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Friday, September 11, 2009

Sine FM jingel 'Anything can Happen Tonight'

Our song 'Anything can Happen Tonight' has been used for a promotional jingel for Doncaster's Sine FM. Click the link below to listen live to the station now

http://www.sinefm.com/listen_live

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Band Biography, the formal version

Born from a school days friendship, Hail to the Eskimo now comprises Hannah Wilson (Vocals, keyboard), Phil Johnson (Guitar), Matt Wilkinson (Guitar), Rob Bishop (Bass) and Dave Crozier (Drums). They are from Doncaster and formed in March 2008. The band's intention is to create music that appeals to a wide ranging audience, yet still has the edge, allowing it to be classed in the alternative genre. Their songs are catchy and upbeat and they reflect the stranger parts of life and love with a witty commentary on the mundane. The Eskimos have played venues up and down the UK including The Kasbah in Coventry, The Green Room in Welwyn Garden City, Vintage Rockbar in Doncaster and The Ringside in Hull. Recognition for the band has come in the form of their song, 'Queen of the Disco', being played on numerous local radio stations and have been asked to appear on a live session for BBC Raw Talent Introducing, on BBC Radio Sheffield. Hail to the Eskimo were also asked to record their song ‘How Lovely You Are’ for local label Circuit Records, as part of a compilation album showcasing the best local bands in South Yorkshire. They have received positive reviews in a variety of publications, the most recent being the September 2009 issue of Playmusic Pickup magazine featured them as ‘Kerchoonz Band of the Month’, where they were described as creating a liquid sound and readers told ‘they'll show you a good time’. The age range of the band 17 to 37 means that genre influences are varied, including New Wave, Indie, Alternative, Pop, Rock, Funk, Disco, Grunge and even Metal and Classical. Band influences range from Blondie through XTC and My Bloody Valentine to Airborne Toxic Event, Plup and Placebo. Phil has played in many bands including the Neon Plastix, where he was involved in two single releases, a song that was featured on the video game Need For Speed: Pro Street, and an album release. He has played at venues all over the country supporting bands such as The Kooks, Robots in Disguise and Klaxons. Matt and Dave are both classically trained musicians, undertaking and successfully completing exam grades. Both have plenty of gigging experience playing with bands in and around Doncaster. Dave also plays the trumpet and has played both drums and trumpet as a member of the Armthorpe Colliery Brass Band! Rob is an experienced bassist that has played in numerous bands based in Lincoln, Leeds and Barnsley and as the youngest member, Hannah completes the line-up with her exciting vocal talents.

These five individuals combine their varied talents and produce the sound that is…

Hail to the Eskimo.

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Playmusic Pickup Magazine feature

We're going to be featured in the 'Garageland' section of Playmusic Pickup, a national music magizne that you can get in your local music store/guitar shop. Ace!!!

So go pick it up and have a jolly good read of it, it's out end of August, early September

Check out the website below for stocklists
www.playmusicpickup.co.uk

Peace!!

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THE NEW ISSUE OF PLAYMUSIC PICKUP IS OUT NOW FOR FREE AND WE'RE FEATURED IN THE GARAGELAND SECTION OF IT!!!

Go pick it up today from your local music store

Or...

Go have a read of what they said about us online here:
http://www.playmusicpickup.co.uk/

ALSO WE ARE KERCHOONZ ARTIST OF THE MONTH!
www.kerchoonz.com

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Recording for Circuit Records

Ola

We have been asked to feature on a CD for Circuit records...

Higher Rhythm has started recording a new album for release on Circuit Records later this year.

They are celebrating some of the best of local music by producing an album with tracks from:

The Beaus, OFM , Skullbone, The Listeners, Darren Bell, Little Baby Cheeses, Stereo Syndicate, Ross Cameron and the Horsemen, Urchin Child, Hail to the Eskimo, The Penny Lovers, The Incomplete, and Slash Bikini.

Listen out soon for more details!

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Monday, July 13, 2009

We're going to be on BBC Radio Sheffield's RAW TALENT INTRODUCING

We have been asked to record a session and do an interview for BBC Introducing Raw Talent on BBC Radio Sheffield... we said, yes please!

We will be going in to record the session and interview on the Monday 16th November, and then that will be aired on Raw Talent on Thursday 19th November. The show starts at 7:00pm and it will feature a fist full of naughty words, silly banilly talking and a few tracks that we recorded live for them on the Monday night.

Tune in when it aires in November on this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/radio_sheffield/

Or on 104.1FM in the Yorkshire area

Stay tuned for more info later...

Cheers Bu Bu C

Oh, and when Corey heard the news, he was delighted!!

Thanks Corey!

THANKS A LOT IF YOU LISTENED TO THE SHOW IT AIRED THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2009!

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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Diary of the gigs... EXITING INFORMATIVE INFORMATION!!
Category: Blogging

HELLO, HELLO!

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen...

I'll start off by saying! "What? Where the hell did all that writing go?!" This is the second attempt at getting this blog up and running!

Sometimes we rely on technology too much, and I often wonder what it would have been like to have lived in the stone age amongst dinosaurs and other wonderful creatures, you know just as life was starting out where all man/women had was a spear and a cave for shelter? Maybe I would have got to name a snake a zebra??

Anyway, i'll keep it to the point. Baically I've decided to "document" some of the escapades from the gigs and shinsingszzz that we do through photos, videos and other such digital formats for you to have a gander at and see what we get up to at a few! Hope it works :) I'll do some more in the new year too.

Short and sweet, here we go...

Recording, January 2009:

I'll start off with some old footage of when we went to the studio a few months back, which seems like many a moon ago. We obviosuly went in and recorded three songs at Axis studios in ~~Doncaster~~Doomcaster, well three songs out of the many that we have, and continue to churn out like Mcdonalds do with Cheeseburgers and new flavours of Mcflurrys... anyway.

Go have a watch of them, it's mostly us larking about rather than us playing our instruments. PLEASE NOTE; these videos conatin some rather poor quality interview techniques, viwers discretion... advised.

Waving goodbye to the floor as he knows it

Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

And that's a wrap for now, a not too spicy one though...

I'll leave you with a picture of this man. Phil used to have his hair like this

In a bit
Matt
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Ok now for something completely random. I know I said this blog was going to be about our gigs and what not, but i found this 22 seconds quite funny...

We know who you are, insinity wood smacker!

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Doncaster Leopard June 8th, 2009. So, this is the first gig since I started doing this blog about gigs and what not. What a nice way to start it by doing a Donnie gig. Quite a bit to get through. From, Yorkshire nannies to, technical difficulties, and unplugged guitar leads to farts in faces...

The night begins with all the usual routine checks of going to the practice room and getting the gear loaded into the car, making sure we have everything we need yada yada yada. But to get all the gear into the car... with so much of it, how on earth does it fit into two cars?

With Dave's mamouth drum kit to! Well, that is where 'The System' comes into play, as kindly shown by Phil. What would we ever do without the system. It's nothing fancy or anything, it's just Phil has a brillaint order of fitting it into the back of his car. He's really proud of it, and it's a secret. Nobody knows exactly how the system works, not even the others in the band!

This is Rob's system, not quite as impressive as 'The System', but still none the less a valiant effort... Not too sure why this is underlined, but Myspace wanted to do it.

Oh, Dave gets a new kit today to! Whoo. It's a very nice, shiney, sparkly white one. He absoloutely, superdupely cannot waitly till he plays it! I hope it beats his old kit! How he managed to play it at gigs was beyond me?!

Hannah looking very pretty... mischevious perhaps?

It's off to the Leo-pard next! Grrrr. There is no need for dogs to bark at every dog they pass by, humans don't do it so why do dogs? Imagine if humans did that? And dogs were humans... erm, not really.

Nice couple of posers there...

Nice lovely arty photo of phils guitar... at a slant!

Erm... Now it's the setting up part of the gig. Mainly setting up the uber kit that belongs to Dave and the many pedals and what not that we have to. Plus the other bleepy things that need to be addressed! Rob and Dave wear ear plugs to... it gets 'loud' up there!

"Ear plugs make you more desirable to the opposite sex. FACT." - Rob Bishop

Ok, so everything is set up ready to go. We're third on. Ok, so we're ready to play etc. Soundcheck is done and dusted, and yep I (Matt) did my classic Matt mistake of not plugging my guitar lead into my tuner, and getting this awful humming noise from my amp, which is caused by me, erm, not plugging my lead into my tuner... Anyway. We hit the stage, the clash of thunder (POW) and feedback, the opening riff of 'Anything can happen tonight' and BAM! The power goes to my (Matt) guitar! Bastard. A fuse had blown, and it just happened to cut my gear out, and then, Hannah got cut out to! Maybe our pedals overloaded it? "Do you use all those pedels?" "Heck yes we do!" So I (Matt) didn't play anything in the first song. Different! Always something techical with us! But, we played the gig, we played it!

Above, the meditating kid!

Below, dirty... like Jackson Stewert from that bitchin Hannah Montana!

Even dirtier...

Then, there was this... worldwide?

And finally, there was this. He got farted on.

Rob: 'Something is dangling from my arse'

Davey boy bent over to try and resolve the dangle, and got it right in the face! A face full of fart! He fell for that old chestnut!

Shocking! Horrified! Flabagasted!

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Rotherham, 12th June, 2009. No gig! No gig! They had no drum kit, so no bands could play. We were going to use the sampling pad for our set, but we decided to venture to pizza hut and have a birthday band meal for Matt's birthday instead...

...Michael J Fox never looked so fly

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The Green Room, Welwyn Garden City, 20th June, 2009

WOW WEE! What a great gig this was! Full house tonight! It was rammed with people of all ages. We were well pleased with it. There will be some sexy photos of this gig on here soon and perhaps some of the December 2009 gig at The Pear Tree!

If you cheered, clapped, or bought us a drink then we cannot thank you enough for the support. If you enjoyed what you heard and witnessed then hopefully you will have already begun to tell your friends and spread the Eski vibe...

CHEERS EVERYONE!! BRING ON THE PEAR TREE!!

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Mexborough Civic, Mexborough, 26th June, 2009

Well what a shocker, didn't expect that at all, what a venue, stage was mahoosive! Though the ban news is that I lost the digital camera :( bastard! Not to worry as another camera is here to replace. Yes! Band issues were resloved after a little bicker, though that seems to have blow over as if Liza Minely (Dorethy) had being hurdeled up into a tornado...

"Don't distract the boy from driving!"

Beer and pizza, Wils is Happy

Self explanitory... caption competition?

Shamone mother fucker!!!

Somebody knows who has the camera in Mexborough!

Then, some time later that week...

THE CAMERA IS RETURNED!

Nice to have faith restored in the human race

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Ringside, Hull, 2nd July, 2009

What a pleasent suprise this was, it felt like we were abroad in some wondeful Spanish cocktail bar. We were on downstairs while some parrots were dieing upstairs, you know what I mean, some screamo bands were upstairs doing their thing... anyway alot of people were in shorts, which added to the tropical vibe of the place! No photos though beacuse at this point I lost the bloody camera.

So this is to make up for it.

"Rufus"

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Brinsworth Gala, Brinsworth, 5th July, 2009

What a pleasent suprise this gig was. We loved it! It was the first time we had played a gig outdoors, and despite aprehensive feelings, this turned out top trumps! We went on some fun fair rides to and won some nice cuddley toys to!

Phil and Russ couldn't quite figure it out
... but what is to figure? Who knows... I know I wont

John!...

hkudfgdfgdfhkdsfyuas

Hu?

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Old Nicks Tavern, July 8th, 2009

What a pleasent little hideaway this was! We weren't really sure what to expect at first, but when we turned up, such a clean and tidy pub, with Old Nicks probably one of the cleanest places we have ever had the prvlidge of playing!

We had a right good mix of people in, young and old and to the four gents at the front... was great to see your support for us!

Amongst other things, Phil got called gay, by a lady that looked remarkably like Kathy Burke... who was gay herself. It was The Right Said Fred look apparantley...

"You cheecky cow!"

Hannah got a bit drunk... erm... no surpises there then

A crazy little old lady who was at first kniting, got up, stopped kniting, and started to dance! Bless her, she then carried on kniting. It's great to have the old folks enjoying our stuff to.

We never actualy got to meet Old Nick... I think he must have been away taming demons, or perhaps he might have trasnformed into a jolly green devil that is partial to a pint of John Smiths?

We managed to find someone yet again, that is infactuated by our guitar pedals. Usualy there is at least one person that talks to us for what seems like hours on end about our pedals... we love the attention!

On the way home Hannah nearly wee'd herself...

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Play Radio Play

We've been on the radio you know:

Sine FM

Yorkshire Radio - ON DAB DIGITAL RADIO/ONLINE/SKY TV

BBC Radio Sheffield's RAW TALENT BBC INTRODUCING - LIVE SESSION AND INTERVIEW AIRED THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER

BBC Radio Humberside RAW TALENT BBC INTRODUCING

UK INSOMNIA RADIO - CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO HEAR THE SHOW - TRACK FIRST AIRED TUESDAY 15TH JUNE 2009
http://insomniaradio.net/2009/06/16/ir-uk-70-eskimos-toy-horses/

Caifox Radio

Vixen 101 FM, The Fox's Den - North Yorskhire

Manymoreradio.com - CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO CHECK OUT THE LISTINGS - TRACK FIRST AIRED SUNDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2009 http://www.manymoreradio.com/bands.asp

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Some kind words people have said about us...
Current mood:

inspired

Playmusic Pickup Demo Review

"...the playing is competent, the vocals are appealing and the songs are generally memorable. These are all good things incase you were wondering. I'm not going to launch into a sarcastic missive though, you'd be right to expect one. It's a well produced demo and frankly I love their self titled track - it reminds me of The Long Blondes, and anything that does that is much needed. If I were to criticise, I'd say... well, nothing actually."

Kerchoonz Garage Land section in Playmusic Pickup Magazine. September 2009 issue

"Steeped in echo, delay and atomosphere, Hail to the Eskimo seem quite happy to soak their immense pop tunes in liquid sound. Rather than let melodies speak for themselves, they give them a saline boost. Guitars sound translusant, beats sound punchy and vocals slinky, sexy, and obvious - meaning, you can sing along IMMEDIATELY. It's more fun! Yes that thing you forgot about while worrying about swine flu and the economic crisis. Forget about the onset of plague in China and dance to HTTE instead - they'll show you a good time. Awsome!"

Sheffield Music Magaizne: Live Review

"As soon as they started playing I could hear some very upbeat melodies played by a very tight band. They proved they know how to write a good song and are very appealing to a wide audience. 'Queen Of The Disco' shows off all their skills as very talented musicians. A round of applause is deserved all round I'd say!"

Full On Magazine: CD Review

"Hail to the Eskimo are a band playing upbeat pop. The female fronted group have a good demo behind them. Their self titled track shows off the best of this band! I'd suggest seeing them live! The band are full of confidence and know where they are going! They are constantly gigging and if anything like their CD, they would be well worth going to see live!"

Old Nicks Taven. Horncastle Newsletter: Live Review

"A five piece outfit hailing from Doncaster came to play their own brand of electro pop with slight tendencies towards new wave. With Matt and Phil on guitar, Rob on bass, Dave on drums and Hannah on lead vocals and synthesizer, they created a massive sound that got the whole room tapping their feet. Hannah's melodic vocals sat nicely over the beat driven music demonstrated exceptionally in the stand out original 'Queen of the Disco.' This band is relaxed and great fun, a perfect way to enjoy an evening of entertainment."

Old Nicks Tavern. Horncastle Newsletter: Live Review 05/11/09

On a rather wet and miserable bonfire night, Hail to the Eskimo made their second trip to Old Nicks from Yorkshire. Five easy to work band members made the set up painless and a good sound did the band the justice they deserve. A comprehensive set up saw twin lead by Phill and Matt, bass by Rob, drums and samples from Dave and synthesizer and lead vocals by Hannah. A pop band through and through, they take the experience to the max, covering Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi with pin point precision and their own chart worthy song ‘Queen of the Disco’. This band is bags of fun which just oozes from their stage performance, Hannah, queen of quips, keeps the audiences attention and puts hecklers in their place...girl power!!!!

Slicethepie.com: Track Reviews

"A nice return to the days of The Dandy Warhols. Long awaited and greatfully recieved..."

"Fabulous energy in music and singer. I like the music, that was really catchy...the drummer, he oozes class."

"Funky upbeat tune. The rythym is catchy and made me tap my feet along with it, the vocals were a bit of a surprise but she definitely carried the tune off and reminded me a bit of Belinda Carlisle. Certainly had enough to keep me interested."

"Funky guitar riffs in this track right from the get go. The drum work was tight and well maintained, as was the focused sounds of the guitars. Exceptionally done."

"Great beat, awesome drum beats. The voicalist has a very kind and pleasant voice. A great song to listen to when u need to get your mind off things... The sound is great."

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

G is for Gigs
Current mood:

inspired

HTTE GIGOGRAPHY:

Matt, Dave and Phil first jammed together in March 2008. Hannah joined in May 2008 and Rob joined in November 2008. We've had some great gigs. Thanks to the venues that have put us on so far.

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2008:

29/08/08 - The Redhouse, Sheffield W/ The Alyscamps

09/11/08 - Beverley Memorial hall, Beverley W/ Mountain Goat Frenzy

18/11/08 - The Leopard, Doncaster (Acoustic set) W/ The Glavins + The Unfortunate Incident

05/12/08 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ Voo

17/12/08 - The Arches, Barnsley W/ The Exibitions

2009:

11/02/09 - The Arches, Barnsley W/ Urchin Child + The Silent Fixers

07/03/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ Tianamen

20/03/09 - The Goods Office, Goole W/ The Finest Hour + Chris Helme + The Yards

21/03/09 - Riverside Bar, Selby W/ The High

24/03/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ Airburst + Rifle Fire Rifle

02/04/09 - The Boardwalk, Sheffield W/ Neverlost + Funktonics + 8 Inch

19/04/09 - West St Live, Sheffield W/ The Lollypop Kids + Little Alice

23/04/09 - The Speakeasy, York W/ Daniel Cope + a lovely flute qaurtet!

24/04/09 - The Kasbah, Coventry W/ Fifth Avenue + Vinny Valentino

28/04/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ In Fear Of Olive + Rifle Fire Rifle

01/05/09 - Gypsy Tears, Cleethorpes, (Acoustic set) W/ The Finest Hour + The Accord

12/05/09 - The Leopard, Doncaster W/ The Silent Film Project

22/05/09 - The Arches, Barnsley W/ Volume Zero + Goodbye Good

27/05/09 - Gypsy Tears, Cleethorpes W/ The Accord

30/05/09 - Riverside Bar, Selby W/ Painted Sambas + Juno

09/06/09 - The Leopard, Doncaster W/ Sarah Mac + Keelix + Short Fuse Big Bang

21/06/09 - The Green Room, Welwyn Garden City W/ The Rifle Volunteer

23/06/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ Keelix + On The Verge + In Fear of Olive + Short Fuse Big Bang

24/06/09 - The Redhouse, Sheffield W/ Keelix + The Last Days of Disco + The Finest Hour

26/06/09 - Mexborough Civic, Mexborough

02/07/09 - Ringside, Hull W/ Mercia Drift

05/07/09 - Brinsworth Gala, Brinsworth

06/07/09 - Escobar, Wakefield W/ Mates of Dave

08/07/09 - Old Nicks Tavern, Horncastle W/ The Accidentals

11/07/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ Keelix

12/07/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ Mates of Dave + Idol Hands

17/09/09 - The Leopard, Doncaster (Acoustic set) W/ The Luluaby Junkies + Laughing Grass + Kiwi

24/07/09 - The Goods Office, Goole

08/08/09 - The Vault, Rotherham W/ Fearless Linda + Dirty Jeans

09/08/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ Keelix + Fallen Zero

08/09/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ In Fear of Olive + Reverbed + The Craze

11/09/09 - Jackson's Pit, Oldham W/ Dead Sea

12/09/09 - The Steampacket, Goole (Acoustic set) W/ White Overals + Tendulkar

19/09/09 - Private Party

22/09/09 - Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster W/ Fallen Zero + Laughing Grass

25/09/09 - Lucarlys, Humberston W/ The Flyovers + Skylight Square + The Finest Hour

30/10/09 - The Victoria Club, Goole W/ Buff Gravey and the Gravenette

05/11/09 - Old Nicks Tavern, Horncastle W/ More Tanks Than You

13/11/09 - The Arches, Barnsley W/ Mae's Lost Empire