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Thursday 25th
Castle Pub - Jam Session
Gasworks - Brand New Ana-
logues
Irish club - topic Folk
1in12 - Library Collective
Meeting
Friday 26th
Bridge Tavern - full tilt
Bradford Cathedral - John Lill
The New Beehive Inn - Rock
& Rollers
Saturday 27th
The New Beehive Inn -
Threshold Shift
Gasworks - Anyt Skynard
Tribute
Manville Arms - Other Please
Specify
Bridge Tavern– The Sin Bin
Young Bradford Music -
King Harry + The Venue +
The Contract + Marmozets
(see issue for details)
Sunday 28th
Bridge Tavern - Alan Wor-
mald
Bradford Castle - Folk Session
Manville Arms - Acoustic Jam
Session
Bradford City Vaults - Live
Music
Monday 29th
Manville Arms - Jam Session
Black Bull - All New jam Ses-
sion
20th September
Bridge Tavern - Contraband
Manville Arms - Somebody‟s
Brother
The New Beehive Inn -
Good Form Club (see issue
for details)
Saltaire Festival - Piazza
Stage - (from 11am) - The
Tempus, Desert Eskimos +
loads more
1in12 - Noisy gig
Love Apple - MY OH MY
Sunday 21st
Saltiare Festival - Piazza
Stage - (from 11am) - The
Tempus
Bridge Tavern - Live Music
Delius Arts and Cultural Cen-
tre - Europa Piano Trio
Manville Arms - Acoustic
Jam Session
1in12 - Members Meeting
Monday 22nd
St. Georges Hall - The Extra
Factor
Manville Arms - Acoustic
Duo Performances
Tuesday 23rd
St. Georges Hall - The Extra
Factor
1in12 quiz team
Love Apple - Sound Of Ibiza
Wednesday 24th
Kings Arms - jazz Session
St. Georges Hall - The Extra
Factor
We need your listings, if
you are a venue, band,
solo artist etc. Send us a
list of gig dates and we
will include them in the
listings for free.
Send them to :
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beepmagazine
Beep! want new front covers for future issues and now is your chance to get involved. If you think you can create a good cover for Beep! Fanzine then send in your design to myspace.com/beepmagazine or email us a [email protected]. The winner will receive advertising space in the ’zine and a selection of local Demo’s EP’s and CD’s So come on, the competition has started!
Mypace.com/beepmagazine
20th September 2008 Issue 3
Produced By Lucas Jubb Co-Produced By Oscar Allan Finalised By Chris Allan EP and track reviews by : Lucie Hudson Scubadog Out andAbout Reviews Ben Clifford
Front Cover Art work by „Rapid Design‟ www.myspace.com/rapiddesign Thanks to the following bands for allowing us to feature their material : Freyed Knot, Slum Hunnies, Sol Gravy, Alt Track, Buen Chico, The Nearly Men, Don‟t Look Down, Point Froggs, The Sneakypeeks, Hundred Dollar Cigar Special thanks to Marmozets, Luke Hirst, Mark, Scubadiog,
Young Bradford Music, Cypher Music, Sherlock Promotions, Action Aid Bollocks To Poverty, AltVM, The Spirit Of John,
Want to become a writer for Beep! Fanzine? Beep! Are now looking for people to write music related articles for future issues. If you are a writer and would like to write an article, rant or anything for beep! Please email us at : [email protected] or http://www.myspace.com/beepmagazine DO NOT TROW AWAY ! - RECYCLE THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS
The Sneakypeeks
myspace.com/thesneakypeeks
Voltage records latelst signing, have just released their debut single - „A
Little Bit Red‟. It is avliable from play.com, HMV or amazon. The In-
die, pop band have a sound that is very popular at this time. If you are
Hundred Dollar Cigar :
myspace.com/hundreddollarcigar
Winners of the PM lounge BOTB, Hundred Dollar Cigar performed at the leg-
endery „Bingley Music Live‟ on the 31st of August. With a Kasabian-esque atrib-
utes Hundred Dollar Cigar promise to deliver a strong, powerful, blues driven
performance at any gigs
Point Froggs :
www.myspace.com/pointfroggs
Comparing this band to Wolfmother would be unfair, but sadly
is the only band I can compare them to. With Great strong riffs
and memorable lyrics, Point Frogg have lots of gigs lined up
for the future and are deffinately worth going to see. However,
I‟m sure the band have alot to learn still.
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EP’s or demo’s,
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ARTISTS :
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This month we are:
Listening to....
Loving
Every Saturday at 7pm a local band performs an acoustic session . Check www.myspace.com/thebcbsessions for details on what bands are on this month.
Watching....
A monthly video maga-
zine with reviews,
interviews, live per-
formances and news
on the music scene in
Bradford.
Hating....
The lack of buskers in Brad-ford. Why is it that Bradford has no buskers? Well aside from the man who plays a reggae version of „Valerie‟ outside Greggs. Come on buskers we don't bite!
Website of the month!
Www.cyphermusic.net is a blog and discus-
sion$ site dedicated to the local music scene.
If you are a band, promoter, solo artist or just
local music frenetic cypher music is just for
you.
You can read about all the latest local news
and join in or start discussions about almost
anything related to the music scene. News on
Events and gigs, bands members needed, new
EP releases and reviews is all available to
anyone who is a member of the site
If you are not yet a member vistit
www. Cyphermusic.net
and sign up now!
The New bee-hive Inn is now one of the music scens favourite venues with a growing amount of promoters and bands wanting to be on the bill there. If you haven't been
there yet, don't be put off go there for a gig on a Satur-day they are always top class
With an average age of no older than 16, The MarmoZets are already one of the best on the scene. Winners of the Musicians Centre BOTB 2008 and the best drummer award, there has being nothing but praise being thrown at the band. The MarmoZets are : Becca - lead singer, Jack- lead guitarist, Joe -Rhythm Guitarist, Sam - Bassist and Josh on drums Us here at Beep! want to get rid of the rumours that this band are going along way on the „cute factor‟ and show the public that this band are going far! Do you find your selves being looked down upon due to your age? Not really, if anything it's like an ad-vantage being 14,15 and 16. In a few years time we will still be classed as a young band. The Marmozets started a band for a school competition for music. Origi-nally Joe was not in the line up how-ever, due to Jack falling ill Joe stepped in at the last minute. They then formed together and entered last years BOTB under the name „The Marmozets‟.
If you could have a dream gig in Bradford, with Bradford bands. Who would it be with and where would it be ? Hmmm, we would probably play 1in12 again, it's like the craziest place ever when it's packet out and our first real / proper gig was there. For bands we would have the likes of Minus Jack, Unfinished Drawings, DJ Dips and The Mirandolas. That would be class. You recorded a MarmoZets EP , where can people get it? That went a bit pair shaped. the re-cording quality was pretty poor so we class that as a demo really. Can we expect more recordings in the near future? Yeah defiantly. We are going to bob into a studio in Leeds sometime soon to record a proper EP and get it printed and such. we have a couple of new songs as well that we will put on it. So we will have about 6/7 songs on it. YEYAAH! With such a talented selection of bands in the BOTB this year The Marmosets was surprised to find them selves as the winners and picking up the best drummer award was only an added bonus.
Once you ignore the drunk man next to you saying “Look at them! The guitar-ist is about 10” then the MarmoZets are a fun, energetic and great to watch. The MarmoZets
write catchy power-pop songs with influences such as Paramore and Foo Fighters. As a young band do you ever feel intimidated by older bands? We used to. We used to go to gigs and be like "Crap, they are like adults" but we enjoy it all so much that we don't let the age thing get to us. Do you have any tips for young bands like your selves? Get loads of gigs. Play all the gigs you can. have fun and Enjoy it Who is your favourite Bradford based band? Minus Jack by far. We are all planning on proposing to them sometime soon... If you have not one already go and see the MarmoZets Live. They can be seen playing at Royal Albert Hall, London on the 10th of November and supporting Random hand at the Gas-sienda, Keighley. You can listen to their music at : www.myspace.com/themarmozets
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Sadly the lovely local pub/music venue has copme to the end of an era. After many years of great gigs have now come to an end. Beep! Got in touch with Deano the main man behind the Delius. How does it feel to have the De-lius close down? “Absolutely gutted. I've lost my work-place, my future, all my money, my career and my favourite pub in one blow” How many years did the Delius run for? “On and off I've run Delius for about 10 years. But I've had the lease from enterprise for the past 4.5 years” What was the best gig you remem-ber at the delius? “There's been some top top TOP gigs at Delius, the big gigs were good (this et al, sons and daughters, Laika Dog, Everyneed) but the ones that really
stood out were probably the first time the Nearly Men played
(they're ace), Wobbly Bob are fantastic too,
you would never forget
the James Gore Experience
either (for one reason or another), Lab noise are probably the best gig there. The light show was incredible!” What lead to the closeure of the venue? “The downturn in the pub trade, the increase in beer prices, the smoking ban, no-one has any spare cash anymore, cheap supermarket beer, increased beer taxes, increased utility bills, new laws on employment and holidays, the list is endless.” what will replace delius? It's still open (with some other poor suckers in charge). Best of luck to 'em! whats in store for the future for
yourself? I”'m gonna be an astronaut. The first yorkshireman in Space. Investigating the effects of zero gravity on pork pie jelly.” We can only hope that the new own-ers of the Delius pub manage to be host to top gigs like Deano did. Eve-ryone here at Beep! Would like to thank all the staff and everyone in-volved at Delius for all the hard work they have put into the pub throughout the last 10 years.
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Ex-front man of DND, Luke Hirst has
being creating a variety of songs for
his solo project.
Luke Hirst has already being featured
on BBC introducing and 2008 prom-
ises a great year for him.
At the moment Luke is performing
acoustically in and around Bradford.
He is also drumming for band „Like A
Pioneer‟ and currently working on a full
band for his solo work.
We reviewed Luke Hirst‟s self titled
EP for issue one of Beep!, we now
want to know more.
What made you leave DND and
start a solo project? “This needs
clearing up I didn't leave DND! I was a
solo artist before DND and started the
band to play my music but it grew into
DND. We split because the band had
gone on its natural course. So I started
up my solo stuff again!”
Are you planning to put a band
together for the solo songs you
write? “I am indeed! If anyone is up for
it get in touch. I‟ve been jamming with
a few drummers, bassists, I have a
backing vocalist lined up and hopefully
a cellist!”
What local talent has really im-
pressed you recently?
“Alt track are mind bend-
ingly good, Eyesore An-
gels are THE best metal band in York-
shire & Sounds of Swami are weird.”
Luke compares his work to the likes of
Weezer, The Flaming Lips, The Zobies
and The Beach Boys, to name a few.
However, he said “i cant compare it to
just one and I'm certainly a few thou-
sand leagues below any of those influ-
ences.”
If you could have a dream gig in
Bradford, with Bradford bands,
where , and who would it be with?
“It‟d have to be a fair epic all dayer
with DND, Sounds of Swami, Alt Track,
Random Hand, Eyesore Angels, a
reformed Aspirin and the Fineline back
from hiatus!”
Where is your favourite Bradford
venue?
“Good ol' 1in12 hands down”
What tips would you give to solo
artists like your self?
“I don‟t know if I should be giving any
advice, but just work your backside off
gigging all over, write songs, obsess
over melodies and buy „Pet Sounds‟.”
Your list of achievements is huge
already, what is in store for you in
the future? “I don‟t have much of a
clue as of yet but the
plan is to sort a back-
ing band, gig a lot and record when I
have the money! work.”
How does the success of playing
live on BBC feel?
“It was a good buzz, was a real fun
evening. Id been trying to get on raw
talent for years and they liked my
newest stuff especially „Evaline‟ so that
finally happened!”
Luke Hirst self titled EP is a great
listen, I would recommend it to anyone
as it has not left my IPod since the
release date.
Luke Hirst can be found playing in and
around Bradford. If you want to hear
more from Luke Hirst visit his MySpace
page which is
www.myspace.com/lukehirst
or tune into BCB 106.6fm on the 24th
September 6pm to hear an acoustic
session with Luke and visit :
myspace.com/beepmagazine to hear
his new track exclusive to Beep!! Fan-
zine.
Band of the month: Never judge a book by its cover. One looks like a road protester and the other is a cheeky faced inebriate but Unfinished Drawings create incredibly beautiful music. The acoustic room at the Bollocks To Poverty gig was packed as they passionately swept through their set. Refresh-ingly, they don‟t strum their guitars in folksy way but at-tack them with such vigour that they become instruments
of percussion not just melody. I first caught them at a BOTB a year ago and was so impressed that I bought the Album “If You Can't Do It For Yourself, Do It For Me”
and it‟s not been off MP3 Player since. At this point they had a cellist with them and I have since seen them as glorious 6 piece but whatever happens to the line-up, at the heart you always have Toby and Tom. Toby as a great voice and he uses it with gusto and saturates his songs with emotion whereas Tom could be mistaken for a fresh faced, giggling fool, and often is, but when performing his focus and skill shows through. Live or recorded they are
superb. They are currently hawking around a CD compilation of several years work. I know previous albums have raised money for charity but I think this one is just providing Tom with beer tokens but I would still encourage you to buy it as it contains too many wonder-ful tracks to list here. I can not recommend Unfin-ished Drawings highly enough. See them live if you can, watch them on YouTube or check out their www. myspace. com/unfinisheddrawings. I just wish they would get back in the studio and give us a new album.
www.myspace.com/youngbradfordmusic
Young Bradford Music is now back on the scene after a large break. They have four new gig dates : 27th September (pictured right) 11th October - Minus Jack, The Frenetics, Shoot The Messenger and Feedback 25th October - Alt Track, Tea and Biscuits more TBC 7th November - The Kabeedies, Minus Jack, Mar-mozets and Bedroom Gymnastics All three of the gigs aim to put out the message to that firstly, young local bands can be put on the bill without huggings of teenagers getting leathered, throwing up and having sex in the toilets. Secondly, they also allow the opportunity for teenagers to show venues they can be trusted and shouldn‟t automatically be given a bad name. And thirdly, they show everyone that the Brad-ford music scene is packed full of great young local talent. Do not miss out on these gigs they are going to be some of the best gigs in a while.
Considering that the Demo was recorded in one day the quality of the recording is very good. The lyrics are memorable and meaning full. Almost anyone will be able to relate to at least one of the songs, wether or not it is the man next door who steals your ball, a mate who is held back by their mis-
sus or not being able to dance unless you are drunk. I found myself singing the songs almost immediately and giggling every so often when I related to the words being sung. As a the band is a three piece however the sound is rather basic and at times sounds plain. Nether the less the guitar is chirpy, the bass backs this up and the drums give the songs power. Can‟t really knock anything on the Demo and I Struggled to give any constructive criti-
cism. Maybe try a bit of variation within the Demo
next time around as the songs are slightly similar. Keep up the good work guys and get some live gigs. Review by Out And About Reviews
A really good, jaunty lead track, Beahead, starts this EP .It showcases Paul‟s odd voice perfectly and the keyboards swing this along to its all too short end. Well balanced mixing gives a nice full sound. The simple yet sensible lyrics get you singing along quickly. Disappointingly the other 2 tracks are not as good with the vocal becoming less comfortable on each and the production values seem
to fall with each successive track as though they thought that they had to get 'Bedhead' down and then rush recorded some other tracks. Not bad songs, just not as immediate. I can't say what it is but the vocal style sits less comfortably with me on these 2 tracks. Unlisted on the sleeve is the final track, a cover of "There Is A Light" which happens to be my favourite Smith's track so it was always going
to be difficult to please me but this sounds like a Joe Pasquale tribute to Morrissey. Bedhead is a belting track. More like this please. Review by Scubadog
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RETAI L THERAPY
Now on a par with Beep! , Alt VM are now set to release their third issue in the upcoming month. With both issues one and two being a great success, we wanted to know more about how AltVM started. We had an interview with Mr. AltVM himself, Adam. What made AltVM set out on a journey to create Bradford’s First and only video magazine? AltVM has evolved from our „Komatoast‟ stuff and filming live gigs. We wanted to produce a regular video which people could view online and see some great local bands on AltVM and in turn go see them live. I suppose the whole idea of AltVM is to promote the local music scene. What made you decide Brad-
ford needed a video magazine? It's not so much that Bradford needed a video magazine, it more a case of we are all from Bradford and we wanted to sup-port the local scene in the best way we could and hopefully AltVM is doing that. What made you choose Pete and Micky as presenters? A small audition was held; Pete and Micky were the best. Pete helped us out one year interviewing on a battle of the bands final so we had a good idea he was going to be spot on. Micky was not meaning to audi-tion but was brought by Pete and we bullied him into auditioning,
which is a good thing as they work quite well together. What do you see in store for Alt VM for the future? At the moment we are still very much in the early stages of the video mag‟ so there could be all sorts in the future of altvm. i think one thing I am eager to get going is altvm on DVD for people to pick up for free You can find out more about AltVM and also view the latest issue at : www.altvm.co.uk
This being my first trip to the
Gasworks club i was wel-
comed by a freidnly organiser
under the name of Matt Kula.
First on the stage was local
solo act Tom Wilson. Tom
delivered a confident per-
formance although at times
vocals were a little but rough.
Tom‟s style combined Reggae
with folk to give an original
array of songs.
Tom was followed by Green
Grass and The Burnouts.
Green grass and the Burnouts
we‟re just not my cup of tea.
Although the band sounded
well practised and the per-
formance was generally tight,
the band didn‟t seem to be-
having fun. The songs seemed
to drag out like a bad Oasis
album, I do not be planning to
see this band any time soon.
I have seen the contract a fair
few times and was expecting
the usual performance. How-
ever this time around the band
delivered a strong, energetic,
exciting performance.
The two part vocals worked
perfectly and the confidence
of the band only added to the
great sound. The Contract
played a series of powerful
songs with great riffs, strong
drum fills and vicous bass
lines. Considering that actual
band was only a three peice
( guitar, bass, drums) the
sound had such power. When
Matt introduced the second
guitar, however, I found the
sound to be a lot better. I hate
to use the word attitude, but
this band we‟re full of it.
They hammered out their
songs „10 Reasons‟ and „Just
Cry‟ which were deffinatly
crowd pleasers.
The thing that stood out the
most for me was the fun the
band seemed to be having.
They gunuenly was enjoying
them selves and had fun play-
ing the songs they played.
If you have not seen The
Contrac yet Beep! fully rec-
ommend it. Or visit their
myspace page :
www.myspace.com/
thecontractmusic
Tom Wilson
www.myspace.com/
rawmelodyman
Green Grass and The Burn-
outs
www.myspace.com/
greengrassandtheburnouts
I have to say, I was a big fan of the band
before even being asked to review one of
their tracks. It's so nice and fresh to see a
good funk band every once in a while, and
FK are so refreshing to listen to because their tal-
ents are endless. Never Look Back has great guitar
pieces and funk drumming. The song itself is a
masterpiece of potential from every single member
of the band. A great uplifting song that I'd recom-
mend to anyone. Review by Lucie Hudson
Buen Chico - Tell ‘Em
MYSPACE TRACK REVIEWS
I don‟t think this is Buen Chico‟s best piece of work ever. However, I think it shows massive improvement
within the band. They seem to have learnt a lot since the album „Right To Re-Arrange‟. Tell „em is a very
catchy song but as a big Buen Chico fan I find it a little lacking comparing to some of their older work. I
find it slightly too generic although the track is very well produced. The track shows little energy com-
pared to the likes of „Choosing My Religion‟ or „Giving your Gifts‟
Although, if I was to just take the track as it is and not know any past history of the band I would say it
was a top track and shows that the band can produce great pop songs. I look forward to hearing a lot
more from this band and hopefully a new album will be in the pipeline.
visit
www.myspace.com/buenchico
for more information on the band Review by Out and About Reviews
Freyed Knot - Never Look Back
Alt Track - No More
While Alt Track fail to achieve anything more through their lyrics than stating the obvious, their
ambient, electronic, musical expertise does not disappoint. They introduce the song with a
very sparse texture, ice cold piano and cool computer compiled drums that could keep a sta-
dium sized crowd in absolute suspense. The song is gradually built up by pianist Micky's heart
-wrenching backing vocals. Layered over this is guitarist/keyboardist Pete's catchy two line
phrase, that refuses to let you go away from the listen without it looping around your head for
the rest of the day. This slickly moves into a thumping bass beat, where finally the captivating
duo release us from the suspense, letting loose a full-on “fill the dance floor” drum & bass section. All this comes
complete with sing-a-long-a-synth-parts. Alt Track satisfy our need to boogie and live up to their reputation of
producing the best laptop beats from Bradford. Review by Ben Clifford
Slum Hunnies - Jive
After hearing the opening to
this song, you think "oh no.
Another mickey take of Rolf
Harris", but then, after getting
further into the song, you sort
of realise that you've begun to tap your foot, nod your
head and actually do rather like it. The Jive has a very
memorable riff, and some good vocals. The only thing
I'd say it lacked would be a section with abit of variety,
but overall, a good song. Review by Lucie Hudson
Mark Husak, founder of Granadaland, collaborator with Mono, BD1 Live and Bradford music week, is setting up a new project - „Good Form Club‟. The project consists of a record label, club night, a blog, design studio and band management. Beep! talked to Mark about the closure of „Granadaland‟, „Mono‟, „BD1 Live‟ and his new project „Good Form Club‟. 2008 was a good year for you with BD1 Live, granadaland and Bradford music week all being great suc-cesses. How did it feel to have the bradford music scene in the palm of your hand? “It didn't feel too good, it was bloody hard work. I nearly collapsed with ex-haustion at The Hop (Bradford Music Week) and there have been times where I have wanted to quit the promot-ing game all together. But seriously I am proud of what I have achieved so far in my career. I managed to secure a record deal for one of the artists I man-age, I brought some ace bands to Brad-ford, I was involved in Bradford Music Week. I have had fun along the way so its all good. I also discovered Spodni Pradlo, the most kick ass band ever to come from Bradford.” You was un-officially one of the best promoters in Bradford, what made you stop Granadaland? “Jee thanks, I just got bored of it to be honest. I did it for nearly three years and felt that I need a change. When I started Granadaland we were the only real club night / promoters trying to push Bradford forward. But now there are
loads. I just want to do something different and get excited about music again. Also I think that most of the action is happening at The Beehive and i wanted to explore this. The Beehive has a propper 'club' feel to it. Dark and seedy. You know? “ Granadaland has stopped. Your collaborators Mono have stopped printing. Can we expect BD1 to carry on or will it close too? “No way. We wouldn't do that to you. BD1 LiVE will go on as lang
as we can get the bands. We have had a new approch to BD1 in the way that we will only be booking bigger bands for the whole theatre. We would rather do 2/3 sell out gigs a year rather than loads of smaller ones. In fact , I have put two offers in for bands today. BD1 is defo still going on strong” What is the name of your new project and whats it all about? Its called Good Form Club which is more of a creative thing rather than just been a run of the mill promotions com-pany. It is basically an excuse for me to do everything that I love. My two main loves are art and music and Good Form Club will let me work closely with them both. Good Form Club comprises of a club night, a record label, a blog, a design studio. We also manage bands and will be putting on gigs. We are gonna do a lot more djing and we are going to do stuff in Leeds too. When can we expect it to be up and kicking? “The launch night is at The Beehive on Saturday 20th September. Its going to be rad. Playing live are Model horror (Fake DIY records), Wonderswan and Monty Casino. We have 4 djs; LL Cool-sak, Fastlove (Money Dudez), Willy Rook (Blue Rinse) and Mike Dalli-ance. There is also gonna be loads of free goodies like badges, mix cds and a fanzine. And watch out for the Graphic dispay and some serious photocopy art. How much would a band expect to pay for Good Form Club to create artwork for them?
It depends how much we like „em. You are known to have contacts with some of the best bands on the scene, would you be able to reveal who will be joining your label? “Well our first release planned is going to be a Christmas single from Le Tour-noi. They are great. probably the sexi-est band in the business. They have really got their asses in to gear of late and they put on a killer show. We will be releasing Spodni Pradlo's debut single before them in London catch on.” In a ‘perfect’ world what bands would you have on the label? “Someone who is gonna make some serious dollar. Just Kidding. I like two bands from Leeds at the moment, Wonderswan and Dinosaur Pile-Up, but I think they have already been snapped up. My mate who signed Vampire Weekend digs them both and I know a few A+R guys have been to their shows. I think Dinosaur Pile-Up are releasing something on Dance To The Radio. Dont quote me on that.” If there is only one thing you do this month Beep! Recommend that it is the launch night of Good Form Club. You Cannot miss out!
Model Horror ( Fake DIY Records )
I have to say, I was a big fan of the band
before even being asked to review one of
their tracks. It's so nice and fresh to see a
good funk band every once in a while, and
FK are so refreshing to listen to because their tal-
ents are endless. Never Look Back has great guitar
pieces and funk drumming. The song itself is a
masterpiece of potential from every single member
of the band. A great uplifting song that I'd recom-
mend to anyone. Review by Lucie Hudson
Alt Track - No More
Mark Husak, founder of Granadaland, collaborator with Mono, BD1 Live and Bradford music week, is setting up a new project - „Good Form Club‟. The project consists of a record label, club night, a blog, design studio and band management. Beep! talked to Mark about the closure of „Granadaland‟, „Mono‟, „BD1 Live‟ and his new project „Good Form Club‟. 2008 was a good year for you with BD1 Live, granadaland and Bradford music week all being great suc-cesses. How did it feel to have the bradford music scene in the palm of your hand? “It didn't feel too good, it was bloody hard work. I nearly collapsed with ex-haustion at The Hop (Bradford Music Week) and there have been times where I have wanted to quit the promot-ing game all together. But seriously I am proud of what I have achieved so far in my career. I managed to secure a record deal for one of the artists I man-age, I brought some ace bands to Brad-ford, I was involved in Bradford Music Week. I have had fun along the way so its all good. I also discovered Spodni Pradlo, the most kick ass band ever to come from Bradford.” You was un-officially one of the best promoters in Bradford, what made you stop Granadaland? “Jee thanks, I just got bored of it to be honest. I did it for nearly three years and felt that I need a change. When I started Granadaland we were the only real club night / promoters trying to push Bradford forward. But now there are
loads. I just want to do something different and get excited about music again. Also I think that most of the action is happening at The Beehive and i wanted to explore this. The Beehive has a propper 'club' feel to it. Dark and seedy. You know? “ Granadaland has stopped. Your collaborators Mono have stopped printing. Can we expect BD1 to carry on or will it close too? “No way. We wouldn't do that to you. BD1 LiVE will go on as lang
as we can get the bands. We have had a new approch to BD1 in the way that we will only be booking bigger bands for the whole theatre. We would rather do 2/3 sell out gigs a year rather than loads of smaller ones. In fact , I have put two offers in for bands today. BD1 is defo still going on strong” What is the name of your new project and whats it all about? Its called Good Form Club which is more of a creative thing rather than just been a run of the mill promotions com-pany. It is basically an excuse for me to do everything that I love. My two main loves are art and music and Good Form Club will let me work closely with them both. Good Form Club comprises of a club night, a record label, a blog, a design studio. We also manage bands and will be putting on gigs. We are gonna do a lot more djing and we are going to do stuff in Leeds too. When can we expect it to be up and kicking? “The launch night is at The Beehive on Saturday 20th September. Its going to be rad. Playing live are Model horror (Fake DIY records), Wonderswan and Monty Casino. We have 4 djs; LL Cool-sak, Fastlove (Money Dudez), Willy Rook (Blue Rinse) and Mike Dalli-ance. There is also gonna be loads of free goodies like badges, mix cds and a fanzine. And watch out for the Graphic dispay and some serious photocopy art. How much would a band expect to pay for Good Form Club to create artwork for them?
It depends how much we like „em. You are known to have contacts with some of the best bands on the scene, would you be able to reveal who will be joining your label? “Well our first release planned is going to be a Christmas single from Le Tour-noi. They are great. probably the sexi-est band in the business. They have really got their asses in to gear of late and they put on a killer show. We will be releasing Spodni Pradlo's debut single before them in London catch on.” In a ‘perfect’ world what bands would you have on the label? “Someone who is gonna make some serious dollar. Just Kidding. I like two bands from Leeds at the moment, Wonderswan and Dinosaur Pile-Up, but I think they have already been snapped up. My mate who signed Vampire Weekend digs them both and I know a few A+R guys have been to their shows. I think Dinosaur Pile-Up are releasing something on Dance To The Radio. Dont quote me on that.” If there is only one thing you do this month Beep! Recommend that it is the launch night of Good Form Club. You Cannot miss out!
Model Horror ( Fake DIY Records )
On the 19th July the New Beehive Inn, held host to an all day event with 30 bands
playing across three stages. The event‟s main purpose, aside from just having a
great time, was the raise money for Actionaids „Bollocks To Poverty‟ charity.
Sherlock Promotions teamed up with local enthusiast Lucas Jubb to put on a spec-
tacular event.
Fun was had by all as the day ran smoothly from 2pm till
2am
In a great success the event raised £1000 for charity.
For more information on bollocks to poverty visits :
www.myspace.com/bollockstopoverty
In the near future Gasworks and Sherlock promotions look to be
creating an Under - 18‟s night. The night will aim to attract young
audiences, allow young bands to perform at the great venue that is
Gasworks and to prove that fun for young people does not have to
involve the consumption of alcohol. Check www.myspace.com/
sherlockpromo for details on this and any other events Sherlock
promotions will hold host to.
bits and bats
Don’t Look Down + White Felt – New Beehive – 9/08/08
DLD opened (rather appropriately given there was a shooting nearby only days before) with “Do you want to see
my gun?” Played with passion and fire the first song set the standard for the rest of the set. Frontman Christy is
not just a great guitarist he also happens to have more front than the Gallagher brothers put together but that‟s
Ok because he backs it up with good songs and strong performances. This was the first time that I noticed how
good the harmonies are too provided by Will, the band‟s eye-candy, and XXX the band‟s bass player in an old
man‟s body. The choruses prove to be great sing-alongs and Christy works up such a sweat that he is temporarily
blinded by hair product running down his face. Each song thunders out clearly and even when Christy appears to
have forgotten the words his bass section keeps looping confidently until he returns to the song. DLD are a real
force on stage and well worth catching live.
SCUBADOG SAYS..........
www.myspace.com/dontlookdownuk
This month we want you to decide who will be next issues featured
artist. We have chosen three artists of who we really like, we want
you to vote online for who you want to be next months featured
artist.
The two bands who receives the most votes will be the two fea-
tured artists for issue four of Beep!
To vote all you have to do is visit www.myspace.com/
beepmagazine click on the blog „Issue Four Featured Artist‟ and
then leave a comment with the name of the band you would like to
see in the next issue.
Your choices this month are :
The Spirit of John - A toe tapping, bluegrass duo -
www.myspace.com/thespiritofjohn
Minus Jack - Young four piece with a collection of catchy pop-
punk songs - www.myspace.com/minusjack
ultCult - A soothing, melodic five piece pop band. -
www.muspace.com/ultcult
The Frenetics - Foals meets The Maccabees in the bodies of five
young boys - www.myspace.com/thefreneticsm
Vote for your favourite!
Check
www.myspace.com/
beepmagazine to listen to
some of the tracks by the
selected artists
The Spirit of John -
Kings And Queens
Minus Jack - Tiptoes
Ult Cult - Two Lounges
And Five Bedrooms
The Frenetics - Grace
O‟K
Finalists of the Musicians Centre
BOTB on their first attempt the Fre-
netics promise to put on a good
show.
They received the prize for „Best
Crowd Reaction‟ whilst performing
their selection of up-beat, powerful
indie songs.
If you are a fan of the band or just
want to know more. Vote for them!
Ult Cult have not
being on The Brad-
ford scene for a
very long time, yet
still manager to be
support bands for
both Los Campesi-
nos! And Mystery
Jets.
With soothing vocals and vast, sweeping melodies
Ult Cult do nothing but charm the ears of their lis-
teners.
New to the scene, The Spirit of John are a two piece blue-grass band. The band can be seen mainly gigging in Leeds, but hopefully in Bradford some time soon. The Spirit of John are destined for great things with already being fea-
tured in Sandman Magazine. I promise you that this band will
make you slap you leg in true hill-billy fashion, or at least nod your hear. Look out for this band in the future, I am sure we will be hearing alot from them.
Twice finalists of the musi-cians centre BOTB, Minus Jack still only have an average of 16. They have supported Ash at St.Georges hall during Bradford music week and have been Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac‟s house band for the week. Now on their second EP release, the future looks promising for the young-sters. Having been on the scene for nearly two years now , the band have defi-
nitely established a fan base and learnt a lot about the music business, the local scene and song writ-ing. The boys have come along way from their monthly appearance at the 1in12 club. If you want to know more about the band vote for them! Visit our MySpace on which you can hear „Tiptoes‟ never before heard on the internet.
