Layby announce their second EP Life's Great Illusions

Layby announce their second EP  Life's Great Illusions

Up-and-coming Nottingham based pop punk band LAYBY have announced their second EP will be titled  'LIFE'S GREAT ILLUSIONS'  and will be released on April 20th 2015.

The EP marks a crossroad for the five-piece. Having recorded with producer/engineer James Hill at Sheffield's Steel City Studios (Roam, While She Sleeps, Me Vs Hero) in the Autumn and Winter of 2014, vocalist Aaron John Bowes decided to leave the band at the turn of the year. Nevertheless the band have decided to solider on and release 'LIFE'S GREAT ILLUSIONS'  with Miles Kent coming in as the band's new vocalist.

'LIFE'S GREAT ILLUSIONS'  sees LAYBY build on the momentum of last years 'Bombsite' EP and offers five slices of edgy pop punk that sees the quintet become more focused, finding their feet along the way. In a burgeoning UK pop punk scene, LAYBY are throwing their hat into the ring with 'LIFE'S GREAT ILLUSIONS'.

1. Soundcheck

2. Chronic

3. Where I Stand

4. Kicking and Screaming

5. Losing Faith

"We fell in love with these songs instantly as we wrote and recorded them, and it'd be damn selfish if we didn't share them with you too. Our lineup may have pressed F5, but our desire to craft great music as a band is only getting stronger, so here's 'Life's Great Illusions'."

The EP will be available  digitally through Bandcamp and iTunes, whilst physical copies are available to pre-order through Big Cartel.

To mark the EP announcement, the quintet premiered the video for lead single, 'Chronic' over at Dead Press.

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Adelphia Reveal Video for New Single If I Fall

Adelphia Reveal Video for New Single If I Fall

This week sees the release of 'If I Fall', the brand new single from Nottingham's pop rocking quartet ADELPHIA.

'If I Fall' received its primary airplay last week from Kerrang Radio's Alex Baker, with the video premiering exclusively on Scuzz TV over the weekend.

Last year saw the band earn their main stage slot at Hit The Deck Festival, housed in their hometowns illustrious Rock City. They went on to earn a place on Download Festival's line up as part of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam experience, meaning they were lucky enough to record material at the famous Red Bull Studios. Not only that the band have been championed by BBC Introducing, who have played every single track the band have ever submitted.

For fans of You Me At Six and Mallory Knox, ADELPHIA release just a taster of their new music to come in 2015. 'If I Fall' boasts soaring melodies with a punchy singalong chorus, that you cannot help but get up and dance along too.

Live dates:

March

19th - The Lomax, Liverpool

20th - The Bodega, Nottingham

21st - Metric Bar, London

22nd - The Scene, Swansea

'If I Fall' is out now - https://itunes.apple.com/album/id955457654

Nottingham Pop/Rock band The Rascels to release E.P. This Is

Nottingham Pop/Rock band The Rascels to release E.P. This Is

The Rascels are a young, 4 piece Pop/Rock band from Nottingham writing their own original material, recording and playing live. They consist of brothers Oliver Hayes (Vocals/Guitar) and Charlie Hayes (Vocals/Bass) along with James Hughes (Vocals/Guitar) and Ryan Lampon (Drums/Vocals). They formed at school and are playing regular gigs in Nottingham, most of the midlands and  London. 

Their new EP “This Is”, will be available for pre - order on the 10th October.

We have recently been played on BBC Nottingham, Leicester and Derby and came 2nd in the FSN by a near margin, along with recently performing at the Royal Concert Hall. 

Their latest release of "This Is - EP" can be found on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/this-is-ep/id926884395

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MusicMafia presents Nottingham duo I am Lono

Nottingham duo I am Lono

I Am Lono are Matthew Cooper and David Startin from Nottingham. Influenced by the likes of John Carpenter, The Doors, David Bowie, Suicide, Kraftwerk, Bukowski, Hunter S Thompson and David Lynch, amongst many other things.  

I AM LONO have opened Dot to Dot Festival and played a string of shows supporting bands including Savages, Palma Violets, Walls , Six By Seven and We Three and the Death Rattle. The band have been played on BBC 6Music, BBC introducing and recently put out a limited edition run of cassette EPs through Rough Trade which quickly sold out. 

“…sounding epic and pop with dark, atmospheric undercurrents, I AM LONO sound like punks who've ditched the cool tag and gone straight for big, big songs.” Rough Trade 

You cab check out news on their Birmingham gig HERE

and their London gig HERE 

Website: www.iamlono.co.uk

Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/iamlonoband

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ILIKELONO 

Twitter: @iamlonoband

Frank Turner Announces UK Tour 2014 announced

Frank Turner Announces Feb 2014 Tour Dates

Frank Turner has announced his biggest ever headline tour for February 2014. The 7 date run includes his first ever headline date at the huge London O2 Arena as well as other impressive arenas in Cardiff, Manchester, Nottingham and more.

Turner, who headlined Wembley Arena last year and was also chosen to open Danny Boyle's stunning Olympic Opening Ceremony, last weekend played the Main Stage at Reading/Leeds festival, where he was the highest-billed UK artist on that day.

Full UK Arena tour dates are:
February 2014
Thursday 6th              Cardiff Motorpoint Arena 
Friday 7th                   Nottingham Arena
Saturday 8th              Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Sunday 9th                Manchester Arena
Tuesday 11th             Plymouth Pavillions
Wednesday 12th       London O2
Thursday 13th           Portsmouth Guildhall

Tickets £22.50 except London £25 on general sale from Friday 30th August
Presale from 27th August, London O2 presale begins 28th August to O2 customers

Frank Turner has had a busy year, even by his own standards. Following the release of his fifth studio album ‘Tape Deck Heart’ in April, he played a sold-out tour of the UK and has been on the road with his band The Sleeping Souls ever since. So far his global tour has taken him across Europe, to the Far East, Australasia and North America.

‘Losing Days’, the third single to taken from ‘Tape Deck Heart’, is released on 1st September through Xtra Mile Recordings.

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MusicMafia introduces Escapologists

Escapologists  are:  Neil  Wells,  (bass  and  vocals) , Pete  Fletcher,  (guitar, production)  and  Nick Jonah  Davis,  (guitar,  keyboards).

Escapologists  are a Nottingham/Berlin based trio making dreamy indie-electronica that seems to exist within its own self-contained world. A world filled a sense of  yearning  and  nostalgia.

Recalling Talk  Talk at  the point where their  early indie dance-floor  hits  morphed into a more introspective body of work. Escapologists make songs of a pop sensibility full of distorted grooves and clean spacious  vistas. Vocally and lyrically,  singer Neil  Wells  relays  stories  of  loss  in  an  ever-mournful , dulcet  vocal. The  sense  conveyed is of  smouldering  fires somewhere  in  the  distance, always  on the verge of conflagration. 

Escapologist (definition): 

An entertainer who specializes in freeing himself or herself from confinement. 

'Conscience or Regret' is taken from Escapologists forthcoming album ‘Fireworks’.  It is an album that also  recalls  The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’: a sense of melancholy is woven into unexpected melodies, nuanced synth lines and guitar hooks that creep up on  you slowly  and  stay  with you a long while after.  

‘Fireworks’ recalls the spirit of the early 80’s  in its  blending of post-rock’s  stylistic  and pop’s  melodic structures, but is one not of slavish replication, but a sound both fresh and wholly personal. 

Escapologists album 'Fireworks' is out 1st October (also via Records, Records, Records label).

http://escapologists.net/

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Mindz releases Recorded Delivery

Nottingham based recording artist Mindz stamps his name firmly on the map with 'Recorded Delivery' - a 20 track deep mixtape featuring a selection of hip hop / grime anthems.

Known for many underground features including the urban myth collaboration album entitled 'The Middle East Collection' (alongside Leicester based artist and producer A-Bomb of Yard 26 Recordings), and various features with Trans-Atlantic producer Endemic and local artist J.Gold, Mindz is fast becoming an established name in the East Midlands hip hop scene. Combining lyrical real life verses with hard hitting drums and both acoustic and electronic soundscapes, Mindz crafts pure narratives from the heart of Britain's inner city streets.

Now with his sights firmly set on the world stage, Mindz has emerged from beneath the surface with his new solo début 'Recorded Delivery'. Championed by Nottingham's BBC 1Xtra playlisted artist / Charlie Sloth's Fire-In-The-Booth star Micky Grim as "the best unofficial album / mixtape out so far this year", 'Recorded Delivery' sees Mindz dispatch a barrage of savvy wordplay and powerfully sagacious lyricism. Featuring production from the likes of Beat Butcha (Mobb Deep, Mac Miller, Xzibit), Kimbo Hareez (D12, St Laz) and Wizard (Verb-T, Ramson Badbonez, Taskforce), the mixtape flits effortlessly between hip hop and grime, with hints of dubstep, dance and soul thrown in for good measure. From the sample driven dusty rhythms of 'Up In Flames', to the arpeggiated trance-esque melodies of 'So High', underground purists will find as much enjoyment in 'Recorded Delivery' as the more casual listener, making 'Recorded Delivery' one of the hottest, and most musically interesting debuts you will have heard in a very long time.

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8mm Orchestra - New EP for FREE

Nottingham based band 8mm Orchestra have just put out our second E.P. which is available FREE
The 'One Small Step EP' has just become available online as a free download
for anyone who wants it. The tracks include new original material, a remix by
Mirrorzisland and a special live performance of a  previously recorded track.
The tracks are inspired by artists like Godspeed You! Black Emperor,
Bjork, Tortoise, Neu! and more. 

We are group who share a strong DIY ethic  - we decided to self release this
through a small independent label that we had set up (Super Music Collider Records).Give these guys a listen some excellent stuff here from another wave of artists "going it alone"

You can listen to all the tracks on YouTube -
http://www.youtube.com/user/8mmorchestra

You can find all the music here -
http://8mmorchestra.bandcamp.com/

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Sharp Knees - Free download of new single Dont Leave Me

Sharp Knees consist of Sam Bennett (Vocals / Guitar), Jacob Alder (Guitar/Vocals), Shane Egglestone (Bass/Vocals), Jacques Moran (Keyboard/Saxophone/Vocals) & Peter Dean (Drums/Vocals). The band spent most of 2009 working on their 10 track self-released, self-produced, album, 'Certain Rules'. The album became an instant classic within their hometown, as they began supporting the likes of Everything Everything, Hip Parade, The Kabeedies and many more across the East Midlands.

The act went on to compete in the national competition, 'Kit Kat's Battle Of The Bands', which resulted in the quintet performing at the Grand Final in London; an event that was hosted by, reputable musician, Frankmusik. The band were awarded the opportunity of playing at the 2010 V-Festival and Reading Festival.

In late 2010, they returned to the studio to produce their new track, 'Don't Leave Me’, which was produced by Sharp Knees', Sam Bennett, in the singer's home in Leeds, UK.

 Sam stated, "Although it has only been a year or so, I feel we've progressed massively in that period of time. The band has developed both on and off the stage, and a more mature side to our music has emerged. Our album didn't have this same edge, so we hope that the new EP will demonstrate what Sharp Knees is now all about".

The band are now preparing for a studio visit in August to work on their forthcoming EP.

 'Don't Leave Me' is available for FREE at: http://sharpknees.bandcamp.com/album/dont-leave-me

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