Ride
Suede
Sonic Youth
The Cure
My Bloody Valentine
The Verve
Kraftwerk
House of Love
David Bowie
The Smiths
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Bat For Lashes
New Order/Joy Division
Jesus & Mary Chain
Bauhaus
Chapterhouse
Slowdive
Echo & the Bunnymen
Pet Shop Boys
Pop Will Eat Itself
The Cult
Radiohead
George Orwell
Oscar Wilde
Albert Camus
JG Ballard
William Burroughs
Stanley Kubrick
Nicholas Roeg
Michael Caine
Leslie Grantham
David Hasselhoff
Sounds Like
...a matter of life and death. Which, in fact, it is more than.
The Firm are pleased to announce the arrival of new member Seb Pidgeon on synthesiser, guitar and vocals.
You can purchase the 4 track single at
and all major download sites from March 9th 2009. Alternatively, you can buy a CD directly from us (limited edition only!)
The single (audio and video) is being played in Topshop stores across the UK until mid March; The single and b-side will be played in H&M stores in 24 countries in April!
Debut single video for 'If You Don't Want To Know Life's Dismal Results'
Originally opening for business in Spring2006, The Firm had been bubbling beneath the surface of London up until the middle of 2008, when its aims began to be made flesh. The dynamic and definitive Firm - Ross Liddle (voice & guitar), Chris PWillsher (lead guitar & piano), Julia Sieradzki (bass guitar) and Yameen Khan (drums) - came together and thus The Firm was born.
Prior to that, its foundations had been laid by Liddle &Sieradzki, with help from Stefan Hauschildt and Alex Avery. Taking inspiration from acts as diverse as Sonic Youth, Suede, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smiths and probably a load of other bands whose names begin with ‘S’(and several more with those that don’t), the aim to combine juxtapositions - leftfield with pop, shoegazing with exhibitionism, poetry with prose, violence with sexuality, the literary with the cinematic, comedy with tragedy, the epic with the guttural, atmospherics with brutality, psychedelia with punk - has been greatly expanded upon, and will no doubt continue to be so.
A great many gigs were played, including shows at The PurpleTurtle, The Islington Academy, The Good Ship, The Hope & Anchor,The Bull & Gate and (most strangely) The Polish Culture Festivalbefore the group self-released a couple of early Eps. Around this time,they set up alternative club night The Vapour Trail, initially astrictly DIY project that even saw them edit a monthly fanzine, along with play host to several exciting new bands (some of whom are very much involved to this day and can be found in the top friends). The club night is now held every third Friday of the month and sees regular DJ sets from Sieradzki, amongst others.
During 2008, the aforementioned definitive line-up emerged, eternally clad in black and consistently bludgeoning ears, with often noisy and atmospheric pop songs, coloured by Sieradzki’s pounding bass, Khan’s powerful drums and Willsher’s guitar orchestras. Topped up with Liddle’s sardonic and witty wordplay, they call themselves “The Poetic Wall Of Sound” and released debut single “If You Don’t Want To Know Life’s Dismal Results” on Whimsical Records in March.
As you may or may not be aware SoundARC hold a charity gig every year at Club 85 in Hitchin in aid of the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, and this year we are going to try something a little different from previous years.
This year we are going to take over the club and host 37 acts in one weekend putting full bands upstairs and acoustic acts downstairs in an event that we are calling ARCfest!
It all starts on Friday 4th December at 7pm and then continues on through Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th from 12pm-11pm
As well as raising money for the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, ARCfest will showcase all the different genres of bands that we at SoundARC have come across over the last 4 and a half years. Over this weekend a lot of the acts that you will see don’t get a chance to play a great local venue like Club 85, So as well as hearing new music you will see all manors of genres and styles from acoustic - Metal - Indie - Rock - Punk - Electro - Ska - Funk - Hip Hop/Rap - Alternative - Rhythm & Blues - Reggae - Grunge and loads more that I cant remember!
Monkee Platez next offering is the OUT NOW 'Fulltilt EP' from Glasgow outfit Mr Hajika.
4 slabs of groove driven tech house...
Fulltilt original is a chugging, bass heavy track with a subtle musicality that develops throughout. Dr. Bergers remix is a stripped down deeper edit, with an infectious flow that maintains the essence of the original. Similarly to Dr. Berger, Alex Fiction strips back the layers to uncover an electronic soul which builds into an intelligently emotive interpretation, if slightly twisted. Completing the package is 'Nitemoves' which shares the big sound of Fulltilt, but with a more progressive, melodic vibe."
Lucius Lowe brings one of his earliest productions "Sweet music" bang up-to-date on the latest release from Boogs Music. The package brings three different flavours to your record box - The classic, smooth vocal house sound of the "High on the groove mix," Hard-hitting club sounds from the "Thru the roof mix" and the deep and soulful groove of the original 2003 mix. Featuring haunting vocals from newcomer Lois Taylor, the package gives an accurate measure of how Lucius' production skills have been honed between composition of the original 2003 mix and more recent remixes. The "Thru the roof mix" also marks Lucius' first commercial release, included on the compilation CD "Dancefloor '06" from Manchester's D6 Records. Think Ian Carey meets the Groove Junkies and you won't be far off with this excellent offering from Boogs Music... Release date 9th december, advance promo's available NOW at:
Join us this November @ THE HOBBY HORSE, for the launch of our new weekly FREE Fridays. LAUNCHING 6TH!!
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Joining us this month are: Artefacts for Space Travel, Islington boys' club, Electricity in Our Homes, The Duloks, Man Flu and Ice, Sea, Dead People to name but a few...
Join us this FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER at our new haunt THE HOBBY HORSE, for the launch of our new weekly FREE Fridays. FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER. The Hobby Horse, 281 Kingsland Rd, DALSTON. DOORS 6PM. FREE ENTRY. LIVE// ARTEFACTS FOR SPACE TRAVEL http://www.myspace.com/artefactsforspacetravel ISLINGTON BOYS' CLUB http://www.myspace.com/islingtonboysclub DJS// THE STOOL PIGEON JAMES THEAKER (NME RADIO) THE BROTHERS GRIME ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Click on the flyer above for more details on our November listings. Also joining us this month are: Electricity in Our Homes, The Duloks, Man Flu and Ice, Sea, Dead People to name but a few... Cheers! Ed & Dan HTTP://WWW.CLUBTHEMAMMOTH.COM
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