It's that time again. Where I ask you to dip into your pockets to support the act's from or associated with the Reading area. As you can imagine music making isn't cheap business so please all go out and buy one or two copies of the following releases:
Oxygen Thief - Destroy It Yourself (Broken Tail Records/Josaka)
It's the début Album from Bristolian OXYGEN THIEF who's sound is the literally the loudest thing that one man an acoustic guitar can produce. His sound is hard to pigeon hole, it's essentially a mix of Metal, folk with lots clever nods to popular culture. It's being released by local label Broken Tail Records and I cannot recommend it highly enough, so please get out there and buy it:
Date - Friday January 28th 2011 Venue -Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1 2ST Doors - 8pm All Ages Tax - Five pounds (door) Four pounds (advance) www.wegottickets.com Acts - Ben Marwood/Quiet Quiet Band/Oxygen Thief
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BEN MARWOOD
Local solo singer song writer Ben Marwood received some good news at the end of 2010, that the debut album that he had recorded was going to be released by London based record label Xtra Mile (home to Frank Turner and Chris TT) After many years of hard slog and dozens and dozens of gigs, Ben is a perfect example that hard work can finally pay off.
His début album Outside There's A Curse was recorded in Reading over a period of weeks during 2010 with the help of various friends. It is a great début offering, a collection of the his best songs of the last five years.
It is a must buy for any fan of a great song, a must buy for any fan of music, it is a must buy record.
QUIET QUIET BAND
Reading finest band, made up of ex members of Heartwear Process and Mass Hysteria.They are currently on fire. They deal in a sassy form of UK flavoured folk country.Think Low, Sparklehorse and Modest Mouse. A mighty fine band and they deserve to be on this bill.
OXYGEN THIEF
Oxygen Thief sings loud, plays an acoustic guitar, stamps on fx pedals, lives in Bristol, wears Doc Marten boots, drinks whisky, collects Be@rbricks, and wants to be your friend.
To support the release of his debut album Outside There's A Curse, on Xtra Mile Recordings, Ben Marwood is taking his one-man folk show on the road alongside the one man wrecking machine Oxygen Thief. [edit] radio will be at all of the shows so please come along, bring your friends and say hi.
JANUARY 2011
15th - Leeds - Cardigan Arms
16th - Cheltenham - Slak (w/Jim Lockey)
18th - Bristol - Louisiana
19th - Oxford - G&D's Cowley Road
20th - York - City Screen Basement Bar
22nd - Farnsfield (nr Notts) - Village Centre
23rd - Swindon - The Vic
28th - READING - RISING SUN ARTS CENTRE
29th - Birmingham - The Bright House
30th - London - Wilmington Arms
(please check with the venues for age restrictions, ticket availability etc)
Released on 31st January 2011. To celebrate, I'm also playing a one-off show inside Banquet Records itself. Tickets free and more details here: http://www.banquetrecords.com/benmarstore
Last year I went on a whistle stop tour of the UK to watch my good pal Ben Marwood promote his split EP with Jim Lockey and Oxygen Thief. It was one of the best weeks off work I’ve had in years and although my liver wouldn’t agree I would to do it all again at some point in the future.
Anyway along the travels of last year we rocked up to the Mothers Ruin in Bristol where an all day music event had been organized. During the course of the day a young lady by the name of Ami-Beth Phipps took to the stage. Outside of the guys I was following she was easily the best new act I discovered that week.
I snaffled an MP3 of her hauntingly amazing song ‘Eat Out of the Cans’ as soon as I returned home and have been eagerly waiting for more recordings ever since. Until then I thought I’d share this rare treat with y’all as it has been one of my favorite tracks of the last 12 months.
If you’d like to hear a bit more of Ami then head over to our sibling site at www.editradio.org and play podcast 22, which is hosted by a drunken Ami and her friend Pete.
Oxygen Thief - Destroy It Yourself (Broken Tail Records/Josaka)
