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30th October 2008

 Preorder Kong "Leather Penny" Now!



Following on from Kong’s debut single “Blood of a Dove”, Brew Records are proud to present “Leather Penny” on ultra limited CD & digital download.

Preorder's available from our myspace page below:

www.myspace.com/brewrecords

After recent supports with Future of the Left, Nine Black Alps & Biffy Clyro, Kong will be touring the UK throughout December including recording a live session for XFM.

The album, 'Snake Magnet', will follow in 2009.

We will also be launching this bad boy at the Brudenell Social Club on the 12th December, full lineup below:

Kong That Fucking Tank Chickenhawk Ultra Special Guests


1st September 2008

 Preorder i Concur's 'Oblige' 7" now

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The new 7" from i Concur entitled 'Oblige' is available for pre order now on limited 7" and digital download. Please head over to our myspace to get your copy. We'll also be having a lovely launch at The Brudenell Social Club, full details below:

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“a hulking bruiser of a cut, a more animated and agitated affair this time of asking flanked by zeroing speaker lacerating struts and frenetically freewheeling upon head welding underpins and a seriously spiked contortionist pop groove that’s so bloody criminally infectious you could kiss the blighter for its audacity” Losing Today.com

“With tight guitars, drums and bass and some good ideas I Concur have put a good single out, well worth a listen!" Sheffield Music.com

14th August 2008

 NEW I CONCUR SINGLE, TOUR AND FESTIVAL APPEARENCES

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i Concur have announced details of a new single and a tour as well as a slot at Reading and Leeds Festivals.

The new single Oblige will be released Monday 6th October on Brew. It has been produced by Tom Woodhead of ¡Forward, Russia! and will be available as a limited edition 7” and download. It will also feature b-side Captors.

A remix of the single by Woodhead’s AnteAter project will also be available with pre-orders.

Brew will host a special launch night at the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, on Saturday 4th October featuring Napoleon IIIrd, Dinosaur Pile-up and Tom Woodhead’s own AnteAter project.

Meanwhile, following i Concur’s Maida Vale session for Huw Stephens in March, the band have now been selected by to play on the BBC Introducing stages at both Reading and Leeds Festivals. Full details here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing/

Details of i Concur’s full Oblige tour are below:

23rd Aug: Reading Festival BBC Introducing Stage
24th Aug: Leeds Festival BBC Introducing Stage
24th Sept: Brudenell, Leeds (with Ladyhawke)
27th Sept: Academy, Sheffield (with Nat Johnston, Champ’ Kickboxer and more)
28th Sept: Bush Hall, London (with Nat Johnston)
4th Oct: Brudenell, Leeds (with Napoleon IIIrd, Dinosaur Pile-up and AnteAter)
5th Oct: Hockley Hustle, Bunkers Hill, Nottingham (with Love Ends Disaster!, Her Name Is Calla and Glissando)
8th Oct: The End, Newcastle
10th Oct: The Vine, Sowerby Bridge
12th Oct: The Oakford, Reading (with Vessels)
13th Oct: The Metro, London
15th Oct: Dry Bar, Manchester
16th Oct: The Adelphi, Hull
17th Oct: Brainwash Festival III with ¡Forward, Russia!


9th June 2008

We have joined forces with Manchester's Kong to bring you a super 7". We are over the moon to have them on board to do their first single with us! It is released on 28th July on Brew Records and is available on 500 limited transparent 7 inch vinyl (and the usual download channels), with artwork courtesy of Joby J Ford (The Bronx). Preorders available from Tuesday 1st July 2008.

Check out our myspace page for some exclusive samples. There is also their recent live performance from Channel M on our page.

Here's some nice words from Andrew Falkous on the band. Fitting...

Kong is not a name chosen by accident. It does not describe an effeminate collection of callow fuckers thrust together by a desire to look plucked or sound eager to please.

All are/were/shall be in other, perhaps more commercially viable bands, which is notable only because it fills out their biography and creates the impression of a deeper back-story, which becomes, by definition, massively interesting to idiots. Yes, Nancy was in Jane's Addiction, and Milicent founded ITV.

Kong's music, such as it is, takes all the risibly obnoxious elements of lots of very loud, credible bands, feeds it non-brand specific lager, then comes on it in its sleep.

In truth, they are difficult band to describe unless you're a music journalist, in which case you'd probably pick a large animal (elephant, dinosaur or a fantastical creature of myth) and put it in an unusual place (Middlesbrough) with predictably madcap results.

In summary - the first time I saw them play I felt a burning sensation on my arm and realised that I had developed eczema.

The album, 'Snake Magnet', will follow when somebody grows balls and fucking puts it out there.

Andrew Falkous 2008
(McLusky/Future of the left)

Preorders for the vinyl will be available on Tuesday 1st July.


28th March 2008


I Concur are the latest band from the region to be chosen for one of BBC Introducing’s exclusive events. The four piece were put forward by Raw Talent Introducing for a recording session at the BBC’s world famous Maida Vale studios in West London. They join eleven other bands from across the UK this weekend for the session hosted by Radio 1’s Huw Stephens...

BBC Introducing brings together the best in brand new music from across the UK, giving unsigned and brand new artists the chance to be broadcast on BBC radio, television and online as well as opportunities to perform at major festivals. 

Since it started in 2007 BBC Introducing has launched shows on Radio 1, 6 Music, 1Xtra and on over 20 local radio stations who all work together to provide an internal network dedicated to showcasing the hottest new talent.

The very first BBC Introducing stage was at Glastonbury 2007 playing host to 24 of the best new UK artists, nominated by new music shows from across the BBC. The stages continued in 2007 with appearances at Latitude and Bestival.

BBC introducing are set to have stages at Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leeds, Creamfields, Bestival and the BBC’s Electric Proms.

You’ll be able to hear I Concur’s Maida Vale session on Raw Talent Introducing this Sunday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing/maidavale/

Thanks for looking,

*excited*

-tom x


20th March 2008


Quite unbelievably we’ve been asked by Huw Stephens to be feaured as his DIY label of the week commencing the 2nd April on his radio 1 show. We are absolutely over the moon and feel extremely privilege to be featured by him. There are many labels from this area that deserve it and hopefully more attention can be brought to them.

For more information check out the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/huwstephens/

We also have some amazing news coming up including a live session, i’ll post that blog in the next few days.

-tom x



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