Now with almost 8 years under its belt First Word Records has become one the biggest and most respected Funk, Soul & Hip Hop labels in the UK. Fast approaching its 100 release, ranging from the classic funk sounds of The Haggis Horns to the sample driven beats of Kidkanevil Originally based in Yorkshire but now residing in London, First Word Records has continually brought an exceptionally high quality of new artists and music to a worldwide audience.
While its artists tour the world supporting and collaborating with the likes of Mark Ronson, Roots Manuva and DJ Shadow the labels Yorkshire roots are kept strong with its weekly residency in The Bowery Sheffield. Catch Andy H & Clipboard playing brand new and classic music from First Word along with the very best in Hip Hop, Funk and all things nice from the rest of the scene.
Catch the First Word radio show “Excursions” along side mixes here
Also an old School Hip Hop mix from Andy H here – How We Used To Live (Volume 1 – Hip Hop)
And more music & mixes from Andy H here…
Also
New York four-piece Deadbeat Darling is spending time on both sides of the pond. After selling out some of NYC’s most prestigious venues over the course of the last 3 years, the band was signed by UK label Spearhavoc Records in March 2011, and promptly whisked away from Brooklyn to record in Wales with Grammy award winning producer Ken Nelson (Coldplay, Badly Drawn Boy). The album, titled “THE ANGEL’S SHARE”, was mixed by another Grammy award winner, Adrian Bushby (Muse, Foo Fighters), and is due out in early 2012. With a bit of downtown swagger and post-indie charm, their sound weaves together rock with hints of surf and dub. A native of neither extreme, their lifestyle toggles between Brooklyn dive bars and the mise en scene of the West Side’s fashion district; their live show is a sweaty barrage of unrestrained energy and mischievous sway that leaves little doubt as to why Deadbeat Darling has garnered such a rabid and eclectic following…
Uneven Blonde present:
Binary + Childhood at The Bowery, Sheffield on Friday 10th of February 2012!
LIVE
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“Binary are a London group with one song and a brooding anthemic sound which marks them out as something a bit special. Formed by molecular biologist David Troster back in 2010 they manage to go somewhere quite heavy without sounding overloaded or melodramatic. Best thing we’ve heard in a while.”
Having recently released their debut single ‘Prisoner’ on Luv Luv Luv to critical acclaim, we’ve been wanting to get them up to Sheffield for some time. You’ll have spotted them in just about every list of bands to watch this year, with good reason.
Childhood
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“London (via Nottingham) based Childhood have been sneaking their way out of the underground for nigh on six months now, drawing praise from The Maccabees and Alex Kapranos along the way. We think their latest track – Mount Chiliad (below) – is their finest yet.” – NME
You’ll remember Childhood from our 322 Festival last November, and we couldn’t wait any longer to get them back in for us. They could easily be on the top of this bill, so come and find out why.
10.02.12
The Bowery, Sheffield
8.00pm | 18+
Free Entry
Every Wednesday The Bowery is host to a night of music for, and I quote “YUH BOTTY POPPA”. OFFBEAT is basically really good music to bump yo backside too, what more can you ask for?! All this along with £3 vodka mixes, this is THEE place to be on a Wednesday night for good music, drinks and atmosphere.
Here’s a few tingalings of what to expect from the OFFBEAT DJ’s…
Don’t forget if you’re at The Bowery and enjoying it send us a TWEET we always love hearing from everyone!
One of our current FAVE bands at The Bowery, Howler have just announced they are to play a FREE SHOW at our place on January 29th. Squeezing us in between Deaf Insitute, XOYO in London, New Yawk and Japan of all places! You can stream their new album ‘America Give Up’ below to whet your appetite for what should be a packed, amazing show round at our place.
Keep checking back to our Facebook and Twitter with more news of what’s coming up with Bowery Live through the end of January and February. We’ve got some crackers lined up!
Our brand new night OFF THE BONE officially starts tonight (we actually had one last week, and it was REYT good.) We’ll be serving up £3 double whiskeys all night long along with the best music for your ears. Here’s a few select cuts of what to expect every Monday night from now on right here at The Bowery!
Tribes – ‘Baby’ (Island Records)
to celebrate the release of their debut album on January 16th 2012, we’re pleased to announce Landslide will be hosting their Album playback on Saturday 14th January, with giveaways and an amazing competition [more details TBC]
“January 16th 2012 see’s the eagerly awaited release of Tribes debut album ‘Baby’ on Island Records, with the single ‘We Were Children’dropping a week prior on the 9th.
Put to tape over six intense weeks in Liverpool with producer Mike Crossey, these songs have been honed to perfection during an odyssey of couch surfing and tearing the arse out of sweaty, shoebox-sized venues. Like with so many great debut albums, ‘Baby’ is the culmination of the band’s own lives up to this point. For singer Johnny Lloyd, the tracks that make up the album were penned during a two month period that saw him split from his girlfriend, move back in with his parents and tragically have to come to terms with the death of his lifelong friend, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool front man Charlie Haddon.”
Currently touring the US and Europe and fresh from an impressively sold-out Electric Ballroom show, the Camden quartet are set to end a huge year when they play XFMs Winter Wonderland at Brixton Academy on December 14th, topped off with headlining the New Year party at the HMV Forum on the 31st.
The band are also very pleased to announce that they’ll be joining Two Door Cinema Club, Metronomy and Azealia Banks for the NME Awards Tour in February (full dates below).
NME Awards Tour Dates 2012:
08/02 – O2 Academy – Glasgow
09/02 – O2 Academy – Newcastle
10/02 – Academy – Manchester
14/02 – Rock City – Nottingham
15/02 – O2 Academy – Leeds
17/02 – UEA – Norwich
18/02 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
19/02 – Cardiff University – Cardiff
20/02 – O2 Academy – Bristol
22/02 – O2 Academy – Bournemouth
23/02 – Dome – Brighton
25/02 – O2 Academy Brixton – London
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With LANDSLIDE to follow until the early hours and as always prebar to the immense Threads @ DQ
Ah balls, it’s that time of year again! The city centre fills up with slack-jawed cretins until you can’t even queue to buy a pot noodle without wanting to cut out your own eyes. Xmas seems to have lost its true meaning over the last few years, what with the total commodification of fun.
The celebration of the birth (or was it death? I can never remember) of our lordy Jesus Christ is basically an excuse to drink until your liver bleeds for 3 months.
We rarely need that excuse, but for one night only (again) we will be boozing and partying under the guise of celebrating ‘xmas’.
Of course Wet Nuns will be playing live, it’s our chuffing party. Check out our facebook page and ‘like’ the fuck out of it. There’s a link to our website where there are links to FURTHER websites where you can download tunes, listen to other tunes, look at crap we post up when we’re bored, and most importantly, buy tshirts!
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If you came to our party last year, you may recall our good buddies Banditos. They went to see The Pogues the night before, turned up for sound check sporting a genuinely shocking range of hangovers and black eyes, and then utterly rocked the building. So naturally we asked the local folk-punk legends back this year. Their music feels so seasonal, especially if you’re shitfaced!
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As a bonus we’ve invited our 2-piece heroes Death Rays, the Sheffield spaghetti-blues brothers from hell. Why these chaps aren’t famous we’re not sure, but if you’ve never seen them before then you will come and see them or forever suffer the burning shame of er, not having seen them!
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Holding up the sounds til the wee hours will be grumpy DJs Nick Pears and James O’Hara.
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And of course, the lovely folks at The Bowery will be providing us all with some groovy festive vibes. You can expect all the things that make an xmas party great. Such typical Christmassy treats as;
Tinsel
Fairy Lights
Bloodletting
Egg Nog
Animal Sacrifice
Mulled Wine
Debauchery
Mince Pies
Ritual Necrophilia
Baileys
Outright Depravity
It starts at 8pm. It’s free. Yeah it’s on a Wednesday but it’s 4 days before Christmas so we’re banking on everyone having finished work for the rest of the year. YEAH.
