Just in case you didn’t catch it, here is that amazing Beyonce, Bruno Mars and Chris Martin Superbowl half time performance 2016 video in full. It’s a great performance so sit back and enjoy!
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Adam Stafford, Taser Revelations | Music Profile
Adam Stafford returns with his first album in nearly three years following the widely acclaimed Imaginary Walls Collapse in 2013.
Format: 12″ vinyl (with download), CD and digital
Lead Tracks: Atheist Money, Phantom Billions
Label/cat number: Song, by Toad Records SbTR-A-049
Taser Revelations was recorded at The Happiness Hotel, Song by Toad’s newly aquired warehouse recording space. Utilising the warehouse’s natural room reverb to great effect, the album features producer and multi-instrumentalist Robbie Lesiuk performing a variety of instruments including steel drums, organ and piano. Greggor Douglas plays the Roland Juno/omnichord and ex-Maple Leaves Anna Miles provides harmony vocals.
Continuing Stafford’s trajectory into electrified alternative pop, Taser Revelations begins with some of the most melodically catchy songs he has ever written, before taking a swerve down a dark alley midway through the album, venturing into industrial syncopation, samurai-guitar attacks and some unsettling, vivid imagery.
Praise for ‘Imaginary Walls Collapse’
Nominated for a Scottish Album of the Year Award in May 2014
Albums of The Year in Goldflakepaint
Featured in Frightened Rabbit’s Albums of The Year in Drowned in Sound
#1 Album of The Year in Jockrock
#1 Album of The Year in Glasgow Podcart
#1 Album of The Year in Manic Pop Thrills and #1 in MPT’s Poll of Polls
#3 Album of The Year from Last Year’s Girl
#3 Album of The Year from Scottish Fiction
#4 Scottish Albums of The Year in The Herald on Sunday
#4 Albums of The Year in When You Motor Away
#5 Album of The Year in Is This Music?
#33 Albums of The Year in The Skinny
Vic Galloway’s Albums of The Year
Albums of The Year in Sonic Reverie
#20 Albums of The Year in The Tidal Wave of Indifference
Tracklisting:
All songs PRS registered, written by Adam Stafford.
Side A
1. Let a Little Love Inside
2. Phantom Billions
3. Atheist Money
4. Black Lung Applications
5. Unknown Swimmers
Side B
1. Railway Trespassers
2. Taser Revelations
3. Bracelet Dream of the Shadow
4. The Penumbr
Side B
1. Railway Trespassers
2. Taser Revelations
3. Bracelet Dream of the Shadow
4. The Penumbr
Music & Film Picks: What To Watch
Portland alt-rock singer-songwriter Matt Lande has released his album GLOW on PopMatters who noted “the balance of heavy rock, pop hooks, catharsis, and introspection is damn near impeccable throughout.”
A Girl Walks Home Alone
An influential vampire film from Iranian-American film director Ana Lily Amirpour. Shot on moody black and white, it was one of the highlights of 2015. Put it on your watch list.
Black Coal Thin Ice
This was a brilliant Chinese crime thriller. Memorable and ground-breaking.
On Broadway
Heart-warming US drama On Broadway features a stellar all-star cast led by Joey McIntyre (New Kids On The Block) alongside Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Will Arnett (Arrested Development), Mike O’Malley (Glee), and Sean Lawlor (Braveheart), and follows a Boston carpenter who writes and puts on his own play. Hilarious. Will be on DVD for the very first time in the UK on 18 January 2016, courtesy of Simply Media.
British Singer-songwriter Lily Lambert Releases Merry Christmas, With Love
Want to get your jingle on? Then check out part-Irish, part-Welsh British singer-songwriter Lily Lambert whose has released a new cover album, Merry Christmas, With Love. Lambert premiered her cover of the classic Christmas song “Carol Of The Bells” on Stubby’s who noted the track stays “pretty faithful to its roots, but is dressed in rural garlands rather than big city tinsel.”
A Walk On The Wyld Side! Helen Anthony Featured In The Wyld Society Fashion Event
The Wyld Fashion Society is a fashion event held once a month at The W Hotel, showcasing all the corners of fashion every month, becoming not only a great fashion event to learn new trends, but also a fantastic networking opportunity to connect with some of the largest brands in the fashion industry.
At their event in November, The Wyld Fashion Society brought Menswear into the spotlight, showcasing British designer Helen Anthony.
Helen Anthony is the new premium British marque.
British in style and design and unrivalled in quality. We tailor the highest quality garments, produced from the finest leathers, yarns and wools, with unparalleled style and haute couture. Our designs are contemporary, sharp and daring, yet retain the essential classic elements that make them appeal to the more discerning gentleman.
Helen Anthony are British and are proud to be part of the heritage that has defined the British fashion industry as a world leader and trend setter.
Get into Helen Anthony, get into London and mark your mark on the fashion scene!
“Fashion is an art and craft that reflects on the nature of the body and on the individual creativity” – Anthony, Designer at Helen Anthony
Helen Anthony is the rising star of Savile row, Helen Anthony is breaking out of the conventional molds, setting his own rules and letting his imagination run free.
His range of high-quality, bespoke and ready to wear suits, leather collection and hand knitting collection offers a versatility rivaled by none other.
For whatever the occasion, Helen Anthony will have something to allow you to look, and ultimately be your best.
As a full-scale expression of his own perspectives and ideas on clothing that he couldn’t find on the set brands and shops he had around him in his youth, he took it into his own and started creating his unique designs. The brand name stemmed from the combination of his own and his great grandmother’s, which takes the first half, and not only serves as a heartfelt dedication to her continuous inspiration, Helen Thomas was in fact Anthony’s upmost supporter and very first teacher of basic tailoring skills.
Throughout the years, the label has evolved, following a steady course of bold yet elegant designs. Anthony’s creative line travels a precise trajectory through striking individualism whilst maintaining an effortlessly classical foundation. The use of an eclectic and fearless colour scheme reflects the diversity of global fashion that Anthony wished to represent through his collections.
It is not only enough to be seen, but also to be understood if we are ever to be truly known. Decide who you are. Choose who you want to be…”– Anthony, Designer at Helen Anthony
“We are the quiet confidence, the assured style. We are the unique statement, that brave message that delineates us from the rest”
#Wyldfashionsociety #Wfashion #HelenAnthony
About The W Hotel…
Off Leicester Square in the vibrant West End, this hip hotel has an ultra-modern glass facade. It’s within a 5-minute walk from the Underground, Piccadilly Circus and the National Gallery.
With contemporary furnishings, mood lighting and floor-to-ceiling windows, the swanky rooms integrate modern bathrooms into the main space. All have custom beds and flat-screen TVs. Suites add living areas, custom artwork and iPod docks, some also include DJ stations, Jacuzzis and/or cinemas. There’s a sleek cocktail lounge and a Southeast Asian restaurant, plus a chic nightclub with a signature oversized mirrorball. Spa treatments are available (fee).
10 Leicester Square, London W1D 6QF
Hot Vox Presents… At The Spice Of Life Soho Tonight Featuring The Klik
Situated smack bang in the middle of Soho, HOT VOX and THE SPICE OF LIFE brings you right to the centre of London’s best music.
From jazz and Jamie Cullum to legends such as Bob Dylan, this building has had a historic blend of great names through its doors.
Here, HOT VOX concocts a flavour filled night of music, with a perfect blend of artists to give this well loved traditional pub a night to remember.
So spice up your night and taste some of London’s hottest artists!
Tonight, My Pet Shark will be supported by Pike Prada, Pryam, Olivia Cipriani and The Klik.
THE KLIK are a six-piece Rock/Rap/Reggae band from Essex in the UK.
Together for three years, this coming January 2016, The Klik – Toggz (Rapper/ Vocalist), Cobez (Rapper/ Vocalist), Ellis (Vocalist), Ross (Guitarist), Rob (Drummer), Nat (Bass) – have been slowly raising their profile from first-off receiving plays on FRQ.fm, Essex Radio in Maldon and Chelmsford, and internet stations, to now receiving plays on BBC Introducing in Essex, getting big support from Ollie Winiberg, the presenter of the show, being invited in for a live session.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03763lc
With the release of their Stress Levels EP, the band went from playing local gigs at The Edge in Basildon and Chinnerys in Southend to now playing well-renowned and legendary venues in London such as The Garage in Islington, The Dublin Castle in Camden, culminating in a sold-out gig at Brixton Jamm for Hot Chip’s official after party.
The Klik have also been number one in the Essex Hip Hop Chart on Reverb Nation for a six-week stint, still now bouncing around in the top three.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/stress-levels-single/id904240550
Now working in collaboration with Scott Day of Razor Gang Records Limited, The Klik will be releasing a new single on 7 December ‘Find My Way’.
https://www.reverbnation.com/theklik7
#TheKlik
The Klik will be appearing tonight – 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Tickets £6.00 available from: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/artist/hot-vox-tickets/934926?brand=hotvox
About The Spice of Life pub…
A pub that has truly stood the test of time… surviving two world wars and retaining its traditional charm. It is thought that there has been a tavern on the site of The Spice of Life since around 1750, although its present incarnation was built in 1898. It was known then as The Cantons, and this name can still be seen in the building’s stonework as well as on the flags held by the rooftop gargoyles overlooking Cambridge Circus. The tavern underwent a few name changes over the next 80 years, becoming The George and 13 Cantons, The Scots Hoose, and then finally The Spice of Life in 1986, when McMullen (the Hertford Brewers) became the owners. The Spice of Life is apparently a reference to a line in the William Cowper poem ‘Task’ …variety’s the very spice of life / that gave it all it’s flavour…”. As well as being a listed building, The Spice of Life also has an esteemed musical heritage. In the 1960’s and 1970’s The Scots Hoose (as it was called then) was a popular venue for folk musicians, and saw many great acts of the time, such as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, Bert Jansch, The Strawbs and Sandy Denny performing here. Then in the heyday of punk in the late 70’s The Spice of Life became a regular haunt for many punk musicians and followers, including The Sex Pistols. In the late 90’s a thriving Jazz Club started up at The Spice, and has attracted many top acts, such as Jamie Cullum, Soweto Kinch, Darius Brubeck & Daryl Sherman.
McMullen & Sons Ltd, the family brewers of Hertfordshire established in 1827, remain the owners of this historical property to this day.
To learn more about McMullen visit: www.mcmullens.co.uk
The Spice of Life, 6 Moor St, Soho, London W1D 5NA
Tel: 020 7437 7013
It’s A Sell Out! Reunited G4 Kick Off Christmas By Candlelight Tour At Norwich Cathedral… And They’re Back For Good!
Reunited after seven years, consummate crowd pleasers, G4, know how to put on a show.
Having reformed in November 2014 for a ‘One Night Only’ show in London, G4 quickly realised that a public appetite for more G4 was definitely still there.
With the occasional prom feel and doo-wop backbone, their harmonious blends had the Norwich Cathedral spire in a spin and the roof bosses twitching, with the handsome wooden arches and stained glass acting as the perfect backdrop for this sell-out performance, the first of their Christmas By Candlelight tour.
G4 made good on their promise to fill the set full of G4 classics as well as tracks from the ‘Christmas By Candlelight’ album, offering up ‘Danny Boy’ and ‘You Raise Me Up’, backed up by accompanying guitarist and pianist, combining in acoustical heaven.
In their younger years, churches and choir singing played a huge role in group’s Christmas experiences.
With that in mind, G4 were inspired to run a singing competition called Christmas Star Search, designed to identify talented young singers under the age of 16. The winner (to open the tour in Norwich and close the tour in Brighton), was Toby Peters, who joined the group onstage to sing the first verse of ‘Once in Royal David’s City’.
The Cathedral fell silent, a pitch-perfect performance.
With their truly immersive and harmonious blends, they were joined by the Norwich Rock Choir for ‘Oh Come All Ye Faithful’ – a haunting performance, synonymous with the reputation of this exuberant collection of beautiful singers who went on to accompany with exceptional harmonies.
This was the 21st time the Rock Choir have performed with G4, celebrating their 10th anniversary this year with a fantastic collaboration with the reunited group.
Throughout the tour, a member of the audience is invited on stage to be serenaded by the group, a genuine touching indication of the passion G4 feel towards their loyal audience. 
This was the 21st time the Rock Choir have performed with G4, celebrating their 10th anniversary this year with a fantastic collaboration with the reunited group.
Opening the second half with ‘Silent Night’ from the back of the Cathedral, the quartet respectfully stepped down the main aisle to the haunting pipes of Norwich Cathedral organ.
Since reuniting, G4 have played to over 15,000 this year alone and dedicated their last song, ‘Bring Him Home’ (Les Misérables), to all people with missing friends and family.
Ending the show with a medley of Christmas favourites, the sing-along audience were left in no doubt that Christmas was just around the corner and G4 were back for good… which suggests that niceness really does go a long way.
With a series of eight shows in beautiful churches and cathedrals nationwide, these intimate shows see Jonathan, Ben, Mike and Nick share the songs from their eagerly-awaited new album, “G4 Christmas” including Christmas classics and carols, all delivered up-close and personal in some of the UK’s most iconic historic venues. “G4 Christmas”, G4’s fourth album, created with Pledge Music, released on 16th November.
Purchase your copy here: http://goo.gl/5KzKFU
Remaining tour dates:
25th November 2015, 7.30pm LINCOLN Cathedral
27th November 2015, 7.30pm BIRMINGHAM St Paul’s Church
7th December 2015, 7.30pm LONDON St James’s Church Piccadilly
14th December 2015, 7.30pm EDINBURGH Greyfriars Kirk
18th December 2015, 7.30pm BRIGHTON St George’s Church
This is G4’s fourth album, recorded in one of London’s historic churches where the natural acoustic enables the human voice to truly shine.
#HomeForChristmas #G4ChristmasStarSearch #G4Christmas
Due to the overwhelming demand for G4, they are delighted to return to the stage in 2016 with their new and exciting ‘Back For Good’ tour, which is set to further showcase their flawless vocals in even more towns and cities nationwide.
Join G4 in what promises to be yet another spellbinding performance. Tickets now on sale! Available direct from the venues below: 3rd April 2016, 7.30pm POOLE The Lighthouse 0844 406 8666 Buy Tickets 4th April 2016, 7.30pm IPSWICH Regent Theatre 01473 433100 Buy Tickets 5th April 2016, 7.30pm – CROYDON Fairfield Halls 020 8688 9291 Buy Tickets 6th April 2016, 7.30pm SKEGNESS Embassy Theatre 01507 613100 Buy Tickets 7th April 2016, 7.30pm DORKING Halls 01306 881717 Buy Tickets 8th April 2016, 7.30pm LONDON Cadogan Hall 020 7730 4500 Buy Tickets 10th April 2016, 7.30pm AYLESBURY The Waterside 0844 871 7607 Buy Tickets 11th April 2016, 7.30pm BIRMINGHAM Town Hall 0121 345 0600 Buy Tickets 12th April 2016, 7.30pm LEEDS City Varieties 0113 243 0808 Buy Tickets 13th April 2016, 7.30pm PORTSMOUTH Guildhall 0844 847 2362 Buy Tickets 17th April 2016, 9.00pm EASTLEIGH Concorde Club 023 8065 1478 Buy Tickets 18th April 2016, 7.30pm TORQUAY Princess Theatre 0844 871 3023 Buy Tickets 19th April 2016, 7.30pm STOKE Victoria Hall 0844 871 7649 Buy Tickets 20th April 2016, 7.30pm GRIMSBY Auditorium 0300 300 0035 Buy Tickets 21st April 2016, 7.30pm – FOLKESTONE Leas Cliff Hall – 0844 871 3015 Buy Tickets
About G4…
G4 are a four-piece British vocal troupe who first came to prominence when they finished second in Series 1 of The X Factor in 2004, and are known for their operatic delivery of modern pop songs. Originally a barbershop quartet,[1] the members met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from which the name G4, standing for “Guildhall 4”, derives.
Jonathan Ansell will be appearing in http://www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/shows/snow-white-the-seven-dwarfs-pantomime-(schools).aspx#.VlYV6eFOdaQ from Tuesday 8th December to Thursday 17th December 2015.
About Rock Choir…
Rock Choir is the UK’s largest and most popular contemporary choir, with nearly 20,000 members in over 320 local communities nationwide. It offers adults and teenagers the chance to sing and perform popular contemporary songs, with no auditions and no requirements to read music or have any previous singing experience. Rock Choir is for anyone who just loves to sing! The choir’s popularity is phenomenal and its achievements are extraordinary. It has released two top twenty albums and performed en-masse at the 02 Arena (London), the Liverpool Echo Arena, Wembley Arena, Hammersmith Apollo, NEC and the Royal Albert Hall. In 2011, Rock Choir was the subject of a popular 3-part ITV1 documentary ‘The Choir That Rocks’ and has made numerous other TV appearances, including BBC Breakfast, The One Show, Good Morning Britain, The Paul O’Grady Show and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. Rock Choir’s uplifting ethos of fun, friendship and community spirit is a huge part of its attraction. At an individual level, it helps improve people’s self-confidence, enables them to develop new singing skills and enjoy a dynamic new social life. Singing together and achieving such a great sound gives members a huge sense of fulfilment. Added to this is the glamour and excitement of performing in public, which, for many, is a truly liberating experience!
About Missing People Home for Christmas Appeal…
Jo Youle, Chief Executive of the charity Missing People says “We’re thrilled to have been chosen by the wonderful G4 boys as their charity partner for the Christmas album and tour. Not only will their powerful and inspirational voices uplift and inspire us, they are also supporting our Home for Christmas Appeal which will help us to offer a lifeline to missing people and their families at what can be an incredibly lonely and heartbreaking time of year.” Every two minutes, someone goes missing in the UK. For their families the thought of Christmas without them is heartbreaking. The charity Missing People offers a lifeline when someone disappears, bringing missing adults and children home to their loved ones and supporting the families left behind. Missing People’s Home for Christmas Appeal is aiming to raise £20,000 to help the charity provide their vital helpline at the most difficult time of the year. G4 will be supporting the Home for Christmas Appeal by holding a series of collections at their Christmas By Candlelight tour.
For more information about the appeal, visit: www.missingpeopleorg.uk/homeforchristmas
Facebook: missingpeople.uk
Twitter: @missingpeople #homeforchristmas
About Norwich Cathedral…
Norwich Cathedral is an English cathedral located in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It is the cathedral church for the Church of England Diocese of Norwich and is one of the Norwich 12 heritage sites.
The cathedral was begun in 1096 and constructed out of flint and mortar and faced with a cream-coloured Caen limestone. A Saxon settlement and two churches were demolished to make room for the buildings. The cathedral was completed in 1145 with the Norman tower still seen today topped with a wooden spire covered with lead. Several episodes of damage necessitated rebuilding of the east end and spire but since the final erection of the stone spire in 1480 there have been few fundamental alterations to the fabric.
The large cloister has over 1,000 bosses including several hundred carved and ornately painted ones.
Norwich Cathedral has the second largest cloisters, only outsized by Salisbury Cathedral. The cathedral close is one of the largest in England and one of the largest in Europe and has more people living within it than any other close. The cathedral spire, measuring at 315 ft or 96 m, is the second tallest in England despite being partly rebuilt after being struck by lightning in 1169, just 23 months after its completion, which led to the building being set on fire. Measuring 461 ft or 140.5 m long and, with the transepts, 177 ft or 54 m wide at completion, Norwich Cathedral was the largest building in East Anglia.
Tour images courtesy of Shane Finn at www.visual-devotion.co.uk
Jethro Sheeran Alonestar Official Cornerstone Album Launch… Party Central!
Having hosted several events, Nuraya Kokos (Baby Kokos PR) certainly knows how to draw a crowd…
On Tuesday 10 November, Baby Kokos PR hosted the launch of hip-hop/urban pop singer aLonestar – aka Jethro Sheeran’s new album CORNERSTONE at SW10’s swankiest club, Embargo Republica, sponsored by the premier beauty brand LA Skincare, Wolf Media, H and N Solutions, Catering Heaven, Little Eden, Julie’s Scrumptious Cakes, Wolf security, Celeb FC and hosted by international supermodel Harriadnie Beau.
When I arrived, the entire building was buzzing, an electric conglomeration of sights and sounds, flashing lights and thudding speakers, establishing a constant sense of breathless anticipation.
In other words: With over 480 invited and VIP guests, it was accomplishing the exact goal of a launch event.
“Vibrant sound, Alonestar’s vocals run deep” Venue Magazine
Rapper and producer Jethro Sheeran, who performs under the name ‘aLonestar’ grew up in Bristol, gaining a big following with his style of hip hop music fused with urban pop, written very much from the heart.
He has also collaborated with a number of other artists including his cousin Ed Sheeran.
This album, CORNERSTONE, features ten tracks, five of which are available to download now with the entire album release set for 6 December 2015.
Preview, buy and download songs from the album, including ‘Bristol Pill’, ‘In This Lie’, ‘My Child Master’ (ft Josh Rhys Owen) and many more.
CORNERSTONE album – £6.99 with songs starting at 0.79p:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cornerstone/id1057265050
VIP and guest attendees included:
Rough Copy, Bupsi (aka Nicola Brown). Paddy Doherty (Celebrity Big Brother), Rashelle, Samantha Kay, Karl Negus, Miss Supranational Wales and England 2015, Miss London Town Supranational, Simone Myers (TOWIE),
Naomi Isted (British fashion and beauty presenter), Alex Reid, Simon Gross, Colin Chapman (author), Melody Munday and James Lewis (ITV’s Deals, Wheels and Steals).
Guests enjoyed performances including Lydia Lucy who appeared as the main supporting act for Jethro Sheeran,
Gak Jonze, Sean Magee and Jason Sharpey Pearce and entertained with the sharp magic talent of Carl Charlesworth.
Catering Heaven (and the clue is in the name), provided elegant canapes and sandwiches, with Julie Matthews (Julie’s Scrumptious Cakes) working her magic providing adorable cupcakes and a celebration cake creation tailored to the event.
Images: Shane Finn at Visual Devotion
Video: Courtesy of Klash Ent TV
About Jethro Sheeran…
Winner of two Exposure Music Awards for Best Male Artist and Best Urban Song, Jethro Sheeran, Alonestar, is an artist fusing both hip hop and urban pop that has seen his live performances described as ”mind blowing – his headline performance at the EMA’s was electrifying!” by Dean Hill of tourdates.co.uk and the Exposure Music Awards.
His 6 track EP, “Warrior”, featuring collaborations with Ed Sheeran, Rosie Ribbons, Ja Ja Soze and Lifford, is available on iTunes with the title track recently performed on TV2 fight night live in Denmark with a live audience of 10,000 and more than three million watching on pay per view. Playing songs from this EP on the summer festival circuit, he has had enthusiastic responses from audiences across the UK.
International club and festival performances have earned him a reputation as a consummate showman, drawing enthusiastic crowd responses from London, Morocco, Spain and Denmark (free-styling with The Game and Black Wall Streets, Clyde Carson) to Port of Spain in Trinidad, as well as radio and TV coverage with his music also being described as having a “dark Bristol sound, a class production” by the Evening Post and as “being reminiscent of our early work” by Massive Attack.
For more information email info@alonestar.co.uk or visit:
http://www.myspace.com/alonestarmusic
http://www.soundcloud.com/alonestar
http://www.facebook.com/alonestar
About Embargo Republica : Chelsea…
Grit and glamour fuse together to create Embargo República’s cool and contemporary Cuban backdrop: enter the club through our cigar shop to an interior shaped by exposed brickwork and timber, graffiti splashed on whitewashed walls, jazz club ceiling fans and eclectic vintage furniture.
If it’s a chilled out vibe you’re seeking, relax under the stars on the open air terrace, the largest rooftop bar in SW10 and a tropical haven that emanates Cuban al-fresco living. Boasting arguably the finest choice of cocktails and rum’s in town!
Music is at the beating heart of Cuban culture and we take pride in the range of live bands, DJs and acoustic acts that take to our stage each week – Victor Hugo & the Mambo Boys, The Cuban Brothers and Salsa Fuego Trio, amongst others, keep Embargo República buzzing from early evening until late with infectious Cuban and Latin rhythms.
533 KING’S ROAD
LONDON
SW10 0TZ
020 7351 5038 Sales: 07793 778 164
Enquiries: enquiries@embargorepublica.com
Reservations: promotions@embargorepublica.com