05.10.12 Music Week 11
ON THE RADAR BIGKIDS
The grown-ups that comprise BIGkids are Rosie Bones and Ben Hudson (also known as solo artist Mr Hudson - who’s worked with Kanye West and has recently been working on Josh Kumra’s album). The pair came together in a chance meeting in Camden where Hudson discovered Bones singing in “a grungy rock band”. And the rest is history. “I thought ‘she's got this amazing classic rock ‘n’ roll voice… but let’s take it out of the rock band and put it over something more pop, a bit weird and a bit retro, and see how we get on,’” Hudson tells Music Week.
Bones described BIGkids’ sound
as “happy, uplifting and fun”, with Hudson adding: “The beats are quite thumping, but there are still old school melodies, little harmonies and backing vocals for people to sing along to.” Of their forthcoming debut LP,
Never Grow Up, Hudson revealed that the aim for the music on the album is to “deliver some good news and some feel-good music to people who’ve lost their jobs, people who need to feel better”. Like other BIGkids material, it’s released through their own label, BIGkids Recordings: “I think it would be quite nice to be told what
HE SAID / SHE SAID “
to do sometimes, Hudson admits. “But the way the business is done, even if you’ve got that big major label deal, you’ve still got to get the shit off the ground yourself.” Live, BIGkids are known to sport
their trendy paper Burger-King crowns and have done so during performances supporting Panic! At The Disco, on Bestival’s Eddy Temple-Morrison stage and will undoubtedly do so during more live dates that are planned throughout 2012. These BIGkids aren’t playing
around though – ahead of releasing their debut album later this month, plans are already afoot
ESSENTIAL INFO
RELEASES October 7 Album: Never Grow Up October 15 Single: Heart Sing LABEL BIGKids Recordings MANAGEMENT Marnie Dunstan
to release a second LP next year, and the wheels of the writing process for it are already in motion.
TAKE A BOW TEAM BLOC PARTY I love the
opportunities thrown up by the digital age and the fading away of the major labels
Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook doesn’t mince his words when launching the band’s new Pop-Up Shop, which will tour the UK this November and December
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HITWISE Primary Ticketing Chart
POS PREV EVENT 1 9 MUMFORD AND SONS 2 5 ONE DIRECTION 3 2 THE KILLERS 4 1 THE SCRIPT 5 19 NICKI MINAJ 6 3 USHER 7 16 LIONEL RICHIE 8 4 FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 9 20 DEACON BLUE 10 18 EXAMPLE 11 NEW PLAN B 12 NEW STEPS 13 NEW MADNESS 14 NEW PALOMA FAITH 15 8 ERIC CLAPTON 16 NEW AHA 17 14 COLDPLAY 18 7 MAROON 5 19 17 JESSIE J 20 15 OLLY MURS
VIAGOGO Secondary Ticketing Chart
POS EVENT 1 THE SCRIPT 2 ERIC CLAPTON 3 THE KILLERS 4 ONE DIRECTION 5 THE XX 6 FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 7 ED SHEERAN 8 JUSTIN BIEBER 9 GEORGE MICHAEL 10 NICKI MINAJ 11 MUSE 12 CHERYL COLE 13 MAROON 5 14 THE BLACK KEYS 15 BEACH BOYS 16 THE VACCINES 17 BEN HOWARD 18 ELBOW 19 NICKELBACK 20 JESSIE J
marniedunstan@gmail.com LIVE October Thu 11 The Rainbow, Birmingham Fri 12 The Soup Kitchen, Manchester Sat 13 King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow Sun 14 Louisiana, Bristol Tue 16 Joiners Arms, Southampton Weds 17 Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, London
Label: French Kiss
General manage: Paul Hanley A&R: Syd Butler
Manager: Simon White and Tony Perrin, UTD
THE LOWDOWN
Album: Four Highest chart position: No.3
MUST-SEE MUSIC TICKETING CHARTS
TIXDAQ Primary Ticketing Chart
POS PREV EVENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
9
35 ONE DIRECTION JUSTIN BIEBER
13 THE KILLERS 14 LIONEL RICHIE 23 OLLY MURS 16 JESSIE J 9 7
ERIC CLAPTON PINK
12 MADNESS
10 10 NICKI MINAJ 11 5
MUSE
12 13 THE SCRIPT 13 13 MARK KNOPFLER 14 10 CHERYL COLE 15 14 EXAMPLE 16 6 17 7
ELBOW THE BLACK KEYS
18 12 PLAN B 19 15 X FACTOR LIVE 2012 TOUR 20 5
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TV: Karen Williams, Big Sister
THE BEST LIVE VENUES IN THE UK
Main room capacity The Loft: 320 standing The Ballroom: 220 Other spaces: The Parlour / The Garden
Coming up 4-6/10 Various – Hard Working Class Heroes showcase festival 06/10 Anti-fascist Action Ireland 21sy Birthday Party / Idletronic / Nightflight 07/10 Saucy Sunday 08/10 I am Not Lefthanded 09/10 The Grand Folk Club 10/10 Django a la Creole
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