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News/BlogPlay Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool# On Tue 16th Jun 2009 @ 5:58pm John said... woah... today's is a biggun...the whole springsteen tribute has come together just in time, and first up is the june installment of the FREE wiaiwya monthly singles club, including tracks by the snow, little eiffel & the birthday girl, the neath street band and fox... it's all available to download, with sleeve art and a poster from here: JUNE 2009 - wiaiwya052 - various artists - Skip More School then the split 7" single from the Wave Pictures (if i should fall behind) and Darren Hayman (girls in their summer clothes), with FREE 10 track exclusive album from the Wave Pictures, is currently available from rough trade in london, and direct from me (boss@wiaiwya.com) by the end of the week i'll have copies of the 38 track double album itself... can hardly wait... and then on friday 26th june, just two days before the big man's Hyde Park show, is the album launch party - 10 or so bands will be playing at least 1 Springsteen tune each at the Buffalo Bar in highbury... get your tickets here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/49884 wiaiwya singles club# On Sat 2nd May 2009 @ 10:12am John said... exciting news, although slightly late...today sees the launch of the wiaiwya FREE download singles club... every month there will be a link to a single from one of our favourite bands, with sleeve, and sometimes other goodies... the downloads will be limited, but there will also be copies available at shows, and by mail order (unfortunately these won't be free though - just drop me a line at singles@wiaiwya.com)... so, without further ado: APRIL 2009 - wiaiwya050 - Eagleowl - For The Thoughts You Never Had www.eagleowlattack.co.uk MAY 2009 - wiaiwya051 - Fox - Fruit www.worldoffox.com so, over to you - help youselves, and be sure to let the bands know how much you love them PLAY SOME POOL# On Tue 17th Feb 2009 @ 12:21pm Bob said... PLAY SOME POOLwhoa... hello again Ladies and Gentlemen... today the wiaiwya team tasked with paying tribute open the door on the monumantal "PLAY SOME POOL, SKIP SOME SCHOOL, ACT REAL COOL" global salute to BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN... there will be a number of singles, a double album, badges, posters an quite possibly a book, featuring over 40 acts as breathtaking and diverse as JENIFEREVER, DARREN HAYMAN, the WAVE PICTURES, HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS, GREGORY WEBSTER, HARVEY WILLIAMS... the full scale of the plan will be unveiled soon enough... but here, to start us off, is the first single, a free two track download of tracks not featured on the album in no particular order, first up are THE SNOW, a brooklyn based five piece and their carnival americana take on the classic "I'M ON FIRE" http://www.myspace.com/thesnowmusic swiftly followed by the mighty pairing of LITTLE EIFFEL and the BIRTHDAY GIRL, straddling the very specific middle ground between goth nouveau and pop noir on their rendition of "ATLANTIC CITY" http://www.myspace.com/leatbg keep popping back for further tribute developments, and remember to get tickets for the show of the summer at 9am on friday 13th feb: http://www.hardrockcalling.co.uk/tickets/ DIY Label of the Week# On Thu 8th Jan 2009 @ 4:28pm John said... splendid... that nice Mr Stephens on that Radio One has made wiaiwya his DIY label of the week... if you didn't catch it last night, you can listen again here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/huwstephens/ thanks happy new year (beef jerky time)# On Fri 2nd Jan 2009 @ 9:36am John said... um... hope you all had a great Christmas break...there has been no time for rest here at camp wiaiwya though... the final song has been recorded for the much anticipated Springsteen tribute record... the Help Stamp Out Loneliness single is being mixed by Woodie Taylor... Jacqui has been working her magic with the press for the SHRAG album, which is out on 19th January... both SHRAG and Help Stamp Out Loneliness are playing london shows on the 9th, and there's a free instore at rough trade east on the 12th... the Middle Ones are recording their single as we speak... phew... see you all soon So here it is....# On Tue 9th Dec 2008 @ 11:49pm Bob said... whoop... the department of festive freebies have been working all hours and searching far and wide for the best seasonal sing songs for your downloading delight... and here you go... thanks so much to all the bands, and to bob for uploading everything... hope you enjoy them all, just mail us at wiaiwya@hotmail.com if you need any more information, and have a great christmas/ holidays/ new year/ etc...first up we have EUX AUTRES - the latest band to agree to doing a record for wiaiwya - and their take on "merry christmas everbody"... they've even got the american youth contingent of the slade supporters club on guest vocals... ace-o... eux autres - merry christmas everybody www.myspace.com/euxautres and then there's the MIDDLE ONES, who have been a revelation this year, charming the boots off everyone who has seen or heard them... really looking forward to their forthcoming single... it'll rock, but gently... the middle ones - christmas (baby please come home) www.myspace.com/themiddleones third up is ALLO, DARLIN', with "baby, it's cold outside"... Elizabeth is currently touring the UK promoting her christmas ep... go see her if you can (and if you're in london on the 21st December come to the HANGOVER LOUNGE at the Salmon and Compass in Angel for a FREE show) allo, darlin' - baby, it's cold outside www.myspace.com/allodarlin the LEFT OUTSIDES had this to say about their tune: "Wassail songs were sung from house to house at mid-winter. The wassailers would carry a wooden bowl decorated with holly and ivy in which to collect money, bread, cheese or beer, in return for the good luck wishes in their song."... so you know what to get them when you see them... the left outsides - gower wassail www.myspace.com/theleftoutsides and finally, for the moment, is HISSING AT SWANS' take on the waitresses classic... hooray... hissing at swans - christmas wrapping www.myspace.com/hissingatswans and then, irrespective of whether you've been naughty OR nice, here's a link to GLAM CHOPS free christmas single... enjoy it.. www.reverbnation.com/glamchops thanks again... have a great time, and see you in the new year... LOTS of news# On Sun 9th Nov 2008 @ 1:43pm John said... blimey... there's a LOAD going on...SHRAG's 5th single - long term monster/ forty five 45s is available from rough trade, here: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=307916 their debut album, also called SHRAG, is out on January 18th 2009, and is getting a sizeable amount of press already... it's good, you know the much discussed Springsteen tribute album "Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool", is coming together beautifully... it features 36 covers from, among others, the WAVE PICTURES, DARREN HAYMAN, JENIFEREVER, and HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS speaking of whom, HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS have a single coming out early next year on wiaiwya... it will be PACIFIC TRASH VORTEX, coupled woth SUGAR IN THE SOUND... their myspace, if you haven't heard them yet, is: http://www.myspace.com/helpstampoutloneliness and finally, but of course not leastly, the MIDDLE ONES are the latest act to agree to a record on wiaiwya... it's looking like a 4 track 7", and will be as cool as the other side of the pillow: http://www.myspace.com/themiddleones SHRAG and Independents day# On Mon 16th Jun 2008 @ 10:10am John said... mornin'... more exciting SHRAG news, as those kindly gentlemen the CRIBS nominated SHRAG to be on the Independents day album... they have submitted live favourite "long term monster", for release on the double CD... i'm sure you've been reading all about independents day, as it's been ALL over the press - just in case you haven't, have a quick click on any one of theseID08 WEBSITE http://www.independentsday08.com/ AUCTION http://www.ebay.com/independentsday MYSPACE http://myspace.com/independentsdaymusic http://www.facebook.com/pages/Independents-Day/14340164094 oh, and here's the Guardian piece on it http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2283535,00.html SHRAG review in the Guide# On Tue 27th May 2008 @ 12:51pm John said... those splendid people at the Guardian seem to like the SHRAG band, and their new single, which is all good news:SHRAG: Lost Dog/ Different Glue (wiaiwya) Ace cover art. A panopoly of canines staring away, almost resentfully, with big, sad, dumb eyes. Presumably intended to mimic the hateful, moping, floppy cuteness of "I'm sad, LOVE ME" indie boys. At least that's the closest we can decode from the spectacularly bitter indie girls-set-on-stun dual vocal attack, in what is one of the better bands to juxtapose schmindie twee and angered literary abstraction since 1990s unsung legends Prolapse. oh, and they met Mark E Smith on Saturday too... not a bad weekend all-in-all... new SHRAG single now available# On Wed 21st May 2008 @ 2:42pm John said... the new SHRAG single - Different Glue/ Lost Dog is available for pre-order from those charming ROUGH TRADE peoplehttp://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=301162 get 'em while they're hot... |
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