Archive for August, 2008

Watch the video to The Aliens new single Magic Man here »

By hobbsy on Aug 29, 2008 in The Aliens | 1 Comment

The Aliens have put the video to new single Magic Man (directed by John Maclean and Christian McKenzie) up on MySpace. The single is released on 15th September, and features on the new album ‘Luna’, which is released two weeks later on 29th September 2008
You can pre-order The Aliens new album Luna from HMV for [...]

Rare Beta Band Champion Versions EP for sale on eBay »

By hobbsy on Aug 22, 2008 in Beta Band | 1 Comment

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

Update: the winning bid on the auction was £59.00

Black Affair live at Eastern Electrics in London this Saturday »

By hobbsy on Aug 22, 2008 in Black Affair | 0 Comments

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 [...]

Black Affair to play free gig in Shoreditch on 25th August »

By hobbsy on Aug 22, 2008 in Black Affair | 0 Comments

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 [...]

Thom Yorke covers The Beta Band’s Dr Baker »

By hobbsy on Aug 19, 2008 in Beta Band | 0 Comments

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