20.04.12 MusicWeek 9 ESSENTIAL INFO ON THE RADAR OF MONSTERS AND MEN
ONE OF THE LATEST develop- ments in the whirlwind of suc- cess for Icelandic indie break- through act Of Monsters and Men is a forthcoming slot on Jimmy Fallon’s US TV show, fol- lowing acclaim for performances at this year’s SXSW and Iceland Airwaves festivals. Speaking to Music Week
about his surprise at the band’s sudden globe-spanning populari- ty, former Fine Arts student, co- singer and guitarist Raggi admit- ted, “I never thought I would do this for a career, last year I thought I’d become maybe a painter or something.”
“started in my living room where we would just practice and work it around school”. After initial gigging and writ-
Originally the solo project of
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, the band soon grew with the addition of her five musical friends, whose humble beginnings Raggi said
HE SAID / SHE SAID “ I am pleased that the
The Sex Pistols recordings are being put out there for a new generation; however, I wish for no part in the circus that is being built up around it
John Lydon distances himself from a God Save The Queen re-release/ campaign timed to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Weekend
ing their own material, OMaM were invited to perform at the 2010 Iceland Airwaves festival where a Seattle-based radio sta- tion recorded them performing their self-released first single Little Talks in an acoustic ses- sion – that session was posted online and to date the track has sold 400,000 copies and netted
3 million views on YouTube. The initial growing attention was
spotted by some US labels who flew the band out for record deal
talks that eventually led to OMaM signing with Universal. Their sound has been described
as ‘a combination of chamber pop, raw art-rock and lusty harmonising folk’ and they’ve been compared to indie rockers Arcade Fire. As for the future, Raggi
revealed: “We’re going to be touring this album for almost a year and while we are doing that we’re going to write another album.” Currently at the end of a five-
week US tour, OMaM will bring their Scandinavian sound to Europe soon, stopping off in the UK in May. The band’s forthcoming debut UK single, Dirty Paws, has already
TAKE A BOW TEAM LMFAO
Label Party Rock/
will.i.am/Cherrytree /Interscope
Managenment Ian Fletcher
MD: Joe Munns, Polydor
”
HITWISE Primary Ticketing Chart
POS PREV EVENT 1 LADY GAGA 2 LIONEL RICHIE 3 STEPS 4 ONE DIRECTION 5 OLLY MURS 6 JUSTIN BIEBER 7 T4 ON THE BEACH 8 JLS 9 SECRET GARDEN PARTY 10 NICKI MINAJ 11 JESSIE J 12 V FESTIVAL 13 COLDPLAY 14 AHA 15 ADELE 16 MADONNA 17 THE SCRIPT 18 ED SHEERAN 19 WIRELESS FESTIVAL 20 NICKELBACK
VIAGOGO Secondary Ticketing Chart
POS EVENT 1 LADY GAGA 2 WESTLIFE 3 COLDPLAY 4 ONE DIRECTION 5 STEPS 6 LIONEL RICHIE 7 JAY-Z 8 ED SHEERAN 9 MADONNA 10 IL DIVO 11 DRAKE 12 NKOTBSB 13 THE STONE ROSES 14 JLS 15 JASON MRAZ 16 NICKI MINAJ 17 JACK WHITE 18 BLINK 182 19 NICKELBACK 20 HAPPY MONDAYS
THE LOWDOWN
Album: Sorry For Party Rocking Highest chart position: 8
MUST-SEE MUSIC TICKETING CHARTS
TIXDAQ Primary Ticketing Chart
POS PREV EVENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3
5 6 4 7 8
£m
ONE DIRECTION WESTLIFE COLDPLAY
NEW LADY GAGA NICKI MINAJ STONE ROSES EXAMPLE
HAPPY MONDAYS LIONEL RICHIE
10 10 NOEL GALLAGHER 11 9
MADONNA
12 12 KEANE 13 13 EMELI SANDE 14 14 TOM JONES 15 15 V FESTIVAL 16 11 NKOTBSB 17 16 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 18 17 BARRY MANILOW 19 18 ELTON JOHN 20 19 LEEDS FESTIVAL
Live entertainment intelligence KOMEDIA
44-47 Gardner Street Brighton, BN1 1UN t 0845 293 8480
wkomedia.co.uk/brighton Bands contact
hires@komedia.co.uk
Marketing: Emma Powell, Polydor
National radio: Laurence Pinkus, Polydor
Regional radio:
Gavin Hughes, Nicki Ross, Tony Myers, Polydor
TV: Claire Close, Polydor
National press: Stephanie Duncan- Bosu, Polydor
Regional press: Warren Higgins, Chuff Media
Digital: Edd Blower, Polydor
THE BEST LIVE VENUES IN THE UK
Main room capacity 293 (seated) /
400 (standing) + more in studio
Coming up 20/04 Dreadzone 23/04 Ladyhawke 23/04 LOUT presents Lonsdale Boys Club 24/04 DHP Concerts present The Magnetic Fields 24/04 Zaza Music & La Linea present Ceu 25/04 The Martin Harley Band 26/0 Ezio 27/04 Livewire 27/04 Sona Jobarteh 29/04 Juan Zelada
DISCOGRAPHY May 21 (impact date) single: Dirty Paws Summer 2012 album: My Head Is An Animal
LIVE May 1 Hoxton Bar & Grill, London SOLD OUT May 2 Lexington, London
LABEL Jasper Waller-Bridge, Island Records, 020 7471 5179
MANAGEMENT Heather Kolker, Esja Management
topped the chart in their home country and on HypeMachine. Additionally, the accompanying album has reached No. 1 in the US and Canada’s iTunes Album Chart - the UK can look forward to the release of My Head is an Animal in the summer.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52