Cordless show featuring Stacey Jackson

December 6, 2011 – The Cordless Show, a UK website dedicated exclusively to music artists, continues with the third series of the award winning Cordless Show, bringing public attention to a whole host of new and unsigned artists. Previous artists to feature on the Show include Katy B, Ed Sheeran, Bluey Robinson, Master Shortie and The Jessie Road Trip. No other online website has showcased more artists that go on to be signed to major record companies and have successful music careers.

In the latest Cordless profile Stacey Jackson performs an exclusive acoustic cover of the Whitesnake hit - "Is This Love" We find out more about her amazing story, her new career and working with Snoop Dogg, in an exclusive artist interview. View the show here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPHsYkiVZ5A

Stacey Jackson is an extremely glamorous Canadian-born dance diva, who is larger than life and just wants to have fun with her music! She has had four top 10 records in the dance charts, one of which was a collaboration with Snoop Dogg, and she is currently in the process of making a TV documentary about her hectic life juggling motherhood and her music career.

Stacey is releasing her new dance floor filler ‘Is This Love’ (a dance cover of the 80s classic hit by Whitesnake) on January 16^th 2012. 

 Listen here: http://soundcloud.com/bigmachinemedia/is-this-love-stacey-jackson/s-txN6c

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Zeus play Liverpool in May

Zeus is a Toronto-based Canadian indie rock band, signed to the record label Arts & Crafts, whose members include Rob Drake, Carlin Nicholson, Mike O'Brien, and Neil Quin. In addition to recording and performing the music of Zeus, the band also serves as the backing band for Canadian musician Jason Collett.

As part of their tour and coinciding with this years SoundCity, Zues are playing the Shipping Forecast on the 20th May. Make sure you try and catch these guys as if you can.

Tue 17th May       London Barfly

    Wed 18th May      Cardiff Loose Club

         Thu 19th May       Coventry Taylor Johns

                                Fri 20th May verpool Sound City @ Shipping Forecast

Sat 21st May       Oxford

Sun 22nd May      Braziers Park Wood Festival

 

                  

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YOUNG RIVAL - UK Live Dates

YOUNG RIVAL

From Hamilton Ontario comes Young Rival.



This trio hails from a city most widely-known for its blue-collar work ethic - a quality that Young Rival have always proudly embraced. With a sound that is both raw and hazy, dark and melodic, this band delivers an undeniably unique brand of grit-infused, wildcat rock and roll.

Their latest offering comes to us in the form of an amazing collection of songs, recorded in June 2009 by Polaris Prize winning record maker Jon Drew (F**cked Up, Tokyo Police Club, Arkells).

"Jon has a total hands-off approach to recording a band like us," says drummer Noah Fralick. "We recorded in a high-ceiling room with mics scattered throughout.

The result is an album that's bigger sounding than anything we've done before, because it captures the intensity of our live playing, while still highlighting the more subtle aspects of our band's dynamic."

With shows and tours alongside The Sadies, Born Ruffians, King Khan and the Shrines, and Tokyo Police Club, as well as forthcoming remixes by Junior Boys, this young band occupies a unique - and important - position in today's indie landscape.

They hearken back to a time where musicianship was primary; where a band's ability to collaborate and play well together was posited as the goal more important than any other. And yet Young Rival offer a sound that's both refreshing and current; delivering it with an uncompromising edge and swagger.



Critics have responded eagerly to Young Rival's efforts so far. Their self-released debut EP, recorded by NYC producer Emery Dobyns (Patti Smith, Battles, Lou Reed), was greeted with glowing reviews from press outlets across Canada, including 4 star write-ups in both major Toronto weeklies, NOW and EYE WEEKLY.

Lead-off single "Your Island" rose to Number 2 on CBC Radio 3's weekly countdown and its video reached rotation on MuchMusic. Internationally, the band has received radio play on BBC Radio 2 and XFM in the United Kingdom, as well as features on trend-setting U.S. music blogs such as Stereogum and Pitchfork.

Live UK dates in November

THU 18 EDINBURGH Electric Circus with Born Ruffians

FRI 19 LIVERPOOL O2 Academy 2 with Born Ruffians

SAT 20 MANCHESTER Ruby Lounge with Born Ruffians

SUN 21 LEEDS Brundenell Social 340 with Born Ruffians, The Acorn

TUE 23 BRIGHTON with Born Ruffians, Audio Lovepark

WED 24 LONDON 229 with Matt Motte, Sunparlour Players

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Noel Gallagher: 'I'll never recover from Toronto Oasis gig assault'

Noel Gallagher has delivered a witness statement to a Toronto court saying that he has been told he will "never really recover" from the injuries he received in the city in September 2008.

The guitarist was attacked by crowd member Daniel Sullivan at the V Festival in the Canadian city while performing with Oasis there. He suffered three cracked ribs.

Now according to The Sun, Gallagher's witness statement has been read out in court in the country's capital after Sullivan plead guilty to the charge of assault.

"I would describe the impact and shock as feeling as if I had been hit by a bus," Gallagher's statement read. "I ended up in a heap. I have been told that I will never really recover from the damage, and still feel painful twinges."

The statement continued, "The emotional impact it had was essentially coping with the pressure to perform so as not to let the band down. For a considerable period I was operating at 50 per cent of my capabilities."

Oasis had to cancel a series of gigs because of the injuries. Sullivan is set to be sentenced next month.

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