Check out some highlights from the recent Big Scary Monsters newsletter below. You can read the entire update HERE.
"Hi all, a long overdue and lengthy mailout here with news on a whole host of new releases, live dates and more. We're off to New York next week for CMJ where Tall Ships, Kevin Devine, Dad Rocks and Mutiny On The Bounty will all be playing. If anyone is out there for the festival, get in touch and join the party!
01. Shop updates
03. Dad Rocks! new album and UK tour
04. DZ Deathrays UK tour starts this week
06. Tall Ships announce new live dates
08. Shoes And Socks Off on tour
09. Pink Mist live dates and new label addition
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01. Shop updates
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So many new releases mean a lot of webstore updates. They're all listed below but just a quick mention of two exclusive offers on the BSM website right now...
Firstly, we put together a little sampler last month. You can download the 6 track digital version, featuring Kevin Devine, DZ Deathrays, Rosa Valle, Dad Rocks, Hymns and Algiers for free right now, or pick up a 15 track CD (which includes all of the above plus Bear vs Shark, Talons, Tangled Hair, Tall Ships and more) for just £1 with any purchase. You'll find that one right at the top of the page over HERE.
Secondly, we've just put a special bundle up online featuring our next four releases. Pick up albums from Kevin Devine and Dad Rocks, along with EPs from Big Success and Algiers for just £20 instead of the usual £26. If you'd like to add a t-shirt or any other items to the deal, we're open to negotiations. Get in touch and let's talk!
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03. Dad Rocks! new album and UK tour
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Our favourite Icelandic man releases his debut solo album next month. Fans of Snaevar's other band, Mimas, will be well accustomed to his weird and wonderful use of vocals and 'Mount Modern', the first Dad Rocks full length record, is a beautiful affair, rounded off nicely by a cameo from Broken Social Scene's Charles Spearin on lead track Weapons, which can be heard HERE.
Dad Rocks! tours the UK through November with Shoes And Socks Off in support of the release...
01.11 - The View, Folkestone, UK
02.11 - Tamesis Dock, London, UK
03.11 - The Caledonia, Liverpool, UK
04.11 - House-show, Newcastle
05.11 - Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, UK
06.11 - 13th Note, Glasgow, UK
07.11 - Royal Parks Cellar, Leeds, UK
08.11 - The Castle, Manchester, UK
09.11 - The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham, UK
10.11 - Olive, Norwich, UK
Pre-order 'Mount Modern' on CD and very limited white 12" vinyl HERE now.
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04. DZ Deathrays UK tour starts this week
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Two piece bands seem to be all the rage right now (hell, even we have three of them!) and these guys are currently leading the way with their highly charged, Pulled Apart By Horses meets Death From Above 1979 noise! Over from Australia for the next month, DZ Deathrays play a number of dates on the NME Radar Tour as well as their own headline shows and a couple of other exciting support slots. Currently being championed by Radio One's Zane Lowe, Nick Grimshaw and Huw Stephens, expect to see them blowing a few indie kids heads off during the upcoming tour.
13.10 - NME tour @ Waterfront, Norwich
14.10 - NME tour @ Academy, Oxford
15.10 - Thekla, Bristol
16.10 - NME tour @ Sugamill, Stoke
17.10 - NME tour @ Concorde, Brighton
18.10 - NME tour @ KOKO, London
20.10 - Heaven W/ Band of Skulls, London
22.10 - SWN Festival (NME Stage), Cardiff
23.10 - Red Room, Nottingham
24.10 - Mojo, Liverpool
25.10 - Castle, Manchester
26.10 - Sleazy's, Glasgow
27.10 - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
28.10 - Cockpit 3, Leeds
29.10 - Mad Ferret, Preston
31.10 - Buffalo Bar, London
'Ruined My Life' EP is out now on CD, available in shops across the country, iTunes and our webstore.
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06. Tall Ships announce new live dates
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Never far from the live scene, Tall Ships have just announced a few more shows including some in New York and the UK!
Having recently returned from an amazing week in Brazil, the boys will be heading to the Big Apple next week to play CMJ Festival, before coming back to the UK for a handful of dates in November, including their biggest London headline show to date, tickets for which are already flying out!
18.10 - NYC, The Living Room (4pm)
18.10 - NYC, Upstairs at Piano's (9.15pm)
19.10 - NYC, Lit Lounge (10pm)
22.10 - NYC, Bowery Electric (2pm)
10.11 - Cardiff, Undertone (Ten Feet Tall)
11.11 - Wrexham, Central Station (w/ Three Trapped Tigers)
12.11 - Birmingham, The Flapper
29.11 - London, The Lexington
The band are just completing the recording of their debut album, which should see the light of day next spring. Maybe we'll let you hear some music soon. Maybe...
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08. Shoes And Socks Off on tour
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As he gears up towards the release of yet another album, scheduled for early next year, Shoes And Socks Off has a busy few weeks of touring coming up, beginning with a number of dates with Sam Duckworth (Get Cape Wear Cape Fly) and ending with Dad Rocks.
15.10 - a carefully planned festival - cord, manchester
16.10 - brainwash festival, brudenal, leeds
with Sam Duckworth
17.10 - the borderline, london
18.10 - komedia studio, brighton
19.10 - portland arms, cambridge
20.10 - bodega, nottingham
22.10 - moles, bath
23.10 - SWN festival, clwb ifor bach, cardiff
25.10 - jericho tavern, oxford
26.10 - cockpit, leeds
27.10 - shipping forecast, liverpool
28.10 - pivo pivo, glasgow
29.10 - electric circus, edinburgh
with Dad Rocks!
01.11 - The View, Folkestone
02.11 - Tamesis Dock, London
03.11 - The Caledonia, Liverpool
04.11 - House-show, Newcastle
05.11 - Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
06.11 - 13th Note, Glasgow
07.11 - Royal Parks Cellar, Leeds
08.11 - The Castle, Manchester
09.11 - The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham
10.11 - Olive, Norwich
The first print of 'Dot Dot Dot And Other Works', the 80 page book containing lyrics to all SASO, Meet Me In St Louis and more songs, sold out a while back and the 2nd edition is well on its way too. Get one from Toby on tour or via our webstore.
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09. Pink Mist live dates and new label addition
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Pink Mist is quickly expanding. We've just welcomed Tangled Talk Records (Listener, Bastions, Goodtime Boys) into the fold as the 4th label in the collective - with a 5th soon to follow - and have announced LOADS of shows in East London. Check those out below. The first band signed to PM directly, Tubelord, have just this week released their 2nd album, the wonderful 'Romance', which you can stream from HERE and buy on CD and coloured 12" vinyl HERE, and next week we'll be putting a new Pink Mist release up for sale; a b-sides and rarities EP from Make Do And Mend!
As well as that we're delighted to present a showcase at one of our favourite festivals of the year, the Huw Stephens curated Swn in Cardiff. We'll have three nights of live music downstairs at Clwb Ifor Bach, bringing you these awesome bands...
Thu 20th Oct - BSM showcase w/ Tubelord, Hymns, Algiers
Fri 21st Oct - Holy Roar showcase w/ Brontide, Kerouac, run Walk!
Sat 22nd Oct - Blood & Biscuits showcase w/ Three Trapped Tigers, Gallops, LA2019
And that list of London shows is HERE. If you haven't already, Like Pink Mist on Facebook and follow on Twitter where you'll find weekly competitions to win free CDs and gig tickets.
That's it for now. See you next month!"
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