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free VATICAN CELLARS single

info@wiaiwya.com — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:25:12 +0000

for September you lucky lucky people can download the first single from the VATICAN CELLARS' debut album - THE SAME CROOKED WORM (out in November on wiaiwya) BITTER PLANS will appeal to fans of TIM HARDIN, the LILAC TIME and NICK DRAKE; a georgeous lament to loss and its accompanying guilt. It's an English gent's soul music, an angry acoustic guitar politely strummed, and a cello part to break you heart... Utterly Beautiful... it's coupled with a cover of VAN HALEN's RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL... it's cockrockchamberpop... oh, yes... find out more here: http://www.myspace.com/thevaticancellars and download it here: wiaiwya067 - the Vatican Cellars - Bitter Plans advance copies are available, just pop over to the Records and CDs page

new SHRAG album news and FREE Download

info@wiaiwya.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:47:17 +0000

here's a FREE download of TIGHTS IN AUGUST, to whet your appetite for the new SHRAG album - "Life! Death! Prizes! - out October 4th 2010. it's a summer SMASH, all EDWYN COLLINS and CLARE GROGAN fronting CAMERA OBSCURA... it'll only be up here until the end of August, so tell your friends, add it to mix tapes, play it in clubs, and pre order the album HERE SHRAG - Tights In August

Free HEXICON single

info@wiaiwya.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:30:07 +0000

your FREE download single for August is the magnificent NARISSA I WON'T from HEXICON it's as if, on the way to the cribs, johnny marr had bypassed modest mouse, and made a beeline for the boo radleys, who in turn had decided that the postal service album should serve as a template for their new direction... they'd then locked themselves into a garage listening to blueboy, super furry animals and the zombies, and emerged three months later with "Narissa I Won't", a solid gold indiepop classic-in-waiting... HEXICON's debut long player THE BLOSSOM SIGHS is also available: http://haircutrecords.co.uk/site/shop/hexicon-the-blossom-sighs-cd-album/ Find out more here: http://www.myspace.com/hexicon and download it here: wiaiwya066 - Hexicon - Narissa I Won't

free TOWN BIKE single

info@wiaiwya.com — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:20:54 +0000

for July we have two brand new tunes from Liverpool's TOWN BIKE... equal parts Runaways, Ramones and Ronettes (the REAL three R's that should be taught in school), TOWN BIKE are FUN! POWER! PUNK! POP! POP! POP!... the sweet girl group intro to BASTARD HEART (yes, with THAT drum beat) paves the way for 1 piss, 2 shits, 6 bastards and 8 fucks, in less than two minutes... think SHAMPOO's "Bouffant Headbutt" or LOVE BITES' "You Broke My Heart"... think about them a LOT... i know i do... and then CRAZY NIGHTS too?... really... we're spoiling you... TOWN BIKE's album GO! FIGHT! WIN! is still available from the bands myspace... go on... GET IT Find out more here: http://www.myspace.com/townbike and download it here: wiaiwya065 - Town Bike - Bastard Heart

SHRAG and the HIT PARADE

info@wiaiwya.com — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:59:14 +0000

as you will remember, the excellent SHRAG have a single (RABBIT KIDS) in this week's STORM THE CHARTS campaign - the plan being to fill the UK top 40 with independent and unsigned bands for INDEPENDENTS DAY, next Sunday... basically, every sale of RABBIT KIDS this week put SHRAG one step closer to being in the TOP 40, so i'd be eternally grateful if you could nip over to itunes and click BUY... http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/rabbit-kids-erratic-fiction/id370472718 if you'd prefer Amazon (for just 49p!): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rabbit-Kids/dp/B003K4YH1Q if you want to hear ALL the STORM THE CHARTS tunes, the iMix is here http://bit.ly/stormitunes the STORM THE CHARTS facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=231943888357 and the JUSTGIVING page for BIODIVERSITY is here http://www.justgiving.com/chartstorm please tell ALL your friends and family, this is lining up to be quite an exciting week speak soon john

free CLEMENCE FRESCHARD single

info@wiaiwya.com — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:29:51 +0000

Freschard grew up in a farm in French Burgundy. She started organizing shows in the barn when she was about 12 years old. Aged 18 she moved to the big city, Paris, where she baked pies and cakes in a cafe. There, a local musician and regular customer called Andre Herman Dune wrote a few songs for her to sing. She called her first E.P. Neon Orange. Homeless in Paris, she saved up just enough money to get herself a ticket to New York. There she found an old electric guitar and started writing her own material. She now lives in Berlin where she records her music and sometimes produces other people's music, including David Tattersall's "Happy For A While" (available now on wiaiwya) These two songs appear on "Click Click" (Conky Records) which also features a drummer (Leo Bear Creek), and electric guitars by Stanley Brinks. It's available on www.byrecords.com Find out more here: http://www.myspace.com/freschard and download it here: wiaiwya064 - Clemence Freschard - Me+Depth=2

free SPORT FOR ALL single

info@wiaiwya.com — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:15:24 +0000

the world cup, of course, demands world class anthems, and there is no shortage of them in 2010, just have a peek over at: http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/ and: http://www.indiecater.com/the-world-cup-goes-indie/ and to add to this wealth of POP! we have indie super group SPORT FOR ALL with their summer 2010 HIT - SPORT FOR ALL (which the astute amongst you may recognise) feel free to download and tell your chums wiaiwya016 - Sport For All - Sport For All

free TWO STEP HORROR single

info@wiaiwya.com — Sat, 01 May 2010 11:24:28 +0000

From April's ash clouds emerges May's free download single, by Reyjakavik's TWO STEP HORROR. Þórður Grímsson & Anna Margrét Björnsson touch on Suicide, add a shot of Spaceman 3 and a splash of Sparklehorse on "KING BEE", a kind of mogadon fuelled skiffle ache, straight outta twin peaks, like an 8 minute hypnotic bullet... a bullet of quietly bewitching, creepy lovelines... Or lovely creepiness there's also a mesmerising video: Find out more here: http://www.myspace.com/thetwostephorror and download it here: wiaiwya063 - Two Step Horror - King Bee

Shrag and Storm the Charts

info@wiaiwya.com — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:20:31 +0000

SHRAG's Rabbit Kids has been chosen as part of a campaign called Storm the Charts They're going to be choosing 40 songs by bands who haven't charted before, who are unsigned or on independent labels, and trying to take them all into the UK top 40 in the same week later this year. yup... it's ridiculous, but it might just work here's the blurb from Wes, the man behind the plan, just in case you'd like to know more... "They want our fans to help pick the next acts - have a look at http://stormthecharts.com over the next few weeks (right now if you've got a few minutes to spare!). All you need to do is listen to the 5 random songs that come up, pick your favourite - and you've played a part. You can vote in as many randomised polls as you like and the more you do, the more influence you'll have on their their list of songs to 'storm' with. If you're on Facebook you can join the group at http://bit.ly/chartstorm and invite your friends to join in too - the more people are involved the more exciting this will be for us and everyone else in the group. Any questions you've got about the project as a whole can be sent to Wes at stormthecharts@gmail.com"

David Tattersall solo record

info@wiaiwya.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:58:00 +0000

oh, yes... the singer, songwriter and guitarist from the WAVE PICTURES has a new solo album out on wiaiwya... anyone who has see any of the recent solo shows can vouch for the fact that it's a pretty special slab of acoustic amazement... the title track is still available as a free single on the downloads page, and just send me a mail if you want to get hold of a copy of the album... thanks