Music gear manufacturer Ultiamte Support Systems named Brainclaw as their Featured Artist, after seeing the black light-customized versions of the Apex Keyboard Stands that Brainclaw uses in their live performances.

Brainclaw has been using Ultimate Support Systems gear for the stage and studio for years, and it was really a neat surprise to be made Featured Artist by such a fantastic company. The news story on their site uses several live shots of Brainclaw, featuring the customized keyboard stands.

The black light stands have always been a visible symbol of the Brainclaw Live show. You can read the whole article on the Ultimate Support Systems website. Special thanks to Ultimate Support for this most excellent press!

Bright Lights, Dark Room. The Depeche Mode Electro B-side tribute compilation containing the Brainclaw version of “Work Hard” is now available for pre-order!! This great digipack double disc set will be released on July 23rd, but you can order now to ensure you get your copy before the official release date!

Here is a short sample of the Brainclaw cover of “Work Hard” which originally appeared on the 1984 Depeche Mode album “People Are People.” Many thanks again to Brandon of BLC Productions and Reza and Alexys of Cryonica for this fabulous opportunity!

The newly completed Brainclaw cover of the Depeche Mode song “Work Hard” was selected to appear on an upcoming Depeche Mode ‘B-Sides” Tribute CD being crafted by British electro label Cryonica Music.

Cryonica’s website reports “We are currently in the stages of putting together a very special tribute compilation to Depeche Mode, ‘Bright Lights, Dark Room.’ It is a double CD electro tribute compilation dedicated to, what some might say are the better songs of Depeche Mode, the B-sides and rarities. The tracklisting will be announced in June, but to name just a few artists included: Blue October, Swarf, Armageddon Dildos, Inertia, Killing Ophelia, Technoir, Thee Hyphen, The Nine, Razed in Black, Fiction 8 and many more! This great compilation will be released in July 2006.”

Brainclaw was notified today by their label, BLC Productions, that their cover had indeed made the final cut, out of over 70 submissions, and would be appearing on the first disc, Song Number 8. Very cool news indeed! Brainclaw wants to thank Reza and Alexys of Cryonica and Brandon of BLC for helping to make it happen.

The Brainclaw Radio Show was a total blast! We eventually found our way down to Sewell, New Jersey on Sunday night with little difficulty. The radio station was in an unassuming-looking business complex. We arrived to find Kim and Brad already in the studio, with our host Lance Feltman.

They got us all set up in front of microphones (which turned out to be non-functional for half of the show) and we started the show. Lance was an excellent host, and most of the two hours was made up of an excellent interview. We played some rare and unreleased Brainclaw songs, as well as some of the highlights from Insekt/Angel and the newly released Dead Monsters.

We took calls the whole time, and James Sewell, (no relation to Sewell, NJ) our live drummer, called in and answered some interview questions over the phone. We got the technical details ironed out about halfway through the show.

We’re going to bring the radio show recording into Studio Auroviral and clean it up in the mighty Mac G5. Our goal will be to present it on the Music page of this website as downloadable audio files as soon as possible. Special thanks to Kim, Brad, Lance, James and the folks at WLRO for making this fun media event a reality!

More fascinating new ways to blow your hard-earned cash have now come to light! TONS of wacky new Brainclaw merch is now available at the new Brainclaw Emporium.

There aren’t just shirts, mind you. You can finally have that long-sought-after Brainclaw Lightswitch Cover! Or those sexy Brainclaw Underpanties! The selection is really big. Several different logo designs and images are available on lots of different products.

Want that Brainclaw Beer Stein you’ve hankered after forever? It’s yours. Prices are very reasonable, with secure on-line purchasing. Everyone needs BRAINCLAW POSTAGE STAMPS! Yep, we’ve got our own line of postage stamps. Just what you need to make your bills look Brainclaweriffic!

There is so much cool stuff over there you just have to go and look for yourself. All profits from the sales of these products after manufacturing go directly to Brainclaw to help keep the new music coming! Don’t miss out on your favorite designs, as we will be updating the offerings constantly, with new images and new products.

Brainclaw mugs? Got ‘em. Brainclaw boxer shorts? Yep. Brainclaw Teddy Bears? Absolutely! Brainclaw Wall Clocks? Damn straight! Customized BC Logo grips for your Glock 29 10mm handgun? Um… no… not yet!

Brainclaw is set to broadcast a 2 hour radio show, simulcast to the internet on WLRO, this Sunday, June 11. The show will see Brainclaw’s David and Tara in the studio interviewed by Divers Lust’s charismatic frontman Lance Feltman. The show will contain full preview plays of BOTH Brainclaw CDs, Insekt/Angel and Dead Monsters, along with many rare tracks, unreleased versions, remixes and the like.

David and Tara will be interviewed live on the air by Lance, and will provide commentary and info about the songs, the writing and recording process and probably some wacky anecdotes as well! This is a fun media event not to be missed.

Make sure you are listening this Sunday night, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern USA time. You can access this radio show on the web at this link. Once you’re there, Click on either of the Listen Links on the left to stream the radio show to your computer.

You will be able to call in and talk to (i.e. harrass) Brainclaw, and ask them questions! The numbers to call in the USA during the broadcast are:
856.227.1360 - 856.232.7077 - 856.232.7078

There may even be some more unexpected guest appearances! Brainclaw live drummer James Sewell may be putting in an appearance, and live synthesist Miss Kimberly will definitely be there! No topic is out of bounds, no rare track will be left unheard! Brainclaw at it’s rawest and most authentic!

We hope you’ll tune in and join us for this most unusual and unique chat with Brainclaw.