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Merry Christmas from Sourmash Music & Friends

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Peter Cornish-Barlow - a.k.a. Mr Sourmash Music and Music Nerd

Tis the season to be jolly, tra la la la la, la la la la. That’s enough la’s I think. Hello everyone, I just wanted to take this post to wish all my readers and subscribers a very Merry Christmas. It’s the time of the season, as The Zombies once sang, to celebrate with family and friends and give to others. Enjoy and be merry and don’t forget to watch Muppet’s Christmas Carol at some point, its hand down the best Christmas movie ever!

Without this next lot of people, this blog wouldn’t be possible. Also with a special video from singer/songwriter, Stylusboy.

Enjoy,

Pete x

Alan McGee - Creation Records Founder

 “Merry Xmas to Peter and all the Sourmash crew. Love is the law always xoxo”

http://alanmcgee.com

Adam Ficek - RKC/Babyshambles/ London Guns/DJ

 To the readers of Sourmash.

‘Have an elephantine christmas and a whalelike new year, Christmas is all about shiny things, computers and consuming – so ignore your family, put your toe into your Playstation and turn off the real world’

Adam Ficek

http://www.adamficek.com/

The Narrows - Twisted Mancunian Electro Wizards

Dear Pete and the readers of Sourmash,

So it’s now 3.32am and I have been sat here for what feels like 15 years trying to figure out exactly what to write for this Christmas message. I assume this is what the Queen must feel like every year, except she probably doesn’t have a bottle of Heineken in one hand and a shoddily made cigarette in the other. Or maybe she does. Who knows what goes on inside the Palace? We don’t. And we don’t particularly care to be honest. The only thing we know for definite is that Prince Harry is more than likely locked away in a small Opium den under the kitchens with 3 call girls, a tommy gun and a Phil Collins CD.

So now it’s 3.56am and all I’ve done is speculate on the possible whereabouts of James Hewitt’s son. Back to my original question: what could we write to you, Pete, and you – the fabulous readers of the Sourmash blog? Should we mention the investment bankers who’ve ruined people’s lives? The government who are ignoring the problem of getting people in to work and who are instead waging war on the people below the poverty line who they helped to put there last time they were in power? The US and their continual thirst for war? The fact that all popular music seems to now be influenced by David Fucking Guetta?

No. We’re not going to mention any of that. Not us.

What we want to say is a deep and heartfelt thank you to Pete and to you for reading his wonderful words and listening to our music. Since Pete featured the video exclusive of our first single Initials MM back in April, we have gone on to play T in The Park, we’ve had airplay on 6Music, XFM, Amazing Radio and Absolute Radio, been to London to be interviewed by Tom Robinson and have added the likes of Zane Lowe, John Kennedy and Mike Joyce as fans. Next year we’ll be releasing our debut album, playing our second London gig and we’ve just been asked to play the HMV Next Big Thing event, which is unbelievable. Without people like Pete championing our music and without the readers of his blog who have supported and downloaded our work, none of these fantastic things would have been possible.

So thank you from the bottom of our weird, cold, dark hearts. Next year is going to be a big one. We would love you join us.

Lots of love,

The Narrows.

http://thenarrows.bandcamp.com/

Roxanne de Bastion - Mesmerising German Songstress

Here’s wishing all the readers of Sourmash,

A very Happy Holiday Bash!

A rather busy year we’ve had,

our schedules have been slightly mad!

Let’s enjoy a deserved break,

with lots of cookies, wine and cake!

With family, friends and music near,

Have a good slide into the New Year! (that’s how we say it in Germany!)

Dear Pete, thanks for all your support – we all love Sourmash!

Here’s wishing you and everybody reading this a Happy Holiday – 2012 will be a great one, I can feel it!

http://roxanne.everycity.co.uk/

Mike Hough - RnB Rising Star and MOBO Nominee

‘Hey Guys, Mike Hough here! Just wanna wish everyone a very Merry Christmas & a happy and very productive new year! I hope you have a great time, eat lots, get fat, spend the new year contemplating going to the gym, and never do, because that’s what I do. Haha. Massive shout out to Pete and his amazing blog too. Many thanks to those who have shown me love and support this year and bring on 2012! MH x’

http://www.mikehough.co.uk/

XO Man - Very talented 'giant' rapper

Santa’s a PIMP…FACT!!!!!

and I ain’t afraid to say it.

Come on folks… Stockings, hoe hoe hoes, giving girls gifts for FREE and shit while all the man’dem ‘happen’ to be on the bloodclart naughty list KMT

All I’m saying is SANTA… I’m on to you. So from one O G, Pimp, playa, gansta to another… The only chimney sliding that’s gonna be happening is me down your hoes and they better swallow my coal.

P.s If your planning on parking on MY roof get a ticket or I’m clamping that shit.

GoodNite GoodBless & SuckBreast

XOMan

Sent from the future

http://www.xomanmusic.com

Zane Lowe - Radio 1 DJ and New Music Guru

“Merry Christmas to Peter and all at Sourmash. Here’s to a great new year full of great new music.”

http://www.zanelowe.com/

Hannah Trigwell - Awe inspiring Singer/Songwriter

‘To the lovely Sourmashmusic readers and the brilliant founder Pete!

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and an amazing new year.

Hope 2012 is a great year for everyone!

Lots of love,

Hannah Trigwell :) x ‘

http://hannahtrigwell.co.uk 

Mr Gee - Poet & Radio Presenter

“I wish everybody happy smiles & happy sighs & we’ll see who took the mistletoe a bit too far…. in 9 months time!

regards gee”

http://soundcloud.com/mr-gee-poet

Spring Offensive - The Princes of Oxford

“It’s Christmas, which as we all know is just another day of the year. Be it commercial, sentimental or theological, there is a lot of hype to avoid. Forget all that. It will only leave you feeling curiously empty. Christmas should be whatever you make of it. Surround yourself with people you love, forget about money, forget about next year. That can take care of itself some other time. For now, eat all the food and stay warm – no one should expect anything more of you. And for God’s sake be nice to each other for once yeah?” 

 http://www.springoffensive.co.uk/

Stylusboy - Songsmith

 “Happy Christmas everyone! I hope you have a lovely time and eat too much delicious food! Enjoy time with people you love and give and receive some great presents. I hope 2012 is an exciting year full of excitement and hope!”

And now a special video of Stylusboy’s ‘Silent Night’

A Stutter And A Start – Spring Offensive (11/04/11)

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Do you remember a little while back I introduced you to an Oxford based band who go by the name, Spring Offensive. Well I did, it was back in July last year and it’s here. I then got giddy over a gig they did in London, which is also here oh and did I tell you that they gave away an epic 14minute single for free too! Oh yes that’s right I did, it’s here. My incessant point to this is that I can’t express enough how great I think this band is, which leads me nicely into the fact that THEY ONLY HAVE A NEW BLOODY SINGLE OUT AND ITS CALLED ‘A STUTTER AND A START’ AND IT’S OUT FROM TODAY AND YOU ALL NEED TO HEAR IT……..(and breath.)

Spring Offensive

It’s never simple enough for Spring Offensive to just release any old single and it just mean nothing, oh no! ‘A Stutter And A Start’ is yet another incredible song with an interesting narrative with subtle complexities and deep rooted moments of tenderness. It is a story told from the point of view from someone who is spending hours freezing in a car on the side of the road, making excuses rather than facing confrontation with a lover waiting alone in a restaurant. The band state it is “about a breakdown in every sense of the word: communication, the car and the relationship. But we try and make it sound triumphant, rather than the cowardly act that it actually is.”

What is striking about the band is that they get you on so many different levels, it’s the effect they have had on me since I can remember first hearing them. A Stutter And A Start is no different, with it’s layer upon layer of affecting components that come to an inspiring climatic response. Sparse and intricate guitar entwined with big harmonies that will have you fighting at the emotions,  just let it out, it’s worth it in the end.

With the single you have B-Side ‘The Well’, a deeply moving piano led track, epic and focused and again tugs at the heart strings. Fan favourite, ‘Abacus Rex’ has also been included as a B-side, remixed by fellow Oxford band, Gunning For Tamar. Not only that, as a treat to all the fans that paid for the limited one week release of their last acoustic EP, ‘Between Me And You’, they will also get credited on this single release! Not only that (yes there is more!!!!) with the physical copy, the sleeve comes in black and white and with colouring pencils, for you to colour it in however you like!

I can’t tell you guys enough how dumbfounded this band make me, if this is your first experience of Spring Offensive, download the single from today and everything else they have ever done! With that in mind, here is their brand new video to accompany A Stutter And A Start….

For all things Spring Offensive, its here - http://www.springoffensive.co.uk/ that you need to go!

EyeSeeSound

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It seems that unsigned bands nowadays don’t need to just rest on their laurels and just post a couple of MP3′s up anymore, oh no, it’s all about the DIY Video now. One site that is the paving the way for this small but ever-increasing phenomenon is a site called EyeSeeSound.

With so much to experience on the site and with their unique approach, it’s amazing to see how dedicated they are to the cause. They state that they are about independent and DIY bands, and that they certainly are. Gaining exposure for bands and artists that they truly like and appreciate, having a site like this around is a real asset to the independent music industry as a whole.

So let me just give you a brief idea of what they do. They have a page called The Show which is a magazine style TV Show. They do Live Sessions which have seen the likes of Spring Offensive perform at The Luminaire in Kilburn. Now Heads Up is the interesting one, where they introduce new bands and new music through amazing and interesting film promo’s which have to be seen! They offer online Mixtapes and also a very amusing Podcast too. If that is not enough, they also do their own Music Videos, Short Films and Animations and also have their very own Blog for all their musings and commentary.

So go and pay the site a visit, it’s www.eyeseesound.tv and definitely deserves some of your time and attention. So what  are you waiting for?