The Carpels - New film, songs, shows and festivals

“One of Birmingham’s most promising young bands” (BrumNotes)

http://thecarpels.co.uk website is launched this month with blogs, news and a short film 'The Neon Sessions' by Eyesee TV, which includes documentary footage and three new songs. The Carpels go large on Friday May 11^th when this film will be shown on the big screen at the Playhard event in Camden’s Purple Turtle. Jon Brookes of their label, One Beat Records is in town that evening for the early evening mixer. The band and label created one of the craziest scenes for Playhard earlier this year...

For more of that, catch a cutting edge pop injection of electropunk, live

23 May Birmingham Hare & House (with Poppy & The Jezabels)

3 June Fox Festival, Staffordshire

22 July One Beat Sunday, Birmingham

28 July Kendal Calling Festival

11 August Cloud 9 Festival, Cheshire

12 August Strawberry Fields Festival

14 September PlayHard, London

15 September Southsea Festival, Portsmouth

20 October Derby Victoria Inn

With more shows, festivals and news to be announced

http://facebook.com/thecarpels @thecarpels http://onebeatrecords.co.uk/

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Playhard live worldwide from Camden Town April 13th

After the success of their first PLAYHARD event a second one has been announced and with another great line-up to boot!!

13 April 2012

PLAYHARD proudly presents Jon Brookes (The Charlatans) DJ + Bad Wolf, Billy Bones, Symphonic Pictures, The Last Of The Troubadours, Blue Lip Feel, The Rimes + Playhard DJ Jean Genie.

£6 on the door (come early!) / £5 advance tickets http://www.wegottickets.com/event/161716

The Purple Turtle, 65 Crowndale Road, Camden, London, NW1 1TN

(Mornington Crescent / Camden Town tubes) http://the-purple-turtle.com/

PLAYHARD : London’s monthly global gig streamed live world wide. The best in new and old music favourites, plus the up and coming media and industry on the dance floor and at the bar. 

http://playhardgigs.com * @playhardgigs * http://facebook.com/playhardgigs

4.30-7.30pm BandWagon Gigs mixer – artists, industry, media, promoters – grass roots and otherwise – socialise for connections galore/discount gig entry. “This mega-handy site aims to take gig bookings into the future” (NME). Now the USA are picking up on this up and coming site; http://bandwagongigs.com

7.30pm-3am – PLAYHARD live music until 12am and then after show party until 3am. "Perfect night out for those who like their beer cold, their music loud, and their tights laddered. I discovered one of my favorite new bands at Playhard" (Music Vice)

Streaming by GotSeen - the UK's fastest growing streaming channel, music website for unsigned bandsand a platform for artists to play LIVE to a global audience. Having live streamed events for brands including Giorgio Armani, Music Week and Oxfam, GotSeeN guarantees an audience for every broadcast.

http://www.gotseen.tv

Bad Wolf: So many other bands scamper around their genres like little lost puppies, Bad Wolf mean business; they let rip and take you on a rocket trip with a full-throttle howl at the moon! 

"When they turn berserker, they sound like Matt Bellamy chained to a monster truck being dragged around a derby" (NME)

http://badwolfband.net @UKBadWolf New single, ‘Too Much Too Young’ http://youtu.be/FO_KPcuPlRY deserves to be massive.

Billy Bones; “If The Pogues and Gogol Bordello had dirty rough sex with Arcade Fire in the toilet of a dry docked old sailing ship themed pub and the filthy sprogs that popped out 9 months on were hand reared by The Clash and Hunter S Thompson, in a shit caravan decorated inside by Tim Burton parked on some wasteground upstairs in the Hawley Arms, and…. those sprogs grew up into a band, the chances are that the band would be named Billy Bones” (Daily Mail). http://billybonesband.com

Symphonic Pictures: A colourful mix of slow burning electronica, recalling Stereolab or Gruff Ryhs at their most hypnotic. The band list a spectrum of influences including experimental, pop, shoegaze, avant garde, art rock and new wave. This leftfield mix forgets their place in psychedelic space while engaging melody and structure. http://symphonicpictures.com * http://.facebook.com/symphonicpictures

The Last Of The Troubadours; An ambitious South London quartet loaded with tunes, swagger and edge. With a debut EP ‘Sooner The Better’ claiming cool feedback from luminaries like Edwyn Collins and early attention in all the right places, this sharp dressed and mod possessed outfit could be your new heroes. http://thelastofthetroubadours.com * @TLOTTROUBADOURS * http://on.fb.me/facebooktroubadours

Within weeks of forming, Blue Lip Feel recorded their 6-track EP ‘Shallow Getaway’, showcasing their distinctive, crunching sound. It’s 2011 release led to slots with national media darlings like Tribes, Kassidy and Various Cruelties. They then returned to the studio and refined their style further through ‘Glitterbox EP’ (March 2012). Outspoken, brash and confident, Blue Lip Feel see themselves as the antidote to the safe and mundane landfill littering our music scene. "This, my friends is one band to watch out for, as they rapidly accelerate up from the underground into the music ether." (WhatCulture)

http://facebook.com/bluelipfeel * http://soundcloud.com/bluelipfeel

The Rimes: “Not genre fuelled, but music driven.’ This pride of the Midlands outfit are on the rise courtesy of their Sixties tinged power pop and fervent fan base packing out venues and creating an early buzz. http://therimes.co.uk

Early bird tickets for Playhard, Friday May 11th – Mark Morriss, The Ghosts, Kav, Filthy Habits, Molly McQueen, No Tokyo - for only £4 via http://www.wegottickets.com/event/162002

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Playhard launch - Exit Calm, Moones, The Sea, Pink Cigar, Plastic Youth, Morrissey & Marshall. London

Playhard launch - Exit Calm, Moones, The Sea, Pink Cigar, Plastic Youth, Morrissey and Marshall. London

Rock/Pop: Friday 9th March - PLAYHARD launch.

starring Exit Calm, Moones, The Sea, Pink Cigar, Plastic Youth, Morrissey & Marshall live.

The Purple Turtle, 65 Crowndale Road, Camden,  London, NW1 1TN

Guaranteed Entry Advance Tickets only £5 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/156176  

8pm to 3am (in association with a BandWagon Gigs social 4pm-7.30pm) and ILMC 2012. Free Entry with ILMC 2012 Delegate pass. (£6 on the door, subject to availability).

Play. Love. Music. Dance. Hard. The best in new music thrills and some established favourites with live streaming by GotSeen.

Exit Calm – heavily tipped for, and on the brink of, greatness. This is the show to catch before they head out on tour with Marion. “You will witness something that leaves you speechless and transfixed” (GigWise.com), “A penchant for all things epic” (Q Magazine), “So far out in front of the rest of the completion at present, it’s frightening” (Drowned In Sound)

Moones sold out Islington Academy on their first outing a few months ago and created an instant. Guitarist Laurent ‘Lags’ Barnard is better known for on stage rioting with one of the UK's best-known hardcore punk bands, Gallows, but Moones' sublime melodies and beautifully realised atmospheric soundscapes harken back to timeless British institutions, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. This is gonna be something special.

The Sea have won international fans acclaim, supported Muse, The Enemy, toured  UK, Europe and USA extensively, recorded their new album with producer John Cornfield (Muse, Supergrass, Oasis, Razorlight) and played 20 sellout gigs in seven countries in 22 days finishing triumphantly in London. After a hiatus recovering from an accident they continue their rise tonight. http://www.theseasounds.co.uk/

Pink Cigar - have thundered through the London circuit earning a reputation for the fiercest live show in town (“instantly attention-grabbing stage antics” – Big Cheese), it's energy you just can't buy,. They’ve played with Razorlight, Eighties Matchbox B Line Disaster, are picking up press / festivals  / attention and launched their self released EP at a bursting Hawley Arms. http://www.pinkcigarmusic.com/

Plastic Youth – Southend new wavers produced by Verve guitarist, Nick McCabe.  - digging their danceable tunes, they release debut single ‘Death Row’ the week before this show.  https://www.facebook.com/thisplasticyouth

Morrissey & Marshall - soaringly beautiful in an epic, Dublin, style. When Greg Marshall decided to climb, uninvited, upon the stage already occupied by Darren Morrissey, and his (former) band a year ago, the ensuing double vocals created magic. They have writing and performing together ever since.  One month ago, live in Camden Town tube station; http://youtu.be/b7QpQi3OEUs

GotSeen (Music Week Breakout etc) will stream Playhard live. GotSeeN.com is the UK's fastest growing live streaming channel and music website for unsigned bands. GotSeeN is a platform for artists to play LIVE to a global audience showcasing their talent online. Having live streamed events for brands including Giorgio Armani and Best Buy, GotSeeN guarantees an audience for every broadcast'. http://www.gotseen.com/

Movers n Shakers! There will be an early doors musicians / promoters social hosted by BandWagon Gigs site; “This mega-handy site aims to take gig bookings into the future” (NME). register at http://bandwagongigs.com and make new connections. Get £2 off the £6 door entry. This evening’s event is also in association with the 2012 International Live Music Conference (presented by Live Nation, AEG etc) 9th-11th March – lots of high profile delegates from the world of live music, coming to rock. http://www.ilmc.com/24/

In the right place: Playhard co-presenters Heather Minx Ferguson (Minx Media) and Caffy St Luce (Rocklands) have found the right place to mix  up-for-it-crowds with their extended music and art family to make Entertainment with a capital E. The Purple Turtle – revamped and with a proper stage!  “The Turtle has become a more than respectable venue - like a larger, seething version of the 12 Bar Club.” (Daily Mirror). “The  place to be.” (Abolish Confusion). http://the-purple-turtle.com/

9/3/12 NW1 - http://facebook.com/events/325614317489705/ http://playhardgigs.com @playhardgigs monthly @ The Purple Turtle http://facebook.com/playhardgigs

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Janice Graham Band headline Playhard launch, Birmingham 18 Feb 2012

Rock/Pop

18th February 2012; PLAYHARD launch

Janice Graham Band, The Rimes, The Traitors Club, The Tone Thieves, The Gazelles 

8pm to midnight  / 14+ Event / £5 Entry

The End, Birmingham Ballroom, 51 Dale End, B4 7LS http://theend-birmingham.co.uk/

Playhard gigs present an amazing selection of the best acts in new music in association with The Catapult Club and DP Management.

Janice Graham Band : http://janicegrahamband.com/

“Manc act cause an absolute riot on stage at This Feeling” (“Big In 2012”) The Sun. 

"Band are seriously good. Music and politics mix." (Manchester Evening News)

Also playing HMV Next Big Things 2012 and recommended highly to catch up close a.s.a.p. 

JGB are coming to a much bigger stage soon (stop press thats just come true, they are also now confirmed to support The Inspiral Carpets on tour in March). “The  effect is simply riotous – like The Specials for a new generation.” (Music News). 

Celebratory at this show! New single, ‘No Money Honey’ ( 20th February) and debut (concept!) album, ‘Its Not Me’ (27th February). "The sound of a band in full experimental flow - there's much to enjoy " (ArtRocker) Catch them this time round. You’ll swear you were there either way. 

“They are much much more than just another bunch of mancunian council house riff-raff, they’ve got attitude aplenty and hearts full of soul” Mani (Stone Roses)  

The Rimes : http://therimes.co.uk 

“Not genre fuelled, but music driven.’

This pride of the Midlands outfit are on the rise courtesy of their  Sixties tinged power pop and fervent fan base packing out venues and creating an early buzz. 

The Traitors Club : https://www.facebook.com/thetraitorsclub

“We are The Traitors Club, a  London foursome - hot off the back of jam sessions with Doctor Who and breakfast with Black Sabbath, - showcasing our new material wherever we can” 

The Tone Thieves : http://thetonethieves.wordpress.com/

A local quartet who play funky soulful rock and have just completed recording for their latest album which is celebrated at this show. 

The Gazelles : 

A Wolverhampton outfit. who pull out the stops to deliver a tight performance influenced by classic alternative Britrock from the likes of Kasabian and The Stone Roses - with added guitar layers and urgency.

PLAYHARD (Minx Media TV and Rocklands, united) rock’n’roll events mix cool bands, hot DJs, media/industry scouts and a party atmosphere, where IT is AT! http://twitter.com/playhardgigs New young writers, film makers and photographers are positively encouraged to get involved with supporting the thrills.

Birmingham is No.19 in New York Times’ list of 45 Places to Go in 2012. The End is where names like Libertines, Amy Winehouse, The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Death From Above 1979, Editors, The Twang etc played on their way to headier heights. You know what to do...

18 Feb 14+ rock n roll show Playhard! @brumballroom @JaniceGrahamBnd @the_rimes @TheTraitorsClub @thetonethieves https://facebook.com/events/219916571429283/

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