History Lesson -- Jake Fairley 101

When Uncut first started out, it was just me on bass and my friend Jake Fairley playing guitar and singing. We were using a collection of samplers, drum machines and computers at various points to provide drums and some keyboard parts, trying to come up with a mix of minimal techno and post-punk in the Joy Division vein. (As a small point of pride, this was before both "House of Jealous Lovers" and Interpol. Just saying is all.)

We put out a couple of 12"s in Germany (see pics below) that I think might have been well received (but I don't speak German, so I'm just going to go ahead and assume that people liked them) and had plans to release our first full length on Paper Bag ... but this would never be. You see, this whole time Jake was making techno records on his own and had started living on-and-off in Berlin while he was touring Europe. He eventually decided to not move back to Toronto, so we broke up, but only in the band sense, not in the friend sense.





Since then, Uncut has obviously been a different thing entirely.

So, what is Jake up to these days, you may find yourself asking ... he's still making the techno (doing quite well at it in fact) and living in Amsterdam. I've included some clips for your listening/viewing pleasure. You can also listen to more on his Myspace page.

Huh?

Oh YouTube, you so crazy.

Someone decided to take part of the German version of the movie Girl Interrupted and put "Understanding the New Violence" under it, to what purpose I am unsure.

But hey, thanks for thinking of us.

Japandroids

Just a quick note to let you know that we're playing with an awesome band (I really mean it ... they're super good) from Vancouver called Japandroids on March 14 at the awesome venue Trash Palace. That spells out all kinds of awesomeness.

Japandroids just announced that their debut album is coming out on Unfamiliar (hi Greg) and Pitchfork seem to be happy about it.

More details to come soon.



As an aside, I'll be DJing at the Wavelength anniversary show tomorrow night with Greg, the Unfamiliar records guy and notorious cosplay fanatic. You should come out, because I have a feeling that Brides are going to be amazing.

Happy New Year

2-4-1

I just noticed that you can now buy both our records, Modern Currencies and Those Who Were Hung Hang Here, as a combo for $18 through the Paper Bag Records store. That seems like a pretty sweet deal to me, in these dark recessionary times.

Click here to purchase.

Quantum of Rockage

Did you know that our music is available for purchase in England? Well, 'tis, thanks to the chaps at Cheap Date Records. You should check out this micro-site (it's like a website, but much smaller) they did when they put out the Darkhorse 7".

That's right ... Uncut vinyl exists. I haven't seen it myself, but it seems far too elaborate an enterprise to be a hoax.

Reminder: Hamilton Show on Saturday

As previously mentioned, we're playing at at Club Absinthe in Hamilton (aka "The Hammer") this Saturday. The rest of the bands are sweet: The Marble Index, The Disraelis and In Silent Code.

From the Archives - Volume Five

The gig poster edition.

Yes We Can!

I know it sounds kind of crazy, but it's true; the folks over at the Obama campaign used our song "Kiss Me" in one of their videos. The level of surreal I experienced while listening to him speak, with our song in the background, is pretty hard to describe.

Obviously, we feel honoured.

The Hammer Party

We're playing at Club Absinthe in Hamilton on the 22nd of November with The Marble Index, The Disraelis and In Silent Code.

Last time we were at Absinthe we had a blast, and this bill is pretty sweet, so you should probably come to this show. Just saying is all.