Domino Records have just uploaded the video for Steve Mason’s new single ‘Am I Just A Man’ over on YouTube. This is the second track to be taken from the album ‘Boys Outside’ (criminally overlooked for a Mercury nomination last week!) and follows on from Lost And Found which was released back in April. According to the YouTube description, the 12" vinyl release will feature a remix by Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip fame (plus a studio remix) and will be available to purchase from 16th August.

The video has been directed by JMD – who has previously worked with Ellie Goulding, Everything Everything, Hot Chip, Darwin Deez and Wild Beasts to name a few. Check out his/their impressive back catalogue at colonelblimp.com

You can view the video in 720p HD on YouTube or check out the embed below:

Pre-order links for Am I Just A Man single:

• 12" vinyl from Amazon.co.uk (shortlink: http://amzn.to/9ZnqMc )
• 12" vinyl from HMV (shortlink: http://bit.ly/crgLqR )

Tracklist:

Side A
01. Am I Just A Man
02. Am I Just A Man (Studio Remix)
Side B
03. Am I Just A Man (Alexis Taylor Remix)

Catalogue number: DSO30T
Label: Domino / Double Six
Release Date: Monday 16th August 2010

Edit – just spotted the artwork for the 12" sleeves over on Tony Hung‘s Twitpic account

[tweetmeme]Steve Mason played the Park Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon (4-4:40pm)

If you missed it, Adam and Joe played a live recording of ‘Dr. Baker’ from Steve’s set on their BBC 6 Music show this evening. Check out the BBC iPlayer ‘Listen Again‘ and jump to ~50minutes in (8:48pm).

I don’t know if the BBC recorded any video from the set (or have plans to play any more tunes) – but get in touch if you spot any coverage on the red button etc.

If you know the rest of the setlist, or have photos/videos etc then please leave a comment or send me a Tweet @betaband

Update1:
The BBC have helpfully divided up the show into chapters, so you can jump straight to Dr Baker

Update2:
Here’s Dr. Baker from today’s set:

Steve Mason – Dr Baker (Live at Glastonbury Festival 25th June 2010) by hobbsy

Update3:
The NME have reviewed Steve’s Glasto set and provided the setlist:

• Lost And Found
• Am I Just A man
• All Over You
• The Letter
• Boys Outside
• All Come Down
• C I Am
• Dr Baker
• I Walk The Earth

Steve Mason played a secret acoustic London show yesterday (Sunday 6th June) at The Slaughtered Lamb in Clerkenwell.

Here’s the setlist below, including a cover of Madonna’s Borderline (which Steve premiered on the Shaun Keaveny/Dermot O’Leary 6Music show last month):

• Simple
• All Come Down
• I Let Her In
• Boys Outside
• Dr. Baker
• Am I Just A Man
• Borderline (cover)

The show was professionally filmed by Domino/DoubleSix so hopefully that will be hit the web at some point.

In the meantime I’ve found some great photos & video from the show taken by Bill Holding who has kindly given me his permission to post them here. Be sure to check out Bill’s Flickr page for more

Simple

All Come Down

Boys Outside

Dr. Baker

Borderline (cover)

Thought I’d throw up a post to collate all of Steve Mason’s forthcoming tour dates – and also because the poster for the Liverpool show really caught my eye… check it out, it’s beautiful:

edit: just found out the poster above was designed by Gary McGarvey aka Horse.
Here’s some links to find out more about his wonderful work: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
You can buy posters by Horse at bloodandthunder.bigcartel.com

Steve Mason concert dates:

JUNE 2010
06.06.2010 (Sun) LONDON Clerkenwell, The Slaughtered Lamb view video & photos
11.06.2010 (Fri) CAMBRIDGE The Haymakers video | video
12.06.2010 (Sat) MANCHESTER Parklife festival
21.06.2010 (Mon) LIVERPOOL Static Gallery photos | photos
22.06.2010 (Tue) LONDON Cargo
24.06.2010 (Thu) BRIGHTON Hanbury Club Audio (note venue change)
25.06.2010 (Fri) GLASTONBURY Park Stage at Glasto festival mp3

JULY 2010
09.07.2010 (Fri) SWITZERLAND Miles Davis Hall, Montreaux Festival
18.07.2010 (Sun) SUFFOLK Latitude Festival
22.07.2010 (Thu) CAMBRIDGESHIRE Secret Garden
24.07.2010 (Sat) ABINGDON Truck Festival
25.07.2010 (Sun) LONDON Applecart festival in Shoreditch Park
31.07.2010 (Sat) LONDON Field Day festival in Victoria Park

AUGUST 2010
06.08.2010 (Fri) MALVERN The Big Chill Festival, UK
07.08.2010 (Sat) HERTFORDSHIRE Standon Calling Festival, UK
12.08.2010 (Thu) BRISTOL Louisiana buy tickets
13.08.2010 (Fri) LEICESTER Summer Sundae festival buy tickets
18.08.2010 (Wed) EDINBURGH Liquid Room buy tickets
19.08.2010 (Thu) LEEDS Brudenell Social Club
20.08.2010 (Fri) BRECON BEACONS Green Man Festival festival buy tickets

SEPTEMBER 2010
04.09.2010 (Sat) IRELAND Electric Picnic festival buy tickets
11.09.2010 (Sat) ISLE OF WIGHT Bestival festival buy tickets

» Click here to buy Steve Mason tickets

Please let me know in the comments if you spot any more tour dates announced

You may also want to keep an eye on Steve’s live page on the official site

The video for Steve Mason’s new single ‘Lost And Found’ has been posted to YouTube by Domino Records

Having recently signed to Domino imprint Double Six, Steve Mason has announced the release of a new single, Lost & Found, on Monday April 19th 2010.

The single, available digitally and featuring the B-side Its Never You, is taken from his forthcoming album, Boys Outside, which is released on May 3rd.

Having previously recorded as both King Biscuit Time and Black Affair, both largely electronic based projects, Steve Mason enlisted the help of producer Richard X and consciously made a decision to go back to basics; the album was written entirely on acoustic guitar with many of the finished tracks stripped back to reveal his undoubted songwriting talent.

www.stevemasontheartist.com

Check out the video embedded below, or via http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjI4kvAd2QM

Leave us a comment and let us know what you think of the new single

Steve Mason is set to play the ParkLife Festival in Platt Fields, Manchester on Saturday 12th June. Steve will be appearing on the Now Wave stage alongside Kele, Four Tet, Errors, Egyptian Hip Hop, James Yuill, We Have Band and May68. Tickets go onsale tomorrow (Thursday 18th March) priced at £25 for advance tickets. You can also purchase a ‘Joint Ticket’ which will include entrance to the Ian Brown show at Platt Fields the day before. Find out more on the ParkLife Festival official site

Update 8th June 2010: ParkLife Stage Times
I’ve been told that Steve Mason will be performing between 16:40pm – 17:20pm on the Now Wave Stage this Saturday at ParkLife (although as you can imagine runtimes are subject to change, so don’t take that as gospel!)

Update 12th June 2010 @ 10:42am
I asked on Twitter for runtimes for today’s Parklife and samstarling sent me a Twitpic of the Parklife runtimes… they don’t match up with what I heard for Steve’s stagetime though!?

Twitpic by stefidoo. View original at http://twitpic.com/1w2qas/full

Tickets are now sold-out for ParkLife, but you can still buy them from Viagogo (if you’re prepared to pay more than face value – currently they’re around £54)

Steve Mason has recorded a session for Mary Anne Hobbs that will be broadcast tonight (Thursday 4th March) between 2-4am on her BBC Radio 1 show. Mary Anne has been a long-time supporter of the Beta Band throughout the years, with the band appearing several times on the Breezeblock. I imagine the new session tonight will feature tracks from Steve’s forthcoming album Boys Outside (scheduled for release on May 3rd through Domino Records). If you miss the show you’ll be able to listen again via the iPlayer from tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Steve has been busy posting album updates to his Twitter account. Apparently he shot the video for new single Lost and Found in Snowdonia last weekend. You can follow Steve on Twitter via @SteveMasonKBT. Also, check out his new official website and Facebook page, and if you want to hear some demos from the new album pop over to his MySpace.

Update: just spotted this Twitter exchange between Beta-fan @j0annepsi and Lauren Laverne that suggests a BBC 6Music session for Lauren’s show is on the cards too :)

Update2: The show is now up on the BBC iPlayer to listen again. In case anyone wants to skip straight to Steve’s new songs, the first part starts around 23minutes:

24m00 All Come Down
28m03 Am I Just A Man

Second part starts around 1h28:

1h28m33 Boys Outside
1h33m27 I Let Her In

New single out April 19th – Lost and Found
New album out May 3rd – Boys Outside

I shot some HD video on my little Panasonic Lumix TZ7 camera back in May when The Aliens played at the Manchester Deaf Institute

Ten videos in total, here’s a direct link to a YouTube playlist

YouTube [1] The Aliens (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [2] The Aliens – Theramin (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [3] The Aliens – Sunlamp Show (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [4] The Aliens – Robot Man (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [5] The Aliens – Boats (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [6] The Aliens – Robin Jones drumming (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [7] The Aliens – Billy Jack (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [8] The Aliens – Happy Song (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [9] The Aliens – Gordon falls (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)
YouTube [10] The Aliens – Blue Mantle (Manchester Deaf Institute, 26th May 2009)

Alternatively click on the read more link below to view them individually

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKOiyOD7CE4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJsqHjrQS-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lm8mEixtvU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypyxQ_7VoCw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR0rI1HGbO0

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmiFKCi8zF0

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbnL0EcgDi8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt4XRNwsLp8

Steve Mason is busy recording a new album – you can follow his progress on Twitter via @KBTstevemason

You can also listen to two new demos All Come Down and Lost And Found via Steve’s MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/stevemasonlovesyou

Here’s Steve’s about me section from MySpace, which should get you up to speed:

Yes its me- BETA BAND/ KING BISCUIT TIME/ BLACK AFFAIR. Its time to step out of the shadows and confront society. So what the hell is going on? Well, I’m about 3/4 of the way through recording a new album which i will put out under my own name, Steve Mason. The songs are fully realised in demo form but i really wanted someone to lift a little of the pressure of production of my shoulders and Richard X ( http://www.blackmelody.com ) offered himself up. So we are working through my demo’s and re-doing all the vocals and any other parts which need it. The results are amazing. Best songs i’ve ever written and they SOUND big. I reckon i will put a 4 track EP out in about 2 or 3 months then maybe one more and do the album very early next year. There will be fresh music up here very soon. But its not quite ready yet. See you on the ice…….

Here’s a video of The Aliens performing at the Queen Head stage at Glastonbury last month:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKYhW23ASb8

Thanks to srs456 for posting the link on The Aliens msg baord

The setlist according to Mark on themsg board was:

• Only Waiting
• Robot Man
• Billy Jack
• Rox