Here we go again…
Another week, another Bandidge blog, with new clicky things to click on and view… even possibly win things too!
So lets not waste any more time and just get right into it!
First up, there’s Grace who return with their second song – ‘Wonderful’ – today. People with musical brains at the Guardian and Sunday Times have been praising these guys and giving them the proverbial “going to be huge” line, as well as Zane and Jo Whiley on Radio Uno. If you’ve got Real Player or Windows Media, then check out the new vid:
Real: Hi /Mid/ Lo
Windows: Hi/Mid/Lo
Are you in a band and want to try and make a big step towards superstardom? Well, the ‘Indie Idle’ competition being held by the guys who organise the Camden Crawl could well be your ticket.
According to the press release:
“New unsigned bands are invited to send their demos where they will be reviewed by a panel of industry movers & shakers. The best 30 demos will be placed on the Camden Crawl website where the public will have their chance to listen to the demos and vote for their favourites. The 10 demos that receive the most public votes will go through to the semi final, held at The Camden Crawl itself.
The semi-final takes place at 1.00pm on Thursday April 19th at an official Camden Crawl venue. The 10 demos will be listened to and reviewed by a panel of music industry A&R execs in a public forum and the punters will be given the chance to vote for their favourite 3 acts to perform live at the final the following day.
The live final takes place at 1.00pm on Friday April 20th at an official Camden Crawl venue. The 3 finalists will have a chance to perform three songs live before the public vote for the eventual winner, whom will then later in the evening play a full thirty minute live show as part of The Camden Crawl itself.
The band will also win a day's recording in London's Miloco Recording Studios to help them put together a professional demo (www.miloco.co.uk).
Details of how to enter the competition can be found at www.gigwise.com/indieidle
Competition conditions: All demos must be received by Friday March 16th. Online voting for the 10 semi final places will run from Monday March 19th to April Friday 13th (unlucky for some). To take place in the live final, the band/artist must be available to play three tracks live in Camden on the afternoon on April Friday 20th. The ultimate winners must be available to play a full electric 30 minute set at The Camden Crawl itself on Friday night, April 20th 2007.”
Good luck to anyone who enters!
From Autumn To Ashes are releasing their new album ‘Holding A Wolf By The Ears’ on April 9th, and to keep you all salivating for the release date, the band have kindly put up a link for you to listen to the opening track number ‘Deth Kult Social Club’ online for you!
Listen here, and let your ears slowly bleed with joy…
How about some dance to cheer you up on this Monday? Seamus Haji is tearing a rather sizeable hole all over the country right now with his latest spin on “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life.”
Check out the rather awesome video right about here!
Here’s another chance for you to get creative and win big! E4 are running another competition to design the videos for their ‘E Stings’ – the bits between each show with the E4 logo in lots of weird and wonderful gazes.
This year though, they are offering the chance to also do these fantastic stings for E4 Music too!
The winner will receive a commission from E4 to make a series of idents with a £15,000 budget. Two runners-up will each receive £1500 worth of kit of their choice.
* The overall winner, as decided by a public vote, will be commissioned by E4 to make a series of idents with a £15,000 budget.
* Two runners-up will each receive £1500 worth of kit of their choice.
* The best 25 entries will be broadcast on-air on either E4 or E4 Music.
* Every E Stings entrant will be eligible for £5 off a subscription to Creative Review and the top 10 entries will receive a free subscription.
* Selected entrants will be invited to a party at a major London gallery where the winners will be announced.
Sound like your sorta thing? Enter here!
If you want a slice of inspiration, why not check out the 2005 winners right here.
Now for some UK Hip Hop in its finest form. Braintax’s new vid for his ‘Syriana Style’ track can be found here. It contains some images which you might find a bit nasty, so don’t watch it if you’re of a sensitive nature.
Want to hear more of Fields? Then check out the new video for their single ‘The Flames’ right here, in Windows hi/lo and Real Media hi/lo. You can get the new single digitally from today, or on 26th March if you want to hold a copy in your hands from the record shops.
The Hotly tipped Richard Swift brings out some Podcasts for you all to peruse over this week that are available in Windows Media Player, and also in iTunes too! Shiny!
Theres a full interview right here also… And here for iTunes.... so check what you feel is best.
Fan of the singer/songwriter Bat For Lashes? There’s a new competition up for you now to win signed copies of her album, special edition tee’s and limited edition artwork to coincide with the release of her latest single ‘Prescilla’ right here.
If you are content to just watch the new video, then click on here, for Windows Media Player goodness…
Clark has released his “Ted” E.P. today, along with a rather sinister video. If you’re at all squeamish of insects and crawling thingies, I suggest you look away now. If not, check it out, it’s rather cool! (Windows Media Player / QuickTime)
The Academy Is… are returning with a new album called ‘Santi’ on 2nd April, and to give you a little taste of things to come, why don’t you check out this link to a trailer made for their new album and track ‘We’ve Got A Big Mess On Our Hands’ to make you start losing sleep in anticipation…
And to round off the days proceedings, there’s the new video from Ghosts, who’s latest single ‘Stay The Night’ is reviewed right here on this very website.
Want to see the video to accompany the rather brilliant single? Then look no further!
Windows Media: Hi/Lo
Real Player Hi/Lo
And if you’re feeling saucy enough to purchase the song, then there’s a link to iTunes right here!
Until next week,
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