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News: February2012
Surface Festival 2012 - is already the biggest year on record...
It’s official – Surface Festival 2012 has now kicked off
across Europe and this year is the biggest year on record!!
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Alex Baker from the Kerrang Radio Unsigned Show, explains: "Surface Festival gives bands a genuine opportunity to get their music in front of people in the industry that can help further their careers. The prizes offered for the winning band and runners up are just fantastic and the experience all the bands gain from playing larger venues is priceless." Liquid Fuse describe the experience: “Surface Festival has been one of the best things that has happened to us so far – it’s given us the opportunity to play at venues we wouldn’t otherwise be able to play at right now, given us exposure to people in the industry, and helped us cross over with other bands and fans. It forces you to look critically at every part of your band (your music, your image, your performance, your promotion) and as you build momentum through the stages and play progressively bigger venues, you and your fans begin to feel a sense of collective achievement and pride that really fires everyone up. You’ll come out of it a better band than when you started.” For a full list of testimonials see: www.surfacefestival.com/testimonials.html Jon Brookes from The Charlatans, who has been involved in the Festival from its beginnings, recently stated in his blog: “Surface continues to act like a giant music magnet finding exciting ground breaking new acts. It re-energizes the inner cities searching out new talent. The prizes and industry weight of the various associate sponsors shows the level at which this festival is now held in the industry.” With amazing venues booked for 2012, including the O2 in London, globally world-renowned sponsors, and more prizes than ever on offer, Surface Festival 2012 will be an amazing experience for everyone involved. For further info and to apply to Surface Festival see www.surfacefestival.com. Burns Night 2012 - at The Head Of Steam
Ltd.
DETAILS: The Head Of Steam Ltd. are holding a Burns Night food and drink festival, featuring real ales from Harviestoun, Inveralmond, Fyne Ales, Houston, and many more! Traditional Scottish food will be available, and many of our pubs shall be selling the ultimate dessert – Deep Fried Mars Bar! The full details for each outlet are as follows:
The Central
o
Ales from
Harviestoun (Bitter and Twisted, Natural Blonde, Ptarmigan),
Inveralmond (Independence, Ossian, Thrappledouser, Lia
Fail), Houston (Cheeky Wee Beastie, Peter’s Well,
Braveheart), Fyne Ales (Jarl, Hurricane Jack, Vital Spark,
Avalanche), and others from Orkney, Atlas, Cairngorm, Tryst,
TSA, and Williams Bros breweries. o Scottish Food Specials – Leek & Potato Soup, Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Haggis & Clapshot with whisky sauce, Haggis Meatballs with Neeps & Tatties, Haggis stuffed Chicken with a savoury mushroom sauce, Haggis Nachos, Cranachan, Sticky Toffee Pudding. The
Cluny
o
Ales from
Harviestoun (Bitter & Twisted, Natural Blonde, Haggis
Hunter, Ptarmigan, Schiehallion), Inveralmond (Independence,
Ossian, Thrappledouser, Lia Fail), Houston (Pioneer, Peter’s
Well)
o
Buy a pint of any
of our Scottish ales, and get a shot of any of our listed
Scottish malt whiskys for only £2 extra! o Scottish Food Specials – Scottish Breakfast, Scotch Broth, Cock-a-Leekie, Haggis, Neeps & Tatties, Rabbit Pie & Rumbledethumps, Game Chips, Tablet, Scotch Pancakes, and Deep Fried Confectionery. The
Head Of Steam Durham:
o
Ales from
Harviestoun brewery.
o
A great range of
Scottish Whisky, including Bowmore Islay (12 year old and 15
year old), Auchentoshan (12 year old and 3 wood), and
Dalwhinnie (15 year old). o Scottish Food Specials – Haggis Parcels, Bramble-glazed venison, Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Scallops with white pudding & Scottish stovies The
Head Of Steam Huddersfield:
o
Ales from
Harviestoun (Bitter & Twisted, Haggis Hunter, Ptarmigan,
Schiehallion), Fyne Ales (Jarl, Hurricane Jack, Vital Spark,
Avalanche), Inveralmond (Independence, Ossian,
Thrappledouser, Lia Fail). o Scottish Food Specials – Traditional Haggis, Neeps & Tatties, Chip Shop Haggis with fries & brown sauce, Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Salmon & Tattie broth, Rumbledethumps LYH
o
Ales from
Caledonian Brewery (Deuchars IPA, A Man’s A Man, Double
Dark)
o
Scottish Food
Specials – Chicken Breast stuffed with haggis in a Drambuie
sauce, Haggis, Neeps & Tatties, Deep Fried Mars Bar
o
The Scottish Quiz,
hosted by Simon McGuinness, shall take place on Wednesday 25th
January at 8pm The
Head Of Steam Newcastle o Ales from Harviestoun (Bitter & Twisted, Haggis Hunter, Mr. Snowballs, Ptarmigan, Schiehallion), and Inveralmond (Ossian, Thrappledouser, Lia Fail).
Tilleys Bar o Ales from Harviestoun (Bitter & Twisted, Natural Blonde, Haggis Hunter, Ptarmigan), Fyne Ales (Jarl, Vital Spark, Highlander), Inveralmond (Independence, Ossian, Thrappledouser, Lia Fail), and Houston (Peter’s Well, Tartan Terror, Warlock Stout)
Please note, all ales and food specials are subject to
availability whilst stocks last. START DATE: Monday 23rd January 2012
END DATE: Tuesday 31st January 2012 FURTHER DETAILS: Please contact individual pubs for further details – full details available at www.theheadofsteam.co.ukSOS FESTIVAL 2012 - 7 BANDS CONFIRMED... 
Tygers Of
Pan Tang,
Tygers Of Pan Tang, who will head up the Saturday for us,
are currently writing & recording towards a new album
release on Rocksector Records in 2012. The album with a
working title of “Ambush” will be the follow-up to the
critically-acclaimed “Animal Instinct” from 2008. Watch out
also for UK Tour news soon.
Max Pie
hail from
Gone Til Winter are Manchester-based gothic female-fronted
melodic metallers. Headed up by vocalist Talena, they
released a single “Hear Me” & self-titled mini-album on
Headroom Records & are currently planning for a follow-up
album in 2012. Rosie Smith, from Cradle Of Filth, has
recently joined on keyboards.
Triaxis are
from
Wizzard are
Belgian traditional hard rock/metallers who played also for
us at
Broken are
relative newcomers on the
This is the
5th year for
The event
takes place at Radcliffe Civic, in Radcliffe,
More bands will be announced as soon as possible.
For more
information on the festival & the bands confirmed for 2012
so far please visit
www.sosfestival.net
Mark Appleton
Manager
Rocksector Records
/ SOS Festival
email
mark@mwaweb.com
tel (+44)(0)7922942898
web www.rocksector.com / www.sosfestival.net OUT OF THE TREES VII MUSIC FESTIVAL - WARKWORTH VILLAGE...
TAKING PLACE ON
SUNDAY 18TH DECEMBER, 2011. Our festival started in 2004 with a mere four bands on the bill, including this year’s Bella Union starlets Lanterns on the Lake, and has grown in profile and scope over the years. Here we find ourselves doing our seventh event. To mark this occasion, we have decided to look inwards and go back to a simple days worth of events in two locations in the sleepy village of Warkworth near Amble in what we would imagine to be a snowy Northumberland at this end of the year. Our roots are still showing as our faithful Dreadnought bus will be carting our loyal crowd from Central Station, Newcastle to the village in the early afternoon and the event kicks off at around 3pm. For around three years now we have been raising money from the event for charities such as SPOWE UGANDA and the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation amongst others. The festival is a chance to experience the best of the North-East music scene, whilst basking in the winter cosiness of traditional Northumbrian pubs and community halls, having been transported there on a genuine vintage 60s double-decker bus. The event has a uniquely warm and friendly atmosphere that both musicians and punters love - whether they're 6 or 60, indie or folky or experimental, beardy or trendy, short or tall...
The line up this year is very exciting
for us to announce as we admire the artists playing and they
have established reputations.
We are also championing a few
acts who we feel deserve a wider platform and greater exposure.
It’s all personal taste, but we
hope you’ll agree that our festival has passionate organisers
and we are striving to please anyone who wants to come and
experience something a little unique and interesting amongst the
many million festivals out there that become so overblown that
their meaning and intent is lost. We don’t want to blow our own trumpets either, we are always very self critical and aware, so with that in mind, we let the line up speak for itself. PRICES/TRAVEL INFO: To summarise, prices for this year’s festival are: £10 full day ticket, return bus and both venues or if you only want to attend part of the day: £2 for afternoon session, £5 for Old Memorial Hall event, £4.50 return bus fare. No advance tickets are available, pay on the doors or bus. Money raised from the above is going to this year’s charity SPOWE UGANDA.
LINKS: We are supporting the charity- SPOWE UGANDA this year as we did last year, here's some information on this hard-working grassroots charity: http://spoweuganda.blogspot.com/ PLEASE SHARE AMONGST YOUR FRIENDS AND FOLLOW US HERE: @outofthetrees ON TWITTER.WEBSITE: [www.outofthetreesfestival.com] OUR DIGITAL HOME. Falling Red - to open for Magnum & It Bites... 
This takes place at Sound Carlisle which celebrates its’
opening with this special show at the new 1000 plus venue.
Rock legends Magnum will headline, Cumbrian Rock Royalty It
Bites will be special guests and Falling Red will open the
show.
Magnum were formed in
It Bites are just finishing their new album Map of the Past
and have just released the title track as a 7inch Single and
CD. 2011 is the 25th Anniversary of Big Lad and
the Windmill and It Bites are looking forward to heading
back to their home county to play some of their Made In
Cumbria classic and will play Calling All The Heroes for
their fans.
Falling Red, who signed to Rocksector Records early in 2010,
released their debut album “Shake The Faith” in April that
year & a follow-up EP “Hasta La Victoria Siempre” in 2011.
They’ve made a strong impact on the touring scene and are
the next generation of Cumbrian Rock Heroes, attracting much
praise throughout the
"A British band to believe in.. attitude, musicianship &
some dazzling hooks (Ones To Watch 2010)”
Classic Rock
“One of the best the
“One of the best examples that the current sleaze rock scene
has to offer”
Powerplay (Dirty Penny tour)
Tickets go on sale on Friday 28th of October at
Sound
For further information and interview requests re Magnum &
It Bites please contact Music In Progress on 07963781148 or
musicinprogress@yahoo.com
Falling Red management : Raz White Entertainment email
raz.white@rocketmail.com
tel 07842517715
Mark Appleton
Label Manager
Rocksector Records
email
mark@mwaweb.com
tel (+44)(0)7922942898
web www.rocksector.com London Xmas 77 - Tributes... London Xmas 77 featuring The Jam, The Stranglers, Dr Feelgood (top tributes) playing at Shildon Civic Hall, Civic Square, Shildon, DL4 1AH on Saturday 3rd December 2011 doors open 6.00pm, tickets priced £10.00 available from the venue. This is a night not to be missed!! New Artist - New Album...  an unsigned artist which you maybe interested in her name is Laurie Nicoll she is in the studio at the moment working on her album. Laurie is now trying to increase her fan base so she is looking for venues to do regular gigs she Headlined at the Barfly in London and had great reviews. Please checkout website Laurienicollofficial.com utube also on our website Base1music.com. 'Kites' - Yellow Letter released... 'You're not remarkable', that's what you said. I'm not Napoleon, he's long dead." A new version of Yellow Letter has been unveiled today. We humbly offer it up to the people of the earth. Matthew Kites Listen to 'Yellow Letter' at http://t.co/F7okw5c www.wearekites.com www.facebook.com/wearekites www.twitter.com/kitesonline www.myspace.com/kitesonline www.soundcloud.com/kites  ATTICA RAGE - confirm september uk tour...
including live album performance & filming in
glasgow
with very special guests
Scottish rockers
ATTICA RAGE have confirmed their first major
UK
headline tour this September which includes dates across
England, a special event in Scotland and their first ever
visit to Northern Ireland.
Full September 2011 tour dates are:
Thu 1
Mansfield Intake Club (w/ Sondura & Orestea)
Fri 2
Manchester Roadhouse (w/ Fantasist)
Sat 3
London Nambucca (w/ L Sol Tace, Mekanizm & Kopperhed)
Sun 4
Birmingham 02 Academy 3 (w/ Sevendaze, Cheap Thrill &
New Dawn )
Thu 8
York Stereo (w/ Believe in F.A.T.E & Beneath the
Scarr)
Fri 9
Brighton Belushi's Below (w/ By Definition)
Sat 10
Bradford Gasworks (w/ Komatoze)
Sun 11
Grimsby Yardbirds (w/ Exit State)
Fri 16
Glasgow Classic Grand (w/ Praying Mantis)
Sat 17
Burnley Sanctuary (guests tbc)
Fri 23
Ballymena (Co.Antrim)
Diamond Rock Club (w/ Triggerman)
For further information / editorial / hi-res images, please
contact:
Jonny Parr
tel: 01475 522 837 / 07963 462 473 - email:
info@atticarage.com
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