Where are they now?
Here's a round-up of what some of the artists who have played Read the Fanzine / Keep your ears Peeled have been up to since they last played the night.
Rod Thomas's career has been going from strength to strength between playing Glastonbury (Avalon tent), New York, and is embarking on a national tour early in 2008 - including Liverpool at The Barfly on 19th February. His single was picked up as single of the week on the Australian Itunes site, and he was nominated for an Indy award as Best Solo artist. I think we'll be hearing a lot more from him in the future - check out the rather sweet video for "Your love is a tease" below.
Suki from The Real Heat has been voted #43 in NME's Cool List 2007, and were featured on the new NME TV channel on Sky TV. If anything, I'm surprised she's not higher in the list! I remember being on the phone to her at 8.30pm - when they were due on stage at 9pm! They jumped in a taxi from Brixton to London Bridge, had a drink and went straight on with no sound check or nothing - and still sounded good - cool as you like. XFM's John Kennedy is a big fan and has had them in for a session (Fnar Fnar) They're also being featured regularly in fashion magazines and have been touring Europe, and look like they've got a bright future ahead, though they might need to edit out some of the language before they get played on daytime radio!
Kaputt who played our first live night, have been featured on Marc Riley's show on 6 Music, and have recorded sessions for XFM
Smith 6079 are playing to bigger and bigger crowds, and their debut single was #1 on Amazon's pre-order chart - check out the polished video below.
Claire Toomey was nominated, and performed at the Indy awards (see video below) and switched on the Christmas lights in Croydon.
More as I hear anything!
Past Shows
| Date |
Venue |
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1st March 2006 |
Extra Time Bar
Barbican, London |
DJs:
Tris,
Colm
JG
JK
Glyn
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29th April 2006 |
Progress Bar
Tufnell Park, London |
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3rd June 2006
|
Progress Bar
Tufnell Park, London |
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8th July 2006
|
Progress Bar
Tufnell Park, London |
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12th August 2006
|
Dublin Castle,
Camden, London |
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19th August 2006
|
Leather Exchange,
London Bridge |
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12th October 2006
|
Bar Monsta,
Camden, London |
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1st December 2006
|
Bar Monsta,
Camden, London |
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2nd December 2006
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Dublin Castle,
Camden, London |
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19th January 2007
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Bar Monsta,
Camden, London |
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16th February 2007
|
Bar Monsta,
Camden, London |
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12th April 2007
|
Arizona Bar & Grill
Camden, London |
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19th February 2008
|
Magnet
Liverpool |
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20th February 2008
|
Roadkill
Liverpool |
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