John Ackroyd-Guitar/synth calculator/level headedness/dry wit.
Stuart Allan-Vocals/Guitar/occasional mandolin/jackets in hot weather.
Russ Broadbent-Drums/gadgets/unfeasibly small car.
Mark Waters-Bass Guitar/grooves/one haircut per year.
Influences
The Lemonheads, The Jam, The Clash, Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Joy Division, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Stooges, Gram Parsons, Revolver, Blondie, Supergrass, Spiritualized, Pet Sounds, The Velvet Underground, Burt Bacharach, Talking Heads, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Who, The Kinks, Buzzcocks, Eugene Kelly, The Core, Television, Definitely Maybe, Love, The Smiths, Nirvana, Evan Dando and many many others.....
Sounds Like
A new-wave/indie/alt. pop party-concise melodic songs with danceable beats, no excesses, just good tunes. Basically like all the influences above - thrown into a washing machine on a fast spin....
Formed in 2004 and arriving amidst a hail of energetic, new wave mischief, this band is picking up speed by the second. Crisp melodies weave amongst percussive guitar textures, drums flail and spin with hook-laden basslines completing the picture. Influenced by the likes of The Jam, The Lemonheads and many more, not to mention a good ol' fashioned sense of fun, Sandman Magazine say," Everyone should hear this band". Great songs, distinctive melodic vocals, and an engaging and energetic live show.
The band have in the last year supported Dirty Pretty Things, Robots In Disguise, Kill The Young, The Paddingtons and more. And are currently parading their wares up and down the country.........
“Interesting stuff-really good” STEVE LAMACQ MAY 2007
"Forget burning down the disco and hanging the blessed DJ, just cancel the booking and get The Blueprints in for a gig.... life could be so much easier for Morrissey if he'd just get out once in a while! Much like Bruce Wayne symbolises that a super hero can be human with no special powers but a talent and a trick up the sleeve, The Blueprints prove human heart and soul is all the strength you need to unify a crowd of relative strangers. To these four guys, Jon, Jim, Russ and Stu, their set is filled with loyalty to their increasing audience, (much by airborn word of mouth) and their passion of performance, which is second to none in York.
Had by chance a chauffeur driven Bill Gates decided to slum it with the everyday folk here tonight, then he would've seen in his current job he's at a loss, would jump ship and set up a record company in the way of Creation, Rough Trade or 4AD Records to nurture this career potentialed band with songs like Skeletons, Alpha Waves, My Rosetta Stone, Three Minutes and the anthem of your 2006 in Our Worksong, I'd hate to quote a Trekkie, but resistance really is pretty bloody futile! A sharply dressed delivery of intelligent alternative, melodic, addictive and pure pop sentiments through a Stratocaster is proving to be one hot ticket for a pimped ride that's pulling up outside your house and beeping the horn! Too many bands I have seen lately have the longevity of a market stall purchased pack of batteries, repeated gigs by them soon become as weak and tiresome as Kermit's right hook, but now having seen The Blueprints on a couple of occasions and a growing fanbase of crazed dancers, it seems they have managed with their music to mainline into the national grid. With Jim's bassline flirting like a contestant on Blind Date, Russ's drums pounding like your heart when you have five numbers and the last lottery ball is about to be drawn, then Jon and Stu's guitars trading riffs like Peter Cook and Dudley Moore would do with quips and the overtop delivery of lyrical poetry akin to the weight of words in a postman's bag on Valentine's Day, the package is complete here and awaiting your collection, for when you have Gordon Ramsey staying in your spare bedroom you don't phone for a take away do you?
So with these musicians and gentlemen on York's doorstep, take a night out when the next gig is announced here in The Talk or at www.theblueprints.co.uk .. I'll see you there!"......
THE TALK MAGAZINE 2006
"The Blueprints have a plan, theyre here to win and theyre going to do it with style. But style always has to be backed up by substance and their substance is a perkily energetic hybrid of modish-rock. Excellent and punchy, delivered with slick precision and onstage joie de vivre that never falls into affected pretentiousness. These architects are on the brink of building something special and I believe that they have the talent and song-writing ability to do so.......
THE TALK MAGAZINE 2006 (Fibbers Battle of the bands Grand Final review)
"When we arrived at the club openers The Blueprints had just started; hurrying in and after purchasing drinks we made our way down the front. First impressions of the out of town act from York were good.
They seemed to be playing early 90s britrock with a Pulp undercurrent. The lead singer's vocals backed by the drummer's voice too, came across a bit like Marc Bluetones who he does resemble slightly. Melodic songs with open guitar riffs, accompanied by standout bass lines made this band entertaining and enjoyable, even more so when the singer interacted with the crowd.
We learnt from the lead singer that his bassist was a Postie which drew good humoured shouts from the back of the room of "Where's my dole cheque?" and "Where's my credit cards?" This on/off stage banter warmed The Blueprints to the ever growing crowd as the bassist Postie jumped all over the place like a Mexican root vegetable.
The best song was towards the end of the set, My Rosetta Stone which got the front row dancing......"
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"The Blueprints set the tempo with a mix of tight, accomplished drumming and indie pop rock guitar. Tracks such as Skeletons, Alpha Waves and I Don't Wanna Know were energetic and at times subtle, yet always adhering to a pop ethic that simply worked.
They worked the crowd of supporters, two of which mounted the stage to pole dance, before being quickly ejected out of the bar. With fans this dedicated you know that the band are doing something right."
THE TALK MAGAZINE 2006
"Next came The Blueprints. To me, they sounded like a mixture of all the overhyped bands that get too much airplay, rolled into one GREAT band. There was dancing, an attempt at a mini moshpit (instigated by two drunken loons) and more energy than a can of Red Bull. Everyone should hear this band."
SANDMAN MAGAZINE 2004
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Hiya We are playing at the Junction in York on Friday 21th November; it would be really nice to see you there but we understand if you can't make it.
We’ve put some of the new live recording up on our Myspace and are re-mixing our mini album ‘Kitchen Drums and Turn-up Tantrums’ which will be freely available from us at gigs soon Take care
This Sat, 1st Nov @ The Little Num Num Club in York...
Andy Gaines, David Ward Maclean, Holly Taymar, Joe Solo, DaisyB, Andy Stones and Aimie J Ryan all playing together in a big acoustic night of fun! Only £5 in adv, or £6 otd. Come along, it should be ace! City Screen Basement, Coney St, York. 7:30-11:00pm Sat 1st Nov
Howdy partners! This Saturday 25th Oct brings back over from Liverpool Fuzz Club fave's 'The Cubical'. Bringing with them their fantastic Captain Beefheart meets The Coral meets Howlin Wolf pop racket, thi band are unique and not to be missed! Recently signed to Dead Young records and with their Dave Sardy produced debut album out in spring 2009! This will be mega!
Also playing for your delectation will be York's finest rocknroll garage merchants Joey and The Deacons, and local boys Undergrass who will dazzle your ears with dirty deep fried southern swampy rock... Nice!
And, of course, the Fuzz Djs spinning the best blues. funk, soul and psych tunes you never heard! 'Twill be grand! And, in these times of financial hardship, it's still only £3 in!
See you there, doors at 8pm, and open till gone 1am! x
Hiya We are headlining an Oxjam Charity gig at the Junction in York on this Sunday (26th October) with support from Hannah & the Junk Funk, Euphoria Audio & The Review, £3 on the door (8pm start), We hope you can make it; we’d love to see you there.
We are also playing the York Speakeasy 6th Nov, the Packhouse in Leeds on the 7th Nov and back at the Junction (in York) on the 21st Nov,
We have nearly finished mixing our mini album ‘Kitchen Drums and Turn-up Tantrums’ which will be freely available from us at gigs Hope to see you soon
alright chaps, nice songs, realised i havent actually listened to them yet. nothing like a bit of the old mando. the duchess should be a laugh, cant wait.
This Sat! Fuzz club returns after his summer holiday! Starring The 98 Pages and Grizzly Bare... And as always the Fuzz Djs spinning the best in 60s soul, garage, blues, funk and the rest!
Hi We’ve enrolled in the Orange UnsignedAct competition and we’d like you to vote for us. The voting is from now until midnight on the 14th September, you will be able to vote for us once each day, as a thank-you for voting for us, we’ll give you our new 7 track mini album (download or CD) which we are just in the process of finishing.
You will need to sign up with Orange UnsignedAct as a fan http://orangeunsignedact.co.uk/ to be able to vote, e-mail us once you’ve started voting to let us know and remember to vote every day until the 14th September.
Also come and see us at one of the following gigs: The New Roscoe, Leeds - 15th Sept (£3 flyer on our Myspace) The Stone Roses Bar York – 18th Sept City Screen, Basement Bar York – 20th Sept (Acoustic gig)
Sunday 31st August Some Kind of Signal presents...
[sub]NOVA + Section 30 + Pray for Hayden + Martin Wainwright
LIVE :: Rock/Grunge/Emo/Hardcore [sub]NOVA is melodic aggressive grunge at its best, a swirling cacophony of hypnotic sound pleasure, with resonances of Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains: "It’s easy to imagine [sub]NOVA filling stadiums. They’re tight, polished and deliver a huge sound." - BBC Raw Talent. Section 30 are York’s own rock monkeys, comprised of members of such get-ups as Nightproject, Arcana, and Falling Fifty Stories, Section 30 are fast, energetic and fervent. Pray for Hayden are coming straight out of the Leeds rock-circuit and whispers say they are destined for big things, with elements of At The Drive In, Hell is for Heroes and Hundred Reasons - confrontational and insistent (Powerplay rated them 8/10.) Martin Wainwright will be warming up the crowd with an assault of acoustic emo powerpunk, with a voice reminiscient of Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz.
Doors 8pm Basement, City Screen York Tickets: £5/£4 adv/NUS Tickets: 0871 704 2054 / www.picturehouses.co.uk
Wednesday 20th August Some Kind of Signal presents...
Loudmouth Soup + The Lazy Darlings + Kasima + The Vile Darling Set
(a little bit folk, a little bit rock, a little bit narcotic country pop)
Loudmouth Soup are a wonderful gumbo of Country, Folk, Psychedelia, Vaudeville and various other unlikely sounds. The 'Soup have recently headlined Alan Tyler's 'Come Down and Meet the Folks' nights in London and their 2005 single 'Skydiver' was picked up by Channel 4 as the title music for 'A Bears Tail' (Bo Selecta) series. The Lazy Darlings are a loose collective of muscians, some from other Leeds outfits (I Concur, The Lodger, Ali Whitton and BrokenRecord Players) some are not. This is narcotic country pop where Spiritualized meets Hank Williams. It's loose, bright and probably very good for you. Kasima is a four-piece indie/blues group with a flair for harmonic writing and instrumental devilry. The Vile Darling Set is a blend of acoustic folkyness that sounds like hopeless romance in the wrong hands.
Doors 8pm Basement, City Screen York Tickets: £5/£4 adv/NUS Tickets: 0871 704 2054 / www.picturehouses.co.uk
Make it Better Later + 3 Foot Ninja + The Moot + dboy
Doors 8pm Basement, City Screen York Tickets: £5/£4 adv/NUS
Make it Better Later: A four-piece rock band hailing from York, drawing influences from folk, ska, reggae and punk. With musical offerings ranging from laid-back harmony laden grooves to infectious violin-fueled punk rock, MiBL’s entertaining and energetic live shows have seen them securing support slots with bands as diverse as indie kings Ash to rap-punks Zebrahead.
"ska, violins, and punk... Forget [the] Dropkick Murphies and listen to these young 'uns" - PlayMusic Magazine
3 Foot Ninja: 3 Foot Ninja are a young indie/punk trio based in the wilds of the North Yorks Moors. After playing a number of festivals including Middlesborough Music Live and supporting acts such as British Sea Power and The Subways, 3 Foot Ninja are back in York to blast us with their fervent noise and unique vocals.
"They're great! Sound really good and I thoroughly recommend seeing them live" - Matt Seymour, BBC Radio York
The Moot: A talented 2 piece female DIY band with their very own original blend of Moot Music, combining elements of Reggae,Pop, Funk, Ska,Soul,Blues and Nu Jazz. Having had tracks played on South West Sound Radio, and BBC Raw Talent, The Moot are now bringing their uplifting songs LIVE to Basement York.
dboy: in his hometown (leeds) he has been crowned a ‘local legend’ by no-title magazine; he is playing more and imbibing less, which can be nothing but a good thing. he is recording an album of interconnected songs…
On Thursday 31st July Hessian brings you our most exciting gig yet:
RATATAT at the newly opened Duchess, York - a fantastic underground lair of a venue.
Support comes from Leeds' awesome Wintermute, and with DJing from Grim Beeper, Tim Prudames and Ollie Harvey to look forward to it should be a great night.
Revolutionary Freaked Out Fuzz Club Saturday 28th June! City Screen Basement, York!
Hell Yeah! Come and have your summertim blues smashed into oblivion by the fuzz might of The Federals and more tbc!
And of course: The Fuzz Djs playing Psych, RnB, Blues, Freakbeat, boogaloo and anything else they like, the lollies, the coolest movies, the mind destroying light shows and the all round wigflipping vibe that is club fuzz.
Awww you're playing Fibbers just two weeks before I arrive :( And I'm quite intrigued by The Duchess. When I'm in York I'll probably go and have a look if I can !
we are recording some huge bands in YORK lately & have come across some very talented bands/solo artist's. Location-recordings.co.uk would like to wish you all the very best for the future.Aside from that, the relationship we now have with bands in york has blossomed ten-fold so thanks guys...
