FRANTIC CHANT
The Holy Ghosts
February 17th, 2012
Frantic Chant is a psychedelic indie rock band from Leith. The band released the album Oscillator at the tail end of last year on Youngteam Records. This was their second album for the label. The band also had a song, Eight Minutes High, included on the hugely successful Dogs Got A Bone compilation album. The gig at Sneaky Pete’s is part of a mini Scottish tour which is also stopping in Dunfermline, Saltcoats, Kirkcaldy and Glasgow.
Next up the band will be filming a video for their song Forgive Me, Mr August which will be out in March.
There will be a brand new single recorded in March for release at the beginning of May
cancelled, sorry
MASTERS IN FRANCE
Pronto Mama
Havana Rising
February 16th, 2012
“It spans everything from dark, driven rock to almost playful acoustic croonings, anchored by Ed Ellis Jones’s smooth baritone.” – Nylon Magazine USA
“Sultry and smart indie pop, definitely not from France” – Jamie Hodgson (NME, Observer, Vice, Guardian)
“Just an amazing live session, most bands spend two weeks in the studio making sounds like that, the extraordinary Masters in France, going from strength to strength, great live band!” – Tom Robinson (6 Music)
“This band is blowing up right now, not literally!” – Loz Guest (Kerrang! Radio)
“Kasabian swagger, they don’t take any nonsense” – Greg James (BBC Radio One)
“Ed Ellis Jones’ charismatic vocal delivery is soundly backed by riffs and pounding you would find merrily soundtracking a 12-hour amphetamine sex party. This is danceable, delicious and deadly stuff” – Minature Music Press
“A great band” – Fearne Cotton (BBC Radio One)
HIGH PLACES
(thrill jockey records)
Capitals
February 15th, 2012
High Places is Rob Barber and Mary Pearson. Throughout its nearly five years of existence, the band has traveled extensively and performed in a multitude of environments.
Whether performing at the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan or in an industrial warehouse in Santiago, Chile, High Places’ enveloping sound and propulsive energy allow the music to translate to a variety of venues.
Visual art plays an important role in Mary and Rob’s collaboration. The two make video projections for their stage shows, keep a photo blog that documents their travels, hellohighplaces.blogspot.com, and create their own album artwork. In this way and others, Mary and Rob challenge the conventional parameters of a rock band and instead give us a multi-sensory aesthetic partnership that continually defies expectations.
ARCHES
Art Of Privilege
February 14th, 2012
ARCHES are an anthemic rock band from Glasgow featuring the astounding vocalist Michael Rice (ex Yashin), guitarist Barry Morrell (ex Young States), drummer Niall McGarvie (Jocasta Sleeps), guitarist David Johnstonand bassist Andrew Johnston.
The band have already had support from Radio One and Kerrang and have featured as Artist of The Week twice in as many weeks. The success of the bands early material saw the video for ‘Like Fireworks’ reach more than 10,000 views and the rise was topped off by a sold out show at Stereo in Glasgow.
Latest video ‘Turn It Up’ is now featuring on Kerrang TV and they have already confirmed live sessions for Radio One and Kerrang for 2012.
Massive things are expected from Arches as their debut album is ready to hit the UK next year.
Nu-Fire presents SKETCH THE RHYME
February 13th, 2012
SKETCH THE RHYME
TMFC
LOUIE BHOY (HECTOR BIZERK)
FUSION
SILVERTONGUE
STOKES WILLIAM
Threeforagirl
Ben Tatham
February 13th, 2012
“A loose combination of the quaint lyrical tone of Fionn Regan and charming scruffiness of Beirut’s instrumental arrangements, Stokes, William enjoy increasing success on the London, Cardiff and Bristol circuits. Nursed into the limelight via Communion, a London club night and label (coordinated by Mumford & Son’s Ben Lovett and producer Ian Grimble), the band has blossomed into a formidable six-piece folk armada.”
“With as much genius as Johnny Flynn… intelligent lyrics intertwined with intricate yet catchy melodies that you can’t help but play over and over.”
“It felt like a party on stage… A band for the people for sure, for the next generation of folkies.”
Night Music: SEPALCURE Late Live & AV Show
February 12th, 2012
Sepalcure’s combination of love for bass and 90s house acapellas is the culmination of a cathartic two week collaboration between Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Praveen & Benoît). Their mix of tribal dub, house and two step beats works equally well for both late nights in the club and rainy, introspective nights at home. Detroit techno chords cut through wooden beats, neon synths and dubbed out atmospherics.
