White Cowbell Oklahoma, everybody's favourite chainsaw-toting, T-shirt soaking, rock 'n' roll explosion, returns to Winnipeg next week. Uptown caught up with guitarist Clem to talk about the band's upcoming new album, its favourite Winnipeg venue and its shady dealings with a well-known Canadian music publication.

Uptown: So, what's up in Cowbell land?

Clem: We've been consulting the druids and they say the time is nigh for a new White Cowbell album in late 2008. We've been putting the finishing touches on our masterpiece third full-length album, tentatively entitled Bombardero. We just thought it would be a good idea to come to Winnipeg and try it out. You are our laboratory, our rock 'n' roll guinea pigs. We are going to inject you with all kinds of rock 'n' roll chemicals. Rock 'n' roll chemicals from the gods will be raining down on Winnipeg.

And the lab, as usual, is the Albert.

The Albert is always a laboratory. We love the Albert. That's why we're coming there of all places in this world and beyond, to try out Bombardero on the populace. The Albert is just the right mix of coolness and filth, although I've heard it has gone under some reconstructive surgery. That's all right, as long as there's still the stench of Susan Sarandon's jewelry, we will come around. That's the only thing that's bringing us there, actually - the smell of Susan Sarandon and bloodshed.

Unfortunately we won't be coming to Winnipeg another time because we're going to annihilate it now. Get it out of the way, just annihilate like an H-Bomb of rock 'n' roll. There will be a giant crater in the middle of the Prairies and you'll have Lake Winnipeg Two.

So, what to expect of the new album?

Our new album Bombardero is a little difficult. We're going on a bit of a progressive bent here. Things you would not expect. There is mellotrons, psychedelic insanity incarnate. It's the pinnacle of rock 'n' roll as we know it. It's the pinnacle of the White Cowbell Oklahoma catalogue. It's going to be the first and last word in progressive rock 'n' roll.

Hey, I heard you received another perfect score from Chart Attack (www.chartattack.com) at Canadian Music Week.

It's hilarious what happens when you hold a loaded gun up to somebody. We did, but then they served us with a letter saying they would not judge us anymore.

Yeah, what's that all about?

Because of all the bribery and sexual enslavement that's gone on between us and the Chart office. So we've been called out. Oh deary me! Look out Exclaim!, you're next.