British Music @ it's Freshest !
The Finest UK Bands & Artists Playing @ SXSW 2009 March 1, 2009, 10:18 AM Views: 1779
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 2009 promises to be a big year for our little bands/artists from the UK.
The big wigs over at UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the major trade organizations AIM (Association of Independent Music) and rights collecting societies PRS for Music have very kindly chucked a load of money into showcasing our UK acts at SXSW 2009. The International presense for the festival this year is unbelievable, good on those big wigs for pulling their fingers out.
All the big names are there this year, the likes of: Gallows, Laura Marling, The Whip, Rolo Tomassi, Aqualung, We Have Band, You Me At Six, Bring Me To The Horizin & sooooo many more.
Our brilliant team here @ Altsounds is dedicated to bringing you the bestest music you could ever imagine, so keep on the look out for these Bands/Artists popping up in our News and Reviews sections.
If your not lucky enough to attend this years MASSIVE music event then here is the run down of the best UK Bands/Artists set to play, have a listen to their Myspace, you know you want to! HOT HOT HOT! These are the big names to hit SXSW this year, watch this space
LAURA MARLING  Laura Marling doesn’t merely sing about what’s to be expected from someone her age - love, lust and romance. The futility of religion, self-loathing and human psychology are also common themes in her provocative, extremely mature creations. With comparisons to folk heroes Joni Mitchell and Carole King, as well as Kate Bush, her deft, cool phrasing is suggestive of someone who has a story to tell, and knows how to tell it.
Laura Marling on MySpace Music
- WE HAVE BAND  We fell hard for these ex-EMI staffers and disco-funk subversives when they landed in our laps in 2008. A series of increasingly addictive MP3 releases – plus an awesome cover of Pet Shop Boys’ ‘West End Girls’ and an unforgettable NME Radio party performance – further cemented our unconditional love.
We Have Band on MySpace Music
- GALLOWS  Gallows formed in Watford in 2005 from the ashes of two local bands. They arrived in 2006, tore 2007 a new arsehole and pretty much owned the best part 2008. Their 2006 debut Orchestra Of Wolves was the flaming shit parcel hurled through an open window of the music scene; the concrete poured in the shallow, stagnant pond of pretenders.
GALLOWS on MySpace Music
- BRING ME TO THE HORIZON  Bring Me the Horizon are five young British lads with a penchant for the heavy...they have quickly established themselves as THE band that everyone wants to watch with their incendiary live show.
BRING ME THE HORIZON on MySpace Music
- YOU ME AT SIX
 You Me At Six’s pop-rock debut has earned them award nominations, sold out tours and millions of followers on MySpace in the UK. Their first ever USA performance will be at the SXSW Kerrang! Showcase and one not to miss.
You Me At Six on MySpace Music
- ROLO TOMASSI
 Hassle Records newest signings, Rolo Tomassi are a fresh-faced bunch straight from the Steel City (Sheffield), playing some of the most frenetic, insane and jaw-dropping tunes around. Combining elements of punk, hardcore, post-rock, electronica, jazz and full on metal, it's an aural assault, but of the hippest, knowing kind, and in frontwoman Eva, they posess the most natural star to emerge from the UK underground in years. Forming in 2005, the band self-released their first demo, and followed this up by a self-titled EP; their debut LP 'Hysterics' was released in September 2008 on Hassle.
Rolo Tomassi on MySpace Music
- THE WHIP
 1am. Saturday, November 17, 2007. Manchester. In a disused WWII air raid shelter under Piccadilly Station, local heroes The Whip have 2000 rabid Mancunians eating out of their latex, mechanised palm. As 'Trash' - "an electro rock epic" (copyright Mixmag) - reaches its jagged peaks, the Warehouse Project explodes in an ear-bursting, elemental frenzy of air punching, pogoing and vicious movement. There is no trickery here. No expensive visuals, no Topshop new rave outfits, no gimmicks, just a band - utterly in tune with the crossover electro-rock spirit of the times, creating scenes of northern rave mayhem the equal of anything ever witnessed at Electric Chair or Bugged Out
THE WHIP on MySpace Music
- SKYLARKIN  Sky Larkin's ascent has been rapid and invigorating. The trio's pair of pre-album singles 'Fossil, I' and 'Beeline' have swelled interest and love in the band, prior to the release of their debut album, The Golden Spike. Signed to mighty indie Wichita (bloc party, etc) 2009 looks bright.
Sky Larkin on MySpace Music
- THE HOT MELTS  Electrifying Liverpool four-piece The Hot Melts are the first signing to Epitaph’s brand new UK based imprint, Wonderland Records. With blistering rock’n’roll power pop, The Hot Melts mix the best sounds of both sides of the Atlantic - a salty Wirral accent and warts-and-all storytelling with the typically US big, dense, hard-riffing sound. With influences including Pulp, Weezer, Blur, The Chiffons, The Smoking Popes and Grandaddy, The Hot Melts have released their first single (I Wish I Had)Never Been In Love last November 2008. Second single Edith is about to drop this March, with a full album release scheduled for later this year and first signs are it’s going to be very special.
The Hot Melts on MySpace Music
- FRIENDS ELECTRIC 
Friends Electric are a four-piece electro outfit from South Wales, influenced by acts such as Talking Heads, Daft Punk, Toyshop Murders and Mew. Formed in the past year, the band have already received strong support from BBC Radio 1, a nomination for an XFM/Pop Factory award and a show at the UK music industry's annual In The City conference in Manchester, England. Having built a loyal and ever-expanding following, they have recently played with Alphabeat, Ladyhawke and The Whip.
Friends Electric on MySpace Music
- SAM ISAAC  The Sam Isaac show frequently resembles an indie cottage industry. Friends make artwork, do recording, direct music videos and carry clipboards. Perfect strangers sell his CDs. Sam's part of the bargain is donning an acoustic guitar and making music. Sam has shared the stage with acts like Scouting For Girls, Frank Turner, Kate Walsh, Polytechnic and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
Sam Isaac on MySpace Music
- IN CASE OF FIRE
 In Case Of Fire - write down that name, you're going to want to remember it - prove themselves one of the best new bands in Britain. Watching In Case Of Fire, you get a similar feeling to watching Muse back in 1999, where despite the lowly venues it's obvious that there's a special talent at play, ready to catapult them to the top of their game.
In Case Of Fire on MySpace Music
- FIGHTING WITH WIRE
 Ireland's Fighting With Wire imbue classic 90s grunge influences with a fierce punk aesthetic and a melodic sensibility that recalls Nirvana, Jimmy Eat World, Soundgarden and Foo Fighters in equal measure. Devastatingly tight, refreshingly accessible and thrillingly entertaining - this is YOUR band!
Fighting With Wire on MySpace Music
- TWIN ATLANTIC
 Having shared the stage with artists such as The Subways, Biffy Clyro, Thrice, Say Anything, and the Smashing Pumpkins, this four-piece Glasgow outfit are preparing to embark on a headline tour in the UK to kick off Glasgow’s 900 capacity QMU. Signed to GunsGoBang / King Tuts Recordings, Twin Atlantic will be heading across the ocean for their debut US performance at this year’s SXSW.
TWIN ATLANTIC on MySpace Music
- SKIBUNNY  Electro-pop from Northern Ireland's legendary djs, remixers, promoters and now three piece band. Skibunny have played everywhere from Tokyo to Moscow, from Glastonbury to New York. File next to Depeche Mode, Afghan Whigs and Goldfrapp.
SKIBUNNY on MySpace Music
- HATCHAM SOCIAL
The New Cross fuzzy popsters have been steadily releasing increasingly sought-after seven-inches for a while now, building an ever-hungry fanbase across the globe for their Orange Juice-inspired lo-fi racket. Their drummer used to play for Klaxons you know.
Hatcham Social on MySpace Music
- AQUALUNG
 Racking up 300,000 sales of his US debut, Matt Hales is no stranger to US audiences. He's recently turned his attention to writing songs for other artists, and is excited to be co-writing with various chart-topping writers, including Guy Chambers. He recently produced the debut album “March Forth” by Brooklyn-based duo Kaiser Cartel. But Aqualung hasn’t gone away – Matt recently released a new album for new label Verve “Words & Music”, so the Aqualung story is far from over, as he continues to pursue his ambition to make, in his own words, “grown-up music, and to write songs about this curious world that are truthful, articulate, candid, poetic, sometimes beautiful and occasionally a bit strange.”
AQUALUNG on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
- SLOW CLUB  Slow Club are more than charming anti-folk troubadours or the lo-fi acoustic end of the Sheffield scene; they are the real thing. Live as on record, Charles and Rebecca enrapture audiences with the same involuntary joy and simplistic rush that they themselves imbue. Charles with bruised vocal, a rasping guitar and disarming lightness of touch, casts unlikely wit against Rebecca’s angelic vocal and cheeky turn of phrase, amid her wild array of percussive apparatus including wooden chairs, glass bottles, and spoons. With a brace of acclaimed singles under their belts the duo are set to release their debut album on Moshi Moshi later this Spring.
SLOW CLUB on MySpace Music
- Dananananaykroyd  2009 is the year for Glaswegian sextet Dananananaykroyd. Their unique brand of fun loving Post-hardcore/Heavy Alternative/Art Rock (also known as Fight-pop) has been winning hearts and capturing fans across the UK music scene whilst the band have toured tirelessly with the likes of Kaiser Chiefs, Foals, Futureheads and Johnny Foreigner. ‘Hey Everyone’, their debut album, preceded by single ‘Black Wax’, already a live favorite will break every boundary, every preconception and stamp ‘FIGHT POP’ across the world’s collective face in the loudest possible way.
DANANANANAYKROYD on MySpace Music
- & Many more bands from the UK will be appearing at SXSW this year.
Look out for the Full line-up and Schedule coming to Altsounds very soooon!
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