The Victoria Inn - Derby, Wednesday 14TH March 2012.
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As you probably already know, Ad Edwards is a singer/songwriter based in the Midlands. Well known for his creative, lyrical ability to tell story's in songs which everyone can relate to. Former frontman, Songwriter and lead guitarist for indie rockers The Kayas, who gained incredible hype with their debut single featured on channels MTV, VH1, NME TV just to name a few.
The Kayas who were put into the hands of the national press when they made UK music history with their unique QR code marketing campaign for their single 'I Have Been Waiting' released back in June 2011 which gained them fantastic reviews with Music Week, Music News, A&R Worldwide and Classic Rock Magazine.
After the bands split in October , Ad instantly went straight into the studio to start working on his new solo album. Recently playing intimate gigs for boxing legends Joe Calzaghe and his dad Enzo at their boxing gym in South Wales. Ad Edwards is making fantastic networks and will soon be announcing extensive UK tour dates. Currently recording his debut solo album to be released in 2012, expect an album full of catchy sing along songs.
Hello there Twang fans, or if you are German, Guten Tag.
We hope you're all well.
Just a quick heads up. ... We are excited to announce that we will be releasing a single on 13th February. Entitled ‘We’re a crowd’ the song will be the first Twang release since our Guapa EP back in 2011. It will be available to download from the 13th February and will be accompanied by two wunderbar B sides.
We have just finished the video to accompany the song and it will be posted on YouTube very soon.
If you were there in the 90s you'll love this. If you weren't there in the 90s you'll STILL love this.
Two vertebrae from the backbone of the MADCHESTER scene are hitting the road. Both bands are good night out on their own but both of them together is just not to be missed.
There are at least 50 seriously good tunes from these two bands combined so check them out, get your tickets and get baggy.
Tickets on sale 3rd February from HERE (amongst other places)
ALL THE YOUNG have announced the details of their March UK tour. The tour kicks off in Newcastle on March 21st and continues with a further 7 dates including the band's biggest home town gig to date at Keel University.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday 11th January at 9 AM.
Get involved. It's gonna' be mad.
Dates are as follows:-
Mar 21 The Cluny - Newcastle, United Kingdom
Mar 22 King Tuts Wah Wah Hut - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Mar 23 Manchester Academy 3 - Manchester, United Kingdom
Mar 24 Keele University - Stoke, United Kingdom
Mar 25 Birmingham Academy 3 - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mar 26 The Bodega Social Club - Nottingham, United Kingdom
Mar 28 The Fleece - Bristol
Mar 29 Green Door Store - Brighton, United Kingdom
Full details via the band's web site HERE
Want to hear ALL THE YOUNG live before you buy? Click HERE for a FREE live album.
NOTE: I've tried to dig out and add links to the artists included below but if you are included below and would like links to be changed/added or Twitter etc adding please email micktcs@gmail.com and let me know the details.
Mick
Everyone seems to have an opinion on musical acts that they think might do rather well next year and some cracking lists have been around, but most of them contain the same people over and over.
Last Year my list included Tribes, Anna Calvi, The Milk, Wu Lyf, Vaccines, Treetop flyers amongst others and some of them didn’t do too bad.
Here are some acts that I like and hope will do well in 2012, in no particular order:-
There’s 20 bands that you might not have heard of. Here are 12 acts you may have heard but you still must go and see them :-
1) Lana Del Ray SoundCloud Facebook 2) The War on Drugs SoundCloud Facebook 3) Sad Day for Puppets SoundCloud Facebook 4) Fanzine SoundCloud Facebook 5) The History of Apple Pie SoundCloud Facebook 6) Dexters SoundCloud Facebook 7) Catfish and the Bottlemen SoundCloud Facebook 8) Cold Specks SoundCloud Facebook 9) Jamie N Commons SoundCloud Facebook 10) DZ Deathrays SoundCloud Facebook 11) Life in Film SoundCloud Facebook 12) Kyla La Grange SoundCloud Facebook
Mark Bennett You can follow Mark on twitter to keep up with the bands that he's booking and putting on and also just to chew the fat about new bands and his recomendations. He's on @chbookingagency
I can vouch for a few of these bands and hope to be featuring them soon. In the mean time I'll be checking the rest out. You should too.
To kick off the new year Noel is confirmed to make a number of UK radio and TV appearances this week.
He will be interviewed Thursday morning on UK Radio 1's Breakfast Show. Zane Lowe, who is sitting in for Unfunny Chris Moyles for the first week of January will be chatting to Noel about the new single 'If I Had A Gun…' and his plans for the year. Fans can tune in from 8am or listen online HERE!
Noel will also appear on Steve Wright's UK Radio 2 show on Thursday afternoon. Tune in between 14:00 and 17:00 or listen online HERE!
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' will perform new single 'If I Had A Gun…' on this week's Graham Norton Show, which will air Friday 6th January at 22:35 on BBC1 and iPlayer (UK only). Noel will also join Graham on the couch for a chat.
Noel's fourth and last appearance of the week will see him chatting about all things football on UK Sky TV's Soccer AM show this Saturday 7th January. He will join hosts Max and Helen plus American Pie actor Seann William Scott and ex-Man City midfielder Dietmar Hamann. The show will air from 10am.
'If I Had A Gun…' - the third UK single from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - is out now. The single is available on 7", CD and download and comes with the exclusive track 'I'd Pick You Every Time'. Get your copy now from the official store HERE or iTunes HERE.
Merry Christmas Everybody. I really hope you're having an amazing time full of love and music.
Guess what? As a Christmas present to everyone on their mailing list, ALL THE YOUNG are **GIVING AWAY** an album of the awesome King's Hall, Stoke On Trent show from earlier this year. What nice lads they are. If you want to top ALL of the presents that you have received so far this year then get yourself over to there web site now and get it. CLICK HERE.
The legendary Peter Hook and his latest band The Light have announced that they will be playing UK dates in May and June next year. Following international dates throughout 2011 and the recent UK shows at The Lowry, Salford, which were all very well received Hooky is taking his Unknown Pleasures and Closer shows around the UK.
Hopefully this will be the first dates of a larger tour. God knows pretty much every older Joy Division fan wants it. The dates announced so far are:-
Sat 25th Feb Buxton Opera House (Unknown Pleasures & Closer)
Fri 25th May Liverpool O2 Academy (Unknown Pleasures)
Sat 26th May Glasgow Oran Mor (Unknown Pleasures)
Sun 27th May Nottingham Rescue Rooms (Unknown Pleasures)
Tues 29th May Sheffield Leadmill (Unknown Pleasures)
Weds 30th May Birmingham O2Academy (Unknown Pleasures)
Fri 1st June London O2Academy Islington (Closer)
Sat 2nd June Oxford O2Academy (Unknown Pleasures)
The band play the album(s) sequentially and in track order and then follow with other Warsaw and Joy Division tracks, some of which neither Joy Division or New Order ever played live.
An excellent night for any original Joy Divison fan or for younger fans just discovering the band.
The brilliant IC1s are releasing a Christmas charity single "KARMA (It's On Your Side)" in aid of the homeless charity Shelter on Monday December 19th on "25th Hour Convenience Store", the independent label belonging to the Libertine's, Gary Powell.
The track will be available for download and the ALL of the proceeds will go directly to support the vital work that Shelter do every day to help people faced with homelessness. It's a genuine quality Indie Rock outing that is well worth a few of your hard earned pence to go towards a brilliant cause this Christmas. You'll be singing the chorus well into next year I guarantee it..
As the band's Jesse James, explains "People are faced with losing their home every single day in any given town or city; if you open your eyes it's right in front of you. Christmas is the perfect time to show some goodwill and help out. Shelter does sterling work and we are proud to be supporting them"
This will be the second release from the band who's debut release LEVITATE (click here to listen) reached number 24 in the iTunes Alternative Singles chart in a week when the chart was dominated predominantly by former high charting hits from acts such as Kings Of Leon, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and others..
The single is available to pre-order HERE and there's a compettition via the band's Facebook page (HERE) to win tickets to see KASABIAN with support from MILES KANE.
The band are a firm favourite of Oasis discoverer and Creation Records founder Alan McGee who has been a strong supporter of the band from the start. Since then - just a mere 14 months - the band have shared stages with The Cribs, The Charlatans, Tinie Tempah, Proud Mary, Badly Drawn Boy, Calvin Harris, Bloc Party, Tim Burgess and many more.
McGee says “They remind me of The Who during the Tommy period meeting punk rock. I have known Daniel the singer for 6 years and its great seeing him become great musically over the years. Its a tune!”
A highlight for the band this year was when they were invited to perform at Tim Burgess' personally curated 'Friends Of Mine' festival in Manchester, expanding the fan base to include Mani from the Stone Roses, who after seeing them exclaimed that he “fucking loved it” and since rumours have been circulating over the web that IC1s will be one of the bands to support the Stones Roses in 2012.
Other people championing IC1s include;-
XFM's Pete Donaldson - "They're a little bit Libertines, a little bit Ramones - but they're certainly 100% hundred percent London. WHACK JACK (click here to listen) must surely serve as a stomping, unifying crowd pleaser live. The punk rock chorus comes out of precisely nowhere and is the sort of thing the word 'tasty' was invented for"
Absolute Radio's Sarah Champion - "Love the band and name…Indie pop rock with attitude, particularly infectious!"
and Mark Beaumont (NME, The Times, The Guardian) - "A proper, no messing about rock band!"
Just in cased you missed it above, the single is available NOW to pre-order HERE and costs a mere £1.29. Go on do your good turn this Christmas and get a cracking tune for your iPod into the bargain.
IC1 Facebook Page HERE More tracks on the IC1 SoundCloud page HERE
As you probably already know, Ad Edwards is a singer/songwriter based in the Midlands. Well known for his creative, lyrical ability to tell story's in songs which everyone can relate to. Former frontman, Songwriter and lead guitarist for indie rockers The Kayas, who gained incredible hype with their debut single featured on channels MTV, VH1, NME TV just to name a few. 
