SMOKiNG KiLLS released in France!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=380652494967

Here's a great review in French http://musique.sfr.fr/mag/poprock/chronique/the-disciplines-smoking-kills

Rocks My Ass Records will release SMOKiNG KiLLS on CD soon date tba shortly

Great review in French of SMOKiNG KiLLS...album is being released digitally in France March 1. CD etc. later this spring!

http://www.zicazic.com/zicazine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=7076

THanks for great shows in Vienna and Regensburg this weekend!

Coming up this week:

25th Hafenklang, Hamburg DE
26th Lindenpark, Potsdam DE
27th Sonic Ballroom, Koln DE check tour page for details

Ken is on tour this month in Asia, sorry to say the tour was underway so we're too late to post in time for the Malaysia and Singapore shows. Here's what's coming up

11th Black Studio, Jakarta FREE
14th Garasi Teater, Yogyakarta Indonesia
16th Witch House, Taipei
22nd Outpost, Cebu City Philippines FREE
23rd Route 196, Manila
29th Ho Chi Minh City (venue tba)
30th Hanoi (venue tba)

You can keep up to date by checking the dates on Ken's myspace page

Happy New Year to all...we're recording our new album in Tromso Norway...it's definitely amazing. You can see photos from the session on our Facebook and Myspace pages. You'll hear the results in spring. God willing and the creek don't rise.

Ralla beat a large drum for Alexander 'Slip Kid' Rybak at that the Nobel Peace concert in Oslo on Friday...brief glimpse of him at 9:09 in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlZyruv-Azk

We are pleased to announce that at the end of the year SMOKiNG KiLLS will be available from Freak Music in Malaysia...http://freakmusicmalaysia.com/

Here's a very good, very to the point blog review http://www.earitnow.com/2008/11/disciplines-smoking-kills.html

This Dutch site stocks the vinyl LP of SMOKiNG KiLLS for only €18), the Best Mistake 7" and other goodies! Good for Euro shoppers

http://www.velvetmusic.nl/

Thanks for a great year of shows--see you in 2010 for more.

The punkers give us thumbs up, mostly...http://punkrocktheoryzine.blogspot.com/2009/11/disciplines-smoking-kills.html

Review of NYC show (in Spanish) http://www.qashqaiurbanlife.com/review_details_2.aspx?idReview=351&idCategory=13&idSection=3

Photos of the Comet Tavern show from Seattle Weekly blog

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/10/photos_ken_stringfellows_the_d.php

NORTH AMERiCAN TOUR THiS WEEK (OCT 20-27)

We are very excited to head to America & Canada for our quick flurry of shows.

Just in case you had any doubt, here's a run down.

10.20 midnite MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC (CMJ MUSiC MARATHON) $10 tickets
10.21 11pm TT THE BEAR'S, BOSTON $11 tickets
10.22 10.30pm VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO CA$10 tix @ door.
10.23 11.30pm SUBTERRANEAN, CHiCAGO $10 tickets
10.24 5pm EASY STREET RECORDS, WEST SEATTLE-- FREE!!! ALL AGES!!!
10.24 midnite COMET TAVERN, SEATTLE $8 tix @ door
10.25 10pm CAFE DU NORD, SAN FRANCiSCO $10adv/$12door tickets
10.27 10.30pm ViPER ROOM, W. HOLLYWOOD $10 tickets

Check out this groovy flyer for the ViPER ROOM show

Photos from Stockholm: http://gallery.fotofrancis.lv/stockholm/thediciplines/

Article in P Mag., Belgium (in Flemish) http://bit.ly/2g7xIK

Great, if strange reviews from Swedish shows last week:

http://dagensskiva.com/2009/09/14/hymn-till-ken-stringfellow/

http://ekuriren.se/kulturnoje/1.475917

Thanks to all for 4 great shows in Sweden last week...for our N. American tour next month, we're looking for places to stay in Boston, Toronto, CHicago, & San Francisco. Also, we are looking for a Vox AC30 amplifier to borrow in NYC, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, and San Francisco. If you can help (and would like to) contact Ken on his Facebook page.

SWEDEN THiS WEEK !!!

9.9.09 WOODY WEST @ PUSTERViKSBAREN, GOTHENBURG
10th BABEL, MALMO
11th RAW BAR ESKiLSTUNA (S-KiLLS, TOO, NA?)
12th LiLLA HOTELLBAREN @ SCANDiC MALMEN HOTEL, STOCKHOLM (FREE!!)

See you there.

Nice blog review http://www.lucy-mag.com/entertainment/article.php?article_id=162

Preview for Larvik show tonite in local paper...http://www.op.no/kultur/article4490237.ece

Photos from Rootsfestivalen http://www.banett.no/Bildeserier/article276639.ece

German feature on the D's with odd, haiku-like interview with Ken in English: http://stylecrave.de/ken-stringfellow/

Great show last night at Rootsfestivalen in Bronnoysund...week after next we will be assembling to work on songs for the next Disciplines LP...and play some shows. New T shirt design going up on the merch page soon.

Haha, this review from Utah is really good, and has us critcally stomping M Ward and the Hives. That doesn't happen every day.

What the American press has to say about SMOKiNG KiLLS


“Simply put, if the Posies are a glass of fine wine, the Disciplines are a shot of whiskey. Top-shelf, of course.” -- American Songwriter

“In other words, Smoking Kills is a better way for your ears to spend 31 minutes than just about any homegrown album that's come down the pike this summer. And it's sure to sound great the rest of the year, too.” -- Huffington Post

“This is power-chord bar rock, and with beers in hand, the crowd loves it.
The wiry frontman is unleashing his inner Iggy Pop, jumping around and off the stage, singing his way to the back of the room, hugging the woman standing next to me.” -- Paste

“In between Big Star reunions, R.E.M. tours and fronting the Posies, Ken Stringfellow re-emerges this spring as part of the rock quartet the Disciplines” -- Billboard

“It's doubtful anyone expected this from the Posies' Ken Stringfellow, stomping garage-rock with vocals aggressive enough to have followed his neighbors Nirvana to a life of unimaginable riches back in 1993 when the Posies were biting the hand that could have fed them with bittersweet power-pop hooks on "Flavor of the Month." -- Blurt

“Stringfellow’s new project, which sounds nothing like Journey, is the kind of left-of-center exotica that’s always attracted a man who’s been known to sport a dress onstage, and over the years has routinely dyed his usually long hair a bright magenta or cherry red” -- Stereophile

“There’s not a bad track on Smoking Kills” -- Big Takeover

In Westzeit Mag., Germany...

Latest press from last week's German release of SMOKiNG KiLLS!

http://www.intro.de/platten/kritiken/23054790/the-disciplines-smoking-kills
http://www.gaesteliste.de/zehnpluszehn/show.html?_nr=76
http://www.bumbanet.de/2009/05/the-disciplines-smoking-kills/
http://www.bloom.de/articles/article_008399_php4.htm
http://www.computerbild.de/artikel/Musikkritik-Rock-Pop-Smoking-Kills-4374067.html
http://unterhaltung.de.msn.com/musik/cds-artikel.aspx?cp-documentid=147553975

I just realized that with the Sept. 28 release of SMOKiNG KiLLS in Benelux on V2, that we will be labelmates with Norway's greatest musical hero, Alexander Ryback!

http://metroland.net/recordings.html

Nice review!

http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/smoking_kills

http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/article/633675

More great reviews coming in from the North American release.

SMOKiNG KiLLS will be released by V2 Music Benelux this fall in Belgium/Holland/Luxembourg

and by FREAK MUSiC Malaysia in the fall in Malaysia/Singapore/The Philippines/Indonesia!!

From Powerpopaholic blog

"I was listening to this new Norwegian glam garage rock band The Disciplines and thinking "it's pretty good, hard guitar riffs pounding drums and a lead singer that snarls and screams like Henry Rollins in a bad mood.." then I looked at the liner notes and did a double take. Lead Vocals: Ken Stringfellow. The Posies Ken Stringfellow? Holy crap. Well I guess Ken wanted to explore this side of his musical personality, nothing wrong with that. If you are looking for a tougher version of The White Stripes or Jet then you've come to the right place. Ken teamed up with the Norwegian band Briskeby consisting of drummer Claus Larsen, bassist Baard Helgeland and guitarist Bjorn Bergene, and they quickly developed this aggressive style. The group struts it's stuff with the opener "Your For The Taking" and summons some glam goodness with "Get It Right." After a few listens it reveals Ken's melodic tendencies underneath all those riffs, on "Best Mistake" and "Falling Knives." I guess it's a trend to do harder stuff, after all it seems to work for the recent Superdrag album, but this doesn't feel forced at all. More highlights include, "Hurricane" and the retro flavored "Like So Many Times Before." Both the latter song and "No Vacancy" comes closer to The Posies sound that any of the previous tracks. The songwriting here aims for both the head and the heart and succeeds in bringing across the message with a ballsy gusto once reserved for guys like Ian Astbury (The Cult). Kool Kat Musik is having a special on this album, you get an exclusive 13-song "Live in Finland" album with each order. For these tough times, sometimes power pop has to get tough."

YOURS FOR THE TAKiNG ViNYL SiNGLE OUT NOW!

Second Motion Records, our US label have just released YOURS FOR THE TAKiNG & WRONG LANE as a limited edition, colored-vinyl 45! Order here. You get the digital single as a download included in the price.

Ken's South American tour supporting the release of SMOKiNG KiLLS has been a great success with awesome shows in Lima and Santiago, with local DiSCiPLiNES taking up the roles of the homebound Norwegians. You can check KS doing this

April 2 -- El Aguijon, Quito ECUADOR backed by Mama Vudu
April 4 -- Hard Rock Cafe, Bogota COLOMBIA backed by local musicians
April 7 -- live on Rock & Pop Radio Argentina w/host Mario Pergolini, backed by members of the Super Ratones & Smitten
April 7 -- on Un Mundo Perfecto TV 23.30, playing live with the house band!
April 9 -- La Trastienda, Buenos Aires backed by Super Ratones

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SMOKiNG KiLLS out now: in SOUTH AMERiCA on S-Music, and in SPAiN, ANDORRA & PORTUGAL on 2Fer Records! Check online, and your favorite cool music shops to get it! In fact, these two international versions are with extra songs and different versions than the Scandinavian edition, so...collectable! Love D's

YOURS FOR THE TAKiNG ViDEO!

Directed, shot and edited by Petter Askø Næss, produced by PANFiLM. Thank yoU! To Jarle & Petter, and all our crew & extras!



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PRESS THiS WEEK

Read our review in Rolling Stone, Argentina (in Spanish)



Argentina's TV Guide!
http://especialesentv.com.ar/portal/?p=524

Yahoo! Argentina: http://ar.news.yahoo.com/s/26022009/30/entretenimiento-noticias-ex-musico-r-e.html

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YOURS FOR THE TAKiNG ViDEO ALMOST DONE!

I haven't seen more than a few seconds of footage from the video shoot, but here's two stills from the video...hope to launch it next week!