Glasgowmusic newsletter 150310-210310

 Hello everyone how’s it going?

A good week was had last week that took in seeing Edwyn Collins at Glasgow’s ‘Aye Write’ festival. It was a truly inspirational night offering so much hope to anyone who has had to go through what he had. A very sharp witted man with brilliant tunes.

I am proud to announce that I will be acting as agent for Nevada Base, who will be releasing on Flowers in the Dustbin Records. More news to follow with tour dates also.

I am looking for some Event Management work at the moment, if you have anything at your venue/festival or looking for a tour manager please get in touch to see if I can help out.

You will pleased to know there is loads going on in Glasgow this week so you don’t have to be disappointed if you are not out in Texas for SXSW. I am thinking for a feature for the website of heading along to loads of gigs this week and documenting the whole lot. I will try fit in copious amounts of beer and margarita! If you are platying/going to gigs this week then let me know whats on. Might try and fit in round my DJ gigs.

Talking of reviews, I have a team of reviewers looking to write about your EP/Single release and come along to your shows. If you have something coming up I will see if they are available. Also if you are keen on writing reviews please get in touch to register your interest.

***If you have any news stories/giveaways/etc you would like added to next weeks newsletter please email them to (also feedback on the newsletter is much appreciated!) [email protected]

ALSO - if you get in touch with anyone through my newsletter can you please mention you saw the news here please? There has been a good uptake from various things mentioned in the letter im led to believe!

Check out the blog I am involved with here http://wearere.blogspot.com

I am hopefully going to be switching over to a new mailing list format soon; you can sign up for that one here à www.glasgowmusic.co.uk/mailinglist.html


DJ NIGHTS
Monday 15-03-09

RAID at LA CHEETAH

THE WEEKEND JUST GOT LONGER!

Do you love live music but wonder why nobody seems to dance at gigs
anymore? Do you work at the weekend and dont get the chance to go out
until Monday? Do you avoid the city at weekends because its full of
idiots? Would you like to see live bands on a Monday in a club
environment where not only are you encouraged to dance, its
expected?! If so, welcome to Raid ...

RAID will happen every Monday at La Cheetah Club, Queen St from 11pm -
3am
RAID will feature 2 live bands every week, and resident DJ Craig
McGee.
RAID will charge you £3/£2/£1 with a trade payslip.
RAID will make you dance.
RAID will change your life.

This week www.myspace.com/kicktokill are playing live. Described by Captain Sensible of The Damned as a “Gothed up Joy Division”

Email song suggestions/ band gig requests to Gary at [email protected] and [email protected] for your chance to win free
passes and more!

For all upcoming lineups go to www.myspace.com/raidclub

Tuesday 16-03-10

LEVIT8 at STRATHCLYDE UNION

Every Tuesday night on the top floor of Strathclyde Union. Join me from 10pm for indie, rock and roll and electro hits to keep you dancing away. As its part of 12 hour Tuesdays all drinks are £1

Email me for list to guarantee entry. Students can sign in guests

www.strathstudents.com

Friday 19-03-10

HORRORSHOW at THE BRASS MONKEY

My new weekly Friday night residence. From 8-12 every Friday I will be playing songs in the West Ends newest bar.

Expect a mixture of old and new indie, rock n roll and electro. Requests welcomed as it’s your night out

Good music in good surroundings with good drinks and most importantly good people - what more could you want?

www.thebrassmonkeyglasgow.co.uk

BANDS
If you want to book any of my bands please get in touch for availability – The Ray Summers, Alan McKim, Nevada Base, Louise McVey & the Cracks in the Concrete.

** I am currently routing a Scottish tour for Arcadian Kicks – dates will be announced in next weeks letter.

The Ray Summers

The Ray Summers have announced details of a King Tut’s headline show on Friday 9th April. Tickets are available from here -à http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/search?tm_link=tm_header_search&q=the+ray+summers&search.x=33&search.y=18

The band are also playing Edinburgh’s Sneaky Petes on 22nd April tickets here à

http://seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=459981&userid={4D100B88-7705-4310-8D37-C2AC534C7A6F}&filler1=see&filler2=art-srch

Details of a show in London at West Rocks in April and also at Factory Manchester can be found on their site

www.myspace.com/theraysummers.

Alan McKim

Alan was featured on the latest edition of the Glasgow PodcART that has Jim Gellatly choosing bands. http://www.blubrry.com/glasgowpodcart/684498/episode-53-we-love-sparklegash/.

Alan has a limited edition EP track + ticket bundle. For 7 quid you get an mp3 track pre-release plus a ticket to the EP release at Stereo. This works out cheaper than buying a single ticket from ticketweb.

https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=X_Hv6yE_gBq_yoncQzHKWWaVG9PiuWniTkk3XkNI6SvrDHvGwL6ClWieQLK&dispatch=50a222a57771920b6a3d7b606239e4d529b525e0b7e69bf0224adecfb0124e9b5eb2336391e7cbed125f6c5bdaf8a1cd475a5c32af8ad329

Nevada Base

I have taken on the bookings for Nevada Base. There will be a single release in June with tour dates to be announced. Check them out live this Friday night at the Sub Club.

www.myspace.com/nevadabase

Louise McVey & the Cracks in the Conrete

Louise has just told me that they expect their 7” vinyl to arrive on April 8th. I should have details of tour dates shortly. www.myspace.com/louiseandcracks

In the News

As many of you will now have heard on Sunday the 25th April 2010 OPTIMO (E!spacio) will end forever. Started in November 1997 at The Sub Club by djs JD Twitch and JG Wilkes the event has been very successful on Glasgows club scene. From its home in Glasgow’s legendary Sub Club Optimo (E!spacio) has become both internationally renowned, and more importantly highly respected as one of the finest clubs nights anywhere in the world.
Though the Optimo DJ team of JD Twitch and JG Wilkes have in the last 13 years come to travel the length and breath of the global clubbing community, they have never lost affection for their one true spiritual and geographical home – Optimo (E!spacio).
Optimo have trail-blazed a new form of genre-bending djing. Optimo has becoming a club name synonymous with experimentation and innovation born of a genuine passion for all dimensions of music. They have taken a slice of Glasgow’s insatiable appetite for music and dancing across the world, and they remain one of Scotland’s most highly respected international cultural ambassadors.
However the passing of those years brought a change to Twitch & Wilkes as both a dj team and as individual artists. The success of their many mix releases – How to Kill the DJ Vol. 2, Psych-Out, Walkabout, In Order To Edit, to name but a few – have hugely extended their reputation and placed them on demand internationally as djs . As remixers they have a collective and impressive CV of diverse artists, including Manic Street Preachers, Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand, Simian Mobile Disco, The Gossip, Snow Patrol and The Presets. In addition both are solo artists with their own projects – JD Twitch with his Betty Botox persona, and JG Wilkes with his Naum Gabo projects.
The pressures that come with running a weekly club night in the UK, whilst touring internationally, trying to fit in remix work and find time to work on their individual projects caused both members to realise that perhaps the time had come to re-think their investment in Optimo (E!spacio), perhaps relinquish their hold on the weekly event and allow themselves time to pursue new projects as well as further opportunities to travel both individually and as a team.
Consequently Twitch & Wilkes have decided that it is time to allow themselves and the club night to move on, to grow, to become something new. Thus Optimo (E!spacio) - the event with residents Twitch & Wilkes - will cease to be. Together they will present a newly conceived event curated - to an extent - by them, but no longer with themselves as the guiding and permanent musical core.
Wilkes & Twitch envisage a new event with a rolling roster of djs drawn from their Glasgow clubbing peers; their friends and musical family. There will continue to be a commitment to live performance from bands and solo artists curated by the Optimo team. But one crucial new addition will be the introduction of guest deejays - this having been specifically NOT part of the Optimo (E!spacio) ethos.
Full details of the new event will follow, along with the planned delirium for the final, tearful and joyous closing party for Optimo (Espacio) on April 25th.
Someone once said “it ain’t over till the fat lady sings”. On Sunday 25th April 2010, she will.
Optimo, we will always love your ears. www.optimo.co.uk


The SCOTTISH MUSIC INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (SMIA) is a new body representing all of Scotlands music business interests. The SMIA is now inviting membership from music makers and music based companies around the country so that it can connect the whole of Scotlands music business.

Membership is open to all industry sectors including performers, composers, record labels, venues, producers, agents, managers, engineers, promoters, publicists, broadcasters, bloggers, DJs, distributors, rehearsal rooms, publishers, pluggers, developers, consultants and policy makers engaged in the business of music.

The SMIA’s primary focus is to support, advise and help develop music businesses in Scotland, from live performance to licensing, recording to retail, studio time to social media whilst being passionate about nurturing new talent and stimulating creativity. For more information and to see the SMIA’s objectives please visit the organisation’s website: www.smia.org.uk

As an introductory offer membership is currently free. To sign up as an individual or a company please visit the SMIA’s website, www.smia.org.uk and click “Join” in the top menu bar. As of the 1st September 2010 a years membership will cost only £20 per member.


CHOMSKY ALLSTARS are not content with being Scotlands sole representatives on the internationally-acclaimed Shatter The Hotel: A Dub-Inspired Tribute To Joe Strummer, (www.shatterthehotel.squarespace.com) the band are also just back from the highly successful UK launch of the album, headlining alongside the legendary Don Letts, who filmed it for his forthcoming Strummerville documentary. (www.strummerville.com)
Now, lead singer Chomsky features on the opening track of breakbeat legend and former Fatboy Slim stablemate Cut La Rocs new album Larger Than Life, along with Snow Patrols Gary Lightbody. (www.junodownload.com/products/1516507-02.htm)

MIKE NISBET is playing Classic Grand on Tuesday 16th with Andrea Marini, Sebastian Dangerfield and Crow Road. www.myspace.com/mikenisbetmusic

LOS MONDO BONGO return to Glasgow on the 16th March. The band will be Celebrating the Music Of Joe Strummer. The five-piece features Mescaleros Percussionist Pablo Cook and drummer Smiley, Bassist Derek Forbes (Simple Minds), Guitarist Steve Harris (Gary Numan) and Vocalist Mike Peters (The Alarm). Support for this show is from Fire Exit & The Red Eyes

www.myspace.com/losmondobongo

There is a St Patricks Day Special featuring WASHINGTON IRVING at Maggie Mays on Wednesday night plus its free entry! www.myspace.com/washingtonirvingband

EDDY & THE T-BOLTS at Capitol with The Peacocks St Patricks night

MABEL LOVE will be on tour in Scotland this week. Coming up from Sheffield, this band are well worth checking out. If you go their website you can get a free download of their track ‘Silence’ www.mabellove.co.uk. The band play Glasgow Box on 18th Mar, Harleys Bathgate 19th and Henrys cellar bar in Edinburgh on the 20th.

Former Ronelles frontman Raymond Meade’s new band BOSTON MANOR support Babybird at King Tuts, March 18th.

TIMES NEW VIKING play Nice n Sleazys with Yuck and The Elvis Suicide this Thursday 18th March
Check out their video for "No Time, No Hope" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQJvAXOohoU

IM SICK will be playing at The Flying Duck on Fri 19th March with The Fire & I and Slow Show. Its a charity event for CHICKS www.chicks.org.uk

THE RECOVERY CLUB and THE JUST JOANS are supporting The Hidden Cameras at Stereo on Saturday 20th. www.myspace.com/therecoveryclub

The first DEATH DISCO of the year is in the Arches this Saturday night. The Bloody Beetroots, Death Crew 77, Don Rimini, Annie, Hey Today and Egyptian Hip Hip all play. Im excited www.deathdisco.info


SAN TOY’s new album is currently available to listen/buy at their website www.santoymusic.com It will be available on itunes, HMV etc at the start of April.


KILLIEFEST 2010 has announced its line-up for this year. On 10th April Flood of Red, The LaFontaines, This Familiar Smile, The Japanese Mafia, Prarie Dugz, As Darkness Falls, Ultimate Punch, Kung Fu, The Secret + more TB will play in Dirty Martini’s. Only 100 tickets will be released for this show www.myspace.com/nikyboy


PALACE BALLET are releasing debut double A-side of Gabriel and City Of Lights on Monday 12th April. The digital release will be preceded by a live spectacular at the Big Joint (South Street, Whiteinch) on Friday 9th April featuring Palace Ballet and the wonderful, Schnapps. Beautifully screen-printed CDs will be available at the show for those inclined to hold the genuine article in their hands. More details about the show and the release will be appearing online very very shortly. www.myspace.com/palaceballet

Best wishes,

Craig McGee
www.glasgowmusic.co.uk

Representing: The Ray Summers / Alan McKim / Nevada Base / Louise McVey & the Cracks in the Concrete

www.facebook.com/mcgeecraig / www.myspace.com/craigmcgee / www.twitter.com/mcgeecraig /
Skype: upthe_bracket / MSN: [email protected]

DJ nights - HORROWSHOW at Brass Monkey weekly Fridays 8-12 / RAID at La Cheetah weekly Mondays 11-3 / Levit8 at Strathclyde Union Tuesdays 10-1.

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