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Soul II Soul on 30th anniversary UK tour this month!
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Queercore sax punks GUTTFULL release today a riotous video for their single ‘Tits and Nails’
Queercore sax punks GUTTFULL release today a riotous video for their single ‘Tits and Nails’
Queercore sax punks GUTTFULL release today a riotous video for their single ‘Tits and Nails’, the title track of their forthcoming debut album.
The song is about ‘calling out cat-callers’, and the video pulls no punches as it hammers home their not-taking-any-more-of-this-shit message to a gaggle of lecherous builders. Featuring cameo appearances from the band’s friends and fellow DIY punks The Menstrual Cramps, who also filmed and edited the video for Guttfull – punk sisterhood in action!
GUTTFULL is led by Samoan powerhouse Momoe, whose rageful vocals and visceral stage performance are often somewhere between Poly Styrene, Kathleen Hanna and Tina Turner. Their live set is loud and celebratory – screaming down the patriarchy, raining glitter.
Other songs include ‘Arsehole’ (an ode to Donald Trump), ‘My Culture’s Not a Costume’ (a wake-up call to any white people considering dreading their hair), and ‘Messy’ (a true-stroy account of domestic violence). But also look out for a song called ‘White Man’s Had His Day’, which the band premiered at Loud Women Fest last weekend – a haunting ballad that showcases Momoe’s beautifully full vocal range, joined with the voices of the band’s guitarist/songwriter Cassie and bassist Gemma.
Guttfull’s debut album ‘Tits and Nails’ will be launched 10 November on Loud Women records, with a launch party at the Hope & Anchor that night. The album can be pre-ordered from Bandcamp, which includes a download now of the lead single.
Catch Guttfull live:
27 Oct – The Railway, Southend-on-Sea with T-Bitch
9 Nov – DIY Space for London with Fuzzhoneys and Stef Fi
10 Nov – Tits and Nails album launch, Hope & Anchor, N1, with Jemma Freeman and the Cosmic Something and more.
“LOUD WOMEN will undoubtedly be the beacon for all the best new female talent” – The Morning Star
“championing women in music through putting on great gigs with great people” – Parallel Magazine
“Fans of women-centric punk, rock and riot grrrl will heart this UK-based promoter.” – DIVA magazine
Goldblume – new album and UK Tour
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Do What You Like an Animal welfare charity single by Gavin Chappell-Bates
Do What You Like – Animal welfare and conservation charity single released by Gavin Chappell-Bates on Thursday October 4th 2018
‘Do What You Like’ is a folk-rock single from Cambridge musician Gavin Chappell-Bates. It will be released on Thursday 4th October 2018, World Animal Day, and is a song that reflects on how we, the human race, treat our home, planet earth, and the other inhabitants that we share it with.
It will be available to purchase as a digital download on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and other online retailers. A short film will be released on the same day to accompany the single. This was made by Gavin with footage provided by a number of animal welfare and conservation charities to help create a visual representation of the song’s message.
All proceeds from sales of ‘Do What You Like’ will go directly to these charities that provided footage to make the film: Animal Aid, Animal Equality, Animals Australia, Earthling Ed, Greenpeace, PETA, Save Me Trust, Tiger Awareness and Viva!
Gavin wrote the song to highlight his biggest fears, the destruction of our environment and the mass slaughter and suffering of animals. In 2014, inspired by his affection for his cat Sully, Gavin had an epiphany and converted first to vegetarianism and then to veganism. Having been a consumer of meat, dairy and other animal based products for over thirty years he had never previously questioned what he put into his body but with increased awareness he, along with his wife Alison, decided to make a change.
‘Do What You Like’ was written as a direct reaction to the stark change in his lifestyle, of which Gavin says:
“It was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I now feel so much better as a result, both in body and in mind. More importantly, my eyes have now been opened and I want to do all I can to help others understand the realities of what is happening to our environment and animals that are farmed for food. I dream of a world where all humans live on a sustainable plant-based diet and we are all in balance with the planet we call home. I believe this will one day happen, hopefully in my lifetime.”
Gavin wants to use his music and the release of ‘Do What You Like’ to raise awareness about these issues. He is asking others to join him in this mission by signing up to a crowd-speaking campaign which will share the song and video across participant’s social media channels on the release date. Further details about this can be found here: https://gavinchappellbates.com/dowhatyoulike/
Gavin deliberately chose to coincide this release with World Animal Day, a social movement which aims to raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards across the globe. You can find out more about this here: www.worldanimalday.org.uk
‘Do What You Like’ can be pre-ordered from Gavin’s Bandcamp store: gavinchappellbates.bandcamp.com/album/do-what-you-like-single
Further information
‘Do What You Like’ is the fourth single to be released from Gavin’s crowd-funded second album ‘The Last One’, which began life with the thought: ‘what would you do if you were the last human alive when the world as we know it ends?’ It was released in March 2018 and features a variety of talented musicians including Booga from Ezio, Paul Richard’s from Fred’s House and Neil Bruce from Bouquet of Dead Crows. Previous singles from the album include ‘Lovely Day’, ‘Bad Faith / Good Faith’ and ‘The Sanctuary of Stars’.
“The Last One is a wonderfully crafted album, full of strong tracks worthy of repeated listens.” FATEA Magazine
Gavin’s music has featured on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2. He regularly appears on BBC Introducing, as well as other local and national stations. He has been nominated for Best Male Solo Artist for four years running at the NMG Awards and has a growing fan base in France where numerous fan sites have popped up.
He released his first solo EP – ‘Black Holes’ – in February 2015, and his debut album – ‘We Are The Ones’ – in April 2016, on R*E*P*E*A*T Records.
Gavin set off on his first ever tour in September 2014 and has since played venues such as the Cambridge Corn Exchange, The Rescue Rooms (Nottingham), The Hunter Club (Bury St. Edmunds) and Norwich Arts Centre, as well as festivals including Cambridge’s Big Weekend, Homegrown, Wild Wood Rumpus, Strawberry Fair and Subterranean.
Gavin’s links
Facebook facebook.com/GavinChappellBates
Instagram instagram.com/gchappellbates
Soundcloud soundcloud.com/gavinchappell-bates
Twitter @GChappellBates
Website gavinchappellbates.com
YouTube youtube.com/c/GavinChappellBates
Additional links
Animal Aid www.animalaid.org.uk
Animal Equality www.animalequality.net
Animals Australia www.animalsaustralia.org
Earthling Ed www.earthlinged.com
Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org.uk
PETA www.peta.org
Save Me Trust www.savemetrust.org
Tiger Awareness www.tigerawareness.co.uk
Viva! www.viva.org.uk
Some statistics
- Over 56 billion farmed animals are killed every year by humans. These figures do not include fish and other sea creatures whose deaths are so great they are only measured in tonnes. (Animal Equality)
- Each year in the UK alone approximately 1 billion land animals are farmed and killed for food, that’s around 2.7 million every single day, and that figure does not include fish. (Animal Aid)
- Animal farming is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all of the planes, trains, cars, trucks and ships on Earth. It is also one of the leading causes of deforestation and water pollution around the world. (Animal Aid)
- The carbon footprint of a vegan diet is as much as 60% smaller than a meat-based one. (Animal Aid)
- Each year inside British laboratories, around 4 million animals are experimented on. Every 8 seconds, one animal dies. (Animal Aid)
- The Earth’s ancient forests form some of the most diverse ecosystems known to science and are vital in regulating the world’s climate. But 80% of them have already been destroyed or degraded, and the remaining forests are under threat. (Greenpeace)
- In 2016, 40,000 lives were cut short by air pollution in the United Kingdom, with sick and vulnerable people, the elderly and children being particularly at risk. (Greenpeace)
- An estimated 12.7 million tonnes of plastic – everything from plastic bottles and bags to microbeads – end up in our oceans each year. (Greenpeace)
- Every day a tiger is killed in the wild. There are now only 3,000 remaining. (Tiger Awareness)
- The world’s cattle alone consume a quantity of food equal to the caloric needs of 8.7 billion people — more than the entire human population on Earth. (One Green Planet)
The Lovely Eggs Announce supports for Autumn Tour Dates Featuring Mush, ILL plus poet and comedian Rob Auton
The Lovely Eggs
Announce supports for Autumn Tour Dates
Featuring Mush, ILL plus poet and comedian Rob Auton
Tour Dates:
11 Oct – Beat Generator Live, Dundee%
12 Oct – CCA, Glasgow%
13 Oct – Bongo Club, Edinburgh%
19 Oct – The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds*
21 Oct – The Roadmender, Northampton%
23 Oct – The Hare and Hounds, Birmingham%
24 Oct – The Musician, Leicester
25 Oct – 1865, Southampton
26 Oct – The Fleece, Bristol*
27 Oct – The Haunt, Brighton*
28 Oct – The Scala, London*
9 Nov – The Cluny, Newcastle*
10 Nov – Gorilla, Manchester*
12 Oct – CCA, Glasgow%
13 Oct – Bongo Club, Edinburgh%
19 Oct – The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds*
21 Oct – The Roadmender, Northampton%
23 Oct – The Hare and Hounds, Birmingham%
24 Oct – The Musician, Leicester
25 Oct – 1865, Southampton
26 Oct – The Fleece, Bristol*
27 Oct – The Haunt, Brighton*
28 Oct – The Scala, London*
9 Nov – The Cluny, Newcastle*
10 Nov – Gorilla, Manchester*
*with Mush
%with ILL
Link to buy tickets here
New album This Is Eggland out now
Having spread the gospel of Egg throughout the summer with oodles of festival appearances (including a packed-out Far Out Stage at Green Man and a spectacular headline show at Indietracks), surreal DIY punk rockers The Lovely Eggs (and hardest working band in indie), head back out on the road for autumn shows in October and November. They’re delighted to announce some exciting supports with Leeds art-rockers Mush as well as Manchester feminist post-punks ILL. They also welcome back poet and comedian Rob Auton, fresh from a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Dates on the tour include their biggest London show to date at The Scala on 28 October.
Since its release in February, their most recent album This is Eggland has won high praise from critics and fans alike. The Independent’s 4* review described it as “a giant leap forward” with The Guardian describing their single “Wiggy Giggy” as “marvellous.” Iggy Pop has become a great and enthusiastic supporter, playing various tracks and singles on his BBC 6 Music Radio show over the past few months, saying; “I like everything I hear about The Lovely Eggs.”
BBC 6 Music Album of the Day
“Exhilarating and trashy.” Uncut
“A giant leap forward.” The Independent 4*s
“Impressively focused, relentlessly brilliant and a must-go destination.” Shindig 5*s
“This is Eggland is a relentless, heartfelt statement of intent. You wouldn’t bet against them unearthing glory from the fringe for decades to come.” The Quietus
“Not since Space Ritual-era Hawkwind has anyone so successfully combined workboot riffing with the swirling bleeps of the unexplored cosmos.” Record Collector
“The duo’s sound has toughened, their edge has sharpened and their approach has streamlined as they’ve become more and more the most perfect version of themselves.” Drowned In Sound 9/10
Produced and mixed by Grammy award winning producer Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Tame Impala) and self released on their own label Egg Records, This is Eggland confounded expectations, hitting number nine in the UK Independent National Album Chart, it also made it to number 23 in the UK Vinyl Charts and overall number 136 in the UK National Album Chart – although, had they towed the industry line and not sold the album direct to fans via their website and gigs before release day, they would have been in the top 45! Their single “Wiggy Giggy” was number eight in the Official Vinyl Singles Chart, again despite most sales coming from gigs and their own website. The album CD had to be repressed twice and the vinyl once in the first week alone. As industry outsiders, all this was achieved without the help of management, booking agent or record label support.
The Lovely Eggs are one of the most unique, innovative and genuine bands on the British Underground music scene. Holly Ross (guitar/vocals) and David Blackwell (drums) have built up a cult following, selling out gigs across the UK, as well as gaining support from BBC 6 Music and Radio One. Heavier and more in-your-face than anything they’ve done previously, This is Eggland brings together a fierce DIY ethos, surreal sense of humour and kitchen-sink realism, creating an explosive blend of motoric krautrock, 60s psychedelia and punk rock attitude.
The album received a tremendous response from radio. It was declared “Album of the Day” by BBC Radio 6 Music who also added their single “Wiggy Giggy” to the BBC 6 Music playlist. Steve Lamacq stated, “I can’t get enough of this record at the moment,” and made it the “Lamacq livener” (where it has been played every day for a week). It went on to win Roundtable and was the most popular track on both Steve Lamacq and Marc Riley‘s show on consecutive weeks. The pair played their seventh live session for Marc Riley in February before heading out on a sold out tour of the UK, with 9 out of 10 dates sold out in advance.
Watch video for “Big Sea” here:
https://youtu.be/kdtLncw0W_8
Watch video for “Wiggy Giggy” here:
https://youtu.be/H65Ifm9LzIQ
Watch video for “I Shouldn’t Have Said That”
Directed by Casey Raymond
https://youtu.be/-HXmAleNWBU
Order This Is Eggland
http://smarturl.it/ThisIsEgglandAppleMu
http://smarturl.it/ThisisEgglandSpotify
Tickets for Scala show
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-lovely-eggs/scala/1198447
www.thelovelyeggs.co.uk
www.twitter.com/thelovelyeggs
www.facebook.com/thelovelyeggs
www.instagram.com/thelovelyeggs
The Blinders debut album ‘Columbia’ out this Friday & UK Tour
The Blinders debut album ‘Columbia’ out this Friday Sept 21st plus UK tour including Cambridge (with Ugly) and Cardiff Swn Festival
THE BLINDERS, BIOGRAPHY
Escape these end times. Free yourself from mind control. Prepare to celebrate the new world order. ‘Columbia’, the debut album by The Blinders, is ready. Nominally, it’s the work of three twenty-one year-old men living in Manchester by way of Doncaster. Spiritually, ‘Columbia’ is the beacon to show a better, freer life. Past cult leaders have promised spiritual awakening, true. But the way of The Blinders is more benign and relies only on possessing open ears to gain enlightenment.
You may well have already heard them on Radio 1, Radio X or 6 Music, who playlisted recent single ‘L’Etat C’est Moi.’ You may have seen The Blinders supporting Idles, The Charlatans or Cabbage, or at festivals including Reading And Leeds, Isle Of Wight, Kendal Calling, TRNSMT, Festival No 6 and Neighbourhood Weekender, where they drew a huge crowd to their headline slot at the new bands stage. They’re impossible to miss live, where singer/guitarist Thomas Haywood dons warpaint to assume the fearless persona of Johnny Dream, whose tribal gaze adorns the sleeve of ‘Columbia.’ “Once the warpaint is on, we become monsters, thunder riders,” says Haywood of his alter-ego. “As Johnny Dream, I can totally lose myself in the music and become a shamanic Jim Morrison character. We can do anything, be anyone.”
That shamanic, compelling mood is captured perfectly in ‘Columbia’. Ably produced by Gavin Monaghan (Editors, The Sherlocks, Goldblade), the album sees childhood friends Haywood, bassist/co-writer Charlie McGough and drummer Matt Neale follow Johnny Dream on his spiritual awakening, from the coruscating swagger of the opening ‘Gotta Get Through’ to the raw, beautiful and ultimately redemptive finale ‘Orbit (Salmon Of Alaska)’. Inspired as much by literary touchstones such as George Orwell and Jack Kerouac as much as Nick Cave, Kanye West and The Wytches, ‘Columbia’ is often as dark as you’d expect from an album named after the utopia Charles Manson promised his Family. But, as Haywood notes: “We didn’t want the album to be totally negative. We’re holding a mirror up to society, and there is good in society, so it was absolutely important to end on the optimism of Rat In A Cage and Orbit.”
The latter song was recorded after a schoolfriend of the trio committed suicide. “We’d been struggling to get the song right and were on the verge of abandoning it,” Haywood recalls. “But we read over the lyrics after what happened to our friend and realised we had to get it down. The vocals are one-take.”
Having grown up in Doncaster, The Blinders moved to Manchester to go to University Of Manchester after their A-Levels, though Haywood and Neale soon dropped out to leave McGough to complete his degree in politics and history this spring. “We’d been in bands before, but we’d only just started The Blinders when we finished sixth form,” the bassist recalls. “We felt there was something there, and Manchester was the perfect next step to live a more creative lifestyle. I don’t think it matters where we’re from, ultimately. We say we’re from Doncaster and we love the place, but the community spirit among bands in Manchester who’ve helped us out has been a godsend to us.”
McGough speaks fondly of university giving him both structure when The Blinders aren’t on tour, and of bringing fresh ideas to bring to his songwriting – he studied the Spanish Civil War as part of his degree, with Orwell’s writing a recurring influence on Columbia, not least the eerie campfire feel of ‘Ballad Of Winston Smith’. (“A song you could sing after the apocalypse,” notes Haywood.)
The album contains a reworked version of 2016 debut single ‘I Can’t Breathe Blues’, but daringly leaves off ‘Swine’, the appropriately infectious single which had critics raving. Early Blinders songs were inspired by specific outrages, with ‘I Can’t Breathe Blues’ written after the chilling recording of police brutality victim Eric Garner in New York was made public. The trio’s writing has since become broader in scope, without losing that feeling of rage. “We didn’t know when we started that there’d be such a theme to our songs,” admits McGough. “It was fascinating seeing that narrative come together once we’d recorded the album, realising that even early on in our songs we were expressing that yearning and that hope.”
McGough and Haywood share songwriting duties, with the latter noting: “If you listen closely, you can tell which songs are mine and which are Charlie’s. His songs are more poetic, while I’m always trying to slip a chorus in, but lyrically I’m more ambiguous and Charlie is straight to the point. The credits just list them as being written by the three of us: that equality is the philosophy we preach, and it was important to put that into practice in our own small way.”
Drily witty drummer Neale adds: “With two writers, you’re not defaulting to one vision. And it helps that we’re a trio, because if there are any arguments, it’s going to be two against one. So we’re always a democracy. The fact we’re so loud as a three-piece on stage? That’s partly down to the secret of reverb. But as a trio, you can’t have any unnecessary elements. If you take any one element out, it all collapses.”
Although there’s a timeless power to The Blinders’ songs, the trio are keenly aware of needing to express the malaise at the heart of Western society. “We try to write about the times we’re in, and we try to write daily,” says McGough. “We’re always going to want to get our songs out to the world as soon as possible, so that the events we’re inspired by aren’t out of date. Then again, the nature of social media and 24-hour news channels means the news cycle moves impossibly quickly.” That’s a frustration expressed in ‘Ballad Of Winston Smith’, where Haywood sings: ‘Forgotten stories on the news, a week or so and it’s adieu.’ “It’s one of the reasons we’ve moved slightly away from specific issues,” McGough nods. “We want justice in general, not just for specific topics.”
That sense of injustice is there in the title of ‘Columbia’, drawn from The Blinders’ fascination with cult leaders. Haywood explains: “The rise of populism here and in America means you can draw a line from Trump to Mussolini to Stalin, then through to cult leaders like Jim Jones and Charles Manson. Also, we’re a fan of one-word album titles, like ‘Humbug’ by Arctic Monkeys. One word can strike you, and you can draw so much from it.”
‘Columbia’ was recorded in a month at Gavin Monaghan’s studio Magic Garden in Wolverhampton, with Haywood enthusing: “Beautiful moments happen all the time with Gavin. He takes our ideas and makes them even more epic.” McGough continues: “We’re so hungry, we didn’t need anyone pushing us further than we push ourselves. Gavin was that calming influence on us that we needed.”
‘Columbia’ moves from the brutal brevity of ‘Free The Slave’ and ‘Et Tu’ to the seven-minute sprawling epic ‘Brutus’. “’Free The Slave’ and ‘Et Tu’ are short, sharp shocks,” says Haywood. “They say what they need to.” As for ‘Brutus’, Neale admits its initial inspiration is a mystery to the band too. “That song has changed so much, even we’ve no idea where it came from,” the drummer laughs. “Some of our older songs, we feel like we’re covering them when we play them. It’s the centrepiece of our shows, so it was important to get it right in the studio. It could have gone on for 25 minutes, let alone seven, but as with the other songs, it only says what it needs to say.” McGough admits ‘Brutus’ psychedelic atmosphere was initially tough to capture. “We’d just come off tour when we recorded it,” he recalls. “We went at ‘Brutus’ far too fast, and it sounded awful. The key to getting it right was slowing it down just enough.”
‘Columbia’ also features the powerful ‘Brave New World’, familiar from its use in a William Hill TV advert. “We thought about doing it for a long time and we were initially sceptical,” says Haywood. Adds Neale: “Ultimately, there are few quicker ways of getting your message out there than in a huge TV campaign. You can’t just preach to the converted and get your message out there to people who already support you. You need to reach out to people. That said, it’s a nightmare when the ad comes on when we’re back in Doncaster watching football with our mates. You have to go for a long piss during the ad breaks to avoid your mates ripping it out of you.”
It’s that feeling of being mates, united against the world, that helps the essentially hopeful message of The Blinders and ‘Columbia’. There’s a powerful gang mentality in danger of vanishing in an increasingly gentrified music society, but an elixir which The Blinders possess in abundance. They talk of wanting to move quickly in music, babbling excitedly about new songs they’ve written already since Columbia was recorded. “We’re very certain we’ll be even more ambitious, lyrically and musically,” vows Haywood.
For now, the next chapter will have to wait. Dive into ‘Columbia’. A tangible utopia awaits.
https://theblindersofficial.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theblindersband/
Grades in Intellect – Introducing Idealistics, Ideas colliding with attitude and musical nous
Marrying lyrical intensity to some stunning musicianship, Idealistics first come to public view via their regular appearances at R*E*P*E*A*T Young Performers Gigs at The Portland Arms and Relevant Records. Since then they’ve played ‘adult’ stages including Strawberry fair and gone on to record their debut ep.
Here they explain their story so far.
‘The band first met online and formed through a mutual love of Manic Street Preachers.
Ali (bassist) saw one of George’s (guitarist) videos covering Manics guitar solos and soon they got talking. With Ali’s lyrics having strong messages, whether it be political, mental and physical health, or animal rights, and George’s melodies bringing the whole song to life, the band soon formed a tight bond.
R*E*P*E*A*T, whom they had heard of due to the Manics fanzine, took them under their wing and provided so much support and opportunities to play gigs and express themselves. It was only natural to think about releasing an EP, with songs focusing on a variety of matters with the world today including personal experiences with the education system and conflicts attempting to be hidden within the world.
They hope you enjoy listening to it as much as they enjoyed writing and recording it!’
War Waves – ‘Be Well’ – New EP and Single
“90’s angst may have disappeared from the musical mainstream for a while, but it never left the fragile hearts and nervous minds of many of us. We don’t need a distraction – we need music that listens to us and shares our feeling of disenchantment.
War Waves seemed to come out of nowhere in 2015. Their self-titled record created a modest local buzz but also reached isolated listeners all over the world who were looking for a record just like it.
War Waves dropped the follow-up single ‘Horses’ in July of 2016 and it was a statement of intent. The full-length “All That We Lack” arrived shortly afterwards and confirmed that this was a band who had lofty goals for their sound and were absolutely capable of reaching them.
Which brings us to now.
‘Sleep’ and ‘A Lion’s Head’ – the first singles lifted from War Wave’s upcoming EP ‘Be Well’ – show even more maturity from a band that already seemed to bypass a few grades in school. With ‘All That We Lack’, War Waves found their sound. On ‘Be Well’, the band refines it,
upping the ante with more dynamism from the instrumentation and songwriter Marc Newby’s soul-baring lyrics and vocal delivery.
This is the type of record you buy, listen to repeatedly and scream it back to the band when seeing it live” – Adam Darowski (darowski.com)
For fans of: Frightened Rabbit, Idlewild and The Gaslight Anthem
Anti-Flag To Premiere Video For “For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)” on Democracy Now! Tomorrow, September 13th
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