Glasgowmusic newsletter 010911

How are you? Happy September to you!

Another busy week in store, I am looking for things to do this Thursday night, wquite fancy a gig crawl?!


THE OXJAM GLASGOW TAKEOVER will happen on the 22nd October. Venues for this years festival are G2, Bloc, Box, The Griffin, Buff Club & Sleazys and Flat 0/1

The first batch of bands to confirm are Aerials Up, Baldego, Binary Zero, Café Disco, Echofela, Fiction Faction, Gillian Christie, Hector Bizerk, I’m Sick, Kith & Kin, Laura Healy, Miss Baudelaire, Rhiannon Garrity, Rose Parade, Shambles Miller, Skippy Dyes, Sonic Hearts Foundation, Stuntman Mike, Suspire, The Corleones, Tragic O’Hara, Two Rivers, Vigo Thieves & Will Hanson

CHAMBRE69

Fancy some LAYO & BUSHWACKA?!!?! Well they Present ‘SHAKE IT’ – An exclusive 4 hour DJ set on Saturday 10th September.

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I am keen to speak to more promoters too about using the venue for live music, club nights, art shows, exhibitions, clothes shops, business meetings. Anything goes. If you are looking for a home then let me know.

Please check out www.chambre-69.com for details of lots of club nights and vintage fayres we have booked in!

** Make sure you get along to the Vintage Fayre GIN IN TEACUPS this Saturday from 12-6

STAIRWAY

I will be DJing Stairway on weekly Saturdays come the start of September, I am very excited about this as I really enjoy playing to a club crowd. Expect a mix of Indie, Rock n Roll and electro. A few classics and lots of surprises! You should come along! www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002163465072

There is loads going on over at the club each night
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BLACK SPARROW

www.glasgowmusic.co.uk is proud to announce another series of live stripped back, acoustic and electro shows at the Black Sparrow on Charing Cross on weekly Thursday nights. All these shows are FREE entry and start at 730.

SEPTEMBER
8 – Raymond Hackland, Jono, Brown Bear & The Bandits
15– I Am Blip, Engine 7, Boom Merchant
22 – Louise Cairns, Gillian Christie, Rebecca Wallace
29 – Jonny Jack, Callum Baird + tbc

OCTOBER
6 – The Miss’s, Little Eskimos, Baldego
13 – The Aspect, Kate Dunn & the Redunndants, Mckell Ross & Gill
20 – The Deadly Winters, Acrylic Iqon, Rhiannon Garrity
27 – Rose Parade, Black & White Boy, West Avenue


RADIO 1

I am on BBC RADIO 1 INTRODUCING with ALLY MCCRAE on the A&R Zone once a month. Listen again to his shows at: Im back on the show on Sept 11th so get those tracks over to me via my Soundcloud!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x592r

SOCIAL MEDIA

http://soundcloud.com/craigmcgee - www.twitter.com/mcgeecraig -
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**Currently touring – FRIDGE MAGNETS – OCTOBER
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SMIA FINALLY LAUNCHES / PIVO FOR PIAS / EH1 FESTIVAL / ELECTRIC FROG / LOTS OF VIDEOS / NEW RELEASES / COPY HAHO / JOHN WEAN DEPERATE DANS / CRYPTIC NIGHTS TAKE YOU ON A JOYRIDE

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DJ NIGHTS

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Friday 02-09-11
HORRORSHOW at THE BRASS MONKEY

I will be playing a mixture of Rock and Roll, Indie, Electro, Motown and Soul
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


Saturday 03-09-11
LIFE ON MARS at STAIRWAY GLASGOW

My new night taking elements of HORRORSHOW (Firewater) and FUNHOUSE (Barfly) Influences if you will add in the fun of various other nights like WNF:D, Some great tunes, hidden gems and classics from a whole host of genres. I am very excited and I hope you can make it. FREE before 10pm!


In the News

THE SCOTTISH MUSIC INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION has a brand new website www.smia.org.uk. You can sign up to be a member for £20 a year which will give you various benefits Exclusive entry to networking and industry events, Reduced entry to training and workshops, Access to our members resource library and The opportunity shape an organisation that will provide a united voice for the music industry in Scotland

ELECTRIC FROG is back and this time they come with bands, check out the excellent lineup here www.glasgowmusic.co.uk/ReadFeature-0000000180 On the Saturday head to LAYO & BUSHWACKA at CHAMBRE69 too for a really great day out!

EH1 FESTIVAL in Edinburgh has announced details of their line-up, get more info here www.glasgowmusic.co.uk/ReadFeature-0000000179

Do you buy music or merchandise? Do you go to gigs regularly? Do you run a record label? Are you in a band? Are you a solo artist? Are you a DJ? Would you like to help the independent music scene?
If the answer is yes to any of those questions Pivo Waterloo is having a PIAS FUNDRAISER on Saturday 24th September to help labels affected by the warehouse fires (Soma, Chemikal Underground etc) and is looking for everyone to get involved e-mail [email protected] for more details

JOHN WEAN are releasing debut single ‘Desperate Dan’ at the Classic Grand on the 10th September. www.wearejohnwean.com

August 28th is the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther Kings
I Have A Dream speech. CHOMSKY ALLSTARS will mark this momentous occasion with the release of Freedumb, a brand new song which begs the question:
is this the kind of freedom we were fighting for?http://www.youtube.com/user/chomskyallstars
TRAGIC O’HARA and COLN HUNTER recently had a much publicised fallout at a gig in Glasgow. Check Tragics website for the full story. They have just had a dance off to fight it out, check it out here

COPY HAHO have just announced a tour and also a Glasgow date. Check them out at the Captains Rest on the 19th October www.copyhaho.co.uk

CRYPTIC NIGHTS new feature ‘Joyride’ takes place at the CCA on the 1st and 2nd Septmeber. www.crypticnights.org.uk Louise and Graeme from Louise McVey & The Cracks in the Concrete are playing it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcaYrQixr9g Check Tragic O’Hara supporting Suspire this Saturday at the Arches.

GOGOBOT release new single ‘Survey Says Dance’on 26th September. To mark the finale of the ‘See Saw Series’ the band will be headlining King Tut’s on Friday, December 2nd. www.GoGoBot.co.uk

MARTIN JOHN HENRY (Ex De Rosa) is releasing his album on Gargleblast Records. Pre Order it from here http://gargleblastrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-half-of-everything

KONTROBAND are playing King Tuts on the 2nd Sept www.facebook.com/pages/KontroBand/109129765777867

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION are playing King Tuts on the 20th September www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124042667693604

After the success of July`s last minute JAMFEST at Pivo they would love to invite all the artists back who did such a fine job last time and get even more top musicians/ singers/ rappers/ poets/ comedians to partake in a no holds barred night of live music, comedy and one off collaborations. Bring your band, Bring your instrument or just bring yourself
It`s gonna be free entry, free pizza , free massages and free beer for every artist who gets on stage and joins in with the musical madness
So far confirmed to join in on the musical madness filled with one off collaborations is.....
Homesick Aldo, Sun Dogs, Girobabies, Loki, Louie, Carl Bridgeman (Destino) , Lu Angel,Jim Monaghen (poet) Andy Kelly, Martin Bearne (comedian) and many, many more
Tuesday September 6th at Pivo Pivo

SICKNOTE have been whipping crowds into a frenzy for years but their shows and festival appearances just get bigger and bigger (Glastonbury, A festival in Puerto Rico to site two examples) They can turn any situation into a full blown rave like a slick hybrid of all the best things about the Prodigy, Happy Mondays, The Shamen and Even Madness.
They will be making a rare Glasgow appearance at Pivo Pivo on Friday September 30th all the way from Cardiff with a stunning visual show.

KICK TO KILL are releasing new single ‘Black Kisses’ on Flower in the Dustbin Records on the 21st November. www.flowersinthedustbin.org

FINALLY

SARAH-BETH BROWN has made it through to the regional finals of Open Mic UK 2011. Best of luck to her www.facebook.com/Sarah.Bethxx


Best wishes

Craig McGee
www.glasgowmusic.co.uk

Music Programmer - Chambre69 www.chambre-69.com / Warner Chappell Scottish Scout / BBC Radio 1 A&R Zone

Agency: www.glasgowmusic.co.uk/Representing

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DJ: BRASS MONKEY (Fri), GARAGE Attic (Fortnightly Fris), STAIRWAY (Weekly Saturdays)

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