SB6: new album news soon..

Posted by jamie on May 10, 2012

Exciting news from the Sonic Boom Six camp.  The guys are out and about playing shows in the UK and in France this weekend, and, at the end of thier email, it says this:

p.s. Album news is just around the corner. Maybe even as soon as this weekend. We don’t want to speak too soon… so we won’t. But it’ll be worth the wait!

For the Kids of the Multiculture is on Rock Band 3, and all the dates are posted here.

Dead excited.  Please let us find out more soon..

Res 242: new album (and name) soon

Posted by jamie on Mar 22, 2012

Our friends in Resolution 242 are getting ready to release their first “proper” album.  When they do, it’ll be released under a new name, though.

They’ve sent us a lovely message to explain it all, and you can see that in full here:

We thought we’d better let you all know what is going on, as we have been pretty quiet over the last few weeks, so we appreciate your support even when we are snooping around behind the scenes!

Basically, as you may know, we are in the early stages of writing our first proper album. A real album and not a long EP, or a collection of old and new stuff….a full blown, brand spanking, full length album!

And with the idea of freshness in our minds, we have decided with the new album, will come a change in name….DUN DUN DAAA!!

We love everything we have done under ‘Resolution 242′ and we hope that you guys continue to do so also, but we feel it has run its course, and that we have changed so much since Alex and Adam dicking about on 4 tracks, from Jacky B, and not forgetting the lovely ladies Perkie and Ren, and that it is time we closed that box, and opened a whole new era! We want to thank EVERYBODY that has been involved in ‘Resolution 242′ and helped along the way, we love all the Res Fam, but its time for a new beginning!!

We will be having a new page on here, so when we launch it, we are going to need you lot more than ever to help swap over and join the new, bigger, better party! Sharing this ‘Note’ would go a long way to start that

We shall be under new management soon, and we will be posting up brand new updates, Video Blogs, Pictures, Cover tracks and alot of other things, more regularly so we can keep you all more up to date and we can do this TOGETHER!!

The next update will be the NEW NAME, we have a few ideas, but of course your input is welcome if you’ve been holding onto a Gem

We really can’t thank you enough for your support so far, but this is just the beginning, so we hope to see you all soon!

Peace!

Alex, Adam, James and Oliver

Skints: signed CDs for pre-order

Posted by jamie on Feb 24, 2012

The Skints‘ new record Part & Parcel has climbed to 16 in the Play.com pre-order charts.

If you missed out on the pledgemusic campaign, you can still get signed copies from Play.  Grab one here.

Popes of Chillitown: new album! New shows!

Posted by jamie on Jan 7, 2012

Big news from our homes in Popes of Chillitown:

First up - we have started recording our debut album! We’re about two thirds of the way through - bass, drums, guitars and some vocals are done with just the sax and the rest of the vocals to go.

We have been recording part of it at Resident Studios in Willesden in London and the rest at our various houses cos we’re punk like that. Our drummer Jack and our producer Paul have been at the helm of recording.

We’re hoping to get it finished ASAP and released in the first half of 2012 so watch this space.

Exciting, eh?  The Popes are booking shows at the moment.  Here’s where you can watch them so far:

10 Feb - Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich (Ultrazang)
25 March - Concorde 2, Brighton (supporting The Selecter)
25 April - The Maze, Nottingham (supporting Jimmy The Squirrel & New Town Kings)
13 July - Birmingham Free Festival TBC
14 July - Swansea Ska Festival

Chris Murray: new album ahoy!

Posted by jamie on Jan 5, 2012

Excellent news: it’s nearly time for a new Chris Murray record.  Here’s what the man himself has told us:

Chris Murray Combo is currently recording our second album,
which features all unreleased original material and is going to be
totally awesome!

Watch this space.  As soon as we know more, we’ll tell you.  Thanks, Chris!

Here’s me hugging him:

Slackers: new record

Posted by jamie on Dec 9, 2011

NYC jazz/ska/soul legends the Slackers popped in to tell us about their newest record.  Here’s what they had to say:

Our latest release is a compilation of familiar and unfamilar cover tunes. Old favorites like “Strychnine” get the studio treatment, and classics like “I’m Still Standing” get the proper Slackers reinvention. It’s part of the Whatevski Big Tunes Project, an initiative to help put out more great records, give our bands better support, and open a co-op digital store where any ska band, artist, or label can sell music and build a community.
Check it out here.

Or hear a sample track here:

Here’s the full track list:

1 Attitude (The Misfits)
2 Like A Virgin (Madonna)
3 Strychnine (The Sonics)
4 I’m Still Standing (Elton John)
5 Jeepster (T-Rex)
6 The Letter (The Box Tops)
7 Game of Love (Wayne Fontana)
8 Reach Out (The Four Tops)
9 Bitch (The Rolling Stones)
10 Ganbare (The Blue Hearts)
11 Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane)

 

Picture taken at this show, where Gecko and the Slackers slayed Camden’s Jazz Cafe.  Whether you’re a person or a panda.

Drewvis: posting new songs

Posted by jamie on Dec 9, 2011

The lovely Drewvis has started work on his new album!

Here’s what he told us:

I can’t reveal much about it yet, other than I have recorded 5 tracks, and 2 new demos can be heard here.

I hope you like them!

We do, Drew.  Thank you.  If you missed it - you should check out his last record.  It’s wonderful.

 

Chris Murray: new album news

Posted by jamie on Dec 9, 2011

A sneaky update from nomadic, Canadian acoustic-ska troubadour Chris Murray.  He’s almost finished recording a second album with his band, the Chris Murray Combo.

Great news is that they’re at last going to play outside Southern California.  Sadly, the show will be in Chicago.  Chris is hoping to be back in the UK and in Europe in 2012.

For the past few months Chris Murray Combo have been working on our second album, and it is sounding great so far! Projected release is for spring 2012. More details will be announced when available.

They’ve also told us what they’ve been up to since we last heard.

Earlier this year I produced an album for The Bricks, a 10-piece ska band led by Dan Potthast of MU330 glory. Seriously, the album turned out amazing and is now available here.

One final note, a benefit track in support of the rebuilding Japan post-earthquake/tsunami is now available. All proceeds will go towards building three small live venues in areas completely destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Please check out this track here.  

Here’s a picture of me hugging Chris in the Underworld, Camden, in 2008.

Skints: big news on new album

Posted by jamie on Dec 5, 2011

We’ve got some exciting news about the Skints‘ new record.  The exciting news is that there’s going to be some, uh, exciting news.  Soon.

It’s not going to be little exciting news, either.  Have a peek at this, from our inbox..

Anti-Vigilante: recording soon

Posted by jamie on Nov 14, 2011

Start drooling: Anti-Vigilante are about to go in to the studio to start work on a new album.  They’ll be joined in said studio by uber-producer Peter Miles.  Excited.