In The City and Xfm are pleased to announce details of the annual ‘Best Of ITC’ gig. Coming to London to spread a little pre-Christmas cheer on behalf of the Manchester-based, internationally renowned music event are four bands that made their mark, raised eyebrows and generally impressed at ITC 2007. In addition Xfm will be broadcasting the gig live from Camden Barfly, but hey - always better to say you were actually there isn’t it?
The bands playing this year’s Best Of ITC are:
Sam Isacc
Counting Bright Eyes, The Spinto Band and Ed Harcourt amongst his influences, twenty-year-old Sam grew up in the sleepy town of Malvern in the West Midlands. He spent the summer touring UK festivals including Wireless, Glastonbury, Truck and Latitude. Sam has recently picked up Radio One airplay from Jo Whiley and played the BBC Electric Proms and its associated ‘Introducing’ tour.
Elle s’appelle
Elle s’appelle is GCSE French for ‘she is called’. Elle s’appelle is also Andrew singing and playing bass, Lucy playing keys and singing and Owen playing drums. The noise they make has been described as sounding 'like Mates of State covering XTC and Billy Joel with occasional Freddie Mercury vocals'. Their debut single ‘Little Flame’ sold out in the first week on Moshi Moshi.
The Moths!
Drawing comparisons with the Human League, Wire, the Buzzcocks and early Adam and the Ants, The Moths! make poetic indie, new wave, post-punk pop with the emphasis on clever lyrics and instantly memorable guitar riffs. They have spent most of 2007 touring the UK, supporting bands including Foals, Good Shoes and The 1990s.
Sky Larkin
This year, youthful Leeds-spawned trio Sky Larkin have played to huge audiences at O2 Wireless and Leeds Festival and toured with the likes of The Gossip, Los Campesinos!, Howling Bells, ¡Forward, Russia! and Broken Social Scene. Add to that the procurement of a triumvirate of degrees, and it’s clear that education and rock have melded together beautifully.
Tickets are priced at £7 advance and are available now from www.ticketweb.com or by calling 0844 847 2424.
Live listings up now, see latest blog for details
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Breakin The City 2007
Supported by
XFM, NME, BPI, AIM, PPL, PRS, PRSF, Musicians Union, Carling, Filter Magazine USA, City College Manchester, Armstrong Learning, Women In Music - Creative Women, Go Events (Highlands and Islands Enterprise), Creative Entrepreneurs, Marshall Amplification, Stylish Riots, VMan Events, Walkabout, Indiestore, Dane Chalfin, VIP Limousine Hire, Drowned in Sound, Spin28.com, Virtual Festivals, Tannoy speakers,
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Artist Academy Bridgewater Hall Saturday Oct 20th, 10.30am.
Artist Academy is a FREE event, doors 10.30am to 5.30pm
Including the
· Music Business Education Seminar Series
· Demo Reviews
· Demo in a Limo : cruise the streets in style with A&R execs
· Open Mic Stage
· Industry Musical Chairs (one on ones)
· Career guidance on hand for one on ones
· Vocal coaching
In 2005 On the Radio 1 Open Mic stage ‘Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly’ were discovered, he’s since been signed to Atlantic
BREAK ITC LIVE features over 250 acts playing live over the 4 days of ITC with partners see full live listings in blog.
Break In The City has been one of the largest live promoters at In The City for the last 5 years, with such acts as Newton Faulkner, Mystery Jets, The Long Blondes, The Subways, Pull Tiger Tail, Liam Frost, Boy Kill Boy, 65 Days of Static, Tiny Dancers, and many more household names, Get Cape, Wear Cape Fly, credits Breakin The City as the platform that launched his career.
Programme
10.30 open and registration, in main downstairs foyer
11.00 demo review circle foyer 2nd floor : Sponsored by Tannoy
12.30 Trade bodies intro and talk BPI, AIM, PPL, PRS, MU circle foyer
1.00 “How to Break It in the Music Business”
Part 1: the Basics: what you need before your ready to start courting Industry
Part 2: You’ve gained that Buzz, Now what to do to bring it Home
2.30 Women In Music / Creative Entrepreneurs, interactive marketing
masterclass and Q & A, circle foyer 2nd floor, hosted by Armstrong Learning
4.00 Open Mic, hosted by John Robb
5.30 close
Main downstairs foyer
1.00 Vocal masterclass hosted by DANE CHALFIN & ASSOCIATES
3.00 1 on 1, speed networking
4.00 Mentoring advice and demo surgery – hosted by The Music Industry Provider
1.00pm-5.00pm ****plus demo to limo throughout day
Filter Magazine presents 20 new bands and DJs across 2 days of In The City www.filter-mag.com
10.30pm Orphan Boy
9.45pm Devils Gun
9.00pm Alphabeat (Denmark)
8.15pm The Thirst
7.30pm Yerba
6.00pm Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man
5.15pm Lights Action!
4.30pm The Virgin Marys
3.45pm The Official Secrets Act
3.00pm The Tommys
2.15pm Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band
1.30pm Tracey Browne
Monday 21st Oct
11.15 pm The Cassettes
10.30pm Northern Uproar
9.45pm Eight Legs
9.00pm The Official Secrets Act
8.15pm Decora
7.30pm Sadie Hawkins Dance
MANY MORE LISTINGS IN BLOG SECTION
Now in its fifth year, BITC is an official partner event of In The City International Music Convention (www.inthecity.co.uk) run in conjunction with The Band Agency.
MORE INFO
Breakin The City 2007 kicks off on Sat 20-10-07 with The Artist Academy 11.00 am- 5.30pm, Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester. This is a free event!!!
The Artist Academy, involves free industry seminars from The BPI and PPL amongst others, demo reviews (bring your demo for instant review) and one on one mentoring with industry professionals and established musicians - aimed at anyone who aspires to establish a career in the music industry, fledgeling labels, managers, DIY labels, self releasing Artists and any others interested in the music industry - as well as an open mic stage for musicians previously hosted by Huw Stephens (Radio 1) , who in 2005 discovered 'Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly' at the Breakin The City open mic session.
Note to musicians, please bring guitars and other hand instruments if intending to play at the open mic.
Demo to Limo , Breakin The City are pleased to announce the return of 'Demo to Limo', the highly popular addition to the Bridgewater Hall event on Sat 20th Oct.
Bring your demos, register then spend a pleasant drive around Manchester in the comfort of a stretch limousine, discussing the merits of your work with senior figures from the Music industry.
During the day you will get the chance to learn, interact and network - previous industry panelists have included Lisa Maffia, Guy Garvey, Mark Jones (WoS), Happy Mondays, NME, Sony-BMG, Virgin, EMI and 100s more.
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Its FINALLY here...Our brand new acoustic EP is available to download NOW its going to be FREE until Saturday 10th October so what u waiting for ha.. Only from www.10reasonstolive.com. Heres a little taster for you...once u have downloaded dont forget to let us know which song is your favourite xxx
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Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Check out my new video for the single 'Slow Me Down', it's pretty different from your usual 'rap vid', as I try not to take myself too seriously! Hope you enjoy the mutiple costumes, this vid was a bag a fun to make!
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
We've got a massive Bank Holiday gig on Sunday May 3rd headlined by Orange Unsigned Finalists SCARLET HARLOTS
Tickets on sale via Piccadilly Records, Hedtonik (Rusholme) and Kays Newsagent (Altrincham Tram Station) plus online from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/43753
SUPPORT BANDS INCLUDE * The Mandigans * Shanty Town * Der Die Das * Little Alice * My Sports Monocle * Kaboom * Eastern Gun Club * plus more TBC
CHECK OUT PAGE FOR FULL GIG LISTINGS --------- IF YOU WISH TO PLAY A GIG FOR US GET IN TOUCH
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Hows it hanging fellow space aliens! Come and check out some live Lazyfader tracks on the myspace. Also catch us at the Pyramid Centre on the 20th March. age 14+ Thanks for the support. The Lazies.
I'm BluesBeaten Redshaw. I'm an Unsigned blues artist currently preparing to release my 2nd record in feburary (you can find tracks from this on my website and track from my first solo EP on my myspace page).
I hope you get a chance to check out my website, myspace and youtube pages (linked Below) and I would appreiciate any feedback.
WE ARE VERY SAD... WE DON'T HAVE WORDS TO SAY ANYMORE... OUR SINGER AND DOBRO PLAYER ENRICO MICHELETTI IS DEAD. GOODBYE ENRICO KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!!
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