Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Wow, 4 months without posting. I suck
Hey everyone, thanks for the encouragement to get started blogging again. I feel like I haven't really had much to say recently but actually there's been quite a lot going on.
Joey Ultra did do the recording I talked about 2 posts and 4 months ago. An excellent set of live recordings at the Cellar Bar with Al Heslop followed by a very good session at White House which we are just tweaking the mix of on Wednesday evening. I'll put a link up to the myspace on here when we get the final tracks done so you can hear it.
We also had a 'last gig' as bass player Sam is taking a few months of paternity leave from the band. Hopefully we'll be back sometime next year.
I managed to catch up with Does it Offend You, Yeah in Oxford as part of their latest UK tour. Was good to see them back in the UK for a bit after their mental 2 years of world touring. They are back in the studio soon to do a new album which I'm looking forward to.
Pete and the Pirates are currently on a European tour, they are back in the UK later in the month and I'm looking forward to seeing them in Reading on the 20th at Plug'n'Play.
Since I last posted the After Dark club started and stopped doing gigs on a Thursday night as part of their new student night Die Young Stay Pretty. It was designed around the kind of indy club night you get tons of elsewhere in the country with 1 band quite late in the evening but it didn't work out for some reason. A shame. The night will continue without the live music. I've also been informed by a reader that there'll still be irregular Saturday night gigs though, which is good news.
Er... yeah, more soon. Promise.
x
Labels: Does it Offend You Yeah, Joey Ultra, Pete and the Pirates
Friday, July 11, 2008
I couldn't make it to Amsterdam for this one...
But FabChannel have got the whole Pirates gig from the Paradiso available to stream from their site. It's really good.
Labels: Pete and the Pirates
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Gigs, gigs, gigs.
Tons of gigs happening this week. Of course it's Reading Festival this weekend and in the run up is Reading Fringe Festival. As regular readers will know I was involved the last 2 years with the Fringe until it was usurped this year. It seems that things are going ok so far. It's much smaller and much less diverse this year (I make it 34 events compared to 61 last year) but the programs look good and I'm going to a few of the events.
Tonight it's Pete and the Pirates Reading Festival Warm up gig, Club Velocity at Plug'n'Play with
Six Nation State, the Hot Silk Pockets and Somebody's Mind which is an incredible line-up!
Tomorrow night it's the Black and White festival warm up gig at the Walkabout and I'm playing it with Joey Ultra! Come and see us. Free entry before 7, £2 after 7 with the cost going up as it gets later. We're on at 7:55, get there early and bring ID! We've rehearsed, got good, ditched all the shit songs and Binz is more of a sex fiend than ever!
Reading Festival seems to be mostly flooded. I'm only going to on the Saturday but I get to see Reading acts Pete and the Pirates and Does It Offend You, Yeah? Which is great. I also just found out that White Sunday, featuring AK who used to write on this blog, won a 210FM competiion and are playing on the Nokia stage at 2pm which is great.
I should have more time to blog in the future. House mostly sorted. Broadband coming back to the house early next week.
Tonight it's Pete and the Pirates Reading Festival Warm up gig, Club Velocity at Plug'n'Play with
Six Nation State, the Hot Silk Pockets and Somebody's Mind which is an incredible line-up!
Tomorrow night it's the Black and White festival warm up gig at the Walkabout and I'm playing it with Joey Ultra! Come and see us. Free entry before 7, £2 after 7 with the cost going up as it gets later. We're on at 7:55, get there early and bring ID! We've rehearsed, got good, ditched all the shit songs and Binz is more of a sex fiend than ever!
Reading Festival seems to be mostly flooded. I'm only going to on the Saturday but I get to see Reading acts Pete and the Pirates and Does It Offend You, Yeah? Which is great. I also just found out that White Sunday, featuring AK who used to write on this blog, won a 210FM competiion and are playing on the Nokia stage at 2pm which is great.
I should have more time to blog in the future. House mostly sorted. Broadband coming back to the house early next week.
Labels: Club Velocity, gig, Joey Ultra, Pete and the Pirates, Six Nation State
