Glasgowmusic newsletter 050410-110410

Hows things?

A busy weekend just passed there. I saw some great acts at Hinterland Festival. Anyone go? What did you think?

I was recently on a radio panel for Eddie Gemmell’s Solutions Show. You can listen to the debate at the media player at the bottom of the page. www.yrock.co.uk

I have a new DJ night at the Brass Monkey that will feature new music from Glasgow and beyond. Loads of news Scottish artists will be featured alongside new music and other great tunes I like. It kicks off at 8pm. I also have my Friday night residency in the same venue playing classic rock& roll and indie.

I have now got a team of reviewers out and about in the venues of Glasgow and on their Stereos reviewing your music. If you have a gig/EP, upcoming single wanting a review please get in touch and I will see who is available. Also if you are keen on writing reviews please get in touch to register your interest.

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.

***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] Please mention if you saw anything in the newsletter please

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DJ NIGHTS


Thursday 08-04-10
whitenoisefeedback:distortion at THE BRASS MONKEY

Expect to hear a mixture of new releases from Glasgow bands and artists

Taking inspiration from my old radio show and club nights that featured Glasgow bands on the playlist
A chance for local Glasgow acts to come along and hear their tracks played in a pub environment! Check out a recent playlist here http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest¬e_id=421725683032

Get down from 8pm, drop in your demo or email me tracks for consideration on the playlist.

Friday 09-04-10
HORRORSHOW at THE BRASS MONKEY

My Friday night residence. From 8-12 every Friday I will be playing songs in the West End’s 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 the following bands please get in touch for availability – The Ray Summers, Alan McKim, Nevada Base, Louise McVey & the Cracks in the Concrete. + latest edition Vigo Thieves.


The Ray Summers

The Ray Summers are playing KING TUTS this coming Friday, support from VIGO THIEVES + DAVE? 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 
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

Friday 16th April sees Alan launch his EP at Stereo. Get a preview track and a ticket here!
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.
www.myspace.com/nevadabase

Louise McVey & the Cracks in the Conrete

The band will play Stereo on 7th April and will be supporting Susanna McDonald in Pivo on 21st
www.myspace.com/louiseandcracks


In the News
Tomorrow’s orchestral musicians will join today’s best young jazz talent in Glasgow next week. The NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRAS of Scotland are delighted to present two of its young ensembles in a varied evening of classical music and free spirited jazz. The concert, taking place at The Royal Concert Hall on 12 April, sees almost 150 of Scotland’s best young musicians take to the stage. In the first half, Conductor John Grant, a former NYOS musician, leads The National Children’s Orchestra of Scotland in a programme of challenging and varied music including Smetana’s Vlatava from Ma Vlast, Shotakovitch’s and Tchaikovsky’s Finale from Symphony No 2.
GLASVEGAS have announced that their drummer has left the band www.glasvegas.net

SONNY MARVELLO have announced that they are playing a live music showcase later this month which will be recorded for Sky TV: www.myspace.com/sonnymarvello The band recently had one of their songs mastered at Abbey road Studios and have been very vocal in support of a local community centre in Castlemilk where they practice and record.
Stephen Farrell, singer and songwriter in the band, said: “We still use the Youth Centre for jamming and rehearsals. Castlemilk might not have the best reputation in Glasgow, but there are facilities and options for kids. There has been a lot of press in Scotland recently about kids not having places to go or things to do, so they turn to drink and drugs. But I think you’ll find that most areas have youth groups or sports facilities. Kids should be told about them in school and taught about the benefits and opportunities available to them.”

German disco-king MALENTE will be appearing at OCouture club this friday
His recent release “I Like It” was signed up by A-Trak’s Fools Gold label and has featured on the playlists of Fake Blood, Crookers, Steve Aoki and Tiga.
Promoter Paul McQueen said "Malente is on fire right now and is quite a coup for us, given that hell be coming to play for us just after gigs in Texas, Milan, Paris and Berlin, he is quite sought after right now! Being such an intimate venue aswell...this will be a special night"
Cheap pre-sale tickets can be bought here: www.clubtickets.com/gb/2010-04/09/velvet-and-muck-present-malente / www.myspace.com/malente

ROCKNESS Student Discount & Free Transport available with the following code: 5RVHZE here. http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/17004439C4BD7C4B?artistid=956870&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
PRETTY UGLY takes place in The Admiral this coming Saturday night – say you saw it mentioned on the Glasgowmusic newsletter for half price entry. www.myspace.com/prettyuglybastille
TOKYO KNIFE ATTACK self release their track ‘Cool Kids’ on the 31st of May They have had play on Vic Galloway and BBC6Music. The band plays Stereo on the 19th June. www.myspace.com/tokyoknifemusak
CASINO CITY have got through to the semi finals of ‘Live and Unsigned’ They take to the stage in Newcastle after winning through heats at Glasgow’s Royal concert Hall. If they win they will play the O2 in London. Good luck to them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgYZeee8Z1s
RADIO CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS. Celtic music radio is every Sunday night at 9pm. Presenter Eddie is looking for new bands and singer/songwriter stuff to play on it. Email an MP3 to [email protected] Or send your stuff to: Eddie Beggan
Celtic Music Radio, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone tower, 26 Richmond St, G1 1XU
OVER THE WALL release ‘Settle Down’ on 7 inch vinyl and digital download on Monday 5th April on Motive Sounds Recordings. It is Over the Wall’s second release on Motive Sounds following their debut EP ‘The Rise and Fall of Over the Wall’ and is taken from their forthcoming album ‘Treacherous’ due in the summer. www.myspace.com/overthewall
THE MIRROR TRAP play Nice n Sleazys this Friday 9 April www.myspace.com/themirrortrap
SOMEONES SONS are currently looking for management, they have just finished recording an albums worth of new material and are looking to gig and tour. If anyones interested you can contact James on 07900654847 or through our www.myspace.com/some1sons
Also looking for representation are JOHNNY AND THE GIROS get in touch at [email protected]
Miss the Occupier are playing the 13th Note, Saturday 10th April, with A.K.M (ex-Red Letter Suits, on tour from Northumberland) and Scragfight. www.myspace.com/misstheoccupier
AUGUSTA FIREBALL at King Tuts on Sunday 11th April. www.myspace.com/augustafireball
STATE OF EMERGENCY are playing Nice N Sleazy on the 7th April with Syndri and Mute Defeat www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2344061033&ref=ts&gid=270047021312#!/event.php?eid=104796606223384&ref=mf

MUSIC-NEWS.COM launches its first Underground event in Edinburgh. Following the success of the Music-News Underground live events in London, they will now be taking them up North to showcase the best of Scottish music. The first show will take place in Maggie’s Chambers in Edinburgh on April 23rd, with more events to follow each month. Sebastian Dangerfield, Motorcycle Display Team and Salute Mary will play

Staying in Edinburgh, NEW FOUND SOUND presents one of my Hinterland highlights this year. Kitty the Lion plays with Kerrie Lynch and Carrie Mac at Sneaky Petes on April 21st

GEEK PIT has Beatwife, dLUDEd, GATR & more tba playing on 10th April at The Vale Bar.

EMMA’s IMAGINATION is playing Tchai Ovna on Thursday 8th April. Great tunes at Hinterland and well worth checking out. www.myspace.com/emmasimagination


Finally

‘BATTLE FOR 2ND PLACE,’ a new Glasgow band, held an egg and spoon race in George Square, Glasgow to celebrate the launch of their campaign to become the world’s second best band. The event was organised on facebook and promoted at the bands gigs. Contestants had to run through George Square at 1pm on Good Friday afternoon with an egg and spoon.
The idea of the race was not to win but come in second place. All of the participants who raced were instructed to run the second half of the race in slow motion to make sure that no one was a clear winner. The slow motion race through a busy George Square attracted quite a bit of attention and was photographed and filmed by tourist and locals alike.
The assembled crowd and race participants were awarded with silver medals and an impromptu gig by the band that played songs form their double B-side debut single B1: A Better Chance B2: Damage
When asked about the reason for the unusual event Battle for 2nd Place singer Orla commented, ‘’we’ll never compete with the big PR machines that power the X-factor and other mainstream artists so we decided to get creative and try something different to get noticed. We were blown away by the response from the people of Glasgow.’’
Brian Payne from the band commented on the origins of the band’s name, ‘’our plan is not to compete with the big mainstream No 1 artists, our plan is go for number 2 but we are not the only people doing that. There are so many talented independent bands in the world which means it really is a Battle for 2nd Place.’’
When asked about the bands future plans for their campaign Orla commented, ‘’there will be more events popping up in different locations on the run up to the single launch on July 2nd 2010 just watch our website for details” www.myspace.com/tbfsp

Best Wishes


Craig McGee
www.glasgowmusic.co.uk / FakePR

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

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