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Oct 7 2010

Wired 2010-11 season begins this Saturday

The headliners for the first of this seasons Wired gigs is My First Tooth, who will be playing at The Guildhall this Saturday, 9th October 2010. Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets are on sale now.

Here’s what a few people have said about My First Tooth:

“Makes you wish for a front porch, a sunset, and a song of your own to sing” – Artrocker

“A seriously impressive showing.” – The Fly”

“Simultaneously rough and delicate” – Marsha Shandur, XFM

http://www.myspace.com/myfirsttooth

Also playing at this event; three massively talented local, young bands – The Envy, Atakarma and Picture This.

The Envy

The Envy are a young 3 piece indie-rock band from Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. The band are made up of Dalton (lead guitar, lead vocals and songwriter), Jason (bass guitar) and Will (drummer and backing vocals). The band’s highlight so far was reaching the final of live and unsigned 2009.

http://www.myspace.com/theenvy01

Atakarma

Atakarma is a trio that formed in 2005. They have explored and developed their music to such a depth that it has been rated as the best in the region by the BBC. Their songs have reached the top 15 of the official UK unsigned chart.

Atakarma have announced the release of their third album and sixth body of work, “The Narrow Room” – with 15 tracks of sparkling new material. Atakarma continue to have significant live performances and headline gigs across the South of England and in London. The band have an unforgettable live sound and energy, and a diverse set of influences such as Arcade Fire, Idlewild, Streetlight Manifesto, Julian Casablancas and Modest Mouse.

http://www.myspace.com/atakarma

Picture This

Picture This are an exciting young two piece acoustic band from Cheltenham.

http://www.myspace.com/picturethisacoustic

Mar 18 2010

Wired 13 Mar 2010 review

Words by Rose Churchill, photos by Claire Wathen

more photos from the night on our flickr site

The Crowd

Four Stroudies who produce some mature music for their youth. They opened with a Maccabees cover No Kind Words, familiar to the audience and getting their attention from the off. Catchy and upbeat was second song Players Hearts, showing how well they collaborate together on stage. Words She Says is a perfect driving track and the Acoustic Song was the ideal shout to break up the set list. Easy on the Eyes, ‘the faster one’, got people dancing and was well received by the (other) crowd. The lads new single Birdsong was a highlight and a fantastic seal on the opening set. All in all, a very neat performance!

listen to original songs from the set:

Players Hearts
Words she says
Acoustic song
Easy on the Eyes
Bird Song / Lessons Learned

myspace.com/thecrowdband

The Joe Public

The Joe Public hit the Guildhall as part of their Take It Back tour, and were just what the doctor ordered. Their style was to the taste of the audience, laying them out some good straight rock. The talkative bunch was energetic to the eye, really making the most of their stage space. They played their new single, Skin, which was a bit more melodic but will definitely see some radio play. The band possesses an ear pleasing vocal tone that has no doubt helped their career. Should Have Known was one of the best of the set, with down-tempo Solution rounding off amid an epic wall of sound.

Riffola - Take it Back
Skin
Elements
Should Have Known
Heightened
This Army
Solution

myspace.com/thejoepublic

Dinosaur Outfit

It was nice to see some electro-ska fracture the band line-up, and Dinosaur Outfit really delivered well, despite a (not sure if it’s intentional) can’t-be-assed attitude! Pure movement maker Invisible Shields got the floor boards shaking, shining some feel good rays onto the Wired audience and getting a good reaction. Coming Home, with its interesting and entertaining use of a xylophone pumped energy into the crowd who were appreciative to have some dance ready music fill the hall. Maddie’s Books and 18 were sure shots at adding to the atmospheric buzz and getting the audience involved. Leaving them geared up in anticipation for Tom Browning.

Coffee and Cigarettes
Invisible Shields
Song 3
Coming Home
Maddie’s Books
18
Young Hearts
Splintered Feet and Salty Cheers

myspace.com/dinosauroutfit

Tom Browning and the Movement

This guy was simply made for the stage. Expecting him to turn up with a guitar and mic he had his whole nine-man band in tow, leaving Tom to flaunt his flair and take authority on stage. He was intimate with the audience and got a spirited response from them. Popular tracks including Same Things and the up-beat On Fire were on the seven-song set list, with Home Is Where the Heart Is being the height of his performance. Watching fans could relate to his sentimental lyrics about friendships feelings and values, or in other cases ‘all those people you love to hate’! Expect to see Tom and the Movement rock the stage somewhere bigger in the near future, and if you missed them on Saturday, or even if you didn’t, it’ll be worth the quids. Hopefully he won’t be too busy to pop back next term. It’s safe to say that 2010-2011 has a tough battle in beating this year’s line-ups…

Losing it
Same Things
On Fire
Friends Like These
Home is Where the Heart Is / Don’t Get Left Behind

myspace.com/tbrowningmusic

With an outstanding finale the wire is officially wound up, until next time.

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