Well I've been a bit quiet on here of late sorry about that! Since my last post the site turned 3 and we had an amazing Gathering!
So first bit of news for you this year as I'm sure you know all the Strength tour dates and all about the Strength and Majority releases....
The final line up of the Westworld Weekend has been confirmed and as previously announced Theatre Of Hate will headline the Friday night with Spear Of Destiny taking top billing on the Saturday. Guest slots are Death Valley Surfers on Friday and Steve Grantley's RT-Zed returning to the Westworld for Saturday. Folk Grinder will have a Saturday afternoon spot hopefully previewing material from their upcoming second album and Kirk Brandon will be performing an Akoustik set.
Weekend tickets are nearly sold out but the remaining ones can be snapped up HERE!
The Mission are heading out for a series of live dates in smaller venues under the guise of the Blood Brothers as part of some warm up dates booked around next years festival appearances. All dates are now on sale via the Mission store and tickets can be bought separately or as part of a bundle featuring an exclusive t-shirt.
The 5 dates are...
Bruce Foxton has announced his new album, which will be titled "Smash The Clock", will be released in October 2015 and will be crowd funded via Pledge Music. Currently the Pledge site has it listed as Bruce Foxton and Russell Hastings (his From The Jam bandmate who also featured on 2012's "Back In The Room" album) but it is anticipated that Smiley will also feature following his involvement with From The Jam.
Rewards on offer range from the basic download for £8, the signed CD for £15 through to T-Shirt packages, Art work, Prints, Your Name In The Credits or even tickets for an Intimate Gig!
Full ranges of rewards & ordering details can be found HERE!
James Stevenson & Craig Adams both feature (alongside a cast of 200 well known names) on the charity album "Sex Drugs and HIV" a project some 19 years in the making created by Mat Sargent (Chelsea, Sham 69, Splodgenessabounds).
The album will split it's fund raising efforts between the Terrence Higgins Trust, Release, Rape Crisis and Cancer Research UK and is available now from Amazon and the projects own website. For more details, videos and musician info click HERE!
To order from Amazon click HERE!
Not strictly an Alarm related bit of news but for fans of Kerry Schultz, who unsurprisingly features on both of Smileys solo albums, you will be pleased to know you can hear Kerry fronting the Bond tastic Q The Music Show on their new album.
Celebrating 10 years of working together the double live "10 Years Of Bonding" comprises 37 tracks that will be instantly familiar to even the most casual Bond fan. To make it incredibly easy for fans to get hold of the CD is available as a buy now option through Ebay.
ORDER HERE
For more info on Q The Music Show including audio samples and video links you can reach their website HERE
The first RT-Zed album "Return To Zero" (released as RT-Zed Global) is to have a very limited CD run. Preorders will start at 9a.m. on November 14th with the CD shipping in early December.
Fans will need to keep a close eye on the RT-Zed Facebook page to snap up one of these Steve Grantley rarities so get signed up HERE
It's finally that time boys & girls! Smiley's Friends in Far Out Places album is available now on both CD or as a digital download....it's amazing, you need it!
CD - ORDER HERE
DIGITAL - ORDER HERE
More options.....
AMAZON (Download)
iTUNES
UK
USA
Read my review HERE
Want a free track to download from the excellent new Smiley album "Friends In Far Out Places"? Sure you do!
You can get yourself a download of the albums closing track "13" but why choose that one?
Over to the albums co-writer Graham Turner "We're doing our bit to help raise awareness of missing children and teenagers this Christmas. We're writing about real stuff here, things we all take for granted, especially at Christmas and all."
Get your download HERE!
If you would like to know more about the charity Missing People or any of it's associate partners then you can reach their site HERE!
I did report on this a while back but as the album is now available it seems a good time to remind folks!
"The Farmacology Sessions" by New American Farmers is now available to buy from Bandcamp in various physical or digital forms. The album features a guest spot by Twist on one track, a cover of "Rain In The Summertime".
Check it all out and grab yours HERE!
In a surprise announcement yesterday Archive revealed they are releasing a new album called "Restriction" which will be supported by a full European tour starting in February of next year.
"Restriction" will be released on 12th January on the bands own Dangervisit label but as a taster the band released three singles yesterday which are available on i-Tunes immediately either by purchasing individually or when you preorder the whole album.
The album features:
1.Feel It
2.Restriction
3.Kid Corner
4.End Of Our Days
5.Third Quarter Storm
6.Half Built Houses
7.Riding In Squares
8.Ruination
9.Crushed
10.Black And Blue
11.Greater Goodbye
12.Ladders
13.All The Time
The singles are highlighted in red.
For full tour dates please check out the Archive site HERE!
Despite not featuring in the three videos on the site Smiley features on the album and the tour as normal but was unavailable for the video shoots due to commitments with From The Jam.
