30/04/08

'Captain Indifferent Says, "Whatever"'
ALBUM LAUNCH - FAT SAMS DUNDEE
FRIDAY MAY 30th

It's been ready for over a year, and now FINALLY we bring you our second album, recorded in Chicago March 2007 with Steve Albini.

Soon there will be a pre-order link to buy the album online, and we will be having a launch gig in Fat Sams (Floor 2) Dundee, on Friday May 30th where the album will be available for you to get your mucky paws on!

News on ticket details and awesome support bands soon!

11/03/08
Aberdeen and Dundee Shows in March

Couple shows coming up in the next couple weeks. First one is on Monday March 24th in Aberdeen at Snafu on Union Street - first night of a new club called Blacktooth Rock.

Then on Friday March 28th we're playing at Cage Nightclub in Dundee, which is followed by the new Beartrap clubnight which Kris DJ's at along with Mike from Juliet Kilo. The first one a few weeks ago went really well so if you come along to the gig, stick around after for some fair decent tunes.

08/01/08
Dundee Union Show + Supporting Laeto!

Happy new year! To begin the new year let us dispense with the usual 'the album is coming' crap and say we're working on it, it will be out when it is out!!

Anyway, first show of 2008 will be at the Dundee Union on Wednesday 23rd of this month. Playing with us will be our mates Juliet Kilo, so it should be crackin! On top of that it's absolutely free, and even non-students who can't get signed in are welcome - just give us an e-mail and we will get you on the required list.

The only other show we have booked at present is quite a special one, supporting the mighty Laeto at the Westport Bar on February 16th. It's their 10 Year anniversary and promises to be awesome.

06/12/07
Dundee City Function Suite this Saturday...

This Saturday (December 8th) we will be playing with The Hazey Janes and Avast! at the City Function Suite in Dundee. Promises to be a great show, we're on first so probably around 8.30/9PM.

Talking of great shows, we will also be supporting the mighty Laeto at their 10th Anniversary show on February 16th, 2008 at the Dundee Westport Bar - mark this one in your diaries!!

Same old story with the album unfortunately whilst we figure out how we will be bringing it out, it will eventually see the light of day - promise!

07/11/07
London Metro Show - NEXT TUESDAY (Nov 13th)

This coming Tuesday (November 13th) we will be playing the London Metro (19-23 Oxford St) with Revere, Dogbones and Ophelia Tora.

Also this month we will be playing at the Dundee University Union on Saturday November 23rd. Our set will be part of the Freak Scene clubnight on Floor 5 - if you are not a student you can still come but will need to have ID and be signed in.

24/09/07
THIS SATURDAY @ WESTPORT BAR

This Saturday (29th) at the Westport Bar in Dundee we will be playing along with the mighty Avast!, Archives and Bullet Hell - some company indeed! It is £4 on the door and sure to be a brilliant night.

While we continue to try and figure out what is happening with the album we recorded earlier this year in Chicago, we've been writing a whole bunch of new songs - a couple of which we're hoping to put in the set this Saturday. Hopefully see some of you there!

We have also confirmed a show on Thursday October 18th at Bar Bloc in Glasgow - more news on that soon.

10/08/07
New Photo Gallery

If you click on the gallery link on the left, barring any technical cock-ups you should get our new gallery opening in a new window. At the moment there's a bunch of photos from when we were recording the new album in Chicago, and a few live/promo ones.

We'll be adding more as regularly as possible - news on shows and more coming soon.

03/08/07
Video Shoot for 'Zvezda Is Russian For Star'
+ New Photos

On Tuesday of next week we will be down in London shooting another video with friend and director Tim Mattia for the upcoming single 'Zvezda Is Russian For Star' which you can hear on our myspace page. Photos and such when we have them!

Yesterday we went trekking up some random hills in Fife with our mate Allan and took some photos, you can see the results in the gallery...

29/07/07
September Shows + Single/Album News Coming Soon

The next shows we have confirmed are now up in the shows section, we'll be touring for a couple weeks taking in venues in Scotland, England & Wales. Keep checking back for news about the album and if you haven't already - do sign up to the mailing list to hear first about shows and upcoming releases.

20/06/07
NEW SONG ON MYSPACE + Dundee Fat Sams Live Opening & More Shows

We have just uploaded a new song 'Zvezda Is Russian For Star' to our myspace page, taken from the upcoming album 'Captain Indifferent Says Whatever'. Check it out! News on the album release soon...

On Friday June 29th we will be playing at the opening of the new Fat Sams Live venue in Dundee. This show is invite only but we have 150 invites to give out so get in touch if you want to come!

We have also confirmed shows in Glenrothes at Anima on Sunday September 2nd, and at the Old Swan in Wrexham on Saturday September 22nd as part of a UK tour that we are currently booking.

12/06/07
Album news coming soon!, Last-minute Dundee Show & First Arbroath show confirmed

Coming soon there will be an announcement about the new album and also news about some footage we have been putting together - watch this space!!

We're playing a last-minute show in Dundee tonite at the Balcony Bar with Archives, End of A Year & Attack A Hive - we'll be on first at 8.15PM.

We have also just confirmed our first show in Arbroath at the Viewfield Hotel, supporting Dive Dive on Saturday September 15th.

21/05/07
London City Showcase 2007 & Go North Inverness

We have been picked to play at this year's London City Showcase which runs from June 4th-8th in various venues and shops throughout London. We will be playing:

The Lark in The Park, Islington
Monday June 4th
ON-STAGE 9PM
For further details and travel info click here

We have a limited number of guest-list places so if your in London and want to come along to the show, send us an e-mail.

We have also been confirmed to play this year's Go North festival in Inverness. We will be playing;

Mad Hatters, Church Street, Inverness
Thursay June 7th
ON STAGE 9.45PM
For further details click here

There will be other one-off gigs throughout the summer, and come September we will be playing a "Best of last Year" Untapped Talent event at Edinburgh Union Freshers Week - on Wednesday September 12th.

23/04/07
Album Mastered, The Fly Live Review, Die! Die! Die! Dundee Support + New Pics in Gallery...

Pleased to say the album is now 100% finished after being mastered at Abbey Road with Steve Rooke! It would be a huge understatement to say we are all beyond pleased with how it has turned out, it was a really satisfying process recording it and we're looking forward to letting people hear it. Release details as and when we have them!

In the April edition of The Fly magazine we got a really positive live review for a Dundee show we played just before going to Chicago... "Alamos are art-rockers with an equal emphasis on both sides of the hyphen, three Davy Crocketts ready to gun down the cavalry of the mediocre or be swallowed in the attempt" Read the entire review on the forum here

Over the course of the last month we've been down to Wales and played a handful of shows with a band called Frommars. They came up this way for a couple shows this weekend past in Carlisle and Dundee, and all the shows were really good fun, you can check out some their tunes here Hopefully not the last time we join forces!

In a couple weeks we're playing in Dundee again at the Westport Bar supporting recent Pet Piranha signings Die! Die! Die!. Also playing are Le Reno Amps and Actress Hands, the show kicks off at 9pm and it will be pay on the door.

Check out the gallery for some new pics mostly from recording.

21/03/07
Back from Chicago, Diary Thread on Forum, Organ Single Of The Week...

Well that's us back from recording the album at Electrical Audio in Chicago, and it's been an incredible couple of weeks. For a day by day diary including a bunch of random pics and needless dietary info, head over to this thread on the forum!

Online Fanzine Organ have named 'Silly Icarus' as their Single Of The Week in the latest edition...

"...they’ve made some rather decent records before, nothing as breathtakingly good as this though, this moves them up a whole division or two." Read More

05/03/07
Playlouder 'Silly Icarus' Review, XFM Rock Show & Chicago Recording...

"Unlike its namesake, this tune's got wings." Read the rest of the music website Playlouder's review of 'Silly Icarus' here

XFM London DJ Ian Camfield played said single on his Sunday night Rock Show. You can see the tracklisting here

After a few tense weeks getting all the new songs ready in our practice space, we're off to Chicago on Thursday to record at Electrical Audio. Our friend Chris from Mercury Tilt Switch is coming along to make us tea, and will also be brandishing a camcorder at random intervals - so expect some sort of footage when we get back!

15/02/07
NME Radar mention, New Gallery Pics, HIFH Shows

In this week's (15.02.07) issue of NME we have a wee mention in the Radar section.

Just finished doing a few shows opening for Hell is For Heroes here in Scotland, and they were all great fun! There are some pics up in the gallery and over the next couple days there should be more going up. We also filmed each gig so expect some footage of the new songs on the site soon. A huge thanks to the guys in HIFH for taking us out on those shows, their new stuff is sounding awesome!!

08/02/07
Huw Stephens plays "Silly Icarus.." on Nationwide BBC Radio 1

Lastnight, or techincally this morning - Huw Stephens gave our new single a spin on his 12-2am BBC Radio 1 show! You can listen back here, and the single is played about 50 minutes in - good times!

05/02/07
"Silly Icarus.." Available Now!

Our new single is now available to download from iTunes & Emusic. We also have a limited amount of physical copies which we will be giving away free at the next few shows.

Next week we're opening for Hell is For Heroes on the Scottish dates of their UK tour. The dates are 12th (Aberdeen Moshulu), 13th (Dundee Reading Rooms) and 14th (Glasgow King Tuts). Hopefully see some of you there!

25/01/07
Vic Galloway plays "Silly Icarus.." single on Radio 1

Once again Vic G has given our new single a spin, this time on BBC Radio 1 show which went out tonite (25.01.07). You can listen back to this show for the next week and hear the single about 30 minutes in.

Next show is at the Barcode in Perth next Saturday (Feb 3rd) with Avast!, Juliet Kilo, This is Geneva and This July. We will have spanking new t-shirts with the new logo available for the Hell is For Heroes shows in the middle of February.

17/01/07
New single played on Vic Galloway's AIR...

Vic Galloway was kind enough to play our new single 'Silly Icarus..' on his BBC Scotland show Monday past (15.01.07). You can listen back to the show until next Monday here

09/01/07
Hell is For Heroes Scottish Shows support...

Hell is for Heroes have asked us to open for them on all the Scottish shows of their upcoming February tour.

The dates are:

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH - ABERDEEN, Moshulu

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH - DUNDEE, Reading Rooms

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH - GLASGOW, King Tuts

How bloody nice of them!

We'll be on first so get there nice and early if you want to hear our noise!