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Sotones Records Host Label Showcase!
The wonderful Sotones Records will be hosting a label showcase tomorrow evening at the Old Queens Head.
The gig will mark 1,313 days of releasing and creating cutting edge music and will be the first of two dates celebrating a multitude of great bands housed on the label. Tomorrow will feature a line up that includes Moneytree, Anja McCkloskey, Edward J. Hicks, Nato and Ann The Arc.
You can find out more information through the blogs Room Thirteen and Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot or by checking out the Sotones website.
The second night of Sotones high jinks will be on the 14th September and you can buy tickets for both nights for just £8. If you can only make one of the shows, tickets will cost £5. Doors are at 7pm and the nearest tube is Angel. Directions to the venue can be found on the official website.
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Ex Libras ‘Cut(s)’ Editor’s Choice in Subba Cultcha!
Today Ex Libras release their outstanding EP Cut(s), and have already started to stir the music industry pot with a great review in Subba Cultcha! In fact, as a bonus it's been selected as editor's choice..."Another stunning single from a band i’d confidently say are more progressive and cerebral than Radiohead (pre-dance phase). High floating melodies, cracked beats and stunning soundscapes to lose yourself within! Also check out their audio/visual EP, it’ll leave you gasping for air!" - Subba Cultcha
You can read the review HERE.
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Cut(s) approaches the songs from Ex Libras' critically acclaimed debut album Suite(s), from a different angle. The band have taken the bare parts from five of the songs on their aforementioned debut album (in order: “Underachiever”, “Sum Numbers”, “Discharge”,“Phat Knickers” and “Radar”) and reshaped, remoulded, remixed and reinvented them into their own version of what an acoustic EP should be the only way Ex Libras could - thus creating a new genre for the EP - loopcoustica.
Cut(s) is available to buy today on iTunes for just £3.95!
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Anja McCloskey EP Scores 9/10 in The 405!
Anja McCloskey recently released her debut EP Turn Turn Turn on Sotones Records, and has received a glowing review by The 405 gaining a score of 9/10!"I’m utterly blown away by her. Turn, Turn, Turn delivers a powerful performance and reveals emerging raw talent. The emotional rollercoaster makes her vulnerable yet sharp voice unforgettable. I urge you to listen." - The 405
You can read the full review HERE.
The EP was released on 3 September and can be bought from the Sotones Shop for just £3.99!
If that wasn't enough, The 405 have been so taken by the beautiful sounds of Anja McCloskey that they have included her in their Spotify Playlist which you can listen to HERE.
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Phantom Album Review on The Quietus!
Phantom's recently released debut album, Smoke & Mirrors, has been receiving great praise from the music fraternity and this continues with a fantastic review from The Quietus."Measure by measure, drop by drop, Elsie Martin is redefining London Gothic for the second decade of the twenty-first century." - The Quietus
You can read the full review HERE.
The album comprises two parts - part A and part B - with each running over twenty minutes long, comprising four to five tracks at a cost of just £1.79. It's download only but the band have constructed a hypnotic, ambitious album meant to be listened to as a seamless whole.
You can buy the album on iTunes here.
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Ex Libras - ‘Will my face be in the video?’
Ex Libras. When they’re not busy touring, recording albums and EPs (or building the recording studio in their garden themselves) they’re making comedy vignettes behind the scenes of their forthcoming "Teenage Eyes" video. They’re nothing if not prolific.
The video follows hapless drummer Ross as he tries to glean some kind of hint from band-mates, actors and the film crew as to whether he’ll be getting some face time in the finished cut of the "Teenage Eyes" video. Met mostly with confused looks and evasive answers, Ross tries his best (bless him) to reassure himself and/or remind people that he is actually in the band. Will his face be visible? Is he even in shot?!
Watch the video here and help Ross' cause
Ex Libras release Cut(s), their stripped down reworking of key tracks from incredible debut album Suite(s), on the 6th October. The band will also play a string of no doubt “jaw dropping...completely euphoric” (Glasgow Podcart) London live dates soon after.
Check out and download ‘Teenage Eyes’ below, or click here
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