Posted on 31st October 2005 in King Biscuit Time
Just a quick post to let you know that King Biscuit Time can now be found on MySpace over at:
http://www.myspace.com/35180610
Also check out:
http://www.myspace.com/thebetaband
http://www.myspace.com/thealiens1
http://www.myspace.com/lonepigeon
http://www.myspace.com/thelonepigeon
Posted on 9th October 2005 in King Biscuit Time
Interview with Steve before the Liverpool show last month
Posted on 27th September 2005 in King Biscuit Time
Manchester-based label/clubnight High Voltage have an interview with Steve Mason on their newly designed website here
Posted on 26th September 2005 in King Biscuit Time
There’s been talk on the KBT board that Steve will be supporting I Am Kloot on their forthcoming tour. A quick check on the IAK official site reveals that Steve will be supporting at the Manchester Academy (Fri 28th Oct) and London Astoria (Sat 29th Oct) shows:
Msg posted on Discussion board by Pete from IAK
22/09/2005kloot are recording a new single with craig potter & guy garvey from elbow producing as we speak. the new single will be released in late october on kloots own label to coincide with the 3 gigs in the uk and a month long tour of europe; inluding four gigs in spain with supergrass and ian brown. the new single will be a limited edition and a download. for the manchester & london gigs in october kloot will be plying with king biscuit time supporting and on stage with kloot a number of fine musicians will be joining us for some tunes we have never played before. lets hope them bastards from moohla rouge have rehearsed. see you there love kloot *
Posted on 26th September 2005 in King Biscuit Time
Zane Lowe mentioned tonight that the new KBT album would probably be called ‘The Crunch’. (Think someone might have mentioned this the other day on the KBT board also)
Posted on 26th September 2005 in King Biscuit Time
Unfortunately I tuned in a bit too late and only caught the last minute, but Steve was on Zane Lowe’s MTV2 Gonzo TV show tonight. Managed to get one screengrab though - here ya go:
Posted on 24th September 2005 in King Biscuit Time
Not the most gushing or descriptive of reviews, but single of the week no less, and beating the X-Press 2 one which is the darling of many at the moment, find it on page 29 or here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/music/story/0,14680,1575170,00.html
Posted on 23rd September 2005 in King Biscuit Time
Posted by mecheckinit on the KBT board:
STEVE MASON CONFIRMED FOR NEVER MIND THE BUZZCOCKS
Steve is confirmed to be on the team for nevermind the buzzcocks. Steve is on Bill Baileys team with Lionel Blair. Liz Bonnin and Nate James are with Phil Jupitus!
They film the show on Tuesday 27th September.
The day after the London Cargo show and CIAM release - 26th Sept.
Email us @ info@creationmngt.com , if you want to come to the filming and show. We will only issue 2 tickets for winners and we cannot cover anything more such as travel. we will only give 1 pair of tickets.
Question is: -
what is the second single called for King Biscuit Time. You May only know the answer if you have been attending the current shows
Posted on 23rd September 2005 in King Biscuit Time
Thanks to Hanners for posting on the KBT board about Steve Mason’s live session on the BBC Scotland show from Thursday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/scotland/
…hit Listen Again and…..
Fast forward to 40 minutes for an acoustic C IAM 15……pure genius and quality….
Fast forward to 1hr 15mins for an acoustic I LOVE YOOOOOOOOOOO…….again sheer class…….
As a quick guide here’s the tracklisting from the show from 8pm onwards:
2000
The Duke Spirit - ‘Cuts Across The Land’ (Loog)
Franz Ferdinand - ‘You’re The Reason I’m Leaving’ (Domino)
Ty & Roots - ‘So You Want More’ (Unisex)
King Biscuit Time - ‘C I Am 15′ (acoustic session)
Inme - ‘So You Know’ (V2)
The Dead 60s - ‘Ghostfaced Killer’ (Deltasonic)
Boards of Canada - ‘Chromakey Dreamcoat’ (Warp)
Fickle Public - ‘Eh’ (Small Town America)
Arab Strap - ‘Dream Sequence’ (Chemikal Underground)2030
Demo Derby winner: Isa & The Filthy Tongues ‘Trouble’
Bullet For My Valentine - ‘Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow’
King Biscuit Time - ‘I Love You’ (acoustic session)
MIA - ‘Galang 05′ (XL)
Skindred - ‘Set It Off’ (Lava)
Soulwax - ‘NY Lipps’
Posted on 21st September 2005 in King Biscuit Time
More reviews for C I AM 15 (all positive) from Pitchforkmedia, Blacklisted fanzine and Revolution.
http://pitchforkmedia.com/tracks/05-09-21.shtml#song2
http://black-listed.tripod.com/id21.html
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/the_north_east/revolution/reviews/
If you hear of any Black Affair or The Aliens news stories, reviews, photos or links, please email Jim:
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Site news: 28th July 2008
Today I've added a Forum to the site, which will cover all of the new projects. I couldn't find an active message board for Black Affair/King Biscuit Time so please feel free to use this one. You can also talk about The Beta Band etc. Please help me test it out by signing up today and posting a message.
Visit the Beta Band fansite forum
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Site news: 16th July 2008
Today I have imported most of the old blog posts from the previous version of betaband.co.uk. I need to work through and fix all the dead links. I will also attempt to include all the archived news that I posted to the Beta Band's official site (betaband.com) eventually too
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Site news: 15th July 2008
I've decided to try and rebuild this Beta Band fansite from scratch using Wordpress
During July 2008 I will be adding sections for the various new projects the former Beta Band members are currently working on
I've started with Black Affair
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In the meantime, here are links to the official MySpaces
Steve Mason as Black Affair (and previously King Biscuit Time)
John Maclean, Robin Jones and Gordon Anderson as The Aliens
Richard Greentree as The General and Duchess Collins
