John Hepworth & Joe Stevenson on Trumpet & Trombone when they can
Thanks guys
Influences
CSS, Feist, Ella Fitzgerald, Sigur Ros, Beruit,Yann Tiersen, Bjork, The Cat Empire, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughan, The Police, Manu Chao, Xavier Rudd, Ten Bears, Gideon Conn, Arrested development, The Beastie Boys, Cypres hill, Ugly Duckling, Jurrassic 5, The Gipsy Kings, Ojos de brujo, Dj format, Mc Abdominal, Supergrass, Blur, kings of leon
Sounds Like
K plucking out his three boyish chest hairs with his teeth.
WE ARE ALL FRIENDS, we are in a band and we make ace/brilliant/excellent music ...together by ourselves in a dark room....were no one goes apart from us.............it costs 10 pounds for 4 hours and we are together in there(no-on else is there).........together and fun in a room...........by ourselves, no-body else.....the room is in manchester, when we are in the room we play a mash up mixture of cat- chi melodies and wordly rhythms and we dance while we are in that room ....
What people have had to say about us:
"Electro reggae pop -CSS stylee electropop mixed with the winsome quality of Feist in the female vocal. Subtle acoustic stripped down reggae/soul, he sounds like a grittier Finlay Quaye with sou... Read Morelful harmonies. Box Kid keep it skipping about all over the place. highly skilled genre weaving songwriters." Bugbear Promotions (London)
"Like zero 7 remixed by dangermouse, a true treat for the ears..." Mostly Toast (Manchester)
"A relatively new act, Box Kid even have a song called “80’s Day” and it couldn’t be any closer to the truth tonight. But this time, this band light their candles to place on the altar of Prefab Sprout and to a lesser degree pray to Deacon Blue. “We Are The Tides” is a master class in spinning out gasp inducing, skiffling greatness from just a bass, drums and piano. Singer ‘K’ is on acoustic guitar but it cleverly plays a subdued role. This song, even with such a sparse accompaniment to call upon, bravely keeps the music to an essential minimum whilst the vocals do all the work. Essentially the songs are all there, with a potential to exploit moody 80’s pop, folky musings or straight up 4/4 dancefloor punches. Box Kid are one of the cleverest and most together things I’ve seen maybe this year. Big things, big things indeed should beckon..." Manchester Music
Sept 25th - Doll & The Kicks @ Sub61 - fresh from 2 sold out Apollo dates with Morrissey, D&TK returun for a headline show in Manchester - £6 from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/50385
LOTS LOTS MORE GIGS ON THE MYSPACE SO CHECK THE FULL LISTINGS......... IF YOU WANT TO PLAY A GIG FOR US MESSAGE US VIA THE MYSPACE
CONFIRMED BANDS FOR 2009 INCLUDE... NINE BLACK ALPS KID BRITISH WAVE MACHINES MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE THE TRAVELLING BAND TEN BEARS THE VORTEX THE MAYBES KARIMA FRANCIS THE JESSIE ROSE TRIP FRAZER KING CASIO KID GIDEON CONN THE GAY BLADES THE WHISKYCATS TEN BEARS ..... with around 200 bands over the weekend
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WE'VE GOT LOADS ON IN MAY / JUNE / JULY SO HERE'S JUST A HANDFUL OF THE GIGS SO FAR - CHECK THE MYSPACE PAGE OUT FOR THE FULL LISTINGS
LOTS LOTS MORE GIGS ON THE MYSPACE SO CHECK THE FUL LISTINGS......... IF YOU WANT TO PLAY A GIG FOR US MESSAGE US VIA THE MYSPACE
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ADVANCE TICKETS
June 19th - The Ruling Class @ Manchester Roadhouse - Just been on tour with The Charlatans and The Twang - £5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/47829
June 20th - The Sand Band @ Roadhouse - one time Coral guitarist and just played Manchester gig with Nick McCabe / The Black Marquee - £5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/48101
HOWDY-DOODLEY-DO-COCK-A-DOODLE LET'S WAKE THE DEAD...
Welcome to the Thingumajigs' virtual sphere of friendship and thanks for the add. We're glad you appreciate our music.
Drop beats, not bombs. Make music, not wars. Drink tea, not monkey urine. Thingumajigs is a good time band so always remember to get thingumajiggywithit - YEAH!
Thanks for a top set at the Moon last Friday. Got a couple of nice pics in our tagged photos folder you should check out. Hope to see you guys again sometime.
Ha, nothing sexy about it, just we try and get 2 decent bands on every now and again to raise a bit of money for local football, we normally get around 80 coming who are interested in new music. Let me know if you fancy it. Cheers.
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