Glasgowmusic newsletter 271011

How are you?

Cheers to everyone who made it along to Oxjam festival on Saturday. I really enjoyed the event and hope you did too. I am looking for ideas to run more events like that.

Some excellent opportunities for bands below in this weeks newsletter including a chance to play at an event Curated by Lyle & Scott

CHAMBRE69 / FRIDGE MAGNETS

FRIDGE MAGNETS + VERSUS VERSUS + THE MACHINE ROOM are playing at Chambre69 on Thursday 27th October. All 3 bands have been featured on the A&R Zone on BBC Introducing. Its only £5 and tickets are onsale now from Ticketweb and Tickets Scotland.
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=252298738147805

Keep up to date at www.chambre-69.com

STAIRWAY

Hope to see you this Saturday night in Stairway where I will be DJing. Last few weeks have been good fun, nice mixture of tunes
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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.

Check out a preview of this week’s line-up www.glasgowmusic.co.uk/ReadBlogs-0000000233

I AM NOW BOOKING UP NOVEMBER ONWARDS, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF INTERESTED IN A SHOW

OCTOBER
27 – Rose Parade, Black & White Boy, West Avenue
NOVEMBER
10 – Binary Zero
17 – Seed, Craig Souter
24 – Callum Baird, Evera


RADIO 1

I was on BBC RADIO 1 INTRODUCING with ALLY MCCRAE in the A&R Zone this Sunday. You can listen again at: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x592r



www.glasgowmusic.co.uk presents…..

AGENCY at www.glasgowmusic.co.uk/Representing

**Currently touring – FRIDGE MAGNETS – OCTOBER – 27th October at Chambre69 with Versus Versus & The Machine Room
**ALSO BOOKING – BRILLIANT DISGUISE (Bruce Springsteen tribute) Get in touch if you think this great act would go down well in your town/city! www.brilliantdisguise.co.uk



BORN TO BE WIDE / NO POSTCODES / CURATED BY LYLE & SCOTT / STAIRWAY WANT PROMOTERS / RIVER 68s TENEMENT TV / CREATURES OF THE NIGHT / TITP TICKETS ONSALE / GIROBABIES & SUN DOGS TOUR / SMIRNOFF SESSIONS AT BOX / UKREIGN VIDEO

***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


www.glasgowmusic.co.uk REVIEWS + FEATURES

Check out the latest reviews on the website
www.glasgowmusic.co.uk/Reviews-0-10



DJ NIGHTS

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Friday 28-10-11
HORRORSHOW at THE BRASS MONKEY

I will be playing a mixture of Electro, Motown, Funk and Soul. Come enjoy a beer, cocktail or glass of wine with nice background noises.
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

ALSO ON

Friday 28-10-11
PINUP NIGHTS at the FLYING DUCK

I will be playing alongside a whole host of DJs including Carl from the Libertines, Scott & Adele from Sons & Daughters and live performances from Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5. The Colonel is filming their music video tonight, come along and be in it! www.pinup-nights.com

Saturday 29-10-11
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

Scotland’s leading music scene social night BORN TO BE WIDE, is to host a radio seminar at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on Thursday 3 November. Speakers include the BBC’s Michael Douglas [Vic] Galloway, award winning presenter Jim Gellatly, veteran radio plugger Grant Crain and producer of Radio’s Scotland’s Iain Anderson Show, Stewart Cruickshank. An additional guest is to be confirmed later this week www.borntobewide.co.uk

Labrinth, Chase & Status, Danny from Embrace, DJ Fresh Ritzy from The Joy Formidable are featured in a new video against Gang Culture in the UK. The video of stars, and Police, supporting NO POSTCODES can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf-WMm96O6A

THE RIVER 68S have been added to the latest instalment of Tenement TV www.tenementtv.com

KOBI ONYAME, W.E.F.U.N.K and my favourite band of the moment DARC are playing Box this Friday as part of the Smirnoff Sessions http://www.facebook.com/DARCOfficial

STAIRWAY on Union Street is looking for promoters to put on live shows. If you are interested get in touch with Ian - [email protected] Also if bands are wanting to put on their own shows in a great sounding venue with their own support bands too, then get in touch. Any other ideas for shows are welcomed.

THE DEAD MAN’S WALTZ launch their album at Glasgow Old Hairdressers (Renfield Lane) this Thursday, 27th October, for a pre-Halloween evening of vaudellivian ghoulishness and macabre tales. Support by Andy Lucas and the magnificent Kirsty Almeida. Doors at 8pm. More info, including directions here http://bit.ly/qqyMlC

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT is a Halloween street festival taking over Ashton Lane, featuring DJ sets by Pendulum in the Grosvenor bar and Foals out on the street, plus live beatboxing from Killa Kela, among other performances including BOYCOTTS, CAPITALS & MERSAULT.
CURATED BY LYLE & SCOTT takes place on the 23rd November at the Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh w/ Alex Clare, Hooray for Earth + Competition Winner. You could be tha t competition winner, all you have to do is email a Youtube clip of a performance to [email protected]

THE GIROBABIES are giving away Three of their latest tracks as free downloads. Songs include `Countdown to Tinnitus`, `Nightmare` and `Overheard in the Westend` and can be gotten at http://thegirobabies.bandcamp.com/ . The guys will be touring with fellow Glasgow collaborators SUN DOGS http://soundcloud.com/sun-dogs

LOST IN AUDIO have a new video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODTB_5l3NyM

LITTLE BUDDHA are playing at ‘La Roche Rumba’ at Pollockshields ex-servicemens club on the 5th November

Catch THE WINTER TRADITION at Captains Rest on Friday 25th November

UKREIGN new single ‘Turn You On’ has a video http://youtu.be/IYj0Ta28oi4

YROCK presents BRIGADE at Stereo on the 13th November. The vocalist of the band is the brother of Charlie from Busted www.ents24.com/web/event/UK-Tour-Stereo-Glasgow-2684492.html

MICK HARGAN AND MARK GEARY Saturday, October 29 at Cottiers Theatre
www.mickhargan.com

SOMEONE’S SONS are playing a charity gig at Flat 0/1 on the 15th November. www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254296641287780

MUMMY SHORT ARMS’ new single ‘Change’ is out now http://soundcloud.com/flowersinthedustbin/mummy-short-arms-change

FINALLY

T IN THE PARK tickets go onsale on the 2nd December at 9am just in time for Christmas shopping! www.tinthepark.com

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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