To top off a stellar year that has seen them invade the charts with summer anthem “Sweet Disposition” and embark on a sell-out UK tour, The Temper Trap join forces with XFM to celebrate Christmas in a very special way.

XFM’s Winter Wonderland at London’s Brixton Academy on Wednesday December 16, 2009 will be a fitting end to a great year and another guaranteed sell-out.

Joining The Temper Trap onstage at this year’s XFM Winter Wonderland:

Razorlight, The Big Pink, Bombay Bicycle Club, Local Natives, Goldhawlks & Cassidy

Tickets go on sale at 8am on November 6th, for more information visit:

XFM Winter Wonderland Official Website

Buy Music:

The Temper Trap on amazon.co.uk

The Temper Trap on amazon.com

For the latest music and information, go to:

The Temper Trap Official Website

Carlis Star is the brainchild of Simon Cowan’s bedroom demos. Having re-located from Cambridge to Manchester, brothers Simon and Alf recruited best friends Shona Melvin, Joel Sloan and Nick Cooke to complete the band line-up and play the songs live.

Watch Carlis Star – band trailer:

The band had a busy first 12 months on the live circuit performing at events such as Leeds Festival, Liverpool Sound City, SXSW in Austin Texas and a club NME tour, including a packed out KOKO (ex Camden Palace) in London, in support of the debut single “Hereby No One”.

The single received airplay from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio One, was added to the XFM national playlist and was named ‘Single of The Week’ on XFM Manchester. The band also received mentions in press such as NME, Clash and Sandman.

Carlis Star are back in 2009 with a new batch of songs and will return to the live circuit this coming spring. The band will then go into the studio this summer to record an EP for release in autumn 2009.

Carlis Star Spring 2009 shows:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

Friday 24th April – The Aftershow @ Moho Live, Manchester
Saturday 23rd May – Hungry Pigeon Festival, Manchester
Friday 12th June – Blowout @ Chorlton Irish Centre, Manchester

Carlis Star Official Website

Carlis Star MySpace

XFM’s Rock Show and Classic Rock Magazine are showing their support for new music, by offering an amazing prize to open for legendary rockers Gun when they play at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on December 18th 2008.

Gun are playing just two dates in the UK at which they will play their classic gold-selling album ‘Taking On The World’ for the first time in its entirety.

To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, send a link to either your band’s MySpace, or a link to a live performance of your band on YouTube to Katie P at Rock Show XFM here: Katie@xfm.co.uk.

All entries need to be in by December 8th, 2008, with the winning band being announced on the Rock show with Katie P.

For competition details listen into Katie P on the rock show on Sunday 30th November between 10pm and 1am.

XFM Official Website

Gun on amazon.co.uk

Gun on amazon.com

Gun Official Website
Gun MySpace

The talented young band Behaveya is set to play at the Temple Bar in Oxford, England Saturday 27th September, 2008.

When not out gigging, Behaveya have been spending time in the studio recording songs for their album.

The band members, who live near High Wycombe, are Becca (Vocals + Bass), Stephen (Guitar), James (Guitar), Phil (Drums) and Ayla (Keyboard) – ages 10-17! They play punk/rock originals and covers.

In December 2007 Behaveya entered an XFM competition, they got through to the final 10, played live on the radio and were interviewed by Alex Zane. Quite an accomplishment for such young band!

For music and more information, go to:

Behaveya MySpace

‘XFM Debut Sessions’ is a 2CD collection direct from XFM’s archives of session recordings and live performances, including Jack Penate, Jamie T, Kate Nash, Bloc Party and many others.

Focusing on debut albums, this album features some of the hottest UK acts to release their first longplayers in 2007, alongside classic British artists of the last 10 years. Each of the 36 tracks will be a version of a cut from the artist’s debut album recorded exclusively for XFM. These recordings have never been available before and is a must have album for fans of cutting edge new artists and of some of the biggest acts to come out of the UK in the last decade.

The album coincides with the inaugural XFM New Music Awards, which rivals the Mercury Awards for championing great British music.

Here’s a message about the album from our friends at XFM:

“Since XFM first hit the airwaves in 1997, we have lived and breathed new music – breaking bands, putting on gigs, recording some amazing sessions and being at the heart of the alternative music scene. During this time, hundreds of bands have performed for us, and everytime we hit the record button to capture these moments. Now it’s 2008 and we thought it was about time to pull together a compilation of the best tracks that have been recorded exclusively for XFM.

Listening to these recordings has brought back some incredible memories – whether it be an early session from an artist who has gone on to be a big name, or jaw-dropping performances at an intimate money-can’t-buy XFM gig from one of the world’s biggest bands – and we’ve captured as many as we could on this album.

It’s taken us ages to decide the tracklisting as there have been so many stunning songs to choose from but after listening to hundreds of tracks and arguing for ages, we managed to whittle it down…

As 2007 was such a strong year for new music, we decided to devote the first CD to bands that emerged last year, and the second CD contains classic tracks from the last ten years.

On The Class of 2007, you’ll hear exclusive songs from some of2007’s hottest new bands including Jack Penate, Calvin Harris and Jamie T.

This year we also launch the XFM New Music Award which recognises the best UK debut album of 2007. Enjoy tracks from award nominees The Pigeon Detectives, The View, The Enemy, Kate Nash, The Twang, The Maccabees, and The Wombats.”

XFM The Debut Sessions on amazon.co.uk

XFM Online

The Twang’s new single, “Push the Ghosts / Drinking in LA”, is available to buy from today, November 26th, 2007.

To celebrate, the band have announced a pair of extra special live shows, including a homecoming Christmas party:

20 December 2007 – Birmingham Academy (support from The Sunshine Underground, Look See Proof, plus more TBC)

Also added to the tour schedule:

9 February 2008 – Shepherd’s Bush Empire (NME Awards Show)

The Twang 2007/2008 winter tour dates:

Dates could be added or changed! Go to The Twang’s Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

3 December 2007 Quattro Osaka, Japan
4 December 2007 Quattro Nagoya, Japan
5 December 2007 Quattro Tokyo, Japan
10 December 2007 Academy **XFM’s WinterWonderland** w/ The Stereophonics Glasgow
14 December 2007 G Mex w/ The Happy Mondays Manchester
15 December 2007 Academy w/ The Coral Liverpool
20 December 2007 Carling Academy Birmingham
29 December 2007 Fat Sams Dundee
31 December 2007 The Ironworks Inverness

FEBRUARY 2008 UK TOUR DATES

6 February – Colchester, University
7 February – Warwick, University
8 February – Northampton, Roadmenders
9 February – London, Shepherds Bush Empire
11 February – Lincoln, University
12 February – Leicester, University
13 February – Dudley, JB’s
14 February – Frome, Cheese and Grain
16 February – Guildford, University
17 February – Falmouth University
18 February – Bournemouth, University
19 February – Reading, University
21 February – Swansea, University
22 February – Bangor, University
23 February – Bradford, University
24 February – Lancaster, Sugarhouse
26 February – Edinburgh, University
27 February – Hull, University

The Twang on Myspace
The Twang Official Website

We bring you tidings of comfort and joy. Our new single, “One Christmas Wish” is out Monday December 3rd, 2007 on our very own Beehive Records via Cargo distribution.

(Read The Priscillas interview!)

Feel free to do what you will with it – play it on your radio show, write about it, put it on your Christmas compilation for your friends…or just plain LISTEN to it. Fill with joy at the key changes, and weep a tear of festive joy at the use of TWO types of bells.

2007 has been a great year with live appearances at the Camden Crawl, Bestival, Port Eliot Literary Festival, the NEC, Camden Electric Ballroom to name a few and radio plays by Gary Crowley, XFM, Rob Da Bank, Radio 1 and 2 and lovely press from NME to The Independent to Vogue.

Thank you to all of you who’ve been to our shows, bought our CD and 7″ vinyl singles, booked us, worn our T shirts, emailed us, played us on the radio, written about us, taken pictures of us, blogged about us, befriended us on MySpace, bought us drinks, or supported us in any other way. Thanks also to the support of all our London friends who voted for “(All The Way To) Holloway” to be XFM’s Song For London.

Merry Christmas Everyone and Best Wishes For 2008!!!

The single, “One Christmas Wish” was recorded and produced by Marc Waterman.

Come and see The Priscillas live – 2007 show dates:

November 15 – Gaz’s Rockin Blues, St Moritz, Wardour St, London W1
November 22 – Islington Academy, London N1 with Electric Eel Shock
November 29 – The Priscillas and Alex Zane turn on the Holloway Road Christmas lights, Nags Head, Holloway Road, London N7 at 5.30pm (broadcast live on XFM 104.9FM and via www.xfm.co.uk)
December 2 – DJ set at the Mucky Pup, London N1 from 4.30pm
December 7 – Dirty Water Club, The Boston, Tufnell Park, London N19
December 15 – Clerkenwell House, 23-27 Hatton Wall, EC1 with Kevin Rowland

For more pictures/information/show news/hair care tips, go to:

The Priscillas Official Website

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