Cityscape Presents

This isn’t really a music video for the tune, it’s just a video made by friend and cat obsessive Marc Fearns about his cat and uses our track as a soundtrack. It’s just charming, good and we welcome people using our music on their vids!

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Lies Like These – Merchandise from Andrew Dubber on Vimeo.

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Cityscape Presents . . . 20th June Press Release

Here are a few new pics of Alex Hulme – Click them for high res versions . . .

Brad. B. Wood is one half of the band Merchandise. He also runs the Cityscape Record label and Cityscape Presents live events. Click here for free downloads related to their next event.

Morning. Have I caught you at a good time? Yeah, not a bad one – Sunday morning’s always a slow one.

So what’s your usual Sunday routine? Rise when the mood takes me, then shower, coffee, read the bits of the Saturday Guardian that I didn’t get time for on Saturday, watch the F1 if it’s on, see my girlfriend and her son and try to go somewhere interesting, eat well, film, sleep.

Five years ago did you think you’d be where you are now? Probably! Five years ago me and Con (the other half of my band, Merchandise) started For The Masses, our third album. It’s just about finished and ready for release. The previous one took 4 years so I could probably have guessed it would take us a while…

Where will you be in five years? Hmmm, depends where the music takes me. I hope that the tunes will have winged their way around the world and that will have lead to some interesting opportunities. I’d like to have travelled more.

What’s your motto in life? Keep going and you’ll get there.

I have 24 hours in your hometown. What should I do? Bolton has its detractors but there are some great pubs and pie shops, as you might expect. There’s some fine walking on the moors to be done or you could catch the Wanderers or watch a play at the Octagon. The night life can be a bit rum in parts, but if you know where to go you can catch some great bands.

You’ve got thirty minutes in the kitchen. What are you going to knock up? Just 30 mins? I love cooking and can spend hours knocking up a good pile of food, but in that time I reckon I could do fajitas with home made guacamole.

You’ve just won £10 on the lottery. Spend or save? A tenner would definitely be spent – it would give me an excuse to do something fun.

What can’t your friends/family understand about you? Well, I don’t put things in alphabetical order, but I do get comments for putting things in size order – books, records, pans and the like.

What are you currently obsessed with? The finishing touches on For The Masses.

What should we all be doing more of? Buying vinyl, real ale and well bound books. Cooking properly, walking and being friendly to folk!

And finally, when you go to bed tonight, are you looking forward to Monday morning? I’m not great at mornings really, but I’m not working tomorrow so it could be worse!

This video was shot at Unconvention in Salford on Friday night after a conversation (over a few beers and then a pizza) about video costs. Andrew Dubber from New Music Strategies.com decided we should make one then and there in the pizza shop. He got out a small digital camera and I quickly told my “co-star” Tracy Dempsey what the song was about and we synched to my ipod. Afterwards, Dubber ripped the track from the ipod to his mac and in a few minutes we had this vid. It’s had tons of hits really quickly and loads of comments on the newmusicstrategies site. Have a look and let us know what you think of the budgetless (well Dubber got half a kebab pizza out of it) video as Merchandise go viral . . . ;o)

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Lies Like These – Merchandise from Andrew Dubber on Vimeo.

We’ve got another great line up for the 20th June and here’s a sample of each to prove it!

Kirsty McGee: Sandman

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Kirtsty McGee: Sandman Free Download Link

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Hovis in Wonderland sample Free Download Link

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Alex Hulme: Short Skirts and Adverts Free Download Link

Well, more details to come but I can at least let you know who is playing the next Cityscape Presents. Headlining will be Kirsty McGee and the Hobopop Collective. Our second act will be the radio style play Hovis in Wonderland inspired by the poetry of the much missed Bolton poet Hovis Presley. We’re really happy to have been asked to put this on and I’m sure it’ll be a great addition to the night. Cityscape’s own young troubadour, Alex Hulme, will open the night which will be compered by Katie Mulgrew.

So, music, comedy and theatre in one evening – Cityscape: the new cabaret! Get your tickets from the Octagon box office: 01204 520661

Here are a few photos from the wonderful 18th April gig featuring Jon Gomm, Viva Superlux and Emily Cooke compered by Lou Conran. Click for higher res!

Emily Cooke and Dan Lever  /  Lou Conran  /  Viva Superlux  /  Jon Gomm

Hi Everyone,

Thanks a lot to everybody who came down to the Cityscape Presents night last night – another full house and three great performances.

If you missed it you can still get a feel for what went on by visiting this link where you can listen to or free download tracks by the artists Blind Atlas, Maxwell Watts and Ben McGarvey:

http://www.cityscaperecords.co.uk/free-downloads-from-cityscape-presents-artists/

As a souvenir we have five copies of the night’s lovely flyer signed by all of Blind Atlas: the first five people to email their address to brad@cityscaperecords.co.uk will get one in the post and the winners will be announced on the Cityscape site. If you saw Blind Atlas last night I think you’ll agree that they’re bloody marvelous! There’ll be pics up on the site soon.

Right, onto 20th June which will be headlined by Kirsty McGee and the Hobopop Collective with support from the wonderful Alex Hulme and one more tbc which is looking very interesting indeed . . .

Remember, tickets are available from the Octagon box office now and there are 10 free tix available for under 26s – ring the box office on 01204 520661 for details. There’ll be some free downloads and more info nearer the time.

Cheers again for supporting Cityscape Records and Cityscape Presents . . .

Brad

Right my good folk! Here are three free downloads from 9th May’s Cityscape Presents artists. You can just listen to them here with the little players or you can download from the links. If you like what you hear, get on the blower to the Octagon Box office on 01204 520661 and get your tickets booked. Remember there are 10 free tickets available to under 26s.

Blind Atlas: Easy Way Out

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Maxwell Watts: Sunshine

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Ben McGarvey: Disjointed

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Enjoy! – Comments Please!

June 10- No Name

Kreg Viesselman

Roots Cafe

Alex Hulme

Beth Warriner

Throwing Pandas

June 7th 10- Octagon

Merchandise

Moore Marriott

Alex Hulme

May 10- No Name

Viva Superlux

The Reel Gentlemen

Roydan Styles

Jason Johnston

Pancho Ballard and the Banditos

Maxwell Watts

April 10- No Name

Darren poyzer

Tom Hingley

Kirsty McGee

Dan Melrose

Black Jack Barnett

March 10- No Name

Richie Syrett

Dave Rowley

Merchandise

Ben Wadeson

Random Number

February 10- No Name

Rob Young

Throwing Pandas

Moore Marriott

Alex Hulme

John and Matt

January 10- No Name

Tom Hingley

Maxwell Watts

Richie Syrett

Darren Poyzer

Jon Gomm

Ben McGarvey

December 09- No Name

Andrea Glass

Merchandise

Alex Hulme

20.6.09 – Octagon Bolton

Kirsty McGee

Hovis in Wonderland (Play reading)

Alex Hulme

9.5.09 Octagon Bolton

Blind Atlas

Maxwell Watts

Ben McGarvey

18.4.09 Octagon Bolton

Jon Gomm

Viva Superlux

Emily Cooke

14.3.09 Octagon Bolton

Merchandise

Albert Ross and the Otters

Cal Roberts

7.2.09 Octagon Bolton

Micky P Kerr

Andrea Glass

Alex Hulme

12.12.08 Octagon Bolton

Kirsty McGee and Mat Martin

Moore Marriott

11.10.08 Octagon Bolton

Merchandise

Ist

Dan Melrose

21.6.08 Octagon Bolton

The Loungs

Merchandise

Moore Marriott

10.5.08 Octagon Bolton

Merchandise

Sara Lowes

Chris Evans and Andrea Glass