All tracks currently heard are produced by Ian Button
Music Videos By Tim Winter and Bob Harwood
Art work by Carrie May
Influences
The doors, Bob Dylan, Led Zep, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix,
Nirvana, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Smiths, Paul Hawkins, Michelangelo, Jeremy Naydler, Tom Waits, Amon Tobin, Anthony Anderson Project, The Rakes, The Jam, Trencher, An Albatros.
The Beat Màras came to life through meeting friends of friends.
Playing thier first live set at Molly Malones in 2006, the band have gone on to play various London venues such as The Old Blue last, Rhythm Factory, 12 Bar Club and the Barfly.
After rehearsing all over the south from friends Barns to Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly studios. The maras can now be found either in their squat rehearsal room off off Brick lane or in their studio in Hitchin.
Described as sounding something between the BRMC meets the Doors round the Babyshambles House... their sound continues to impress...
:::PRESS:::
"An almost diamond like find...Well worth checking out" - Repeat Fanzine (www.repeatfanzine.co.uk)
"The Beat Maras are trashy, throbbing & on course to reek havoc!" - J.C, www.subba-cultcha.com
"If they ever made a documentary on the life of Pete Doherty this would surely be the sound track" - House of Tracks magazine (www.houseoftracks.co.uk)
"there’s enough here to suggest that maybe, just maybe there could be something special about The Beat Maras" - Pete Whalley (www.getreadytorock.com)
:::RECORDS:::
THE HUARAZ EP - OUT NOW - LIMITED EDITION - ONLY 200!
DEBUT ALBUM 'BAT AND THE ASTRAL PHOENIX' AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW - OUT 18th AUGUST!
Don't want to wait til 18th August? Swing by www.jezusfactory.com to buy your copy now for the tidy sum of £8!
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!
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!
THE MUSIC TV & FILM INDUSTRY'S BIGGEST CELEBRITY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO CHELSEA FC 24TH MAY!
Chelsea ledge Ron ‘chopper’ Harris, NDUBZ, JLS, Babyshambles, Bianca Gascoigne, Waterloo Road stars, Soccer AM, Charlotte Mears, Nicola Mclean, The Hoosiers, The View, Omid Djalili, Milton Jones , Lee Mack, John Bishop, Maff Brown, Russel Howard, Reverend and the Makers, Justin Hawkins,Freddie from Skins, Toploader, Steve Norman, Shelley Preston, Ziggy Liam and Anthony from BB, Jay from the Inbetweeners, Shystie, Jason Manford, Caprice, Ben’s Brother, Michelle Heaton, Carl from Shameless, Ben Adam’s, The X Factor’s Austin Drage, Danny Dyer, and Tamer Hassan. Stay tuned for more names comming in the following days and weeks! Tickets are £12 adults and £10 junior. http://WWW.TWITTER.COM/SOCCERSIX http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SOCCER__SIX http://WWW.BEBO.COM/SOCCERS172 http://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM-CUPSOCCERSIX
Remember, you wont be able to buy tickets on the day at this event so make sure you get your tickets now to avoid dissapointment! A limited number of Soccer Six tickets are available now from Ticketmaster on 0870 534 4444 and www.ticketmaster.co.uk and from www.chelseafc.com/tickets.and are available priced at just £12 for adults and £10 juniors
THE MUSIC TV & FILM INDUSTRY'S BIGGEST CELEBRITY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO CHELSEA FC 24TH MAY!
Chelsea ledge Ron ‘chopper’ Harris, NDUBZ, JLS, Babyshambles, Bianca Gascoigne, Waterloo Road stars, Soccer AM, Charlotte Mears, Nicola Mclean, The Hoosiers, The View, Omid Djalili, Milton Jones , Lee Mack, John Bishop, Maff Brown, Russel Howard, Reverend and the Makers, Justin Hawkins,Freddie from Skins, Toploader, Steve Norman, Shelley Preston, Ziggy Liam and Anthony from BB, Jay from the Inbetweeners, Shystie, Jason Manford, Caprice, Ben’s Brother, Michelle Heaton, Carl from Shameless, Ben Adam’s, The X Factor’s Austin Drage, Danny Dyer, and Tamer Hassan. Stay tuned for more names comming in the following days and weeks! Tickets are £12 adults and £10 junior. http://WWW.TWITTER.COM/SOCCERSIX http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SOCCER__SIX http://WWW.BEBO.COM/SOCCERS172 http://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM-CUPSOCCERSIX
Remember, you wont be able to buy tickets on the day at this event so make sure you get your tickets now to avoid dissapointment! A limited number of Soccer Six tickets are available now from Ticketmaster on 0870 534 4444 and www.ticketmaster.co.uk and from www.chelseafc.com/tickets.and are available priced at just £12 for adults and £10 juniors
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
MEHO PLAZA NOPSE REMIX EP available on cassette from ick ick records...available digitally from better looking records... vinyl is in the works too from sp1records...........
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Our debut label EP Sad Glad Songs is out next week on Lostmusic Records - launched at our February 12th gig at Gramapahone, London E1 where we're appearing with The Gresham Flyers, Kelman and Hari and Aino. The entire EP is streaming on our Myspace - the first four songs.
Then we're doing a few dates including: 14th Feb - FREE Valentine's gig, The Wight Rock Bar, Ryde, Isle of Wight 21st Feb - Cardigan Arms, Leeds 26th Feb - Grey Horse, Kingston
And Rocker is playing our song Until The Daydream Dies this month on his show on the John Peel inspired internet station, Dandelion Radio.
Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences - 'We Are Not Other People'. ALBUM OUT NOW. Available from www. jezusfactory. com and all good record shops.
“Paul Hawkins sounds like no one. someone doing something truly on their own and making the rules up as they go along.” - Artrocker
“Laden with Pure Charisma” – NME
“If indie music is plagued with soulless rats then Hawkins is the new pied piper” – Moderate Rock
“It seems to be customary to compare Hawkins to Nick Cave and Tom Waits. This does him a huge disservice; he’s a considerably more marginal and interesting figure than these decidedly mainstream oddballs” – Drunken Werewolf Magazine
“Rapidly becoming the greatest artist of 2008” – Bearded Magazine
“I haven’t been able to get Paul Hawkins out of my head for the last 4 days” – Huw Stephens, Radio 1
Room Thirteen The Beat Maras seem to be constantly compared to the Libertines and Babyshambles if their press is to be believed, but even though these comparisons can be apt at times • this band hark back more to the blissful time before either band existed • taking cues from the source of the sounds that those bands steal unashamedly from; old school 60s pop meets 90s indie fuzz with a present day awkward-jaggedness. They have a very real, fuzzy, raw sound but at the same time seem infinitely more polished, solid and coherent than the Doherty comparisons may indicate and they also have a vocalist with style and the ability to hold a tune together which is always a big plus.
“Bat and the Astral Phoenix” leans heavily on The Doors, especially tracks like ‘Saturday Nightin’’ which has retro cool spilling from every note, and it also moves through nineties indie and alt rock soaking up the atmosphere as it goes • and yes of course with such obviously strong influences it is highly derivative but there are plenty of moments of interest. Thankfully many of the tunes have a healthy disregard for ‘standard’ structure and rhythm, wandering off into moments of jagged riffage and awkward drums, but they keep it all together with melodies that are memorable and catchy and those loose yet ordered vocals.
This feels like one of those albums that’s destined to be a classic, it’s hard to imagine that this band will stay in the shadows for too long • a blast of that eternally popular 60s pop sound, off kilter beats and a live feel to the production practically guarantees Radio 1 daytime coverage.
