Love, Interpol, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Strokes, The Rapture, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Radiohead, Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, Blur, Bloc Party, Belle & Sebastian, Maximo Park, The Rakes, Air, Arcade Fire, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Zutons, Super Furry Animals, Teenage Fanclub, the beatles, Wilco, Yeah yeah yeahs, The concretes, Ride, Pixies,The Magic Numbers, LCD Soundsytem, the kinks, Joy Division, Hot Chip, Secret Machines, Goldfrapp, John Marytn, Futureheads, Go team, The flamin Lips, the editors, Doves, Ed Harcourt, Donovan, Bowie, The clash, Charlie Parker, Yann Tierson, and many more to come.
"Better still is The Little Kicks’ next single, Chances We’ve Had. It’s one of those songs that you find yourself nodding along to as the upbeat tempo and simple melody mark a welcome return for the Aberdeen band." - STV SINGLE REVIEWS - APRIL 2008
"..Finally, in Aberdeen, The Little Kicks
(www.myspace.com/thelittlekicks), with their
gloriously catchy, indie/pop masterpieces, start the
year as they mean to go on. The band have supported
a who’s who of exciting bands in the past, including
Editors, Maximo Park, The Sunshine Underground, Jamie
T, The Kooks, The Maccabees, Foals, and it’s the same
again for 2008. They have an upcoming slot
supporting former Test Icicles star Devonte “Dev”
Hynes with his new project Lightspeed Champion. On
top of being one of the most likely contenders to
clinch a deal this year, The Little Kicks also run
their own popular club night, the Dirty Hearts Club
(www.myspace.com/dirtyheartsclubsnafu) weekly in
Aberdeen’ Snafu, which recently celebrated it’s 2nd
birthday with Selkirk’ finest, Frightened Rabbit.
The night features a mixture of local, touring,
up-and-coming bands and DJs. Bands that have
performed at DHC include some of the hottest bands in
the country, with names like Hot Chip, The View and
Errors all having graced the DHC stage." - MUSIC NEWS ARTICLE Feb 2008
"Steven Milne is the busiest man in Aberdeen; frontman of The Little Kicks, Barfly promoter, Adventures In Stereo DJ and founder of the weekly Dirty Hearts Club. Oh and he plays solo shows every other week it seems. Not that anyone is complaining as the audience packs down the front to hear what could be the cities best songwriter. Even stripped down to an acoustic guitar and Steven’s voice, Little Kicks songs like Don’t Give Up So Easily and One More Time sound powerful and like the hits they should be. The set comes to a close with a cover of New Order’s Temptation which works wonderfully acoustically and we are reminded why we can’t wait for The Little Kicks to return to the live stage next month."IS THIS MUSIC ONLINE REVIEW - SUPPORTING LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Feb 2008
"....Speaking of finding fame, why it continues to elude fellow locals The Little Kicks is beyond me. Aberdeen's perennial support band, fronted by ever-popular DJ Steven Milne are in fine form tonight despite apparent monitor problems and extra backing from a fire alarm which everyone ignores. Tonight's set brings, amongst others, a song that sounds like Echo and the Bunnymen on sherbet and a fantastic closer based around a warming synth that pits early Pulp against even earlier Marc Bolan. It's surely only a matter of time before someone takes a chance and signs them." CULTURE DELUXE - culturedeluxe.com - December 2007
"Having trekked all the way from Aberdeen to Glasgow on a drizzly Tuesday, only to play to a largely empty venue, The Little Kicks might have been wondering why they bothered. To their credit, it didn't stop them putting in a fine turn, their fragrant indie vignettes revealing them to be steeped in alluring melodies and worthy of bigger crowds." The Scotsman - Oran Mor Glasgow Review - September 2007
“If anyone has the songs and ability to be a breakout act from this night then the most likely are The Little Kicks. The Aberdeen based four-piece have a songwriting maturity that belies their years, and their set is over all too quickly. ‘Don’t Give up so Easily’ is the standout song. Push old ladies on Zimmer frames out of the way to get to see this lot next time they’re in your town.” - Artrocker Magazine//May 2007
"It’s an interesting fact that ‘The Little Kicks’ was the title of the 138th episode of Seinfeld, the one where Elaine embarrassed herself by dancing at an office party. Whether the band of the same name are aware of this or not is another matter entirely, but their Smiths-influenced, Franz-style art-pop is certainly eminently danceable. ‘Who Do You Love?’ provides the emotional highpoint, but from the first chords of ‘Don’t Give Up So Easily’ it’s clear that this band are here to stay. Having supported the likes of The Rakes, Editors and Morning Runner over the past couple of years, the Aberdeen four-piece are sounding bright, bouncy and well-polished. If only they’d been able to think of a better title. **** (4/5 stars) - EP3 review 2007 - Is this Music
“Despite claiming to be influenced by Radiohead, The Little Kicks still manage to make upbeat disco-rock. Lead singers Steven’s voice does emcompass Thom Yorke’s drawl, but he’s got a bit of Richard Ashcroft and Luke Pritchard to him too. Mixed with Smiths-like melodies it’s pretty fresh-sounding stuff. And their talents don’t end there; after a support slot on the Rakes’ 2006 tour, the Aberdeen boys even found time to run teir own club night, the Dirty Hearts Club, which runs in Aberdeen, every Thursday from 10pm.” - NME//May 2007
“Lead singer Steven Milne has a raw honesty in his voice, that belies the strength of the band, but that's why it's so appealing” - Blowback Magazine//February 2006
Winner of The Lee Jeans Scottish heat for the best unsigned bands inthe UK
Winner of a Radio 1 demo Derby
Head hunted by Richard Branson’s Virgin to provide the soundtrack to an online game for Virgin Money [www.loseyouranger.com]
Asked to play a Radio 1 Live Session with Vic Galloway [www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/vicgalloway]
XFM band of the week April 2007
[www.xfm.co.uk]
Selected from around 2000 bands to play at T in The Park 2007 [www.tinthepark.com]
To add to this success The Little Kicks have supported: Maximo Park, Editors, The Kooks, The Mystery Jets, The Sunshine Underground, Brakes, Maccabees, Errors, Ed Harcourt, Electric Soft Parade, The Rakes, Morning Runner, Electric Soft Parade, The Research, our good friends The Rumblestrips and Jamie T. to name a few...
Aswell as playing LIVE the band DJ at and run “The Dirty Hearts Club”, A night put on in Aberdeen every Thursday which has received rave reviews and seen acts like The View, The Rumble Strips, Frightened rabbit and MSTRKRFT play. www.myspace.com/dirtyheartsclubsnafu
On top of all this they’ve found time to make a full length music video with virtuoso Calum Youngson, a friend of the band and aspiring filmmaker who recently won an award at a New York film festival.
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so it could have been 16 weeks... if you hadn't changed your songs.... so it's the new song now. hahaha. getting there is a light lyrics with new illustration in 3weeks tattooed on arm. will think of you boys. you're bigger than robin hood.... ha.
Ha ha your rider isnae afa ambitious, far's a the champagne, lager, Claudie and Naomi in a couple of Baguettes and a the usual pop star masseuse, hairstylist, fluffers etc etc?, he he he, at least ye should dae a richt at the festivals for a free feed or twa, see ye there, cheers Biz.
aye saturday was great.but felt horrible yest. not capable of doing anything. yeah give me a shout when u back in edin..btw do u have some sort of cd thing? heard u said u were selling them sat night but never managed to find my way up. Loui x
I total forgot you were playing the doghouse last night. agggh gutted. Was it a good gig? You need to come to dundee again soon and please send me a reminder as i would forget my head if it wasn't screwed on. Hope your well. Laura. x
loverly gig last night at the mighty cage the elephant! hadn't seen you guys play in ages but erm, haha, apologies for the rowdy *whooops* and what not! still, well done anyway = ) xxx
