FOX CUBS ON THE PROWL IN STORTFORD

This Saturday (6 December) a fine selection of up-and-coming indie bands will by stopping by the Half Moon in Bishops Stortford to play Club Blub.

The night will include a headline performance from the increasingly raved-about Reading act Fox Cubs, with support coming from The Stolen Coda, The Summons and Stop Eject.

Named among the "top ten hopes for the future" by NME in August this year, Fox Cubs started life in July 2007 and have already made quite a name for themselves.

During the last 12 months, the band have recorded live sessions for both Radio One and XFM, headlined the Steve Lamacq stage at the 2008 Camden Crawl, performed on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds festivals and played as part of the recent BBC Electric Proms.

Describing the band's live performance in a recent review, NME wrote: "These Berkshire boys have the clean-cut poster boy looks of a band like The Feeling, but mangled with synthy breakdowns that The Killers and Gary Numan would have a rock, paper, scissors match for sole custody of."

Kicking off the night will be Nottingham-based art rockers Stop Eject who have recently released their second EP, 'Cargo Cult Science'.

Following them are Saffron Walden band The Summons, whose contemporary take on old-school rock sounds like Hard-Fi jamming out a Clash cover with Foals.

Performing as main support to Fox Cubs will be The Stolen Coda. Young, brash, immediate and vital, this band play modern rock n blues that takes its lead from the likes of The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. Already a well-established part of the vibrant
Harlow scene, the band have just released their new 'Breakneck Rumba' EP.

Doors will open for the night at 7:30pm and Stop Eject will be the first band onstage at 8:00pm.

Tickets are £6 on the door or £5 (plus 50p booking fee) from www.wegottickets.com

More information about this and other Club Blub events is available now at www.myspace.com/clubblub

IS MUSIC YOUR LIFE? THEN MAKE IT YOUR CAREER!

Essex Music Agency, in partnership with Colchester Institute, is offering you the opportunity to undertake a six month programme exploring all aspects of the music industry

Are you:
• 15 – 18 years old?
• An able pop and rock musician?
• Looking to study music at a higher level?
• Looking for a career in the music industry?

If you are then you can be involved in the following programme:

• Week long programme of workshops, performance opportunities, music venue visits and talks from people in the industry in February half term
• The chance to gain work experience, mentoring and performance skills from musical professionals
• Information and advice on further study and career paths

If you are interested in finding out more please contact:

Deborah Neubauer – deborah.neubauer@essex.gov.uk or 01245 244648

Bands to Earn their Stripes

For the third year running, the Red Stripe Music Award is offering emerging bands the opportunity to play hard and win big, securing slots at three of the summer’s favourite festivals including The Great Escape.

The four month regional gig series will start in January 2009, hitting over 25 of the Country’s best loved live music venues, from The Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh to The Purple Turtle in Reading - unearthing treasures of the grass roots music scene along the way.

Open to bands playing any manner of music, utterly unbiased to trend or leaning, Red Stripe asks only that applicants are over 18 years old and perform original tracks with the heart and soul they deserve.

Supported this year by Best Before Records, Fender, Merc clothing and The Fly magazine the stakes are high for 2009.

Bands can enter via www.redstripe.net where regular updates on the regional gigs, shortlists, finalists and special promotions will be made over the next 6 months. Fill in your details now and check out what last year’s winner (May 08) has been up to.

Love Music, Hate Racism

The cream of young Essex musical DJ talent are joining together with some of the biggest names in music to perform at a mammoth Love Music Hate Racism fundraiser. The venue is MATTER (London's newest "superclub" at 02 dome).

Love Music Hate Racism @ Matter @ 02 dome
Thurs 27 Nov - 7pm til 2am

Given the recent expose that the fascist BNP are considering holding their para-military training camp Red White & Blue event (exposed by undercover filming on Panorama) in Maldon, Essex - this is a well timed response from young people in Essex .

Essex based artists are (pix are available on their myspace pages):
Crissy Criss - Colchester based Radio 1 & 1xtra DnB DJ was the youngest ever DJ to be given his own show on Radio 1 - will be performing a drum n bass and dubstep sett alongside Youngman MC
Norman H (strippedmuzikclub) - Southend based Tech-house DJ / producer / record label owner - plays around the world from Argentina, Eastern Europe to legendary Renaissance sessions
Billy H - Basildon based house DJ often seen in Ibiza, Snowbombing and much missed superclub Turnmills

All procceds from the event will be used to fund education events for communites, schools, colleges and workplaces in the run up to the Euro-Elections in May. Essex is the most active section of LMHR in the whole country and will be taking coach loads of music fans to the event.

"rock - grime - indie - DnB - emo - hip-hop - techno - dubstep - banghra - acoustic - RnB
This is our music, these are our streets, this is our county. Love Music-Hate Racism."

Line Up (is like a Zane Lowe playlist) :
Chase & Status - DnB duo are THE hottest dance act in the UK today - their star studded album More than a Lot mixes DnB, dupstep, hip-hop, banghra (featured artists on album include Plan B and Kano)
The Automatic - from Wales - first broke into the charts with the massive Monster - latest single Steve McQueen has become a rock anthem of the summer - this is the only London gig of their November Euro tour
Roll Deep - first ever gig with a full live band (called 3rd Syndrome) - performed at the LMHR Carnival in Victoria Park infront of 110,000 people
Kids in Glass Houses - NME / Kerrang favourites also from Wales - latest single is called Fisticuffs is full speed ahead rock / emo and being caned by Zane Lowe
Boy Better Know ft. Skepta & JME - grime grime grime - Serious, Rolex Sweep - we love them
The Thirst - Brixton based indie - album On the Brink on (Ronnie Wood's) Wooden Records label - big supporters of LMHR performed at Victoria Park - toured with The Rolling Stones
Joe Driscoll - Indy Award solo artist of the year - unique New York indie / hip-hop crossover artist - New album out soon to follow up Origin Myth - world class
Crissy Criss & Youngman MC - Colchester based 1xtra & Radio 1 DnB DJ will be dropping DNB / dubstep set
Chrome - You will have seen him on TV & Festivals as the singer on the Dizze Rascal no.1 single - His own debut single is being produced by Calvin Harris and due for release around Xmas
Digga - no.1 in the myspace RnB charts with his single Broken when unsigned - recently signed to Atlantic - featured artist on Chase & Status album
Norman H - (strippedmuzikclub)
Lush - South London female MC & dancer - her album is being produced in Atlanta - Ne-yo is producing some of the tracks
Artcha - breakthrough London hip-hop MC
Billy H - Basildon based house DJ often seen in Ibiza, Snowbombing and legendary superclub Turnmills
KMT - global hip-hop DJ from Nu-MCs

plus EXPECT some VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

Holding a major Love Music Hate Racism benefit show at London's newest 'superclub' will send out a vital message across the city when it's most needed. At the end of April, we saw the real face of multicultural London at our biggest-ever event, as 110,000 people came to our Love Music Hate Racism Carnival in Victoria Park, Hackney.

Just four days later though saw a member of fascist organisation – Richard Barnbrook of the British National Party – elected to London city government for the first time ever. BNP policy is "an all-white Britain" but Barnbrook's leaflets didn't say that. He and the BNP conned their way to 130,000 votes across the capital in May – and they'll be looking to represent London in Europe too in next year's European Elections.

The prospect of the BNP running a major London Borough – Barking & Dagenham which already has 12 fascist BNP councillors – is real. When the BNP's pals, the French National Front, won control of 2 local councils, they cut benefits for "immigrants" and banned hip-hop as "alien", "tribal" and "degenerate" music.

"If the BNP can grow in the most multiracial city in Europe they can grow anywhere, unless all decent people stand up and stop them."

Youth Unplugged At High Barn

Following the success of our monthly Unplugged evenings, High Barn are inviting talented young musicians to take part in a new addition to their Events Programme: ‘Youth Unplugged’ Friday 13th February 2009.
The format of the evening will be the same as High Barns enormously popular monthly ‘Unplugged’ evenings with 6 bands/singers/musicians to perform a 15 minute set each. The set must be acoustic - no electric guitars (with the exception of bass guitar) or keyboards (we have a grand piano that keyboard players can use).
For many young musicians it will be an opportunity to take part in an artistic ‘alliance’ with others of their own age and perform live in front of a new audience. If you are under 18 years or under and in a Rock, Pop or Folk group, or whether you’re a drummer, a singer, a flautist, or a violin player, we want to hear from you.
Once you have submitted an example of your music to High Barn we will process your details and be in touch with you in the new year should you be selected to play. Please email Myspace links or Mp3’s to: wendy.meldrum@high-barn.com
Alternatively you can post CD’s to: Attn. Wendy Meldrum, High Barn Ltd, The Bardfield Centre, Great Bardfield, Braintree, Essex CM7 4SL
Please ensure that you include all of your contact details!

Club NME at The Barhouse in Chelmsford

NME is arguably one of the most recognised music magazines in the World and its Club NME nights have been a launch pad for some of the biggest names in alternative music with the likes of The Kaiser Chiefs, The Gossip, Klaxons and more recently Foals going out on Club NME tours and playing intimate shows in some of the UK’s and America’s leading venues.

Club NME is now launching in Chelmsford with a new weekly Friday night residency at Chelmsfords newest music venue, Barhouse. The parties will be brought to you by NME magazine, leading UK gig promoters Live Nation, Trash Society plus barhouse and will showcase a weekly mix of new and established bands, acts and DJs.

This is a new opportunity for Chelmsford and surrounding areas gig goers to experience some of the leading names and acts right on their own door steps on a regular basis. The Chelmsford and local music scene has been steadily growing recently with a wealth of new bands, DJs and promoters all coming through the ranks and providing numerous memorable live gigs. NME have recognised this musical growth and with the help of local promoters Trash Society have decided to provide Chelmsford and surrounding areas with a new standard of cutting edge live music.

This all begins on Friday 5th December with a "special guest" band playing live alongside Club NME DJs aswell as a guest DJ slot from ENTER SHIKARI – DJ P-Dex