Press Release 19/12/2009
 
Club Velocity presents Reading On Fire Number 1
Venue Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1
Date Saturday 9th 2010
Doors 8pm
Tax 5 pounds advance 4 pounds www.wegottickets.com/ flyer
Bands AMYS GHOST/ATTENTION THIEVES/GARAGE THIEVES/QUIET QUIET BAND
 
Where as other local band nights claim that they have wall to wall
A&R/music industry types at their gigs.We have and do attract them.
Over the years we have had every major record company A&R type at our
shows;not just scouts-but the ones with the real power, the ones that sign
the pieces of paper.We have had managers who reprsent
The Libertines, Radiohead, Charlatans, Mogwai, David Gray, Damien Rice
and even Samatha Fox.Independent labels, publishers, agents, record producers and
numerous media darlings. Does it matter? In the scheme of things probably not
really, but it does happen at Club Velocity.
 
AMYS GHOST
Amy’s Ghost a newly formed multi-talented band from Reading fronted by singer/songwriter Amy Barton, whom allow themselves to run wild and free from the ashes of former adventures, defining their style more dramatically than ever before.

Creating moments of beauty and fragility contrasting with tribal rhythms, filthy bass and mesmerizing sample loops, their sound dynamically achieves all this while still producing classic original songs.

What Amy’s Ghost delivers on record, they exceed in their highly visual live performances. Drawn in to the band’s compulsive energy, many ears become one, the watchers standing unified like some entranced collective.

Fans already wait with baited breath for the release of the bands Album. After teaming up with producer Adam Smith (First Circle Records), with his quirky portable studio and energetic approach to recording 'The Dance of Defeat' is finished! With the help of respected musicians, artists and family, the recordings have evolved into a beautiful, intricate masterpiece and is due for release on May 1st 2010.
www.myspace.com/amysghost

ATTENTION THIEVES
Introducing an exciting new 4 piece band from Reading! Formed in 2009 after a stint in rehab Attention Thieves are ready to show you what they’re made of. With just a handful of gigs under their belt these boys are already gaining praise in the musical underground. Their forward-looking combination of hooks, atmospheric guitars, intricate drumming, adventurous management and good looks has already won them an army of local fans and a support slot with Filthy Dukes. Their debut 4 track EP 'Fear to Lose' perfectly showcases Attention Thieves, taking you from post hardcore to indie rock through to punk.
www.myspace.com/attentionthieves

GARAGE FLOWERS
Four sexy young kids from Reading.Indie pop, with swagger and tunes. Excellent new local band alert.
www.myspace.com/garageflowersuk

QUIET QUIET BAND
Our new favourite band of 2010.Featuring Jay and Paul from Heartwear Process . They number four, this will be their second show. This band are very special to our ears and hearts. Think Modest Mouse/Low/Broken Family Band
www.myspace.com/quietquietband

"Spiky, riotouse chunk of punk noise, effusively scrappy and sounding suitably like a scuffle at a late night bus stop, possibly in wheatly as an evening of strong cheap cider takes hold. in fact its the general messiness simply accentuates the perfect encapsulation of a teenage friday night...raucouse fun."-Nightshift

"Spiky, riotouse chunk of punk noise, effusively scrappy and sounding suitably like a scuffle at a late night bus stop, possibly in wheatly as an evening of strong cheap cider takes hold. in fact its the general messiness simply accentuates the perfect encapsulation of a teenage friday night...raucouse fun."-Nightshift

Club Velocity presents......
December 12th 2009
Christmas Party One
Venue Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1
Doors 8pm
Bands THE WOOKIES/HUNTING THE SHY/THE STELLAR THIEVES/VETOES
Tax £5 door £4 advance www.wegottickets.com / flyer

Bands

THE WOOKIES
Prog hippy nonsense from the Oxford Road,Reading. Championed by Steve Lamacq and Stuart Maconie (6 Music) .They released their debut single earlier this year.It features the classic In The Forest. Which is one of the songs of the year. English prog masturbation for the masses

'The Wookies new EP is a weird and wonderful beast.'
Russel's Reviews. Full review here

'Maybe a bit too wilfully eccentric, but for all my journalistic pedantry, I kept listening. They definitely have something. '
Richard Foster. Full review here.

Other reviews...

'lush guitars and harmonies, which complement hard-hitting atmospheric songs.'
bbc.co.uk

'....fantasmagorical... They are back to convert the world to the word of The Wookies.'
Blah Blah Magazine.

'the ride is worth it-it’s bloody good. I particularly enjoyed the swirling, bleeping keyboards which stopped it all getting too pub-rock on us. The playing was uniformly classy and precise and made some of the earlier acts look distinctly iffy."
Oxfordbands.com. Dec '08


'They play jazz-infected indie pop and they are here to save the world with some of the oddest pop songs ever.'
josaka.com

www.myspace.com/thewookiesuk


HUNTING THE SHY
Were once a three piece and sounded like Spaceman 3 having a drinking session with the Mary Chain, whilst Codeine were serving the drinks. They now employ a drummer, so they now number four. The smell of Seattle is here. If Kurt Cobain and John Peel were alive they would be both huge fans of this Reading band. The once manager of Libertines,Primals and Kills has been getting down at their shows.
www.myspace.com/hunttheshy

THE STELLAR THIEVES
Four sexy young chaps from Sandhurst,Berkshire. Hungary and keen;they deliver sassy well thought out indie pop ear fodder for the masses.
www.myspace.com/thestellarthieves


VETOES
This is their debut show!We are excited about these lot.They have already been recordings with local record producer legend Adam Whittaker (Amy Winehouse/Lilly Allen/ZuZu and the Saw Doctors!) If you are missing Libor Spacek, then you have just found their replacement.
www.myspace.com/vetoes


Requests guest list/pictures/interview sidsiddle@hotmail.com

www.velocityrecordings.com
www.myspace.com/velocityrecordings

Press Release 18/11/9


Club Velocity presents a tip top night of top  boy band sex
Venue Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1
Date Friday December 4th 2009
Doors 8pm
£5 pounds £4 advance www.wegottickets.co.uk / flier
All Ages (but ID will be asked for if you want to drink

Bands Attention Thieves/Vicars of Twiddly/Burn Before Reading 

ATTENTION THIEVES EP RECORD RELEASE PARTY!!

Attention Thieves
Introducing an exciting new 4 piece band from Reading!
Formed in 2009 after a stint in rehab Attention Thieves are ready to show you what they’re made of.
With just a handful of gigs under their belt these boys are already gaining praise in the musical underground.
Their forward-looking combination of hooks, atmospheric guitars, intricate drumming, adventurous management and good looks has already won them an army of local fans and a support slot with Filthy Dukes.
The 4 track EP (Out December 4th) perfectly showcases Attention Thieves, taking you from post hardcore to indie rock through to punk.
Attention Thieves are not a band that can be easily pigeon holed but their energized mix has been compared to The Police, Bloc Party and Queens of the Stoneage.....

www.myspace.com/attentionthieves

Vicars of Twiddly

Based in the rock n roll haven that is Benson, Oxfordshire. The Vicars (yes they all Vicars) of Twiddly deal in the best surf crazy crazed filth, this side of Bellingham USA . Dig The Fuzz!! Expect Go Gos dancers, expect to be blessed and expect to selll your soul to the Devil.

This what Nightshift reported recently
"The Vicars of Twiddly emerge in full ecclesiastical attire, though they seem to have upgraded themselves from vicars to popes. Musically,they’re a bouncy surf band, with a nice line in 60s-sounding keyboards and twangy guitars. They come across a lot heavier than their Myspace recordings, and sound all the better for it. In the 80s there was a huge scene of similar-sounding bands, mainly in London and often dressed in sharp suits, like The Mysterons and Out On Blue Six, who seemed to fade away with the dance revolution. To be honest this music is best enjoyed in a live environment, The Wheatsheaf and tonight’s enthusiastic crowd seem to agree."

http://www.myspace.com/vicarsoftwiddly

Burn Before Reading There was once a band called Kicks, who signed their lives away but for not enough money in 2007. Maybe never trust anyone called Jazz. The band burnt out. Now here comes Burn Before Reading, for round two Debut Reading show Pop music with a big capital P.

www.myspace.com/burnbeforereading

November NEWS

MIDIMIDIS Their debut download two track single is out now on Itunes and all over good download stores The tracks are live fave Ambulance Cafe and the excellent Losers ( ex Tom Cooper Temple Clause and Eddy Temple Morris XFM) remix of Nemisis You will NOT be disappointed The band play Club Velocity Reading this Saturday November 14th Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 www.myspace.com/midimidis

ALUMINUM BABE Are touring Europe as you are reading this. They are in the UK from
November 11th to 15th. Here are the gigs Nov 11th Newport Meze Lounge Nov 12th The Goodship London Nov 13th Hope And Anchor London Nov14th Plugnplay Reading Then they hit Germany www.myspace.com/aluminumbabe

CLUB VELOCITY presents two BIG shows in November
November 12th Thursday at the Goodship Kilburn High Road London
ALUMINUM BABE/BOZWOOD (Ed and Rob from S*M*A*S*H new band!!! debut gig)/DACTYLS(Will and Daves ex The Souls new band!! debut London gig) Doors 8pm A fiver gets you in

CLUB VELOCITY presents NEW YORK CITY V READING(ON FIRE)
November 14th Saturday at Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 www.plugnplay.tv
ALUMINUM BABE/MIDIMIDIS/VIENNA DITTO/SIXTY WATT BAYONETS/OFF THE RADAR
MIDIMIDIS DJS Doors 8pm £5 door £4 advance www.wegottickets.com

SIXTY WATT BAYONETS Recording a new single, rough demos sounding fierce. Penny got engaged last week to the lovely Phil www.myspace.com/sixtywattbayonets

HEARTWEAR PROCESS Tom is back in London, we have seen him! There is talk of a Heartwear Process show in 2010!Although Paul/Jays new band Quiet Quiet Band whose debut show was the other week was quite frankly awesome Their debut single will finally be on Itunes very soon www.myspace.com/heartwearprocess

100 BULLETS BACK The second album is finally finished.Its great.Its been worth the wait.
www.myspace.com/100bulletsback

OFF THE RADAR Playing all over the place Check the gig guide www.myspace.com/offtheradartheband

BEN GOD MARWOOD Just gets better and better live. He headlines for Club Velocity November 27th at the Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1 www.myspace.com/benmarwoodmusic

HELLO WEMBLEY To play one off live gig shocker December 23rd at the Oakford Social Club in Reading December 23rd  www.myspace.com/hellowembley

PURE REASON REVOLUTION (FEATURING TWO MEMBER OF THE SUNSET SOUND)
Are recording their new album for release in 2010
www.myspace.com/purereasonrevolution

Club Velocity Shows until 2010
November 21st Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1
RISE ABOVE/THE SCARLETS/BLUT FAUST Doors 8pm All Ages £5 door
November 27th Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1
BEN MARWOOD/JAY NEWTON/JEMMA WILLARD Doors All Ages £5 door
£4 flyer or advance www.wegottickets.co.uk
December 4th Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1
ATTENTION THIEVES/VICARS OF TWIDDLY/BURN BEFORE READING
Doors 8pm All Ages £5 door/ £4 flyer advance www.wegottickets.co.uk
December 12th Saturday Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 www.plugnplay.tv
THE WOOKIES/HUNTING THE SHY/TBC/TBC Doors 8pm £5 door/£4 flyer
advance www.wegottickets.com
December 19th Saturday Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1
SIX NATION STATE/SIXTY WATT BAYONETS/MIDIMIDIS Doors 8pm
All Ages £6.50 door/£5.50 flyer advance www.wegottickets.co.uk
December 31st Thursday Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver St Reading RG1
DOLLY AND THE CLOTHES PEGS/OFF THE RADAR/DAMIEN A PASSMORE
Doors 8pm All Ages £6 door £5 advance www.wegotickets.com

www.velocityrecordings.com
www.myspace.com/velocityrecordings

Afternoon

We hit the Good Ship in Kilburn High Road, London again this week. This Thursday November 12th 2009. Doors 8pm £5 on the door £4 advance www.wegottickets.com Its a biggie So if you cant make it, please spread the word The Goodship is a great venue Here is their website
http://www.thegoodship.co.uk

Bands
ALUMINUM BABE Our bothers/sister from New York City. Currently on tour in Europe. They are in Spain as we speak and getting treated like GODS.Spain loves the Babe. Their new album '17' is out now and was produced by Ian Love (Rival Schools) and Gerrad(Radio 4) Its a grreeeaaatt record and getting nothing but rave reviews all over the show. A posse of Swedish kids are flying in for this show, as the Babe are not playing Sweden on this tour. Aluminum Babe deal in very sassy/cool electro-punk that your ears and heart require.
www.myspace.com/aluminumbabe

BOZWOOD The new band from Ed and Rob S*M*A*S*H and some guy (sorry forgot his name) from THE OTHERS I believe this is the debut gig;what i have heard you will not be disappointed!

DACTYLS Remember THE SOULS? You should do, one of the most underrated bands of the last decade. This is Will and Daves new venture. They sound meaner and more epic but do have THE SOULS feel still RAT SCABIES (The Damned) is involved www.myspace.com/wearedactyls

Would be good to see you all there

Other bits and bobs

Band of the week
AMYS GHOSTS Saw them on Friday and they were fab and interesting;rather more sassy than the rather disappointing and forced Chapman Family on Saturday night Amys Ghost release their debut single late November Check them out and say hello, tell them we sent you.

www.myspace.com/amysghost

Midimidis download single has done well in its first week Sold it kids as far as Japan and the USA Thanks If you havent checked them out please do
www.myspace.com/midimidis

All good!!
www.myspace.com/velocityrecordings
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