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12/10- ***OLYMPUS
MONS (UK) NEW TERRITORIES: BENELUX...***
After
being released in the UK & France, Olympus Mons' allbum "Nothing's
Gonna Spoil My Day Today" will be available in:
Holland, Belgium & Luxembourg through our new partner Munich
Records from January 12th, 2009...
More countries will be available really soon !!!
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12/10-***CHECK
OUT WHAT THE PRESS ARE SAYING ABOUT OLYMPUS MONS' ALBUM !***
" Indie-rock
records of the year, without a shadow of a doubt" (Subba-Cultcha)
"
They have a knack for story-telling with a dash of London charm
via singer Aaron’s raw indie-reggae vocal" (The
Sun)
"
With a clutch of unsigned awards under their belt, the trio’s
nervous, wirey indie has finally found a home….intriguing
listening." (Clash)
"
Urgent and British, this album is an indie-rock upholder of the
law...
Olympus Mons seems to be attracted by summits & speed... powerful & efficient"
(Les
Inrockuptibles)
"
Angular fretwork" (AU)
" This London trio bring something different to the indie
rock table" (Total
Guitar)
"
Essential listening" (God Is In The TV Zine)
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09/02- ***NEW
VIDEO: OLYMPUS MONS (UK) "LET THE FIRST TIME BE THE LAST"***
The new video directed by Matthieu
Mantovani is the
1st single of the stunning forthcoming album "Nothing's Gonna Spoil
My Day Today"
Due to be released (CD & Download) on September 22nd in the UK, October
20th in France,...
Check the new video ... Here
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09/01- Check
the Olympus
Mons Live!!
They are just fantastic...
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06/24- Olympus
Mons' album "Nothing's
Gonna Spoil My Day Today" will be released
on Sept 22nd in the UK,
Oct 13th in France,...
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06/23- Olympus
Mons the
fastest band on earth!!!
They have been invited to play a filmed acoustic session in the French
train TGV: Rkst.org
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04/01- Olympus
Mons Live in France
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03/25- The
French High Speed Train ID TGV & RKST.org are
inviting Olympus Mons to play in the train on April 3rd from
Strasbourg to Paris, and April 2nd in Strasbourg @ la Grotte.
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01/06-
Video: Olympus Mons Acoustic Session on RKST.org
:
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***01/01/2008-
Dad's Family whish you a Happy New Year 2008 !!!***
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11/30- Olympus
Mons Back From NYC
We 've just get back from NYC finishing the Olympus
Mons' album "Nothing is Going To
Spoil My Day Today" .
The record has been produced by Tom McKay and mixed by Mark Plati,
and the mastering was done by Greg Calbi !
Keep an eye soon on those brillant f**king new tracks !!!
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11/26- Hey
Gravity! on Radio One...
Listen again to Zane Lowe's show on Radio One last night ( Mon
26th Nov) he played 'Slipping Through The Cracks' by Hey
Gravity! on his Fresh Meat feature and they
won!
This is a breakthrough and a great kick-off for the tour. You can
listen to his show again on the Radio One website and send him
emails txts messages of support for the track...How good does it
sound on the radio! let's hear it again!...
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10/24- Olympus
Mons,
a three-piece indie P'Rock band based in London, have
just finished recording their debut album in Paris
with canadian producer Tom
McKay.
Mark
Plati whose previous projects have included
David Bowie, The Cure, Prince,... will be mixing in NYC this
fantastic album late November 2007.
Here
at dad, we are all really proud of this new project, keep
an eye out for this release !
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10/20- After
having playing amazing shows in Barcelona (Mecal
Festival), Berlin (Popkomm), and Les
Inrockuptibles - Michel
Perry Private Fashion Party in Paris
early October,
Hey
Gravity! are back on tour :
- Nov. 9th @ Salle René Houdart (Lens/Fr)
- Nov. 12th @ New Roadmender (Northampton/UK)
- Dec. 3rd @ Louisiana (Bristol/UK)
- Dec. 5th @ Barfly (London/UK)
- Dec. 8th @ Uberalles (Cardiff/UK)
- Dec. 9th @ The Old School House (nr Dundee/UK)
- Dec.10th @ the Hive (Edinburgh/UK)
- Dec 7th (Venue tbc/UK)
- Dec. 11th @ Roadhouse (Manchester/UK)
- Dec. 13th @ Laverys (Belfast/Irl)
(Dec.7 & 12th : venues tbc/UK)
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10/13- Check
out on dad records' myspace Help
She Can't Swim on acoustic session by RKST.org
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08/29- 
Dad
Records will be attending this year Popkomm (sept.19-20-21)
in Berlin.
For
meetings, just send an email to dadinfo@dadrecords.com
***Hey
Gravity! will be playing Popkomm on sept. 20th
@ Magnet Club (11.30pm).***
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08/27- ***OLYMPUS
MONS has joined dad’s family***
A
three-piece indie/2-step band from London, Olympus Mons have won a string of
music industry awards, including:
- 3 Student Music Awards
- "Best Unsigned Band" in UK by Play Music Magazine
- FOPP Award for New Music 2006
They have been
performing live more than 100 shows since the Summer '05 including
support slots for Babyshambles, The
Maccabees,...
during Autumn '05.
The band is
currently working on their debut album with producer Tom Mc Kay.
www.myspace.com/theolympusmons
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07/07- New
Hey Gravity! animated videoclip for the single “Bird
in a Cage”,
produced by astonishing british artist Gurdish
can be watched here :
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07/05- Help
She Can't Swim #5 in Ferarock charts (french indie radios
network) Watch
Live & interview
recorded from HSCS on: http://www.liveroom.tv/
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Gravity! go to Germany/Austria :
July 13th – Promotion day in Berlin
July 14th – Hey Gravity! Live in Berlin @ Silverwings (Uncle
Sallys Star Club)
August 3rd – Single digital release “‘Risen
(She said)”
Sept. 7th – Album release for Germany and Austria through
our distributor Neo-Sony/Bmg
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06/21- Dad
Records will
be participating @ London Calling 2007 from
June 28th till June 29th.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06/20- Hey
Gravity!'s Festival: June
29th Microcosm Festival, July
1st Eurockéennes de Belfort, July
4th Berlin,
August 2nd Plages du Rock (St
Tropez),...
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06/19- Help
She Can't Swim will
be playing live w/ Hexstatic on June
29th @ la Maroquinnerie.
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06/04 - ***ALBUM
"THE DEATH OF NIGHTLIFE" OUT NOW! ***
2nd album
of HELP SHE CAN'T SWIM available now in France
“Help
She Can't Swim deserve to be massive” N.M.E
“Excellent album - A Furiously energetic pop explosion” ROCKSOUND
See
them live @ La
MAROQUINERIE (Paris) on June 29.
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05/31- ***HEY
GRAVITY! ARE BACK TO FRANCE FOR FESTIVALS***
June 7 @ Le
Plan (Ris Orangis) - Escalator Festival
June 15 @ Blayes-Les-Mines - Summer Festival
June 29 @ La Roche s/ Yon - Microcosm Festival
July 1st @ Belfort - Eurockéennes Festival
August 2nd @ Saint Tropez - Plage de Rock Festival
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05/02- ***VOTE
FOR HEY GRAVITY! "RISEN (SHE SAID)" ON RADIO LE MOUV'***
The track "RISEN (SHE SAID)" is
currently ranking number 7 on the Indé
30 of "THE" French Indie
Radio: Le MOUV'.
Now it's your turn to keep up the song !
Vote: http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/lemouv/lesindes
Merci à tous,
Hey Gravity! & dad.
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04/16-***
DON’T MISS *** APRIL 24th***Dad Records’Party @
Showcase***
On April 24th, in partnership with
Ullmann Cabarock & Eurostar,
we are throwing a Dad Records’Party @ great new Paris venue
Showcase.
We promise it will be a night to remember !
Admission is free, on guest list, before midnight, and then €10.
Guestlist at dadinfo@dadrecords.com
Showcase
Under the bridge Alexandre III
Rive droite – Paris 8ème
Metro : Champs Élysées - Clémenceau
http://www.myspace.com/ullmanncabarock
http://www.myspace.com/dadrecords
http://www.showcase.fr/
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03/16- Help
She Can't Swim, the South Coast’s nosiest,
angriest and – let’s face it – cleverest
foursome has joined dad's family.
Their second
album “THE DEATH OF NIGHTLIFE” will
be released early June 2007.
It's just a
fantastic album !
The band is
curently touring in the U.K. (Club NME, The Blood Brothers, CSS,...)
and will be pretty soon in France.
Check the new
single video ("Hospital Drama")
on myspace.com/dadrecords
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02/O2- HEY
GRAVITY! WILL BE APPEARING ON THE FRENCH TV’S & RADIOS:
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- TARATATA presented by Nagui/ March 23rd & 30
on TV France 4 France 2
- France INTER / Feb 26th - “Le
Fou du roi” (live) presented by Stéphane Bern
- LE MOUV’ / Feb 26th - live (acoustic
session)
- OUI FM / Feb 26th (acoustic session
recorded + interview)
- More to come soon...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/O2-**Hey
Gravity! (Dad Records/Pias) debut album “Risen” due
to be RELEASED IN FRANCE ON FEBRUARY 26th 2007**
**Including the amazing songs “Risen (She Said)” and “Everything” (featuring
Eamon from Brakes)**
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15/O1-
THE IMMEDIATE’S NOMINATIONS:
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The Immediate's album “IN TOWERS
AND CLOUDS” has been
nominated for the CHOICE MUSIC PRICE 2007 (this
is the Irish equivalent to the Mercury
Music Prize)
The shortlist is as follow:
The Immediate, Director, The Divine Comedy, Duke Special,
David Kitt, Messiah J & The Expert, Fionn Regan,
Republic of Loose, Si Schroeder, Snow Patrol.
The winner will be announced on 28th February at an event
in Dublin.
http://www.choicemusicprize.com/
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14/O1-The
Immediate have been nominated for a METEOR
IRELAND MUSIC AWARD 2007 (Nominees for Hope
for 2007)
The shortlist is : The Blizzards, Delorentos, Electric Penguins,
Luan Parle et RoySeven.
The Meteor Ireland Music Awards 2007 will take place at
The Point, on Thursday 1st February 2007.
http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/nominees/nominees_hope2007.asp
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13/O1-The
Immediate have been selected in the HOTPRESS (1st
Irish music magazine) in the different categories :
-Best Irish Band
-Best Irish Album
-Best Irish Single
-Irish Most Promising
-Best Irish Live
-Best Irish Debut Album
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29/11-
Dad records are proud to announce that Irish band, The
Immediate, has join the team. Debut album
"In
Towers & Clouds"
is simply beautiful! Release schedule: end of March 2007.
Actually on tour with The Kooks, The Magic Numbers, The Frames...
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28/11- Debut
album "Risen"
from the London grrrls-n-boys punky rock machine Hey Gravity! is
finally ready. An amazing great album! Featuring on the song
"Everything" Eamon from Brakes (Rough
Trade). Release
schedule: end of February 2007
More informations
on www.myspace.com/heygravity
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27/11- Our
Distribution will distribute Spontane in Germany,
Switzerland, and Austria
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26/11- Spontane's debut
album "God is Dead in Good Luck City" will be release in Japan
through the label Ultra-Vybe on
december the 9th,
and in Russia through Citadel
Records soon.
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01/10- We are going through webmaster problems,
for informations on the artists (gigs,...) check the dad records'
myspace site.
23/06-
Check the new Spontane's
video live @ the ubu.
22/06- Spontane's album
as excellent review by the French press. "The electro/hip hop
album of the month" on Open Mag.
Spontane is back on tour :
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01/04- Ris Orangis – Le Plan (w/ Beat Assaillant)
15/04- Bourgoin – Festival Electrochoc (w/ DJ Vadim & One Self)
16/04- Nantes – Melting Pot
11/05- Paris – Triptyque -Solid Steel (w/ Spank Rock)
17/05- Worldwide – Live on www.mediagong.com
18/05- Lille – L’Aeronef (w/ Puppetmastaz)
19/05- Sannois- EMB (w/ Puppetmastaz)
02/06- Clermont- Festival Europa Vox
23,24,25/06- Festival Furia/Festival Rock dans tous ses Etats (Cergy Pontoise et Evreux)
30/06- Belfort – Festival Eurockéennes (TBC)
21/07- Vienne – Arène de Vienne
Website has been updated :
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- Media/video => Spontane @ Nouveau Casino w/ special guest Eiju Kawasaki (tap dancer).
- Media/visual => Spontane live @ les Nuits Zébrées, Festival sous la Plage, Nouveau Casino, Cartonnerie (Reims)…
- Artist/press => The press love Spontane ! Check their review.
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Spontane’s song « Nucleus » will be on the issue of May « Vibration mag» cd sampler.
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