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ABoF News Round Up Vol. 1

So much news goes out on a daily basis from ABoF HQ, we thought we'd round it up all here in one lovely news story. Our ABoF news round-up will happen every Friday afternoon including a mixture of what's been going on with our artists, what's gone up on our blog and any ABoF related stirrings.

Label Love

This week, the UK was gripped by riots up and down the country. Thousands of people have been affected, and several small businesses may have to shut up shop for good - and all because of some opportunistic looters smashing up anything in their path.

The PIAS distribution centre in Enfield was burnt down during these riots and many of Britain's indie labels lost valuable stock.

Two people that are particularly close to ABoF's heart are Dan Salter (Echoes And Dust) and Hannah Morgan (Rumour Cubes), who, early in the hours of Tuesday morning, started a Twitter campaign that quickly went viral. They're the people behind the LabelLove - a PIAS Benefit.

We interviewed them on our blog this week to find out more about the campaign.

An Endless Room: Exclusive competition on MTV!

MTV UK have posted up an exclusive competition to win two peak recording sessions at An Endless Room - the iconic music studio based in Primrose Hill, London.

The competition closes on 30th September 2011.Bands and musicians can enter the competition via the MTV UK website.

ABoF bands make some noise!

The Blood Arm only just released their second album Turn And Face Me. Over the last week the band have seen a whirlwind of brilliant reviews and great covering from magazines like Uncut, WORD, Big Cheese and Q with more to follow!

The "Scots massive" have also been doing particularly well. IndianRedLopez released their debut album Empty Your Lungs And Breathe whilst Esperi released The EP.

Press for all our bands can be found on our artists' profile pages.

Coming up!

In the next week look out for the return of A Genuine Freakshow, releasing a brand news single Our Bodies / New Houses. Plus electro rockers The Unkindness of Ravens bring news of their double A-side offering Virus | Viper.

Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band release debut album Fuck You! I'm Keith Top Of The Pops.

We'll also be introducing new artists Mausi and Sweet Baboo to the ABoF roster.

Plus exciting news about Last.fm's last pop-up show of the summer. We'll announce the Mercury Award nominated band next week. The session will take please on the 22nd August.

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