Pixies, REM, Teenage Fanclub, The Cure, The Vaselines, The Clash, Idlewild, Proclaimers, Interpol, Belle and Sebastian, James, Sonic Youth, Nada Surf, The Delgados, John Martyn, Talking Heads, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Mansun, King Creosote, Martyn Bennett, David Kitt, Trashcan Sinatras, Kirsty MacColl, Bis, The Smiths, Mogwai, The Frames, The Magnetic Fields, They Might be Giants, Jackie Wilson, Ben Kweller, Annie Lennox, Halo Benders, The Fraggles, Radiohead
Sounds Like
Kid Canaveral's releases to date:
STV-001: "Smash Hits" by Kid Canaveral on 7" vinyl with CD-R
Tracks
A Smash Hits (single Version) B So Close to Beautiful
Released 5th March 2007
STV-002: "Couldn't Dance/Teenage Fanclub Song" by Kid Canaveral on 7" vinyl with CD-R
Tracks
A Couldn't Dance AA Teenage Fanclub Song
Released 23rd June 2008
STV-003: "Second Time Around/Missing Me" by Kid Canaveral on 7" vinyl with CD-R
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A Second Time Around (Single Edit) AA Missing Me
Released 27th October 2008
STV-004: "I Don't Have the Heart for This" by Kid Canaveral (SPLIT 7! b/w "Start the Sound" by Come On Gang!) on 7" vinyl with CD-R
Tracks
A Start the sound by Come On Gang! AA I Don't Have the Heart for This by Kid Canaveral
Released Monday 15th December 2008
MGM-01: LIMBOLIVE VOLUME 1 on CD
Tracks
Features a series of LIVE recordings by different bands all of which were made at the same venue. Includes "Second Time Around" by Kid Canaveral recorded live on the 13th December 2008 at The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh.
Released Monday 20th April 2009
ALL AVAILABLE ONLINE - 7" SINGLES FROM OUR FRIENDS AT FENCE RECORDS
Kid Canaveral, 2009: L-R: Clarke Geddes, Rose McConnachie, David MacGregor, Kate Lazda
Booking: Lee Taylor @ Select Booking Agency e: bookings@selectbookingagency.co.uk
Label Contact: straightovideo@hotmail.co.uk
Press Contact: johnny@trailerparkpress.com
Band Contact / Mailing List: kid_canaveral@hotmail.com
We now have all our back catalogue on Straight to Video Records on iTunes (Worldwide), Napster (Worldwide), HMV (UK), EMusic (Worldwide), TescoDigital (UK & Eire), Virgin Digital (UK), Yahoo! Music Unlimited (Canada & USA), Samsung Media Studio (France, Deutschland & UK), MusicGremlin (USA), iMesh (USA), Urge (USA), Synacor (USA), fye (USA), DMX (USA), Hip Digital (USA) and Zune (USA)! So if you're scared of postage or Vinyl or CDs then DOWNLOAD US! w00.
All four singles available here:
You can now buy all our singles right here in our brand new online store... oooooh. They would all make lovely presents...
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The original line-up formed in St Andrews, Fife in Scotland. They are now David MacGregor , Kate Lazda, Rose McConnachie and Clarke Geddes . Over the past few years they’ve been busy writing and perfecting their noble craft, playing a barrage of live shows; notable gigs include opening for Joy Zipper, KT Tunstall, Sky Larkin, De Rosa, King Creosote, Camera Obscura, The Phantom Band, Glasvegas, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and Emma Pollock.
After re-locating to Edinburgh they have performed at a number of festivals
including The Wickerman Festival, The Fence Homegame (for the last three years), goNorth and Glasgow’s ‘La Fete de la Musique’ - as well as gathering airplay on Vic Galloway's BBC Scotland and Radio 1 Shows, Rob Da Bank and Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 1 shows and Jim Gellatly's XFM and Radio Scotland Shows.
In March 2007, their debut single Smash Hits was Single of the Week on Jim Gellatly’s XFM show and a video of
the single was featured on The Music Show on BBC2.
Second (Couldn't Dance), third (Second Time Around) and fourth (I don't have the heart for this) singles followed in 2008, each gathering more airplay than their predecessor, including in North America, the Antipodes and Mainland Europe.
Their four singles so far have been released on Straight to Video Records to critical and popular acclaim. the band are currently writing and recording new material.
BRAND NEW KID C RELEASE : LIMBO LIVE VOLUME 1. Everyone's favourite Edinburgh promoter Limbo have just released their very first live album, and they've very kindly decided to include our LIMBO performance of Second Time Around. It features a shed load of top Scottish bands and is available for a very special price of only £5.59 until May 1st. Released as a very limited run, get it while you can:
"Juicy, chewy pop-kids to savour, proving that life still twitches in this indie guitar-pop business." Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman
"It’s amazing how even their brand new pop-punk songs embed themselves in the brain, while single ‘Smash Hits’ could easily be just that." The List
"Evocative lyrics, super indie guitars and some striking girl/guy vocal dynamics, 'the Kids really are alright" Jock Rock
"Kid Canaveral’s David MacGregor laments some poor bastard’s plight over this considered piece of up-tempo indie pop which echoes the Delgados at their most playful. Smash Hits is a refreshingly pleasant wee tune 4/5" - The Skinny
"Kid Canaveral’s debut single, Smash Hits, is the kind of joyous buzzsaw racket that’s so simple and so very effective you wonder why people don’t make it more often...They sound like they’re armed with the knowledge that music peaked in 1976 with the first Ramones album (although the Shop Assistants were pretty good) and consequently Smash Hits is the kind of dumb punk pop that so very few get right. Fewer still get it as right as this. Go and listen to them" - Fire Escape Talking
"Bouncy, quirky, often laugh-out-loud funny, 'Smash Hits' has, well smash hit written all over it. Plus it includes the line "stick it up your arse/I don't care if you think my music taste's shite". What more could you ask for? 4/5" Is This Music?
"a joyous, bouncy piece of classic Scottish indie-pop...an engaging, humorous story punchily delivered by an irrepressible wee tune." - Song, by Toad
"THE best thing to come out of St Andrews since KT Tunstall, the four-piece indie-poppers deserve just as much success...the sort of super-infectious melodies The Magic Numbers would give their bushy beards for...Picking out the best songs is a bit like trying to pick your favourite child: impossible." - Daily Record
"Their charisma lies in their self-consciousness...Kid Canaveral are a bit like The Breeders arguing about relationships with REM at a coffee morning organised by The Undertones. In other words, the kids are all right." - Barry Gordon, The Scotsman
"Superb...Kid Canaveral threatened to upstage the headliners - and possibly did in the eyes of many people. Current single Smash Hits is typical of their trademark sound - melodic and radio-friendly. There is no attempt to dilute the Scottish accent which distinguishes them from the plethora of bands accentuating South of England accents at the moment, and I would be surprised if we do not hear a lot more of this two boy/two girl combination in 2008." - Artrocker Magazine
"Bouncing in on as much adequately turbulent lo-fi charm as ever, Kid Canaveral's latest single sees the Edinburgh foursome doing what they do best; wrapping their tales of social strife in more hooks than John Prescott at an egg farm....eight minutes of spiky-pop brilliance makes up these two tracks...adds to their unmistakably ace army of tunes. - Is This Music?, 4/5 (Couldn't Dance/TFS Single Review)"
"Forming in 2004 the band have since been working up quite a following, and in their new single 'Couldn't Dance' you can hear the years of hard work paying off. It's evident in this track that this band knows how to take their music seriously but not themselves, they sound like their having a good time playing it together and this rubs off on you from the first listen. If you like Glasvegas or The Fraggles or hopefully both, then give Kid Canaveral's "Couldn't Dance" a listen and you won't be disappointed." - TSM Radio
"Next up is one of Scotland's best new bands Kid Canaveral, who had already won us over with dynamite pop nuggets 'Smash Hits' and 'Couldn't Dance'. Their new AA side single however sees the taking in Grrrl Group femme-pop ('Second Time Around') and yet another super-catchy dose of Scotia indie with 'Missing Me'." - Clash Magazine
"What is it about Scots and indie pop? the two seem to go hand in hand. Give a Scot a guitar and he will bash out a catchy as hell song that will make you pogo about in your room for days. Edinburgh's Kid Canaveral is no exception. In other words this band have a magic touch with music. As I know you'll never hear songs this honest and worm their way into your eardrums so quick. Brilliant, Brilliant stuff that needs to be heard! This is your new favourite band!" - Vindictive Jukebox
Oh, Lordy! It's the "Smash Hits" video from the BBC! Don't they look wonderful...
Thanks for the add and the kind comments. I was just watching the Smash Hits clip and the song is nearly perfect. It encapsulates everything I love in music.
Hi there! We've got a new EP that we're especially proud of called Summer which is the second in our series of seasonal EPs this year. We'd love for you to listen to the EP online, and to do so, just click on the graphic below. If you like what you hear, we'd be very grateful if you'd support our efforts by buying the EP for €2.50 (around $3.20).
Hope all is going great for you. Thanks for being our friend!
Thanks for acceptance of addage. How the devil are yee? What are you
up to at the moment? We are in the process of putting together some
rough home recordings to help us pick which ones to record as an ep.
Would be great if you have a chance to listen to them and let us know
what you think. Just remember they are DIY bedroom recordings
though!!!;oD We just thought we would fire them up anyway.
We're playing the Capital so why not come along and check us out. We'll be playing with a plethora of great bands.
The Number Nines, Caezuim, Eskimogo and Miasma
All the best,
Bob El Dog
Disclaimer: You know we’re not hugely happy about posting messages on your page. Just trying to keep you up to date with what we’re doing. So to say thanks for not deleting us from your friends list you can get a free remix of our forthcoming single ‘A Princess, A Monkey, The Stars and The Sea’ at http://www.last.fm/music/Vendetta+Coalition
Hi, guys,
Just wanted to let you know that round 1 of the next People's Music Awards kicks off next month, so we are putting the call out to all new and unsigned bands to enter their best song into this years awards (completely free of charge)
For more info please check out our myspace page or go straight to the site: www.thepeoplesmusicawards.com
Lords of Bastard (Doom Drone Psychedelic rawk) Afterbirth (Heavy Tuned Discharge Punk) Loinstorm (Local Jazz-Core Numpties) Junge Welt (Apocalyptic Commentary to a Declining Civilization) Leith Dockers Club Academy Street Edinburgh 7pm 28th May Entry : Donation
Your new pics are top banana guys! Particularly like the one where you're all in a line looking at David...mainly 'cos it looks like he's got different coloured shoes on.
Aye, we need new ones now too...trials & tribulations eh.
