Sick Mosh promo: killer London show

Posted by jamie on Mar 29, 2012

Our hombres at Sick Mosh Promotions put on Detached and Slovenia’s (amazing) Elvis Jackson as just part of  a massive bill in Hackney tomorrow night.  Go east: life is peaceful there.

See it on facebook here.

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EastPak Artist Studio: February 2012

Posted by jamie on Feb 22, 2012

In its second year, the EASTPAK Artist Studio had more than 130 artists from 17 countries convert around 200 plain EASTPAK backpacks into unique works of art, which will be on show during February.  We braved the cold to get all the way to Jaguar Shoes to see a private view of the second collection.

All proceeds from auctioning the bags goes to  Designers Against AIDS.

The biggest names on show at the London launch were Johnny Marr, Charlie Bowden and Marina Diamandis, but most of the work was pretty cool.  For the record, I wrote “Less Than Jake” in massive letters on my backpack (yes, it is Eastpak) back in 2003.  That counts too, right?

See all the pictures here.

New Found Glory: Radiosurgery up for pre-order

Posted by jamie on Sep 14, 2011

Radiosurgery, the new record from New Found Glory, is now available for preorder.  You can see the video in full here, and/or pre-order their album from the button below.

New Found Glory: Save Your Breath UK dates & tickets

Posted by jamie on Jul 8, 2011

Save Your Breath are confirmed as main support to New Found Glory on their UK tour later in the year.

Here’s what they’ve said: 

“We are beyond stoked to announce we will be opening for New Found Glory in the UK in August!! We are so excited to be playing with one of our favourite bands of all time and we cannot wait for these shows….we’re hoping to see some old friends and make a lot of new ones at these shows. This is really a dream come true for us…

Full dates are here.  Get tickets here.

TrueBeat: splitting up

Posted by jamie on Jul 6, 2011

Sort of out of the blue, London ska-punkers TrueBeat are splitting up.

Here’s their statement in full:

Dear All! 

 

It’s with great regret that I write this but all of us here at TrueBeat HQ have decided to call it a day! We’ve had a great couple of years traveling the country and playing to you all and we’d just like to say thanks to everyone who was part of the ride, even if you only saw us once and added us on facebook on a whim, you were still a part of this band! That said, a few people deserve a mention, Toby, Steph and Ben, our previous drummers, Tim G who recorded the album, Rich from Sawyers, Jeff and Rob from The Redhouse, Loz from Basingstoke and Tony from Newcastle… I know there’s loads I’ve forgotten, you know who you are and it’s been nothing short of a pleasure working with you.

Anyway, it’s not over yet we have a few gigs left, notably one final return to Old Nick’s in Horncastle and a set at Boomtown Fair but we have one last request of you all; come down and party with us at our last ever gig! We’re taking over our local in Twickenham, The George on the 10th of September and it would be amazing to see all your familiar faces. It’s only £3 on the door and we’ll be giving away TrueBeat goodies all night! For more info, here’s the facebook event page.

Hope to see you all there and once again, thanks for EVERYTHING!

Love,

TrueBeat

And here’s Jamie writing up their first (and now only) full studio album, Back to Square One.

Less Than Jake: new EP

Posted by jamie on Jun 21, 2011

So excited for this.  Less Than Jake hare released a new EP Greetings from Less Than Jake.  For the time being, at least, this is only planned to be a digital release.  You can get it here now.

Track listing:

1 Can’t Yell Any Louder
2 Goodbye, Mr. Personality
3 Harvey Wallbanger
4 Oldest Trick In The Book
5 Life Led Out Loud

Epitaph Records: free sampler on facebook

Posted by jamie on Mar 31, 2011

Epitaph Records have posted their Winter/Spring 2011 sampler for free download on their facebook.   All you have to do is “like” them.

The sampler features letlive, Bring Me The Horizon, Thursday, Parkway Drive, Veara and more.

The Clash: photo exhibition in Camden

Posted by jamie on Nov 30, 2010

Adrian Boot’s London Calling: The Clash exhibit will be at Proud Galleries in Camden from 9th December.

Here’s what Proud had to say about it:

This unique exhibition is a photographic portrait of the most influential punk rock band, credited with pioneering the advocacy of radical politics in rock, and includes never before seen images. Photographed rehearsing at their studio in the Gin House at the Stables Market in Camden which was also the site of the original Proud Galleries in Camden, this exhibition marks a true homecoming for Boot’s extraordinary images of this cult band.

Slackers: on tour

Posted by jamie on Oct 25, 2010

More new tour dates: this time it’s the Slackers.  Dates are for next May.

May 2011
27th LONDON Islington O2 Academy
28th DUBLIN venue tbc
29th BELFAST Empire
30th NEWCASTLE Trillians
31st MANCHESTER Moho Live

June 2011

1st DERBY Old Bell

Thanks for these exclusive pics to Imelda at Rebeladelica.  These are taken at their show at the Jazz Cafe with Gecko.  I reviewed it here.

WARNING: dodgy ticket sites on the rise

Posted by jamie on Sep 19, 2010

Not a massive surprise, but a new report from the Guardian highlights some alarming facts about fraudulent websites offering tickets to gigs and sporting events:

UK festivals such as V, Reading and Leeds have been particularly popular targets. Only last month, City of London Police arrested four people following an investigation into a criminal gang that set up worldwidetickets.com, and later gigsport.com, to sell tickets for the Reading Festival and concerts including the Black Eyed Peas and Michael Bublé. The force’s fraud intelligence bureau is studying complaints from 265 victims who are estimated to have lost a total of £40,000 on non-existent tickets.

 Read the full piece here - probably from behind the sofa.