Local Bands and Upcoming Artists

appologies if this sorta thing isn't allowed, but the band Wave Machines use the music room in me local church and they're gettin some recognition around the country now. They've had a review on a few sites and a national newspaper and were on Radio 6 with Marc Riley last night. As well as puttin on live performances up and down the country includin the church itself. They had one there in June and have three more penciled in for September, October and Novemeber. They've released a single, which you can buy from the independant record shop on Bold Street (Liverpool) it's called I Go, I Go, I Go. There on coarse to realease a second single soon as well. So before they make it as big as the Beatles, just lettin you know where they started

http://www.myspace.com/mywavemachine

Good Song

Good Luck to them 

Thought I'd make this a new topic for up and coming bands and artists. Anyone you think is decent but relatively unknown, post a link or Youtube video in here!

Any new bands on the scene will do too! Further all our musical educations! insider info and that! :

The Rascals aren't doing too bad.

The Rascals aren't doing too bad.

Neither are the Last Shadow Puppets. 

I would love to start me own band.  At the moment I'm an OK rythem Guitarist but I'm doing alright after only 6 months of playing!

the music room in me local church

it's used by a few other bands, Accidents Never Happen (from Norway) and the Random Family who play folk music. The Random Family have a spittin image of Lucas Levia, but as music goes there big in the folk world, apparently. They've got another gig in the church this Satday.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28588854

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=151352638 (look at their pics for the lucas look-a-like.)

The Random Family have a spittin image of Lucas Levia, but as music goes there big in the folk world, apparently. They've got another gig in the church this Satday.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28588854

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=151352638 (look at their pics for the lucas look-a-like.)

The Random Family are boss!! Haven't been down to St Brides yet, but I've seen them play a few times in town and Crosby. And if you mean Joe as the Lucas look alike, he is a top top fella! 

Neither are the Last Shadow Puppets. 

I would love to start me own band.  At the moment I'm an OK rythem Guitarist but I'm doing alright after only 6 months of playing!

I'm on rythym fella! Got high hopes for you on lead! Especially with your killer Les Paul!

I love going the open mic nights, especially the Hannah's Bar and the Jacaranda! You get some excellent covers in there! Couple of weeks ago some lad sang Postman Pat! You catch some gold when you're keeping an eye on the circuit!

These are a band on the up near me. Couple of them are mates with my brother. Check 'em out. Pay special attention to tracks 'Monitors', 'Never' and 'Sound Of Music'.

www.myspace.com/thisislowline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvpIp4yk4E8

The Apple Scruffs are awesome!

www.myspace.com/theapplescruffs

there's a gig on tomorrow at St Bride's, Wave Machines are hosting it but not performing there own music instead playing the music for a poet called Nathan. £5 tickets if you're interested or if you know the band (like me) you get in free There's a group called Cats in Paris on (think they're from London) who are meant to be the next big thing.

Anybody bored this Saturday night should give it a go from 7pm.

Wave Machines are putting on another two gigs this year, one in October and November again at St Bride's and they're hoping for a Christmas or New Year one which will go off big time.

Also the Random Family were in again last Saturday, was good by all accounts. Me mate went and said they get better every time he hears them. They've got a gig at the Bluecoat Gardens soon. That's meant to be a cracking event, so get down there if you like folk music.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=133983036 there's more info about the up coming gigs and the single their second single that is released at the end of next month I think.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=151352638 there's more info about the Bluecoat gig there as well.

This is great! I hope you don't mind me taking this opportunity to pimp my own band heheh.

We're known as Lahaujet (pronounced La-HOW-Jet) We're still relatively new and haven't got proper shows yet, but we have recorded 2 of our songs so everyone can hear us out! Our music perhaps can be best described as Alternative Rock, with influences from various types of rock genres.

Visit us at our Myspace! http://www.myspace.com/lahaujet
Oh, for those with Facebook can search us up too, just type Lahaujet in the search box. Court LFC is in our list of fans! (Thanks Court mate!) 

I hope to get some feedback from you guys, even if it isn't pleasant it's ok! After all, criticisms are important to improve oneself right?

Wave Machines' gig last night was cracker. Can't wait for the next one in October.

Darth Joe, I like the "pull the bloody shots" song. Keep it going mate.

I have just heard Wave Machines for the first time and I love them already, great music after my taste Is it possible to buy a(n) album online or something?

I will check out the other bands tomorow or something.

I don't think it is possible to buy Wave Machines' stuff online. There first single (I go, I go, I go) was only sold in a shop on Bold Street (Liverpool) and it was vynal at that. Really good band though and a nice bunch of lads. The drummer (Vidar) is a Norwegian as well but he's only been to Anfield once and we lost apparently, bad luck you Norwegians

Neither are the Last Shadow Puppets. 

I would love to start me own band.  At the moment I'm an OK rythem Guitarist but I'm doing alright after only 6 months of playing!

hey im a decent singer....come the cabbage any sunday night as i host the karaoke...... i also know somebody (guitarist) from teh lightning seeds...all we need is a drummer and we can call ourselves the beatles 2 ....  ill wait 6 months until your conquer that guitar though

There's some mini festival thing happening at the Bluecoat this weekend I think - The Random Family are playing. A good few other bands as well.

You heard about it DLS?

Yeah I posted it meself earlier in this thread RK. I doubt I'll be going but I know a few who are. Hope it's goes well for them. I think it's the Random Family who are actually putting the show on mate.

They've got a gig at the Bluecoat Gardens soon. That's meant to be a cracking event, so get down there if you like folk music.

these are the details for it

The Random Family

27 Sep 2008, 16:00
School Lane, Liverpool,
Cost : £15 for all stages/£5 for Garden & Gallery Stages only/Courtyard & Hub events free entry all day.

A one day folk festival with two stages showcasing 12 unsigned and independently labelled acts from Liverpool and the UK (including The Travelling Band, Denis Jones, The Sixteen Tonnes, The Random Family, John Fairhurst, Sparkwood & 21, Jeff Jepson, The Lost Brothers, The Rachel Wright Band, Arthur Shelton Jones and Andy Hickie and The Merry Maidens) stalls, food and entertainments. Headlined by a very special performance from legends Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick, with support from Liverpool’s finest, John Smith.

Nice one mate. I might try go to this but I'm out on Friday for my mates birthday then there's a small matter of twating the blueshite the next day.

Hope the Randoms do well though. Good band them.

if anybody knows a band called a.P.A.t.T there'll playing at the next Wave Machines concert at St Bride's on the 18th of October. As for anyone who likes Wave Machines' music their new single "The Greatest Escape We Ever Made" is released on the 27th of October. Finally for Wave Machines they are performing at the BBC Proms when they come to Liverpool on the 26th of October.

Before hand though they're in Southampton, Northampton, Hull and London twice, just in case you want to see them and Liverpool's too far to travel. All infomation can be seen on their myspace page. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=133983036

(i do fell however that Carl and the boys should be paying me for all this advertising I do for them.)

Unofficial local band promoter! ^^ The least they can do for you is free gigs! 

I get free gigs off them mate. I've already been summoned to the next one

Hear how the Bluecoat gig went Billy?

Me mate said it was good and it was well worth the £15

Don't forget folks 18th of October for Wave Machines' next gig. (I'll be there for free as usual.) The theme is a funeral, so wear black. Apparently Wave Machines are going to be carrying this poet Nathan threw the church in a coffin. Should that be allowed? Ah well it has been by Rev. Guy and me mam who's the church warden, so it's alright by me.

Other than that though the lads are pretty busy releasing their second single "The Greatest Escape We Ever Made" which comes out on the 27th of October and just to top it off they're launching the release of the single at the Royal Albert Hall on the 30th. Not bad for them eh.

Just have to say, I love The Zutons! :

Just have to say, I love The Zutons! :

Good aren't they.

I heard their singer Dave likes a drink in town.

I heard their singer Dave likes a drink in town.

So have I!

I heard their singer Dave likes a drink in town.

Next time, take him to a barbers before a bar. 

 

He wont listen to me mate. He'd rather get drunk and have a cig by the bombed out church. 

The one at the top of Bold Street, Ken? (St Luke's in it?)

I think I saw him there but assumed he was homeless with that hair

That's the one mate. Berry St. Although I was only joking about the bombed out church. It was in the Metropolitan.

Either way the fella needs his hair cut.

Either way the fella needs his hair cut.

Nah. He needs to back the F**k off when other people are smoking around him!!!

Holy sh*t tthas how he reaches the high notes

There's another Family Folk Up at St Brides Church this Saturday (today) which again includes the Random Family and some other big name artists in the folk music. Not sure if it's an all ticket affair or not, sorry.

I do know however that I've got me free invite curtousey of being the caretaker/security for the church on most nights.

Other news on the bands from St Brides, Wave Machine have released their album and I've got to say it's quite decent. Again being the caretaker has it's perks as I got me free copy off the boys . Although not so long ago Accidents Waiting To Happen called it a day and went back home to Norway as their lead gutairist Martin was getting married.

http://www.myspace.com/thetroubadoursmusic

Troubadours, bit Beatles-esq, doing well for themselves. Supported The Enemy and Paul Weller recently, so good on them. The bassist is from my end too (Sunny Runcorn haha) so gotta support the local lad!

Here's my band www.myspace.com/skeletonshollow

Sadly tho, based in bloody scum land, but get good banter with the bassist, he aint a bitter manc like most of them. Oh the joy I had when we won 4-1 and I was in a Manc pub, oh the joy!!!

...right here's a bit of shameless plugging but i thought it would fit in this thread


This is my band called SmileRifle. We are headlining the 02 Academy in November ! It would be good to hear what you think. Sorry if it's not your cup of tea.

www.myspace.com/smilerifle

The Random Family are on at St Bride's again this Saturday. Should be a good 'un.

Good band at Oxegen called the Scooby Doo's so there was

Uncle sent me the link to FatCat Records where you can listen to the full album at the moment.

Doesn't sound half bad!

http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/release.php?id=297

So I know these dutch 2 kids from the town I grew up in, knew they started a band a few years back, seen them perform a few times in local bars, they're pretty good. So I'm watching tv a few months back, and I see this:

The Death Letters @ DWDD

The same 2 kids, they're booming in my country, good for them. They're 17 and 18, wouldn't tell from the way they rock.

The Death Letters, is what they're called. Here's their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thedeathlettersrock

Random Family at St Bride's this Saturday.

Merseyside acts at Tromso Sound City in Norway

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13019859

Merseyside musicians are preparing to take to the stage at Norway's Tromso Sound City festival.

Miles Kane and Wave Machines will travel to the northern Norwegian city for the two day festival.

A collaboration with Liverpool Sound City, the groups have been booked because of Norway's passion for electronic music and their success in the UK.

Tromso Sound City 2011 takes place on 15 and 16 April, 2011.

Emerging artists
Will Sergeant and The Whip are amongst the UK acts also playing the festival with the remainder of the bands coming from Norway and Scandinavia.

"The artists we are taking over act as the honey pot for all of the emerging artists that are playing from Norway and Scandinavia," organiser Dave Pichilingi told BBC Radio Merseyside.

"Tromso Sound City gives acts a chance to show people from the music industry what they do.

"We'll be bringing some of the rising stars of Tromso over to Liverpool Sound City next month."

Tim Bruzon, frontman of Wave Machines said that the group were looking forward to what will be their first show of the year.


Liverpool bands will perform at the festival at Tromso in Norway
"Liverpool Sound City is great but it's on our doorstep.

"International flights make everything more exciting", he told BBC Radio Merseyside.

Dave Pichilingi says the Norway festival is similar to Liverpool Sound City which celebrates both emerging bands and already established artists.

"Miles Kane is definitely an ascending artist at the moment. We gave him his first show in America and he will be playing at Liverpool Sound City 2011 too.

"Waves Machines and The Whip are popular both here and in Norway because of their electronic sounds."

"Our corner of the UK has been responsible for some of the greatest talent in the UK and so we have the reputation and credibility to put on a festival like this.

"Tromso shares this bolshie attitude. They wanted to do something that was theirs, and shout out from the hilltops about how great Tromso's music scene is too."

More information is on the Tromso Sound City.

Proper made up for Wave Machines la, boss little band and four proper nice fellas. Good for Vidar, their drummer, to be performing in his homeland as well.