By bandweblogs on Apr 6, 2009 in Bands, Featured, Press Releases | Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Competitions, Great Escape, Just Jack, Mentors, Road to V, Rosie Spooner, The Charlatans, The Young Knives, V Festival, Virgin, Virgin Media | 0 Comments

Photo: The Charlatans. Virgin Media today announced that Just Jack and The Charlatans will mentor the finalists of Road to V – the UK’s biggest and longest running search for unsigned musical talent …
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By bandweblogs on Oct 23, 2008 in Bands, Press Releases | Tags: 4Talent, Channel 4, Einstellung, Festivals, Gigbeth, Guillemots, Icarus, Keyboard Choir, lain Woods, Richard Batsford, The Young Knives | 0 Comments

Gigbeth is Birmingham’s biggest celebration of music. From November 6th-8th, 2008, Gigbeth will host a diverse lineup of established artists such as Guillemots, The Young Knives and The Sugarhill Gang alongside breakthrough acts The Keyboard Choir, and Iain Woods …
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By Guest Blogger on Nov 21, 2007 in Bands, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Beard Museum, Courtyard Studio, Downloads, EPs, Ian Davenport, Music, Oxford, Oxford Bands, Radiohead, Record Companies, The Family Machine, The Young Knives, Truck Festival | 0 Comments

Handsome Alcopoppers, meet Jamie, Jason, Darren and Neil from Oxford town – collectively known as The Family Machine. Mixing blissed-out melodic pop hits with indie-folk sensibilities, their particular brand of acoustic loveliness has been reported to have “made love to my ears in a sample infused urban folk dream” by one enthused onlooker …
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