The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November

The Holloways play the LCH, get tickets here. Not yet sold out, no need for ebay (yet). Support from local acts Underground Heroes and Seven Storey Down, full press release to follow.

More dates nationally, at cosier venues than we get here, guess Folkestone doesn't have many places for bands to play:

Thu 30/10/08 Oxford Zodiac Find Tickets

Fri 31/10/08 Sheffield Leadmill Find Tickets

Sat 01/11/08 University of London Union

Mon 10/11/08 Southampton Joiners Arms Find Tickets

Fri 28/11/08 Leas Cliff Hall Find Tickets

Tue 02/12/08 Wolverhampton Civic Hall Find Tickets

The Holloways
The Holloways


The Holloways tickets here, and The Holloways SOLD OUT tickets here,

Press release, as promised:

Built on a passion for music and a unique ambition, Hevy aspires to deliver live music events that showcase the greatest upcoming bands from Kent and across the UK. Founders James Dutton and Claire Baker (both 21 and from Canterbury) celebrate the company's first birthday this November by bringing The Holloways to the Leas Cliff Hall for a one-off event, with support from two of Kent's greatest upcomings bands: Underground Heroes and Seven Story Down.





Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

Friday 28th November 2008

Doors 7:00pm

Tickets £14.50

Box Office 0844 847 1776

www.hevy.co.uk

www.leascliffhall.org.uk





THE HOLLOWAYS - Headlining

Even the dustiest and most-dated of indie dancefloors rocked with the trigger finger twangs of 'Generator', 'Dance Floor' and 'Two Left Feet' in 2007. Their prayers to your feet made sure that The Holloways were one of the year's main attractions, and now they're back with a new EP, 'Sinners & Winners'.



The Holloways first album 'So this is Great Britain?' garnered them a great deal of attention for their perfectly taut guitar-jangling ditties. Fans flocked to sold-out shows up and down the country. Festival favourites, this year saw them hit Get Loaded in the Park and Glastonbury with their gleeful stage performance. So for the infamous second album, the boys trundled off to the famous Sawmills Studio (the birthplace of classic albums from Supergrass, Muse and Oasis). And then suddenly it all stopped. Their record label TVT had gone bust. Yet the boys knew what they had to do and pulled out all the stops to complete their songs with imaginary money, plus found a new label. Finally, here we are with a finished EP, and a slew of promising tracks in the form of the album 'Tales From the Tarmac' to follow early next year,



"It was a real struggle when TVT went under," nods vocalist Alfie Jackson. "We weren't expecting it at all, but I think you have to adapt to what gets thrown at you, and it meant that we were all so personally entailed in what we had to do to get our tracks out. Our fans have been incredible."



Joyous, sentimental, yet bafflingly easy, The Holloways new tunes bring a sensibility of the strong melodies that have laid the tracks before them. Suddenly one of Agness Deyn's favourite bands are looking sharp and fresh, something confirmed by the EP. There's no questioning the band's identity with 'Sinners & Winners'; the band's radio-destined familiar harmonies and flippant lyrics puncture your ear. 'PSB's optimistic fiddle-riddled quirk lightens your day while the staggeringly beautiful choral combination of 'Forever' is a tranquil finale.



Live, the boys are a boisterous affair. The combined energy of Alfie Jackson (vocals / guitar / harmonica), Rob Skipper (vocals, guitar, fiddle), Bryn Fowler (bass/vocals) and Dave Danger (drums) is why the boys' create such an atmosphere of an Irish knees-up in the dingy gig venues of Britain. The only way to find out is to catch them yourself.



UNDERGROUND HEROES

Influenced by their heroes The Specials, The Jam and The Clash, they are the sound of booze-sodden, fag smoking, cheap drug taking, concrete Britain. Lyrically they are inspired by the day to day life they know - the fights, night life, friends, birds - and the identikit town they live in.



Otherwise known as brothers Aaron(19) and Joe Dollimore(17), George Penfold(21) and Jak Miller(19), Underground Heroes are the product of two rival local bands. Aaron and George met on the Kent circuit in early 2005 and hit it off immediately. They started writing together, working round George's shifts in the studio engineering for drum n' bass producers and Aaron's day job fitting double-glazing. Shortly afterward they were joined by Joe on the drums and Jak on the bass, and by 7/7 they'd christened their newly formed band. It was watching the footage on TV of paramedics and fire fighters rescuing victims of the terrorist attack on the London Underground while listening to The Libertines song 'Time for Heroes', that inspired their name.



After rehearsing for several months in the Dollimore's basement Underground Heroes played their first gig at the well respected local venue "The Beacon Court". It went well. They were invited back the following week to perform at a 'battle of the bands' competition, which they duly went on to win. More local gigs in and around the Medway towns followed including the legendary "Tap n Tin" where the likes of The Libertines, Gallows and The Charlatans have all performed.



By the summer of 2006 the Underground Heroes branched out from Kent, supporting The View on a toilet tour in Scotland, playing the smaller summer UK festivals and doing their first international gig - Ibiza Rocks Festival. By November the band got together their own tour, playing club NME'S up and down the country.



To date they've released two limited edition singles. James Endeacott's label 1965 Records, released the bands first outing on wax, the ska tinged "Stella The Mistress" and the follow up, 'Alright Darlin'?', a slice of spiky power pop punk produced by Paul Epworth, was released on Loog Records last August. Both singles sold out within a few weeks and garnered support from the likes of NME, XFM, Zane Lowe, Colin Murray and John Kennedy.



Since then the boys have shared stages with the likes of The View, Kasabian, Towers of London, Little Man Tate, The Cribs, The Metros, The Holloways, Kate Nash and Lily Allen, as well as playing Glastonbury in 2007 and 2008.



2008 had become the year Underground Heroes become overground heroes. They've begun work on their debut album, due for release later this year.



SEVEN STORY DOWN

One of the leading lights in the Kent Indie scene, Seven Story Down are a four piece Kent who play an exciting brand of alternative pop. Their self-released debut single 'Radio Song' reached 23 in the UK indie charts in July of 2006, helped significantly by an extensive touring schedule and plays by Radio One Djs, Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq.



The band are now consolidating ideas for their debut album and are looking to further push themselves as songwriters and develop new and exciting music for 2009.

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FAREWELL LEAS GIG FOR BATTLESKA GALACTICA

BATTLESKA GALACTICA play their farwell gig at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone on Saturday September 6th which also doubles up as a CD release party!

The "That Is Really All" show also features LOS SALVADORES, TAR and TWICE THE SIZE.

Energetic skacore act BATTLESKA GALACTICA have been one of the most popular Folkestone bands of the decade and previously released two albums: "Will Skank For Cash" (recorded at The Forum in Tunbridge Wells in 2002) and 2005's "Songs From The Crypt".

Once famously described as "the only band to operate a rotation system", there could well be one or two guest appearances from previous members on the night. The band will also be selling copies of their new six-track "If Found Please Return To..." cd at the gig, priced just £3.

For further information, visit www.battleskagalactica.com

Maidstone-based LOS SALVADORES are a deranged experimental punk band with several festival dates amassed this summer. Formed in 2004, and signed up to Corndog Records in 2007, the band’s debut album "Attack of the Clones" was released in February and, supported by a national tour, has so far sold close to 1,000 copies through HMV and other high street shops.

Blending blast beats with banjos, the energetic six-piece gigs extensively across the UK and is currently working on a new release at Out House Studios in Reading, where Enter Shikari recorded their gold-selling album.

For further information, visit www.lossalvadores.co.uk and www.myspace.com/lossalvadores

Ska punk band TAR supported BATTLESKA GALACTICA on their last highly successful gig at the Leas with Jesse James back in May 2006 and always supported Jester and More than Normal at the Leas in January 2005.

TWICE THE SIZE are seven booze-fuelled maniacs comin' straight outta Brighton. They are an infectiously riotous bunch of merry-makers who deliver their own brand of party ska.

Tickets, priced £7 in advance or £8 on the door, are available from the Box Office on 01303 228600.

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V Festival latest

The Killers, Deepest Blue and Syntax just confirmed. Like that's going to change your minds...

I've been quiet today, beavering busily on busted balance sheets, so HEY! Here's some news written by someone else; The Killers, Deepest Blue and Syntax have been added to the V Festival lineup... An old workmate of mine is in Syntax, friend to the stars, that's me... On with the release:

You’ve been warned: prepare yourself for a hit of pure Las Vegas indie pop at V this summer. Festival organisers have just confirmed that desert-dwelling kings of cool, The Killers will be bringing their ‘marvellously buoyant’ sounds to the line-up this summer. Joining Nevada’s finest will be masters of the contemporary pop anthem, Deepest Blue, and electronic dance duo Syntax, who will be shaking up the JJB/Puma arena at Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffs, on 21st and 22nd of August.

It had to happen eventually. When you survey previous exports from the city of Las Vegas - a ragtag assortment of suspect hair metal bands, one-hit wonder Toni Basil, and Andre Agassi - it was only ever going to be a matter of time until a group would emerge from Sin City and wipe the slate ceremoniously clean, giving the inhabitants of that Nevadan outpost some fresh hope and an escape from their culturally underperforming past. The unique habitat in which The Killers developed – “a world of snuff and nonsense where hermaphrodites dance in casino halls and boyfriends murder girlfriends over bottles of bourbon” (NME, 01.06.04) – as well as their mind-bogglingly kaleidoscopic musical influences (Morrissey, Bowie, Ocasek, Gallagher, Presley, Smith, Sumner, Corgan, Cocker, Byrne, Lennon, to name but a few…), have gone towards creating a band so clearly the product of their environment and yet so perfectly adapted to becoming a truly dominant species in the world of pop. Hailed as “unashamedly joyous indie pop with a sheen of retro cool” by Time Out (01.06.04), The Killers’ debut album, ‘Hot Fuss’, infused with exuberant, irrepressible indie pop, is set to make stars of the Nevadan four-piece in 2004. With music “built to tug you on to the dancefloor”, The Killers’ appearance at V Festival this summer is sure to be a murderously marvellous experience.

With their own brand of radio friendly, intelligent and uplifting contemporary pop anthems, lyrically accomplished and musically innovative duo, Deepest Blue, are currently scoring big. The brainchild of Israeli born producer and classically trained violinist Matt Schwartz, and singer/songwriter/unassuming wunderkind with a complete commitment to his music Joel Edwards, the artistic meeting of minds is central to Deepest Blue. Having worked with a wide variety of some of the biggest names in music (most notably Massive Attack), their inspired lyrics, and polished but fresh sound is down to their eclectic taste and combined musical trainings. With their smart, infectious, expertly crafted pop music, and their live set in V’s JJB/Puma Arena, Deepest Blue are all set to irreversibly capture the imagination of music lovers in 2004.

Who knew that when Syntax’s Mike Tournier and Jan Burton shut themselves into a West London studio to jam, drink, and stir up the spirits of dark hybrid electronic music, it would be the starting point for one of the great synthesiser blues adventures? By chance, a wandering rock singer manque from Wales and a respected avant-dance producer from London had found a majestic route forward out of the repetitive beat trap of pure electronic grooves. A brand spankingly new, vocal-lead, post-electronic band, grafting bloody poetry, fractured states of mind, fevered emotions, and narratives of lust, death, life and hope onto a deep knowledge of club music, and an instinctive love for the Dionysian, epic possibilities of rock, Syntax are poised to be one of the most effective new crossover groups out there in 2004. With their gliding electro hymns and cyber beats of rare gravitas, they’re most definitely going to be one to keep a sharp eye on at V this summer.

Tickets for this year’s V Festival have nearly ALL gone! All camping tickets have now completely sold out and there are only a very limited number of day tickets still available. Get V Festival tickets here or here and support popex or call the box office on 0870 405 0447 for current availability, and to purchase tickets, or visit www.vfestival.com. Tickets are priced £46.50 for a one-day pass.

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