Just spotted a copy of The Beta Band’s debut 12" vinyl EP Champion Versions for sale on eBay.co.uk
The current bidding at time of writing is £30 with 6 bids. The eBay auction ends on Sunday 24th August at 13:45pm
Click here to view the auction on eBay.co.uk

Black Affair are playing a live set this Saturday (23rd August) at the Eastern Electrics event ("A 15 hour celebration of cutting edge DJ’s and bands from the East side of town")
More details can be found at www.easternelectrics.com
The official site lists the venue for the event as:
Ewer Street Car Park on Great Suffolk Street [...]

We’re pleased to bring you news of a newly confirmed show for Black Affair. Steve will be playing in Shoreditch on Monday 25th August 2008. You can find a flyer for the night below, but in case you can’t see it here are the details:
SUSO and Vice give you
MUSIC KNIGHTS
BLACK AFFAIR live
GENTLE FRIENDLY live
THIS IS [...]

Thanks to stontt on The Aliens board for finding this Youtube gem…
Thom Yorke covered the The Beta Band tune ‘Dr Baker’ during the intro to ‘Everything in its Right Place’ at a recent Radiohead show in Indianapolis, Indiana (at the Verizion Wireless Music Center on 3rd Aug 2008).
Check it out below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0idxJSS_1A

The Aliens second album Luna is available to pre-order from HMV right now for just £7.99 delivered

On the HMV site, they have the tracklisting for the new album as:
1. Bobby’s Song
2. Amen
3. Theremin
4. Everyone
5. Magic Man
6. Billy Jack
7. Luna
8. Dove Returning
9. Sunlamp Show
10. Smoggy Bog
11. Daffodils
12. Boats
13. Blue Mantle
The release date is listed as 29th [...]

Here’s a couple of Black Affair live videos I spotted on Youtube today:
Black Affair at Crawdaddy, Dublin (Friday 25th July 2008)
Japanese Happening
8m12, uploaded by peteeed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue__G7Vd2mo
And here’s a small video of Black Affair playing You And Me at the Sonar Festival (in June 2008)
1m25, uploaded by stasgunko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgWw4040AUo
If you’ve spotted any Black Affair videos please leave a [...]

Here are some new Black Affair tour dates that we’ve been sent by Steve’s management
Friday 8th August 2008
Belladrum Festival, Phoineas, Bealladrum Estate,
By Beauly, Inverness-Shire, IV4 7BA
Second stage, Penultimate slot.
http://www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk/
Friday 15th August 2008
Audio, Brighton, Part of Loop Festival
http://www.loopbrighton.com/
http://www.myspace.com/loopbrighton
Friday 19th September 2008
Fabric, London
You can find the latest Black Affair tour news on our forum here

You can listen to a new The Aliens tune ‘Magic Man’ (from the forthcoming album ‘Luna’) courtesy of the BBC iPlayer
Magic Man had it’s debut airing on Marc Riley’s Brain Surgery show last night (Mon 28th July) on BBC 6Music. There was also a Black Affair live session on the same show
You can listen [...]

Black Affair played a live session on BBC 6 Music last night (Mon 28th July 2008 at 7pm) on the Marc Riley Brain Surgery Show. The show was hosted by Rob Hughes in Marc Riley’s absence.
You can use the BBC’s iPlayer service to ‘listen again’ to the session (here’s a direct link to Monday’s show)
Steve [...]

Black Affair are playing the Liverpool Bluecoat this Wednesday (30th July) along with Down The Tiny Steps and A Cup Of Tea

Tickets are priced at £12 and can be purchased from the Liverpool Bluecoat’s website or via telephone on (0151) 7025324
http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/downthetinysteps
http://www.downthetinysteps.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/acupofteaforyouandme