Some new releases and bands Beatrwtz suggest you check out.
The Streets - Everything is Borrowed (VIDEO)
The Streets fourth album is complete and set for release on September 15th. 'Everything is Borrowed' (the album) is a reminder of why we all fell in love with The Streets in the first place. It's a charming, thoughtful and incisive album melding the very best components of the first three albums while managing to, as ever, sound refreshingly new.
After dropping a taster of the album ('The Escapist') last month, The Streets have delivered the goods on the first single proper with the title track from the album (out on the 29th of September).
The video for 'Everything is Borrowed' is below:
Quicktime:
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/qtime/wmiuk/the_streets/somethingborrowed_hi.mov
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/qtime/wmiuk/the_streets/somethingborrowed_lo.mov
WMV:
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmiuk/the_streets/somethingborrowed_hi.wvx
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmiuk/the_streets/somethingborrowed_lo.wvx
The Streets will be touring next month:
October
04 - Barrowlands, Glasgow
05 - Academy, Manchester
06 - Plug, Sheffield
09 - Academy, Birmingham
10 - Academy, Newcastle
11 - Academy, Oxford
13 - Guildhall, Southampton
14 - 53 Degrees, Preston
16 - UEA, Norwich
17 - Academy, Bristol
18 - Rock City, Nottingham
19 - Academy, Leeds
A new name has recently started appearing in club charts around the country, Giant Jr, with their track I Want To Be Evil. Aided and abetted by mixes from Spencer & Hill, known for Sugar Babes About You Now, and The Young Punx dirty electro house mix, the track is accompanied by an innovative video starring Barbie.
Music channel The Box have already requested Giant Jr to clean up their promo video which has Barbie in a starring role in order to show it during daytime. The original version will be broadcast after the watershed without any alterations.
A raunchy Barbie can be seen as she has never been seen before, enjoying a post coital cigarette with a stiff drink amongst other adult behaviour.
The track I Want To Be Evil is currently enjoying immense club exposure with remixes from The Young Punx and Spencer & Hill.
Norman Cook AKA Fatboy Slim was one of the first DJ’s to discover the track, saying “The Young Punx mix of Evil is Evil”, so far it has been a regular in his summer sets.
Giant Jr v Eartha Kitt, I Want To Be Evil, is a club classic, sampling the immortal line from the great Eartha Kitt, I want to be evil, I want to be bad, accompanied by a track that is irresistible to clubbers nationwide.
Giant Jr is a mysterious boy/girl duo from London, and with an outrageous home-made Barbie video accompanying ‘Evil’, plus a collection of other stunning tunes, a sound all their own and a world that needs them, the future for Giant Jr looks awesome.
Released on their own Try And Make Me records, through Universal, ‘I Want To Be Evil’ is sure to be the first of many hits from Giant Jr. Expect to hear this everywhere.
Laurel Collective
London’s premier pop chameleons, the Laurel Collective return with new single International Love Affair released via Domino Records sub label Double Six Records on Sept 22nd.
The band headline a showcase gig at this years In The City festival and also hold the following single launch -
25th Sept : Bardens Boudoir
Stoke Newington Road, London, N16 7XJ
Support from Esser / 8pm / £5 / Tickets available from wegotickets.com
The six piece - comprising members hailing from Wales, England, Nigeria and Italy – release one of the highlights from their debut mini-album Feel Good Hits of a Nuclear Winter.
International Love Affair is backed by a FREE download of the band’s cover of their good friend Micachu’s track, Golden Phone. The Laurels take on Golden Phone sees them impose their own unique sound with front men Martin Sakutu and Bob Tollast exchanging harmonies around fizzing guitars and keyboards, before Martin breaks the whole thing down into a frenzied dancehall ‘n’ bass climax.
To get the free Golden Phone download, fans need to go to the Laurel’s myspace and click on the huge Golden Phone link www.myspace.com/thelaurelcollective . The band have been gathering a legion of fans throughout the summer off the back of winning festival sets at Glastonbury, Great Escape and Dot to Dot. Laurel Collective will be hosting a special single launch at Barden’s Boudoir on Thursday 25th September. A full UK regional tour for November will be announced shortly.
'Enter stage left The Laurel Collective - an exotic and weird rock group. Hailing from Wales, England, Nigeria and Italy, their new LP is like acid toothpaste on the sizzling teeth of self importance.'
Artrocker
The debut mini-album Feel Good Hits of a Nuclear Winter is available now on Domino Records sub label Double Six Records
Though kaleidoscopic throughout, the record never becomes distracted or sounds disjointed: through the common characteristics of Martin and Bob’s duel vocals, the pounding bass rhythms and the band’s ability to write huge, melodic choruses, The Laurel Collective successfully amalgamate the sum of their parts and different origins.
For live dates please see www.myspace.com/thelaurelcollective
Smudge
Smudge are blazing a trail through the underground rock scene with their anthemic punk/indie/dance/altrock sound.
They release their long awaited debut EP on The Animal Farm, the label run by the producers of One Night Only, Ejectorseat and Rosalita.
Smudge, five school friends from Wigan, picked up guitars after meeting Blink 182 backstage at the MEN in Manchester. They formed a school band playing “terrible Blink covers, what else?” jokes guitarist Gary. After a while it got serious....
“We're a group of friends who all fell in love with an art that we wanted to reach out to people with. We are all into different genres of music, be it old rock, dirty punk, electro, indie, dance, rap or what ever. And we bring all this together to make our own pop rock sound that's fun, catchy and will knock your head off.”
Smudge have toured the length and breadth of the UK at countless gigs on their own or supporting bands like The Used, The Gallows and Aiden. It's starting to pay off: they bagged a support slot at last year's Taste Of Chaos. At their last homecoming gig in Wigan 500 people gathered to celebrate the band's signing to The Animal Farm.
"'StayFeelRegret' by Smudge is high octane, punchy.....delivered with massive confidence and impressive unity - five become one....they look set to create big waves with their kick-ass pop-rockin' wares"
Toxic Pete
“Big-sounding hooks and choruses... the talent and the ability to race up the ladder in no time... Smudge sound like the finished article.”
Punktastic
The StayFeelRegret – Tour will hit all the major cities over this summer and the band will carry special hand numbered copies of the EP at the gigs.
16th Aug – Bulls Head, Stockport / 19th Aug – The Royal, Morecambe / 20th Aug – The Library, Leeds / 21st Aug – Music Box, Manchester / 22nd Aug – The Phoenix, Plymouth / 28th Aug – Barfly, Liverpool / 10th Sept – MrC’s, Poole / 12th Sept – The Sweatbox, Wantage / 13th Sept, The Leopard, Doncaster / 14th Sept, Northern Monkey, Leeds / 15th Sept – Connection, Newcastle / 16th Sept – PJ Malloys, Dunfermline / 17th Sept – The Whistle Binkies, Edinburgh / 18th Sept – Bar Bloc, Glasgow / 19th Sept – The Canteen, Cumbria / 20th Sept – Riggers, Newcastle under Lyme / 22nd Sept – The Shed, Leicester
“In five years' time I see us on stage on the other side of the world with huge grins on our faces,” says vocalist Jack.
He may be right about that.
For up to date tour info, videos, song previews and blogs please visit
ThisCity-UK Tour
Following adventures on the recent Rival Schools tour, Brighton artcore five-piece ThisCity ready themselves for the release of single ‘We Move’ and Headline Tour of the UK
September 22nd sees Brighton’s fast rising five piece ThisCity release their latest ltd edition single through ultra-cool Oxford based singles label Alcopop Records.
The track, entitled ‘We Move’ has recently become ThisCity’s crowd pleasing show opener with it’s thundering chant driven chorus and indie-disco taunting bass and guitar lines forcibly drawing people to the dancefloor like a magnetic field.
ThisCity have also added a new drummer (they are now sadly 5 drummers down in their short band life – they’re not dead or anything…..it’s a long story) to the line up since their tri-show extravaganza at Camden Crawl 08 and headline show at The Great Escape. Having broken in their new drummer on the recent Rival Schools tour, ThisCity went on to play storming sets at both Latitude (on Huw Stephens’ Radio 1 Introducing stage) and their first ever festival headline slot at Redfest in Surrey to 1000’s of kids looking for the next big thing to idolize. The band are also main support at London’s Astoria Theatre to US rockers Taking Back Sundays on August 21st.
The boys have recently filmed the video for ‘We Move’ at an ex-friend’s house party at a flat in Brighton. Turning up with a Super-8 camera, random members of other bands and getting stuck in landed the band with a clean up bill that cost twice as much as the video’s actual budget……..bizarrely ’cornflakes and a lot of liquids’ were the main culprits for the floor cleaning company apparently – you can see the shower and cornflakes shenanigans on the video at www.myspace.com/thiscitymusic
September Tour Dates are as follows:
02.09 - Southsea, Fat Fox
04.09 - Norwich, Arts Centre
05.09 - Lincoln, Bivouac
06.09 - Nottingham,RockCity
07.09 - Birmingham, Academy III
09.09 - Liverpool, Academy III
10.09 - Newcastle, Academy III
12.09 - Dundee, Dexters
13.09 - Glasgow, Barfly
14.09 - York, City Screen
16.09 - Stoke, Sugarmill
17.09 - Bristol, Fleece
18.09 - Cardiff, Barfly
19.09 - Winchester, TheTower
23.09 - London, Barfly
ThisCity release ‘We Move’ through Alcopop on September 22nd 2008
This Town Needs Guns on tour
“Forget Radiohead; Oxford is soon to be remembered as the city where this precocious young act began its rise to success” – Drowned In Sound
With the release of their highly anticipated debut album edging ever nearer, up and coming Oxford indie types This Town Needs Guns are hitting the road through September and October, bringing their set of animal entitled songs with them.
The album, cleverly entitled 'Animals', is made up of 13 new tracks including forthcoming singles 'Panda' (released 6th October) and 'Pig', taken from the split single with Pennines (22nd September). Taking inspiration from the ever-influential Chicago indie/math scene (see Don Caballero, Owls, Joan of Arc, Maps and Atlases et al) the band have spent the past couple of years perfecting the balance between technical and catchy music, bringing a new meaning to the phrase "accomplished musicians."
Previous tours alongside the likes of I Was A Cub Scout, the much-missed Meet Me In St Louis and Rolo Tomassi as well as releases in Australia and Japan tucked safely under their belts, This Town Needs Guns will be touring Europe in December before making their first trip over to the US in early 2009.
'Animals' is released via Big Scary Monsters Records on CD on 13th October and digitally on 6th Oct. TTNG play the following live dates:
02.09 - London, Barfly (w/ Mimas and Pennines)
16.09 - London, Madame Jojo's (w/ Jonquil)
17.09 - Birmingham, Flux @ The Yardbird (w/ Jonquil)
18.00 - Leeds, The Library (w/ Jonquil)
19.09 - York, The Basement (w/ Jonquil)
20.09 - Edinburgh, Henry's Cellar Bar (w/ Jonquil)
21.09 - Glasgow, The 13th Note (w/ Jonquil)
22.09 - Middlesbrough, Dr Browns (w/ Jonquil)
23.09 - Lincoln, The Turks Head (w/ Jonquil)
24.09 - Manchester, Sacred Trinity Church (w/ Jonquil)
25.09 - Leicester, The Firebug (w/ Jonquil)
26.09 - Sheffield, The Shakespeare (w/ Jonquil)
27.09 - This Ain’t No Picnic Festival @ London, King's College
29.09 - Portsmouth, The Railway Rifle Club Inn
30.09 - Ashford, Downtown Diner
01.10 - Norwich, B2
02.10 - Ipswich, The Swan
05.10 - Nottingham, The Social (w/ Tubelord and more)
10.10 - Kingston, The Fighting Cocks
11.10 - Oxford, Carling Academy (w/ Jonquil)
15.10 - Southampton, Lennons
29.10 - Bristol, Broadmead
30.10 - London, The Good Ship
www.myspace.com/thistownneedsguns
Papa La Bas
Papa La Bas are playing the following live date in Nottingham.
Monday 8th September - The Social, Bodega
Nottingham
Time: 9pm
Cost: £3
Papa La Bas lives in the Nottingham caves under the castle raising spirits on ju ju hairy string and baby chicken grease. The entrance of the cave is guarded by invisible bling dogs (one yellow, one black), and the worlds strongest five year old, who is actually also under a spell, so she just kind of hovers there foaming a bit and speaking in tongues......
Anyone who tries to pass her without Papa's approval suddenly wakes up in a bed of mouldy kippers with their legs coming out of their ears......Papa La Bas is two gumbo-stinkin bitches, who make spells out of digital transducers and gravy, resulting in a temporal music which can exist in at least eighteen dimensions at any one time.....The two headed Dr Beast, as Papa is also known, slinks from pillar to post at night in a dance of pure feral libidinousness, contaminated only by streetlights and the shadows of passing cars. You will occasionally see him/her frolicking on Colwick hill, a silhouette, whirling around hard enough to lose his/her/its hat.
Papa La Bas have emerged from their darkened cave to bring us a taste of upcoming album “Anechoic” with the release of double “A” sided single “I’ll Come Round/Middle Lane”. Available to download from July 21st 2008 the single showcases the voice of Dr.Siobhan Lynch & the music and production prowess of dWyZaK tHe ElEvAtOr (Tusken Coalition)
Siobhan has had a busy and prolific career as a writer and musician. Currently completing a PhD in philosophy (of music and technology), she has produced music in many projects and collaborations from an extremely young age (Recoil: Mute; Travelite: Interscope). She also writes poetry and fiction, and is a keen keeper of diaries. She has eleven dream diaries. Siobhan works solo and with other artists, but her work for Papa la bas with Dwyz is unique, in that he provides the entire template of sound for her to write her strange, delimited and deconstructed songs to. The two came together to produce in 2006, and have nearly completed their first album, a sublime realm of electronic sound, beats, minimalism and cultural reference.
Dwyz works with many acts, producing, deejaying, and if they are really lucky, spitting lyrics too. In-house producer at Dealmaker Records at the time, dwyz and Siobhan were introduced by the label owner, Ste, to collaborate on a track for his forthcoming compilation LP ‘Departure Lounge’. The seeds were sown, as was a uniquely interesting sound. A duo in the studio, Papa La Bas is supported by a 7piece live act that delivers the maturity of the studio sound to transfixed audiences. Dwyz has further ties with BasilicaMusic through the forthcoming Tusken Coalition EP that he is also producing. Dwyz only has 4 toes!
www.myspace.com/papalabasuk or www.basilicamusic.com
MIMAS - The Worries
DANISH POST-ROCK WONDERS RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM AND TOUR UK
Snævar Albertsson – Vocals, Guitar, Trumpet
Daniel Beck - Guitar
Lasse Christensen - Drums
Gert Jørgensen – Bass, Vocals
What do you really know about Denmark? It's a small country in northern Europe and the capital city is Copenhagen, right? They won the European football championships in 1992 with Peter Schmeichel and Brian Laudrup running riot, remember? And in the 8th - 11th centuries their Vikings conquered parts of the British Isles. But bygones being bygones, did you know that surveys compiled earlier this year ranked Denmark as "the happiest place in the world," based on standards of health, welfare, and education, and the 2nd most peaceful country in the world, according to the Global Peace Index? Perhaps that explains the smiles on the faces of Mimas, the latest post-rock wonder to rise from the musically prolific Scandinavia.
An
often downbeat and reflective genre, Mimas don't bother themselves with
such concerns. Track titles such as 'Cats On Fire', 'Beneath The Glad
Sunbeam' and 'Dr Phil's Retirement' along with lyrics about fast food
restaurants and sweat tell you that this is a band who are far from
their often miserable counterparts. Sounding a little like a cross
between fellow Danes Efterklang and Mew, and drawing influences from a
wide range of indie, hip-hop and hardcore bands from right across the
world, ‘The Worries' is everything the title isn't; it's a beautiful,
relaxed record full of interesting ideas and an easy, almost carefree
attitude towards their inspirations and surroundings.
Having already toured the UK three times, with a fourth trip planned to
proceed the album release, the Danish quartet are no strangers to many
music fans. Glowing write-ups from a number of influential online
magazines including Drowned In Sound, Subba-Cultcha and The Silent
Ballet, along with Radio One airplay from Huw Stephens, helped introduce
Mimas as the latest in a long line of visiting European bands worth
keeping an eye on. Take some time out, dust off the deck chair and spend
a sunny afternoon in the company of ‘The Worries’, forgetting about
yours.
’The Worries’, recorded with the help of Morten Bue (Arab Strab, The
Kissaway Trail, Mew) will be released in the UK and Denmark via Big
Scary Monsters Records on 6th October and the band play the following UK
dates:
02.09 – London, The Barfly (w/ This Town Needs Guns, Pennines, Colour)
03.09 – Bath, Moles
04.09 – Oxford, The Cellar
05.09 – Bolton, Dog And Partridge
06.09 – Manchester, Dry Bar
07.09 – Birmingham, TBA
09.09 – Brighton, The Hope
10.09 – Guildford, The Boileroom
11.09 – Ipswich, The Swan
12.09 – Norwich, Arts Centre (w/ Pennines)
Lowline
Lowline announce details of next single and free track download
Manchester foursome and Verve favourites Lowline, have announced details of their next single 'Sound of Music' which will be released via 1234 Records on 8th September. Like debut single 'Monitors' which reached No.6 in the indie chart, the track is produced by the legendary Owen Morris (Oasis, Verve, New Order) and will be available for download and on limited edition vinyl.
In the run up to this, the band are releasing another song for free. 'Army of Youth' will be available to download for a few days from Friday 11th via their Myspace. New tunes, including 'Never' which features Nick McCabe (Verve) can also be heard via their player.
The band will play Secret Garden F es tival, Kendal Calling, Razzmatazz Barcelona, wit h more dates to be announced for Autumn.
26 July Secret Garden Festival
1 Aug Kendall Calling Festival
15 Aug Clumberfest, Nottingham
22 Aug Razzmatazz, Barcelona
Bebo
Bebo has become the first of the social networking sites to make a stand for UK independents. On Independents Day, the first band video addressing Bebo fans directly was featured on the site. Securing the first personalised video feature, The Exits recorded their special message for Bebo friends, and supported their debut single ‘Neon City’ (Criminal Records). As part of Bebo’s current campaign for new independent music, this new involvement from key independent labels is likely to become important leverage for increasing Bebo’s young music demographic. The first feature of its kind, this is a further demonstration of Bebo’s willingness to score over MySpace.
Speaking of the step forward, Criminal Records said, “This is an excellent step to support independent labels such as Criminal Records who often struggle for front page exposure on such key portals. The Exits are very keen on the idea too and had a lot of fun putting the feature together.”
51 BREAKS
BLUEPRINTS
Released: August 11th
Available via iTunes and
www.indiestore.7digital.com/51breaks
Text ‘Indie 51Breaks 1’ to pre-order.
Wild sounds civilized into time and tune, expressing that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
This is a place where the passions enjoy themselves.
All the time remembering that there are only so many notes, what makes something original is how you put it together.
You too can be broken, just like we four.
51 Breaks are an indie/alt four piece band who all hail from inner city Birmingham. The band have already been support to top bands including as Little Man Tate, Cooper Temple Clause, The Infadels and Envy to name but a few and their new single is already in the top 20 Indiestore chart with pre-orders alone.
This their debut single, ‘Blueprints’, has a big, bold sound from impressively delivered vocals, wailing guitars, big bass and plenty of keys action thus giving it a chunky and vibrant edge.
Having already received interest from BBC6 Music Tom Robinson, this single sees the band record and release the single on The Animal Farm, the label run by the producers of indie darlings One Night Only, Ejectorseat and Rosalita.
“Sounds like a band you’ve known for years but can’t put your finger on it!”
Tom Robinson BBC6 Music
“Get out and see them!”
NME
"One of the best new bands to come out of 2008"
The Music Magazine
“It absolutely rocks…..turn this baby up, max it out and just feel that monster groove….impressive and very catchy!”
Toxic Pete
You can catch the band at the following live venues, where live review places are available upon request:
12th July – Dudstock Festival, Ludlow / 25th July – Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham / 2nd August – Club Blub @ The Half Moon, Hertfordshire / 7th August – Retrobeat, Wellingborough / 29th August – Kasbah, Coventry
Laura Warwick
No More - Released 14th July
Laura Warwick is a singer/songwriter with a difference. Sick of
recording demos in the hope of getting picked up by a label, she came up
with a new idea to give her fans the chance to take their support to the
next level.
'I wanted to record and release an album, so I started looking at how
other people in my position were doing it. Many were openly asking for
'donations', in return for a mention in the credits. It got me thinking
- Labels invest in artists to sell the music to fans. Unsigned artists
are asking for donations directly from the fans. Why not take it to the
next level and have fans invest in the artist and have them be the
label?'
Laura is recording and releasing her debut album, and selling shares in
the project - like a public record label. Investors take a share in the
profits and have exclusive input into the entire project. An ambitious
(and some might say impossible) idea, but she says it's no more
difficult than trying to break into the music industry in a more
conventional way.
With a voice to rival any of the classic divas and effortless, soulful
songwriting woven into each wonderfully different song, she’s fast
becoming an underground legend before she's even started out.
Her debut single 'No More' is catchy and punchy, with just the right mix of soulful vulnerability and aggression.
`…Bold and brassy, jazz funk fusion.’
Fatea
‘Warwick is quite obviously blessed with massive talent and a very distinctive and pretty damn sexy voice…Cool stuff this – classy and pretty unique!’
Toxic Pete
''No More’' came about after another way I'd tried of breaking into the industry failed. 'Another day, another dead end!' I used to say to myself. The song is just about me venting frustration, but at the same time making clear that I'll never give up. I'm not one to sit and stare at a blank piece of paper and the song will just come, but this time it did. I was faced with a clean white sheet and a pen, and I started writing. The first words that came were 'So infuriated', which pretty much summed up how I felt at that moment. The rest just came, and the melody too as I was writing. In half an hour, the song was complete!'
She's not your standard 'inspired by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston'
type though. Laura grew up with a huge variety of music around her and
her influences vary enormously.
'I think it's important to be exposed to as many different artists and
styles as possible, particularly as an artist myself - otherwise you end
up sounding like a tribute act. My music collection is about as wide
ranging as it gets, everyone from Billie Holiday to Bon Jovi to Annie
Lennox to Bob Marley to Imagination to the Carpenters! I like to mix it
up and shuffle between everyone when I listen though - I never like
music to be predictable or sound the same all the time.'
This may account for her striking and distinctive voice - she doesn't
try to sound like anyone else or compete with any other song.
You can see Laura live on the following dates: -
3rd July: LONDON UNPLUGGED @ The Ballroom at The Cavendish Arms, London
6
Sep: Radio Rejects, Cambridgeshire
www.myspace.com/laurawarwick
Kila
Irish band Kila are currently promoting their new album Gambler's Ballet. The band also play the following festival date in Swansea :
16th AUG -GWYL PONTARDAWE FESTIVAL
there isn’t another band in Ireland to compare to Kíla’ Songlines UK Dec’ 07****
‘impossibly rhythmic and melodic’ BBC Radio 2
Kíla’s new album Gamblers’ Ballet was paid another tribute from the music industry with its nomination for Ireland’s Choice Music Prize. The shortlist, nominated by a panel of 12 music journalists, lists the top ten albums released by Irish artists during the year. The prize will be announced at a live event in Dublin’s Vicar St, on 27th February 2008.
This latest accolade follows on from their nomination for this year’s Meteor Awards in the best folk/trad category; Kíla’s seventh year running to be nominated for the award. Following on from the bands stunning 2007 collaboration of Kíla & Oki, a mix of Irish and Ainu traditional music. Gamblers’ Ballet captures the magnificent power of Kíla’s live performance in a studio setting. High speed tunes Boy Racer and Electric Landlady with their maverick uilleann pipes, fiddle and bodhrán are set to the backdrop of funky bass and guitar. Fir Bolg with its distinctive eastern flavours sits alongside the acid-lounge feel of Her Royal Waggeldy Toes. And the songs Half Eight (radio single), and Dúisigí which feature Rónán’s compelling vocals have powerful percussion and melody interlaced.
Lizzyspit
With her debut single ‘Laura’s Diary’ just released, Lizzyspit has already received airplay from BBC Radio 2’s Steve Lamacq and had reviews of the highest critical acclaim, justifiably so. Her debut album is currently being recorded and will be released late this summer.
You can hear Lizzy, live from her recent single launch, at
A powerful woman in the industry alongside Sandi Thom, Cat Power and Emmy The Great."
"Stunning....her combination of heartfelt, soulful vocals and quirky melodies are both unique and instantly contagious."
"This girls got some soul.Add to this some charm, wit and a tug on your heartstrings and you've got yourself a winner!
Lizzy is a breath of fresh air to the ears"
"An amazingly understated debut!"
“There’s an acoustic guitar strummed throughout, but it’s little more than token accompaniment….it is her voice that’s the song’s driver, and the articulation of her angst and frustration is palpable.”
"Quaintly beautiful work...with her relaxed, thoughtful acoustic style…it's cool to hear someone givin' it
real like this".
"Laura’s Diary is a stunning sparse affair featuring Lizzy’s soulful tones...This is nigh on perfect, it’s a brilliant well written track delivered with oodles of passion and a whole heap of soul….her combination of heartfelt, soulful vocals and quirky melodies are both unique and instantly contagious."
More live dates - guest places available upon request:
July 5th - The Earls Court Festival, London
July 10th - The Purple Turtle, Camden
July 24th - Raiders Broadcast, Presenting of radio show 7 - 8pm
July 31st - Raiders Broadcast, Presenting of radio show 7 - 8pm
August 9th - The Swindon Shuffle, Swindon
August 10th - Hope and Anchor Festival, Islington
September 5th - The Comedy Club, Piccadilly, London
51 Breaks
BLUEPRINTS
Released: August 11th
Available via iTunes and
www.indiestore.7digital.com/51breaks
Text ‘Indie 51Breaks 1’ to pre-order.
You can catch the band at the following live venues, where live review places are available upon request:
27th June – Bar Academy, Birmingham / 2nd July – Juicebox @The Horn, St Albans / 12th July – Dudstock Festival, Ludlow / 25th July – Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham / 2nd August – Club Blub @ The Half Moon, Hertfordshire / 7th August – Retrobeat, Wellingborough / 29th August – Kasbah, Coventry
Wild sounds civilized into time and tune, expressing that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
This is a place where the passions enjoy themselves.
All the time remembering that there are only so many notes, what makes something original is how you put it together.
You too can be broken, just like we four.
51 Breaks are an indie/alt four piece band who all hail from inner city Birmingham. The band have already been support to top bands including as Little Man Tate, Cooper Temple Clause, The Infadels and Envy to name but a few and their new single is already in the top 20 Indiestore chart with pre-orders alone.
This their debut single, ‘Blueprints’, has a big, bold sound from impressively delivered vocals, wailing guitars, big bass and plenty of keys action thus giving it a chunky and vibrant edge.
Having already received interest from BBC6 Music Tom Robinson, this single sees the band record and release the single on The Animal Farm, the label run by the producers of indie darlings One Night Only, Ejectorseat and Rosalita.
“Sounds like a band you’ve known for years but can’t put your finger on it!”
Tom Robinson BBC6 Music
“Get out and see them!”
NME
“It absolutely rocks…..turn this baby up, max it out and just feel that monster groove….impressive and very catchy!”
Toxic Pete
Karim Fanous
Karim Fanous releases his new single ‘On Top of the World’ on 28th July
A rising singer-songwriter on the rock/pop scene with a soaring, powerful voice that has the delicacy but intensity to transport with his personal, warm lyrics and upbeat style.
‘Polished work with a wonderful vocal melody’
Floatation Suite
‘…enigmatic and elegant sneaking through the grooves…lovelorn Burt Bacharach Symphonies’
Losing Today Magazine
2007 was a breakthrough year for Karim Fanous. His debut album ‘Stir Crazy’ received widespread critical acclaim and his arrival on the UK music scene was confirmed when he scooped The Best Singer / Song-writer award at The Glasswerk New Music Awards in London. Citing influences from such varied greats as The Black Crowes and Oasis through to Joni Mitchell, it see’s Karim taking a diverse route to create unique pop music.
On Top of the World is a simple and pure love song written about first love when Karim was seventeen. Strumming the chords when returning home on the tube from a gig one day, he proceeded to burst into the full song and by the end of the journey had received 20 quid in tips!
Sophisticated lyrics and polished guitar work have earmarked Karim as a burgeoning musical talent. Born in Saudi Arabia, Karim has spent most of his adult years in the UK and this is reflected in his songwriting that sees him mix a wide range of influences with a very British psyche under pinning each track, sometimes with a dash of humour, sometimes self effacing, sometimes quirky, sometimes melancholy but always beautiful.
theLights
theLights return victorious from Trimis Festival, Bologna, Italy.
www.trimisfestival.it/home.aspx?pageascx=home
www.myspace.com/trimisfestival
"The Lights came top of the semi final grouping at The Trimis European Music Festival in Bologna on Friday and went on to success at the finals on Saturday night where we won “Best International Group” and also 2nd place in the overall final.
Further more Dan went on to win best guitarist of the whole weekend! (I know)
The prize for that being a gorgeous genuine fender strat which he couldn’t’ wait to get his mitts on!
2nd place won us a rather nifty PA system which we have had to leave in Italy coz we couldn’t fit it on the plane!"
The Score
Released July 28th
Available via iTunes and www.indiestore.7.digital.com/lightsmusic
theLights
thelights.co.uk
myspace.com/lightsmusic
The Lights are a lovely burst of energy, consisting of five bright eyed individuals with the heart and determination to be heard all over. Their sound is like nobody else, unique, eclectic and intimately epic with a touch of old enough to know better! With a highly promising array of unique sounds, ranging from soft and passionate to loud staggering moments, they've perfectly blended each other's influences and abilities to create one magnetic and appealing force.
“Stunningly assembled and beautifully recorded….The Score is a piece of rocket fuelled pop-rock the like of which you just don't hear every day - fanbloodytastic!!
Toxic Pete
‘As lyrically adept as Idlewild but as melodically breezy as a hard rock Teenage Fanclub, they are a challenge to pigeonhole. Imagine Elvis Costello writing lyrics for ELO, fronted by James Dean Bradfield’s younger siblings!’
NME
The Lights released their debut Single “Stop Stop Carry on” in Oct 2007 and completely sold out their modest production run in no time at all.
Coupled with fantastic on-line sales from around the world, the release was considered a great success.
This, their follow up single “The Score”, is a song which openly challenges the guitar band stereo type. The Lights are ready once again to shine into the dreary crepuscular corners of relentlessly verbatim British bands.
The live Lights experience is electric and frequently spine-tingling, rather than a bunch of college kids recycling one catchy hook, they actually sound like a real working class band with the fire, heart and poise that playing and writing together for years has afforded them.
The Following Announcement release their album In Secret Places on November 3rd,
through Universal Digital/ Crash Records.
You can hear their music, and see full gig details on their MySpace page.
www.myspace.com/thefollowingannouncement
The Following Announcement will be playing the following live dates: -
30th Aug – Carling Academy 2, Bristol
12 September – The Canteen, Barrow in Furness
18th October – Barfly, Cardiff
6th November – Carling Academy, Islington
18th November – The Fleece & Firkin, Bristol
20 November- The Castle, Swindon
22nd November – Queens Hotel, Weymouth
6th December – The Canteen – Barrow In Furness"This band is tight as a fishes ass and did not miss a beat of their surf punk sound they have created."
Bristol Rock
"Like an English Greenday, The Following Announcement play tuneful and accessible pop-punk that is
gaining them fans, not only here but over the whole U.K."
Bristol Evening Post
"Friday Nights could be all but that for The Following Announcement, who have certainly left a lasting
impression in this part of the world!"
ThisIsLancashire (Webzine)
"This is a band destined for the Big Time, Massive tunes with Attitude to match"
SwindonMusic.co.uk
Over the last year The Following Announcement has taken the music world by storm. After being main support for the number one artist “David Jordan” in their hometown of Bristol and supporting US punk legends “No Use For A Name”, the band went on to Tour the UK and USA sampling songs from their upcoming album “ In Secret Places”.
The band have taken the loveable sound we heard in their last Album “Art Of Conversation”, tweaked and then perfected it to create a newer and more polished sound. TFA kicked off 2008 headlining Bristol Carling Academy 2, which led the band onto their first Headline tour in over 30 venues, building up a fan base that can easily contend with any up and coming band. With release of their new album on Crash Records November 1st and their first music video planed for late August, The Following Announcement is a band you will be hearing from more and more, having sparked interest from promoters, labels and even Jägermeister!!
Nephu Huzzband
Nephu Huzzband's new single Should have Used an Abacus is released in October to coincide with the band appearing at In The City Festival. Followed by their debut album Live in London, which is released in November.
Their last single Nurse! Nurse!featured on Huw Stephens Radio 1 and Gideon Coe's BBC 6 show. Last week it was named Track of the Day by Q Magazine. The video was selected for MTV's Gonzo Loves Show. Should Have Used an Abacus has already been selected for a feature on Tom Robinson's BBC 6 Show this month.
‘These gawky depressed underdogs are painfully brilliant’
NME
Nephu Huzzband were named as one of the Levi's 'One's to Watch' bands in The Fly Magazine.
Nephu Huzzband combine a large range of influences to create a sound that is unique to themselves. Mixing together elements of Indie, Post-Hardcore, Screamo, Art-Rock, New wave, Old School Emo and Punk to create a fresh sound that many people struggle to classify. The Nottingham four piece make noisy sonic indie using two vocals/guitars, bass and drums.
‘Audibly Applaudable’
The Fly
The debut EP received national support on Liz Kerhsaw’s and Gideon Coe’s BBC 6 Radio shows and the band played a live Hub Session for George Lambs BBC 6 Show earlier this year. The Nephu Huzzband band wagon is filling fast with supporters also including Room Thirteen, who said “There's no other word for it.Progressive. Nephu Huzzband combine so many influences that they actually manage to sound unique.”
Gigging to increasingly receptive crowds, including recent performances with The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Die! Die! Die!, Notekillers and Fear of Flying, to name a few. They like bands like: …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Sonic Youth, At The Drive-in and Joy Division.
In the past they have been described as sounding like bands as diverse as Fugazi to Klaxons.
Papers gives a glimpse of how big Nephu Huzzband could be - Sandman Magazine
www.myspace.com/nephuhuzzband
Last Man Down
Debut single, "Killing Time" is totally guaranteed to keep people nailed to the wall with its escapist wailing, managing to separate the masses and then bring them back together, like a drink down the pub after a fight at a wedding. With its infectious beats courtesy of Ash Rowe, and tuning fork bending vocals from Mike Richardson, "Killing Time" tells the tale of hometown grey - a cocktail of contempt, passion, sorrow, and empathy. Lyrics hit the jugular of today's lost generation, "What's it like to run in circles? / What's it like to feel worthless?", until the saga closes with the "runaway" screams of Matt, echoing thoughts of a young protagonist, before the screams are silenced.
'Both tracks on this debut single would not be out of place in the Billboard chart'
Artrocker Magazine
'Massively catchy and rammed with energy'
Toxic Pete
'LMD offer a unique sound and with each song they move effortlessly into different genres'
In Their Words
'A little something extra that manages to arrest the ears and hold you captive'
BEATRWTZ
Contrasting their blatant power with simple yet earthquake style beats,
and their loud yet educated glass shattering northern mouths, Last Man
Down take you on a cross-country drive through personal triumph, broken
down towns and broken down hearts with their beautifully uncompromising
hand crafted masterpieces.
The Cheshire based four-piece consists of Mike (Vocals/Guitar), the
brothers: Alex (Vocals/Bass) and Ash (Vocals/Drums), and Matt
(Vocals/Guitar). Mike, Alex, and Ash had been close friends for years,
making music together in an old bust up church they converted in to the
LMD head quarters, eventually drafting in Matt 'The Glasses' Martin from
the nearby town of Stoke-on-Trent to finalise the LMD army. These
tunnel-visioned troopers have spent the last two years breaking their
backs and their bank balances out on the road, developing their own
sound like a rubber ball bouncing between rock, punk and beats, and
building a well deserved reputation as a hard-working band.
There's something different about the sound of this band, though the pop sensibilities of songs like "Just Stay Home" become obviously apparent, with a chorus you'll be singing for weeks, forged with the gravely yet consumable voice of co-frontman Alex, there's a little something extra that manages to arrest the ears and hold you captive. Drawing influences from so many different genres has left Last Man Down very difficult to categorise - 'one of the few bands that sound like no one else, just hanging out with somebody else, but they don't get on very well!'
You can catch the band live on the following dates :
28 Aug - Jabez Clegg, Manchester/ 12 Sep - Civic Hall, Nantwich/
25 Sep - The Sugarmill, Stoke/ 9 Oct - Music Box, Manchester
www.myspace.com/lastmandownofficial
The War On Drugs - opening for The Hold Steady,
new video, single
Secretly Canadian are thrilled to announce that THE WAR ON DRUGS will open for The Hold Steady on the latter's upcoming European tour. Prior to that, Philadelphia's cosmic radio-rockers play a London headline show at The Windmill this Wednesday.
Taking The Farm, the first single from their Wagonwheel Blues LP, is released on September 29.
The band have also made video for a A Needle In Your Eye #16, directed by Mark Shonenveld. Watch that here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9lBK7oDSvw
UK dates as follows, tickets for September and October are available from http://www.seetickets.com and http://www.ticketweb.co.uk:
August 20 London, The Windmill w/Bowerbirds 8pm, £6 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/31716
September 29 Oxford, Academy w/The Hold Steady
September 30 Manchester, Academy w/The Hold Steady
October 1 Glasgow, ABC w/The Hold Steady
October 2 Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall w/The Hold Steady
October 4 Bristol, Anson Rooms w/The Hold Steady
October 5 Nottingham, Rock City w/The Hold Steady
October 6 Portsmouth, Pyramid Centre w/The Hold Steady
October 8 London, Roundhouse w/The Hold Steady
THE WAR ON DRUGS
Wagonwheel Blues
(Secretly Canadian; released 2/06/08)
http://www.myspace.com/thewarondrugs
Top-down, pitch-perfect car-radio rock. Only Americans can make music like this: blue sky and widescreen, feel good - but with a sting." - Uncut, 4/5
"Classically cut American rock that aims for the stars as much as the stripes." - MOJO
"They fuse the traditional Americana of Springsteen and Dylan with the experimental drones and tics favoured by the Sonic Youths and My Bloody Valentines of the world. These may seem like strange bedfellows to some, but if an Animal Collective weaned on a steady diet of The Boss and The Band sounds appealing, then congratulations, because you just may have stumbled across your new favourite band." - Drowned in Sound, 8/10
"The War on Drugs make excellent road-trip music. As its title implies, the Philly quintet's debut, Wagonwheel Blues, is Americana reimagined as blacktop and yellow lines, rubber tires, and overpriced gasoline. The album urges you along the interstate, but never burdens you with the stigma of roots music or reached-for authenticity." - Pitchfork
"This wall of sound isn't impenetrable, because atop it sit the stadium-friendly Springsteenisms of frontman Adam Granduciel, whose wit and wordplay add a whole new depth to proceedings. Opener Arms Like Boulders sets out his stall with a cryptic critique of neo-con America, while on highlight Needle In Your Eye' he sounds incredibly like the amphetamine-addled Bob Dylan of '66 fronting The Jesus And Mary Chain." - NME
"While singer/guitarist Adam Granduciel spins yarns from a road movie, he and guitarist Kurt Vile conjure a wall of Television and Sonic Youth-inspired guitar effects on the likes of Arms Like Boulders and the spectacular Taking The Farm." - Q
"The heavily embellished arrangements of celestial guitar barrage point to some twinkly cosmic West Coast soft rock, a fourth world USA state which exists in the minds of everyone who's seen it represented in films, music and art. A place that feels good, an oasis in dark, dark times." - Plan B
"This is Americana that swirls with psychedelic hues, particularly on the echoey, spacey There Is No Urgency and the multi-layered instrumental Coast Reprise. Arms Like Boulders sounds like a stoner's attempt at a mid-'70s Springsteen tune, singer Adam Granduciel's nasal whine battling with harmonica and head-nodding guitar lines." - Word
"Immediate, listenable and addictive. Obvious reference points include Springsteen and The Hold Steady, yet the dreamy waves of widescreen sound wouldn't have sounded out of place on the Apocalypse Now soundtrack." - The Fly, 4/5
"The influences are obvious, but this is still rousing road-rock." - The Independent
The War On Drugs push the boundaries of a quintessentially American music. Guitars soar and colorful clouds roll past whatever sun or moon you are cruising under, through whatever old bar you are reveling within. The War On Drugs point toward a tireless horizon in the distance that you will never reach but are compelled to chase. It's a tail you've chased your whole life and will continue chasing because your life is more poetic when you are moving toward it - your cinematography is more rich. Wagonwheel Blues is one of those albums that each of us holds onto tightly. They get moved from apartment to apartment through the years; they are songs on the radio that follow us from town to town. They evoke waves of nostalgia and grow more poignant with each new bump along the road.
In The War On Drugs we have a fresh face that already sounds like an old friend. Bringing a dose of the West Coast to the hard streets of Philadelphia, their songs recall the '80s guitar army of Sonic Youth with the captivating lyrics and vocal stylings of Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen. Songwriter Adam Granduciel (vocals/guitar) leads the attack with his lyrical paintings of his own American landscape, along with the help of Kurt Vile (guitars), Dave Hartley (bass), Kyle Lloyd (drums), and Charlie Hall (drums). Walls of guitar - acoustic, electric, and twelve-string - douse each track of this debut album, threatening to cast the band into space rock territory, but the melodies and immediately identifiable lyrics soldier on to keep these songs from blasting into the esoteric beyond. With Wagonwheel Blues, Granduciel joins a distinct set of songwriters in a new golden era of polished-yet-subcultural underground music. The War On Drugs have that unmistakable singularity that comes along only so often, with the spirit of invention and playfulness lying earnestly at the forefront of their creative process.
The Lazarus Plot
The Lazarus Plot release their latest single Do You Want to be Someone? to cap off a remarkable twelve months for the band.
Single is out Sept 22nd and the band play a single launch that night at Dublin Castle, London.
Described by The Sun as ‘one to watch’, The Lazarus Plot have managed to create their own unique sound borne from a mesh of truly diverse artists such as Massive Attack, World Party, The Divine Comedy, DJ Shadow and even Duran Duran.
2008 has been a breakthrough year for the band. Their last single The Sun Shines Down featured on Tom Robinson’s BBC 6 show resulting in the single planting itself within the psyche of the music industry, including organisers of the prestigious City Showcase in London who quickly offered the band an exclusive Carnaby Street live performance. Not content with that, the band also chalked up their first TV appearance to perform The Sun Shines Down for the Channel M Breakfast Show a couple of months ago. Both the City Showcase and Channel M appearances can be seen on the bands MySpace site.
Do You Want To Be Someone? has already been used in a recent online viral ad campaign by Performance Car magazine and was named ‘track of the week’ in a competition judged by industry experts on BBC Southern Counties radio show South:Live with Phil Jackson. Music reviewers are already taking notice of the new single…
“Do You Want You Want To Be Someone?” owes as much to Massive Attack as Chris Martin. Spluttering electronic beats wrong-foot you before the strings and piano come in like a Prokofiev take on Simon Bates’s Our Tune music. There’s a hint of the clinical ‘80s tension of the likes of The Adventures, Cocteau Twins and Echo & The Bunnymen. But overall it’s a great big ocean liner of a song that forces you to stop in awe and gaze at its shiny, well-managed majesty as it glides past”.
Overplay.com
A truly unique mix of vocals, guitars and electonica hit you. If you are expecting to hear a standard indie band, think again. Suddenly an unexpected loop kicks in; backwards vocals fight to grab your attention whilst countless samples and offbeat rhythms all sit neatly together, seamlessly layered on top of each other.
"Musically polished to near perfection" - Recordscout.com
The Lazarus Plot are also supporting The Orpheus Centre (Registered
Charity Nos. 1105213) a residential performing arts centre for young
disabled people, generally with physical and/or sensory impairments.
www.myspace.com/thelazarusplotmusic
9/11- A Better Answer?
RECLAIM THE DAY!
Multifaceted array of creative talent to demand 9/11 be returned to its rightful place - as the day between September 10th & 12th!
‘Punk poet’ John Cooper Clarke, The Clash’s Mick Jones, fast-rising Blues guitarist Stephen Dale Petit and Iranian standup Omid Djalili to headline Arts Event at London’s Inn On The Green, Thorpe Close, W10 5XL (8pm) in Notting Hill on September 11th
The RECLAIM THE DAY! Event follows the Capital’s other creative celebration of Unity and Free Thinking – The Notting Hill Carnival - and the evening will feature music, comedy and poetry and be hosted by BBC London and 6Music presenter Gary Crowley.
The RECLAIM THE DAY! Idea dawned following mass YouTube reaction to the controversial and thought-provoking video for Stephen Dale Petit’s A Better Answer single which challenges current British & American International policy by featuring subliminal and sometimes shocking film footage to a song that has been described as ‘the first real protest song of the century’. Ironically, it is now banned in China.
“Western Politicians & Media have hijacked an entire day of our calendar and given it a whole new meaning without anyone’s permission! How dare they!” mocks Event director Petit “9/11 now seems to mean ‘everyone be scared of those bad Muslims’ rather than ‘it’s one of 365 which could just be the best day of your whole life so far’
“Britain – the birthplace of punk and agitprop – looks to be sleepwalking towards a precipice of total control and it seems like nobody can be bothered to object anymore! All we hope to do, through great RECLAIM THE DAY! music, comedy and poetry, is remind people that the Arts are a universal language which might – on this particular day – achieve more for humankind than fear, aggression and corporate expansionism. In the absence of those loud, angry, questioning punk voices of old, perhaps we can encourage people to stop and ask themselves a question that might lead to a better answer for us all?”
Blakfish and Tubelord
Blakfish and Tubelord, Big Scary Monsters Records labelmates and two of the UK's best and coming bands are heading out on a mammoth 29 date tour together this month.
With their brilliant debut mini-album, 'See You In Another City', released this week, Blakfish are one of the most energetic bands you could ever hope to catch live. Like a wirlwind of exciting, technical indie and balls-out, passionate hardcore, these four young Midlanders have stepped into the shoes of the dearly departed Meet Me In St Louis and will set your heart and mind ablaze with excitement. www.myspace.com/blakfish
Tubelord have just finished up a two week tour with Tellison and are currently gearing up to their new single, 'I Am Azerrad', due out on limited edition, hand packaged 7" vinyl in late September. This follows on from their debut single, 'Feed Me A Box Of Words', which sold out in less than a month earlier this year. Tipped by many to follow the likes of Foals into the mainstream, get yourself down to the front to catch them whilst you can. www.myspace.com/tubelord
Dates are:
08.08 –
Luton, George 2nd (w/ Colour)
09.08 – Reading, Face Bar (Rapture Fest)
10.08 – Kingston, The Fighting Cocks
12.08 – Brighton, Engine Rooms
13.08 – Winchester, The Railway
14.08 – Southampton, Hampton's Bar
15.08 – Weymouth, Tuatara
18.08 – Cheltenham - 2 pigs
19.08 – Newport, Mojo
21.08 – Dublin, Eamonn Doran's
22.08 – Wicklow - Grey Gtones Skate Park
23.08 – Cork, The Whiskey
24.08 – Belfast TBC
25.08 – Ireland TBC
27.08 – Newcastle, End Bar
29.08 – Edinburgh – Hendy's Cellar Bar
30.08 – Glasgow, 13th Note Café
31.08 – Manchester – Café Saki
02.08 – Derby, The Mist
03.09 – Leicester - Firebug
04.09 – Nottingham, Bodega Social Club
05.09 – Leeds, Brudenell Social (w/ Johnny Foreigner, Grammatics)
06.09 – Bradford, 1 In 12 Club
07.09 – York, The Junction
09.09 – Sheffield, The Grapes
10.09 – Birmingham – Barfly
11.09 – Norwich, Queen Charlotte
12.09 – Cambridge – Barfly
13.09 – London, The Metro
FFRR brand
This summer Rhino relaunches the FFRR brand with three brand new compilations featuring some of the best dance, pop and soul hits from the 80’s and 90’s. FFRR Records was founded and run by English DJ legend Pete Tong. The name FFRR stood for "Full Frequency Range Recordings".
With 12" versions and rare remixes, the records are set for a warm reception from DJ's and nostalgic clubbers alike.
Highlights include:
Goldie, Utah Saints and Orbital from the white dance album.
The All Seeing I, The Brand New Heavies, and D-Mob from the silver pop album
Sterling Void, Joyce Sims and Frankie Knuckles from the black soul album.
TRACK-LISTINGS
FFRR WHITE
EAN: 50 5144293912 5
CAT NUMBER: 5144293912
1.) Goldie / Digital (Armand Van Helden's Mix) (9.14)2.) Utah Saints / What Can You Do For Me (12" Version) (6.08)3.) Dreamon / The Beat (Original 12" Mix) (7.5304.) One Dove / White Love (Guitar Paradise Mix) (10.14)5.) Quake / The Day Will Come (Vocal 12" Mix) (6.07)6.) Crescendo / Are You Out There (Original Mix) (8.43)7.) Zero B / Lock Up (Monolith Mix) (5.26)8.) All Seeing I / Beat Goes On (Full Version) (5.45)9.) Orbital / Belfast (Original 12" Mix) (8.04)
FFRR SILVER
EAN: 5051442936124
CAT NUMBER: 5144293612
1.) All Saints / Never Ever (Original 12" Version) (6.27)2.) Shakespears Sister / Dirty Mind (E-Zee Remix) (6.24)3.) Utah Saints / Something Good (Original 12" Mix) (5.58)4.) Clubhouse / Light My Fire (1972 KM Mix) (6.19)5.) D-Mob / C'Mon Get My Love (12" Version) (7.37)6.) Brand New Heavies / Dream On Dreamer (Morales Extended UK Version) (8.32)7.) Joyce Sims / All And All (Original 12" Mix) (6.15)8.) Gino Latino / Welcome (Original 12" Mix) (8.09)9.) Orbital / Chime (Original 12" Mix) (12.40)
FFRR BLACK
EAN: 5051442935929
CAT NUMBER: 5144293592
1.) Goldie / Inner City Life (Original Version) (7.02)2.) Sterling Void / It's Alright (House Mix) (6.54)3.) Brand New Heavies / Apparently Nothin’ (Artful Dodger Remix) (5.16) 4.) CJ Bolland / Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand's Drum 'n' Bass Mix) (8.35)5.) Jamie Principle / Baby Wants To Ride (12" Club Mix) (9.27)6.) Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe / The Masterplan (4.11) 7.) Frankie Knuckles / Tears (Classic Mix) (6.46)8.) Joyce Sims / Come Into My Life (Original 12" Version) (8.34)9.) Sagat / Fuk Dat (Armand's Old To New Mix) (7.37)
Alcopop Records free sampler CD, all-dayer and more
Alcopop Records, the sister label of Big Scary Monsters (Secondsmile, This Town Needs Guns, Yndi Halda etc) is readying itself for a busy summer, kick-started by a free sampler CD and a huge all-day gig in London. The label which already boasts a back catalogue filled with the likes of Data.Select.Party, 4 or 5 Magicians, Hush The Many (Heed The Few) and many more has decided to celebrate the summer - not that this weather really warrants such a do - and wants to share the joy.
'AQA Does Not Much Care For Alcopop. Pimms Is Delicious', named after a somewhat rude, indie label hating response from a certain text message answering service, not to be confused with the popular examining board, features 6 tracks taken from forthcoming releases. It can be downloaded free of charge from www.ilovealcopop.co.uk where a limited edition, made to order, CD version is also available, which includes loads of bonus MP3 and video content (details on website). The tracklisting for both formats is:
1.
goFASTER>> - NHS Dentist
2. Cut The Blue Wire - Race To The King
3. Sam Isaac - A Cinematic Low
4. Pavilion - Clarity
5. This City - With Loaded Guns
6. My First Tooth - North Sea (demo)
And the summer fun doesn't end there... Saturday 26th July sees the first ever Alcopopalooza taking place at The Windmill in Brixton. 12 bands, including The Xcerts, The Computers, Secondsmile's first ever acoustic set and loads more, a host of special guest DJs and a free BBQ are just part of the entertainment on offer, with the event kicking off at 4pm and running through until the early hours. Line-up and stage times are as follow:
'Loud stage'
10.30 - 11.00 - The Xcerts
9.40 - 10.10 - The Computers
8.50 - 9.20 - This City
7.50 - 8.20 - Cut The Blue Wire
6.55 - 7.20 - Pavilion
6.00 - 6.25 - House of Brothers
5.05 - 5.30 - Decades
'Less loud stage'
8.25 - 8.45 - Secondsmile
7.25 - 7.45 - The Attika State
6.30 - 6.50 - Russell Joslin
5.35 - 5.55 - Flash Flash Flash Photography
4.45 - 5.00 - Sean Clothier
Tickets cost just £6 in advance and can be purchased from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/33518.
Rounding off this trio of good tidings is the news that a special episode of the BSM podcast can now be found on iTunes, dedicated to the splendour of Alcopop. It features exclusive live recordings and interviews with Sam Isaac and Pavilion, along with music from This City, Data.Select.Party and Cut The Blue Wire. Download it from here
To keep up to date with Alcopop happenings, check out www.ilovealcopop.co.uk and www.myspace.com/alcopopinmyblood
THE LAZARUS PLOT
NEW SINGLE RELEASE WITH HEADLINE GIG AND LAUNCH PARTY AT DUBLIN CASTLE
Indie/dance crossover band The Lazarus Plot is releasing new single 'Do You Want To Be Someone?' on Monday 22nd September and to celebrate the band is playing a headline gig and hosting a launch party over at The Dublin Castle in Camden.
Fresh from their appearance at this year’s City Showcase festival and following their recent play listing on BBC 6, the band also head North later this year to perform an exclusive set at this year’s In The City Festival in Manchester.
As ever, the band will be raising money for The Orpheus Centre, a performing arts centre for disabled young people (Registered Charity Nos. 1105213) and the band will also be giving away lots of freebies on the night.
If you're planning to see one TLP gig this year make it this one. Following this performance, the band will be taking a bit of a break to work on their debut album which is due out in April/May 2009.
‘Musically polished to near perfection’ - Recordscout.com
Monday September 22nd 2008
THE DUBLIN CASTLE
94 PARKWAY
CAMDEN
NW1
Nearest Tube: Camden Town (Northern Line)
Bus Routes: 24, 27, 29, 31, 46, 134, 168, 214, 253, 274, C2
Night Buses: N2, N5, N20, N29, N31, N134, N253, N279
Doors open at 8.30pm
Entry charge is £6/£4.5 (concs)
www.myspace.com/thelazarusplotmusic
www.thelazarusplot.co.uk
History Of Guns
History Of Guns new double A-side single Empty Eyes / …But I'll Be Waiting brings together a bewildering mix of punk, industrial, electronica, chaos, escapism, ambient, manic-depression, dance music, mysticism, sound effects, other worlds, progressive rock, altered states and self-destruction to create a truly unique few minutes of high quality music machinations.
Their debut album Flashes of Light was released on the band's own Liquid Len label in 2004, it's 2005 follow-up Apophenia saw the band genre-hopping with each track from dance to punk taking in a lot of other styles in between. Word spread on the underground and live music scene, culminating in the band signing to Line Out Records in 2006. A year later their song Your Obedient Servants came in at no.19 in journalist Mick Mercer's list of Top 30 Singles Of All Time in Record Collector, describing them as “...by far, the most inventive UK band to have got their hands caught in the Industrial threshing machine.” Empty Eyes / …But I'll Be Waiting is the first single to be taken from the band's ground-breaking new album Acedia which sees the band focusing on guitar-based music and is out now via Line Out Records/Code7 Distribution.
‘…oddly brilliant, like a goth metal Underworld’
Metal Hammer
‘An astonishing piece of music’
CoolNoise
The band's history has already seen them commissioned by Sony to supply two pieces of music to accompany downloadable clips for the Sony PSP. A tendency to swing wildly from one style to another whilst always being in control keeps History Of Guns fans on their feet. Confrontational, angry and bleak lyrically, the band also manage to be contrastingly touching and melodic without a hint of the pantomime that often comes with bands who consider themselves to be ‘dark’. The Acedia album is filled to the brim with a reasoned and intelligent nihilistic hatred that is both moving and darkly fascinating. A cruel, relentless work of experience, of feeling and of humanity.
“Working with History of Guns is terrifying and exhilarating. They leave no space for ego and refuse to compromise musically. Never scared to try something new, never afraid to risk scaring off the audience, which as yet they have failed to do. Truly captivating aural abuse.”
Bob Barker - Line Out Records.
Modern Clichés
Modern Clichés are playing the following live date in Leicester Square.
Friday 25th July @ Storm
28A Leicester Square
London
WC2H 7LE
E-mail: info@stormlondon.co.uk
Number: 020 7839 2633
Doors: 20:00
Price: £5
Nearest train station: Leicester Square (tube)/ Charing Cross (tube)/ Embankment (tube)/ Charing Cross (BR mainline)
‘Modern Clichés give a flawless and vibrant performance here’
Toxic Pete
‘…Their brief, bright performance was one of the highlights of the evening.’
FashionablyFAIR
‘Phil’s chiming guitar interwoven with distinctive melody, wonderfully aided and abetted by the cool rocking Ollie on bass, and the brilliant Andy who plays drums so feverishly you fear for his health… playing astonishing sets that illustrate just how many brilliant songs they have’
Indie Scene
THE SOPHIE MEMORIAL FUND - Guns On The Roof
Guns On The Roof have just been added to the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool in Aug. The band's debut video has also been added to MTV2's Riot Show's and their debut single is receiving XFM Rock Show support.
The band also play a gig in Huddersfield for the SOPHIE memorial fund www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie at The Parish on July 17th where all proceeds will go to the Sophie memorial fund.
Since Sophie's death on August 24th, following the horrific attack on
her and her partner Rob in Stubbeylee Park, Bacup, Lancashire on the
11th August, we have had lots of kind offers of support and donations.
Sophie and Rob dressed in their unique way, expressing their
individuality as creative artistic people.
I have consulted with both family and friends and we feel that a
memorial fund should be set up for Sophie; it will be known as
S.O.P.H.I.E
This stands for:
Stamp Out Prejudice Hatred + Intolerance Everywhere
The fund will be run by a committee of family and close friends who knew
Sophie. The aims of the fund will be to provide an appropriate memorial;
a lasting legacy to raise awareness of the injustice perpetrated against
Sophie Lancaster and to work towards a more tolerant, less violent
society.
There is now a HALIFAX bank account under the name SOPHIE's Memorial
Fund account number 00458724 sort code 11-06-44 which can be used to
make a donation or in which to deposit any funds raised from events.
for more details please email the hotmail address below. An on-line book
of condolence can be signed by going to www.legacy.com/TheRossendaleFreePress
and type in Sophie Lancaster
The family can be contacted at:
inmemoryofsophie@hotmail.co.uk
www.gunsontheroof.com
www.myspace.com/gunsontheroofuk
Imagine The Clash, The Jam; Sex Pistols meets Greenday, Rancid, and Distillers. This is exactly what you get from Guns On The Roof. The Leeds band has an average age of only nineteen and released their debut album ‘ Pure Punk Rock Therapy ’ in late 2005. GOTR are one of the U.K’s hardest working bands, over the past two years they have clocked up thousands of touring miles and supported established bands such as Rancid, The Misfits, Stiff Little Fingers, The Anti Nowhere League, Spunge, U.K. Subs, The Briggs and The Meteors to name but a few.
A great mix of Three Colours Red and Stiff Little Fingers, bombastic as it is catchy as hell!
Subba-Cultcha
They are so solid, so tight and just so bloody good!
Is This Music
The Hustle
Welsh Rock band The Hustle play the following dates in South Wales :
12th Jul - Green Lady, Caerphilly / 16th Aug - The Wharf, Cardiff / 24th Aug - Megaday, Caerphilly
The five piece rock/funk band from South Wales, who were played on BBC Radio 1 Bethan Elfyn’s show, instantly playlisted on BBC Wales & invited by XFM Wales’ Colin Francies for a Response session, comprise of Lewis Fall (vocals/guitar), Wrighty (guitar), Thom Rowlands (keyboards), Phil Davies (bass/backing vocals) and Gethin Hale (drums). Their debut EP "Good Intentions" has recently been released on CD and online via iTunes worldwide. Following the success of the recording of the EP at Longwave Recording Studio, Cardiff, The Hustle are currently completing recording Things I Wish Were Mine with producer Romesh Dodangoda (Manic Street Preachers, The Blackout, Kids In Glass Houses, Dopamine)
www.myspace.com/thehustlerock
‘Radio friendly alt Rock…’
Die Shellsuit
‘…Addictive track that bristles with a funk laced edge to insure that the catchy beat pound and punch with just that little extra finesse’
Room Thirteen
SECONDSMILE
SECONDSMILE RELEASE NEW ALBUM AND TOUR
Fresh from a handful of support slots with Rival Schools last week, Bridport's finest (not including local resident Martin Clunes, of course), Secondsmile release their brand new album on 7th July via Big Scary Monsters Records. The 12 tracker was recorded in New York City earlier this year with producer maestro Andrew Schneider (Cave-In, Pelican, Daughters) and mastered by Greg Calbi (Sonic Youth, David Bowie, John Lennon, Mogwai) and includes the forthcoming single 'Tell Me A Story', the video for which can be seen here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjnKRoTk68
To coincide with the release Secondsmile head out on tour, including two very special launch parties. Catch them on the following dates:
02.07 – London, The Metro (Album launch w/ The Xcerts, Colour and very
special guest)
04.07 – Bridport, Electric Palace (Homecoming album launch)
05.07 – Guilfest, Guildford (w/ Blondie, Fightstar, Kula Shaker)
10.07 – Reading, The Face Bar (w/ The Defeat, Caesura)
11.07 – Leicester, Charlotte
12.07 – Wakefield, Escobar
14.07 – Glasgow, Stereo (w/ The Ocean Fracture)
15.07 – Newcastle, The End
16.07 – Birmingham, Flux @ The Yardbird (w/ Sunset Cinema Club)
17.07 – Mansfield, Town Mill
23.07 - Southampton, Lennon's (w/ Caesura)
'Years' can now be pre-ordered from www.bsmrocks.com and comes free with a copy of the band's 5 track 'Astronauts' single, taken from 2006's debut album, 'Walk Into The Light And Reach For The Sky'
Myspace: www.myspace.com/secondsmile
Severe Zero
Devon's Severe Zero deliver powerful and original high performance rock/punk.
They have a single currently available 'Weapons Grade' and an album is to be released this summer.
The first thing that strikes you about this band is the massive amounts of charisma and energy when they’re on stage. For them, live performance is as much as about getting out there and rocking it up as it is in challenging people’s ideas. Their lyrics are intelligent and make good listening, so be ready to put aside any pre-conceived ideas about punk – this is powerful and original music that reaches to the very core. Gutsy, and with compelling with catchy tunes that stay in your head, Severe Zero are definitely a band you can’t afford to miss.
They have received airplay from amongst others XFM Martin Bates' Rock Show, are recording a Response session with XFM Wales on June 3rd and performed on BBC Devon Vic Morgan Rocks, BCB Radio Screamer Show, Total Rock Radio and CRMK.
Recent gigs have included The Cavern, Liverpool, The Providence, Brighton and The Good Ship Kilburn, London.
They are also set to perform at the following venues:
Escapade, Newport, Wales - July 9th
Bar 2000, Truro - July 17th
Big Night Out, Barnstaple - July 24th
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter - 25th July
The Good Ship Kilburn - 1st Aug
Purple Turtle, Camden ALBUM LAUNCH - Aug 16th
Reckless Engineer, Bristol - 6th Sept
The band also co-hosted an online radio show on May 22nd at www.rock247online.co.uk
The band have also been described as 'Ones to watch' by Subba Cultcha and the band have received much critical acclaim after their debut single 'Weapons Grade' was released last month.
"Gutsy power punk...."