News

We got 2 things for you to get AGAIN. The first is the Bootleg of the Who Knows? DVD, except this time we’ve re-ripped all the tracks in a higher quality AND all the Japan Bonus Footage AUDIO is included. Basically what that means is an entire concert from Taiwan of 10 tracks is at the end. This makes for a grand total of 31 tracks! THANKS TO JOE FREDERICK FOR THIS!!!

Also, the Kiba [Single] includes the less-heard English version entitled Fang. Also included are the lyrics for the English version.

2010-4-12-Live From The PureVolume House

This is the best recorded set that I’ve heard in a long time. Apparently it was recorded by a company called Bay Area Tone, good job guys! Enjoy!

-On a side note the Japan Who Knows? bonus features live audio set will be coming soon.

Subscribe to this channel on youtube. The creator has contributed more than you can imagine to our AWK fandom / community, so return the favor. He’s entered it into a youtube competition. Enjoy!

Watch:

At :30

He breaks through a wall (symbolism)

32:

New York World Fair World of Tomorrow 1939

:44
Car has license plate of 55

:51
Taxi phone number is 555-5555

:52

Multiple 33 written on walls

1:30
Do What You Were Born To Do written and you can also hear him say it.

1:36
Wild Steevs Electronics

1:39
All the way to the left is a guy named Dave Way Grow which might be saying Party or Pigy ???? any ideas???

At 1:42
Steven M. & Pete Bulb = Everything Is True

Steven M. = Is a skull

Twiggy = 55

Dave Way Grow = Yes!

2:12
Subway 33 & 55 Times Square

2:22
Cash 4 Bananas

2:29
55, 1939, 33, 39, 55, 1939, 33, 39,.etc. Billion Served,  Burger King

3:31
Creative Direction: Mario Dane
Senior Producer: Steev Mike

3:38
The Louise Harland Corporation/Steev Mike

Gundam Rock Originals contains 16 tracks of the original versions off Gundam Rock, not the covers by AWK. However, 3 tracks have issues, I couldn’t find a good version of the TV Series Opening Narration. The tracks Eye Catch & Peace for a Moment SEEM to be improvised-filler tracks. If you know any different and believe them to be actual songs from a soundtrack, please let me know (I couldnt find them though).

This bootleg has been in the works for awhile, and now I’ve finally got it to where I want it to be, at least close enough. It also has some more custom artwork and alternative album covers that are kind of cool. These should be the same tracks Andrew based his covers off of. So enjoy comparing them!

Download the album

Also see the similar bootleg album The Japan Covers Originals on this website.

Check out three albums of Andrew’s solo band AAB that he had way back when.

Bright Dole Cassette

Bright Dole Reissue

Terrestrial Optical Resonance Resistors

V.A. Westside Audio Laboratories September 19, 1997

In February (I know, a long time ago) Andrew did an event at Santos Party House called “Ask Andrew W.K. Anything”. AndrewWKMusic.com was invited to come and film the event. Here is that video in all of its 500mb of glory! Thanks to Jeb for filming it.

Download the file. Please seed it as long as you can! I’ll eventually host it myself somewhere but this will be the easiest way to get it out there since its so big.

Get 18 AWK ringtones right now! I was in the process of making these for myself and decided to share them everyone whos interested. I think some work better than others as a ringtone or whatever use you might have on your phone. ENJOY!

P.S. The Who Knows? Japanese Limited Edition DVD torrent coming soon thanks to joefrederick. And the full HQ video of the ask andrew anything event. Stay tuned!

NOTE: This Round #2 was initially supposed to be much more comprehensive than the state it’s in right now. Due to an insane amount of activity and involvement Andrew participates in daily the amount of posts I’m able to sort through and archive is extremely time consuming! My secret is the use of the application Google Reader along with Google Alerts. Basically whenever certain terms like Andrew W.K. is posted somewhere online Google notifies me. These articles can build up into the thousands! Although this article consists of only 1/3 of the news that’s happened since December I figured if I didn’t post it now I would just keep getting further and further behind, so here it is.

HELP ME! The official AWK website does not post every bit of news. Although this task would be impossible to accomplish to its fullest, a worthy attempt is the technique I described above. However, time constraints wont allow me to do it all by myself! So, using Google Readers bundle I can share these awk news feeds with you! Help me with Around The World With AWK #3 and dig up the most recent AWK news with Google Readers bundle feature by sending me an email to awkmusic@gmail.com. You’ll be the first to get any news about AWK!

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Back by popular demand this featured article is ready for round two. We had almost a 1,000 visitors the first time around! Let break 1,000 this time so spread the word! We hope you haven’t missed the following AWK news, if so were here for ya. Next time you can stay up with us by using our Email and RSS Feed subscriptions.

Releases

This release came out of nowhere, I’m A Vagabond 7″ is meant for collectors!!! 500 copies only!!! SOLD OUT

Tracklisting:
1. I’m A Vagabond
2. Doing Andrew W.K.
3. Let’s Go On A Date

• The Guardian provided a very interesting article about an unreleased song entitled My Destiny. It was supposedly recorded and written when Andrew was 17.
• Download My Destiny.
• Volcom Vinyl Club started selling Andrews We Got A Groove 7 for CHEAP!

Reviews

• Featured article from PureGrainAudio about the release of Close Calls With Brick Walls/Mother of Mankind.
• Pitchforks pitiful review of Close Calls.
• Anticipating the Close Calls release.
• Andrew autographs Close Calls from exclusive orders from NewBuryComics.
• An analysis of Mother of Mankind from Hit The Floor.
• Review of CCWBW/MOM from assaultblog.
• More reviews from: Craw daddy review Amazon users black africa examiner 411mania demonpigeon

Media

News

• Andrew will be on this seasons Dinner with the band on IFC
• Andrew will be a guest in a new TV show titled Rachel Trachtenburg’s Homemade World
• This girl is shooting a video for Andrew W.K..
• Here is a strange blog about awk

Interviews

AUDIO

Comic Book Club: Live! did a short interview with Andrew.

TEXT

Since our last time around the world Andrew has revealed quite a bit about his history and himself!!! Very very informative!

FOUR MUST READ INTERVIEWS

1. Rock Sound TV,
2. ANDREW W.K.’S STATEMENT 1/3/10
3. Metal Sucks
4. mxdwn

• Donald Tardy (Andrews old drummer) speaks out against conspiracy theories.
• Andrew W.K. responds personally to conspiracy theories at the official site.
• NiteTalk interviews Andrew> HERE
• The Aquarian interviewed Andrew.
• VBS.TV interviewed Andrew.

Featured Articles

Press

Events

• An article from Wall Street Journal promoting the Ask Andrew W.K. Anything Event.
• Broadwayworld speaks to Andrew about touring with his full band.
• A follow up article from NBC on the Ask Andrew event.
• Announcement of Andrews SSXW shows.
• Andrew will host Fang Islands album release party at Santos Party House February 13.
• Andrew will be a judge for a book thingy.
• Free AWK Show
  
• Andrew W.K. will be performing at Big Ears Festival
• Andrew played with Marty Friedman

Misc

• Andrews Party Hard appears on 2010 Pro Evolution Soccer
• Akira The Don mentions our We Want Fun Demo Release, woo hoo thanks!
• Buy PTYP
• Andrew collaborates with Har Mar

I know what you’re thinking, this video isn’t any better quality than a YouTube video! You’re right! The video above is a preview from the source. The download is 200mb of high quality video of some heavy duty piano playing. Thanks to joefrederick y’all can now enjoy!

Download Never Let Down Music Video (.mov)

Also if you enjoy watching it, listen to it anytime you want! Get the mp3 extracted from the video. Which is the highest quality version to date (the music video version has the classical piano outro at the end).

Download Never Let Down (Music Video Version) MP3