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Get A Free House Of Brothers Download Or catch some live dates...
By Daniel Melia on 9 October 2007
We have a little In Demand treat for you today in the form a free download from one of oue favourite new acts House Of Brothers.
It is the solo project of former Murder Of Rosa Luxembourg man Andrew Jackson who is now signed to Big Scary Monsters.
To get a hold of the free track ‘Deadman’ simply click HERE, the song will also feature on the House Of Brothers’ upcoming EP which is released on November 26.
Jackson is set to head out on tour from today with Youthmovies and Adam Gnade as well as playing some of his own shows over the next few weeks.
The dates are:
Norwich, The Queen Charlotte – October 9
Kingston, The Works – 11
Oxford, Jericho Tavern – 13
London, The Macbeth – December 4
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Diesel-U-Music Award Winners Revealed At lavish London ceremony...
By Daniel Melia on 4 October 2007
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The Diesel-U-Music Awards took place in London last night and Gigwise was there took soak up the atmosphere and free alcohol.
In the Electronic category it was a home win with London based duo and Gigwise favourites Get Shakes taking home the gong.
Their fellow Americans Cool Kids were the winners in the Urban category but unfortunately were unable to attend the ceremony.
The night was also graced with performances by CSS, GOOD Shoes, The Features, Uffie and Wiley.
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Elle S'appelle Announce Debut Single Details Out in November...
By Daniel Melia on 3 October 2007
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One of Gigwise’s favourite new bands in the UK Elle S’appelle have announced details of their debut single.
The trio will release ‘Little Flame via the Moshi Moshi singles club on November 5 on a limited edition 7” with the track ‘She Sells Sea Shells’ as the B-side.
On the day of the release the band will play a gig at Korova in Liverpool to celebrate with support from This Ain’t Vegas and School Of Music.
The band also have several gigs in the next few weeks, the details of which are below:
Liverpool, Barfly – October 4
Liverpool, Korova – 12
London, Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen – 25
Hoylake, Jack Rabbit Slims – 12
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Unsigned Line Up For In The City Revealed Get the full list here...
By Daniel Melia on 2 October 2007
The full list of unsigned bands for this year’s In The City has been announced by the events organisers.
The bands will al play during the three day event which takes place in Manchester from October 20-22.
The event was originally set up by Tony Wilson and goes ahead this year in tribute to the Factory Records founder who died in August.
Gigwise is the online media partner for In The City this year and we’ll be bringing your previews, reviews and news from the event.
The full line up of unsigned bands is:
Alan Pownall
An Orange End
Code Pie, Cohesion
Connan & The Mockasins
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Blood Red Shoes Sign Up For Gigwise Webchat They'll be online tomorrow...
By Daniel Melia on 2 October 2007
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We have two bits of big news this week with regards to our regular series of webchats.
Secondly, we can announce that the first stars of our new Tuborg Webchat Wednesdays will be the mighty wonderful Blood Red Shoes.
To take part in the chat simply go to www.gigwise.com/chat, log in and get your questions ready for Steven and Laura-Mary.
Hopefully you’ll be joining us for them!
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Brighton Live Gigwise Picks: Thursday Check out tonight's action...
By Daniel Melia on 27 September 2007
We’ve reached the fourth day of Brighton Live and while some may be flagging Gigwise is still going strong.
The bands playing tonight include Gigwise favourites Maths Class who played our Proud night back in August.
The Dirty Socials – 7:30pm @ Above Audio
Transformer – 8:45pm @ Barfly
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The Wombats To Headline In The City Breakthrough Stage One Night Only also set to appear...
By Jason Gregory on 26 September 2007
The Wombats are one of the acts who will headline XFM’s Breakthrough stage at this year’s In The City in Manchester.
Tickets for the shows are limited to XFM Manchester competition winners and event delegates only.
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Brighton Live Gigwise Tips: Tuesday Check out the best of today's action...
By Daniel Melia on 25 September 2007
The second day of Brighton Live and Gigwise is back with our tips for the best of night’s entertainment.
Gigwise’s tips can be found below:
The Diamond Family Archive – 9:15pm @ Redroaster
This City – 10pm @ Water Margin
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These New Puritans, The Teenagers And Crystle Castles For Joint Tour That's free to get in...
By Daniel Melia on 25 September 2007
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Three of the hottest new bands around The Teenagers, These New Puritans and Crystal Castles are set to tour the UK together this autumn.
The three bands will head out on the Unitaur, which has been set up by Vice Magazine, in October and November.
All the shows will be free with fans being able to get hold of the tickets by registering at www.unitaur.com
The dates are:
Glasgow, ABC2 - October 30
Leeds, Faversham - November 1
Sheffield, DQ - 3
Nottingham, Stealth - 8
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Brighton Live Gigwise Tips: Monday Who to see tonight...
By Daniel Melia on 24 September 2007
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Today is the first day of this 2007’s Brighton Live and Gigwise is here to give you our tips on who to see.
The festival runs all week up until Saturday (September 29) with around 250 bands playing across Brighton’s venues and much more.
So here our bands to watch on the first day:
The Bobby McGees – 9pm @ Audio
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