo, Toulouse, France.
ladynamo-toulouse.com

Tueday 27th – Le Mojomatic, Montpellier, France.
lemojomatic.com

Wednesday 28th – Tapas, Nice, France.

Thursday 29th – Le Moloko, Geneve, France.

Friday 30th – Saturday 31st – Avatarium Festival, St. Etienne, Rhône-Alpes, France.
avataria.org

Sat. March 31st – Maison de Quartier, St Serge, Angers, France. Doors 20:30. Tickets €9.80.
facebook.com/events

April

Sunday 1st April Les Combustibles, 14, rue Abel, 75012 Paris, France. Doors 8:00pm. Entry €8.
guerilla-asso.com

Monday 2nd – De Rots, Melkmarkt 11, Antwerpen, Belgium, 2000. Doors 7:00pm.
www.de-rots.be

Wednesday 4th – Minster’s Bar, 23-29 Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HL. Entry £7.00

Big Ugly Fish Newsletter #10

Dear Visitor,

We hope everyone had a splendid festive period as much we did and that Santa brought you the Lego, die-cast Spitfire, Barbie or Broons and Oor Wullie annual you asked him for. So, without further ado we’d like to announce, due to popular demand that Australian Jack the dog makes his return to the new fangled BUF Merchandise outlet along with BUF t-shirts, mugs, badges, bags, why there is even a hand made iPad sleeve available.
biguglyfish.co.uk/cornershop/buf-merchandise

Don’t forget to check Big Ugly Fish’s Soundcloud page over the next couple of months, if you’re eagle eyed you may even spot a free download or two.
soundcloud.com/biguglyfish

Leatherface are finally due on the last leg of The Stormy Petrel World Tour which is will have run it’s course by the middle of summer 2012. Here are the confirmed dates…

European Tour Dates

February

Friday 3rd – Portland Arms, Cambridge. £7.00. Doors 8pm.
theportland.co.uk

Saturday 4th – Jeugdhuis OHK, Christinastraat 113, 8400 Oostende. Doors 7:30pm.
facebook.com/Jeugdhuis-Ohk

Sunday 5th – Vortex Musik Club, Auf den Hütten 4, 57076 Siegen, Germany. Doors 8:00pm. Tel: +49-(0)157-74744160.
www.vortex-club.com

Monday 6th – Au, In der Au 14-16, 60489 Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
www.au-frankfurt.org

Tuesday 7th – Alte Mälzerei, Galgenbergstraße 20, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. Tel: 0941-788810
www.alte-maelzerei.de

Wednesday 8th – Chapeau Rouge, Jakubská 2, Praha, Czech Republic. Doors 8:00pm. Tel: +420 603 257 718.
www.chapeaurouge.cz

Thursday 9th – Jazzga, Piotrkowska 17, 90-508 Łódź, Poland. Doors 8:00pm. Tel: + 48 42 630 27 44.
www.jazzga.info

Friday 10th – Ucho, Świętego Piotra 2, 81-347 Gdynia, Poland. Doors 7:30pm.
www.ucho.com.pl

Saturday 11th – Roko Baras Bix, Lithuania.
www.bix.lt

Sunday 12th – Nabaklab, Zigfrīda Annas Meierovica bulvāris 12, LV-1050 Rīga, Latvia.
www.nabaklab.lv

Monday 13th – Sotsiaalkeskus Ülase12, Ülase 12, 10613 Tallinn, Estonia.
www.ylase12.org

Wednesday 15th – Klubi, Tullikamarin Aukio 2, 33101 Tampere, Finland. Tel: +358-(0)3-3439933.
www.klubi.net

Thursday 16th – Bar Loose, Annankatu 21, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (09) 586 1819.
www.barloose.com

Friday 17th – Klubi, Humalistonkatu 8, 20100 Turku, Finland. Tel: +358 2 231 2155.
www.klubi.net/tku

Saturday 18th – Musta Kynnys, Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Monday 20th – Blitz, Pilestredet 30c, 0166 Oslo, Norway.

Thursday 23rd – Bakken, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Friday 24th – 1000 Fryd, Aalborg, Denmark.
1000fryd.dk

Saturday 25th – Volksbad, Schiffbrücke 67, 24939 Flensburg, Germany.
www.volxbad.de

Sunday 26th – Schlachthof, Findorffstraße 51, 28215 Bremen, Germany. Tel: +49 421 377750.
www.schlachthof-bremen.de

Monday 27th – Gleis 22, Hafenstraße 34, 48153 Münster, Germany. Doors 8:30pm.
www.gleis22.de

Leeds All Dayer

Spring Into Summer Punk Hootenanny at The Well in Leeds is going to be extra special this year with Leatherface replacing the Angelic Upstarts after singer Mensi decided to retire for the forseeable future. Also confirmed are the wonderful Neck, Social Schism, China Shop Bull, Acid Drop, The Fuckwits, The Lost Cherrees, Jock Sparra and Overspill from bonny Scotland and last but not least The Septic Psychos. In the bar expect DJs Jamie Headcharge, Jon Firth , and Z-Carr to be spinning the tunes and keeping you all dancing until the wee hours.

Tickets (£12:00) available here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/144775

facebook.com/event

thewellleeds.com

NRFB
There is a rumour going round that this little band of miscreants might be performing some selective live dates to an unsuspecting public on the European mainland in the near future, so be warned. Watch this space.

Regards.
Admin @ BUF
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Leatherface European Tour Dates 2012

February 2012

Friday 3rd – Portland Arms, Cambridge. £7.00. Doors 8pm.
theportland.co.uk

Saturday 4th – Jeugdhuis OHK, Christinastraat 113, 8400 Oostende. Doors 7:30pm.
facebook.com/Jeugdhuis-Ohk

Sunday 5th – Vortex Musik Club, Auf den Hütten 4, 57076 Siegen, Germany. Doors 8:00pm. Tel: +49-(0)157-74744160.
vortex-club.com

Monday 6th – Au, In der Au 14-16, 60489 Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
au-frankfurt.org

Tuesday 7th – Alte Mälzerei, Galgenbergstraße 20, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. Tel: 0941-788810
alte-maelzerei.de

Wednesday 8th – Chapeau Rouge, Jakubská 2, Praha, Czech Republic. Doors 8:00pm. Tel: +420 603 257 718.
chapeaurouge.cz

Thursday 9th – Jazzga, Piotrkowska 17, 90-508 Łódź, Poland. Doors 8:00pm. Tel: + 48 42 630 27 44.
jazzga.info

Friday 10th – Ucho, Świętego Piotra 2, 81-347 Gdynia, Poland. Doors 7:30pm.
ucho.com.pl

Saturday 11th – Roko Baras Bix, Lithuania.
bix.lt

Sunday 12th – Nabaklab, Zigfrīda Annas Meierovica bulvāris 12, LV-1050 Rīga, Latvia.
nabaklab.lv

Monday 13th – Sotsiaalkeskus Ülase12, Ülase 12, 10613 Tallinn, Estonia.
ylase12.org

Wednesday 15th – Klubi, Tullikamarin Aukio 2, 33101 Tampere, Finland. Tel: +358-(0)3-3439933.
klubi.net

Thursday 16th – Bar Loose, Annankatu 21, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (09) 586 1819.
barloose.com

Friday 17th – Klubi, Humalistonkatu 8, 20100 Turku, Finland. Tel: +358 2 231 2155.
klubi.net/tku

Saturday 18th – Musta Kynnys, Hannikaisenkatu 16 (Vanha Rautatieasema)
FIN-40100 Jyväskylä, Finland. Tel: +358 (0)40 145 4470
mustakynnys.com

Monday 20th – Café Blitz, Pilestredet 30c, 0166 Oslo, Norway.
blitz.no

Thursday 23rd – Bakken, Copenhagen, Denmark. Door 8:00pm. 50Kr.

Friday 24th – 1000 Fryd, Aalborg, Denmark.
1000fryd.dk

Saturday 25th – Volksbad, Schiffbrücke 67, 24939 Flensburg, Germany.
volxbad.de

Sunday 26th – Schlachthof, Findorffstraße 51, 28215 Bremen, Germany. Tel: +49 421 377750.
schlachthof-bremen.de

Monday 27th – Gleis 22, Hafenstraße 34, 48153 Münster, Germany. Doors 8:30pm.
gleis22.de