The Great Escape, the UK's own version of SXSW, is growing in prominence across the industry, with bands and delegates coming from far and wide to showcase their work in the lovely seaside town of Brighton. This year, we hosted a showcase at the event for the first time ever ...
Tweet Every now and again we take it upon ourselves to fill a crucial and urgent role in the UK, no, GLOBAL music scene. We boldly pronounce to our BILLIONS of readers that they should ' Keep an eye on ' a certain artist. In most cases this leads swiftly to INTERNATIONAL fame and fortune. You remember when we told you to keep an eye on Pink Floyd right? Look what happened to them. Yep, ALL down to us. Well, just over a [...]
Hey Sholay sounds like a mixture of Vampire Weekend and Passion Pit . In general terms, they are fun. This little indie pop hails from the land of the Union Jack and this bouncy number is their latest creation. Straight forward quarter notes, swirling of arpeggios of synthesizers and a quick, steady back make you feel like taking a sunny walk across the campus. Have a listen! SUPPORT THE ARTIST - Chuck Ryan
Hey Sholay made an appearance on my 2011 songs list, and they've been touring like fiends and building buzz for months. The band's new single "Burning" is brimming with energy - I'd expect nothing less after falling in love with the single "Dreamboat" last year - and boasts a gorgeous keyboard melody and some seriously [...]
Put your party pants on people. We're going to Brighton. Yes, you guessed it – to The Great Escape Festival. TGE runs UK's leading music business conference (programmed by CMU) alongside the Brighton venue-hosted music festival that showcases 300+ new bands from around the globe. Of course we had to ...
While we feel old reaching the age of 15, Fierce Panda are already legal to drink in the UK, turning 18 this week. We're going to use that as an excuse to shine a great big spotlight on some of the wonderful music they've released so far this year before we go ...
The Great Escape is shaping up to be as ever, a bloody exciting Festival this year, and I will admit to being a tad biased as it solidifies itself in my books as 'Festival of the year'. For those who have yet to discover the wonders of The Great Escape, the festival runs in the delightful Sussex coast town of Brighton, from Thursday 10th May to Sunday 13th and I'm not going to even hide it behind a shade of cool, it is fantastic and always marks the start of the festival season for me. The bookers of TGE always [...]
Here is my list of the songs I liked best in 2011, which will be the last one we offer here. I only adhered to three rules with this list, really: 1. The song had to be officially released in 2011, 2. I could only select one song for any artist, and 3. The list [...]
OK, so we've already had the top 20 albums, here we look at the top tracks (that don't feature on the best albums) of the year... It's been a really strong year of releases, with a lot of sifting required, however after much distillation, here we present our top 20... 20: The Strokes - Taken for A Fool [...]
Hey Sholay have confirmed they'll be hitting the road with Crystal Antlers this September. Nestled in between those dates are shows with Cloud Boat, My Other Life and a few more. The full dates are as follows (as well as their latest single): 2 Sept - University, Plymouth (w/Crystal Antlers) 23 Sept - University, Gloucestershire (w/Crystal Antlers) 24 Sept - Mad Ferret, Preston (w/ Lets Buy Happiness) 26 Sept - LMSU, Leeds (w/ Cloud Boat) 27 Sept - The Croft, Bristol (w/Crystal [...]
This week's round up of the tracks that I haven't had the space to post... The Young Knives From: Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, United Kingdom After a summer of rioting on the streets of London it's good to have the Young Knives back with their whimsical and oh so English pop. New single Vision In Rags harks back to a simpler, kinder and altogether less aggressive age. [...]
Hey Sholay are a band we've been banging on about it for quite some time now, but if you haven't had a chance to check them out yet, now's your chance. The band have posted up a non-demo version of 'Wishbone' for you to listen to, and we suggest you do. Consider them the British Local Natives.
New Music Team Picks is a fortnightly feature that sees recommendations for the best new bands from the 405 New Music Team. This edition features Stairs To Korea, Jacques Greene, Hey Sholay, The Willows, Bon Accord, Three Blind Wolves and The Group Sound. Design by Jack Pearson Name - Jacques Greene Location - Montreal, Canada [...]
Meet Hey Sholay, a quintet hailing from Sheffield with a penchant for masks (especially big fluffy ones...) Now truth be told as far as any further introduction is concerned I don't really feel I can outshine the band's brilliant self description on their facebook page, ranging from the kind of inevitable "It's raining in Sheffield" to the rather more poetic "spray-spitting black umbrellas convulse in the wind like fevered crows", it really does deserve to be read in full HERE . The band formed a couple of years ago " having met in varied musical avenues, a Tuesday night [...]
Before I got The Wounded Jukebox rolling, I used to make my own lists of favorite songs and albums from every year. Since TWJ didn't exist, what usually ended up happening is that I made mixes for friends with each of my top songs on it, sometimes in different orders just for fun. In those [...]
It's been ages since we did our first "best of the inbox", and when we asked for more music submissions I think we were probably a little naive in thinking we'd ever be able to sort through the mountains of bands (and PR companies) getting in touch. Nonetheless we've tried our best to sort through this madness to find some great bands you've probably never heard of. And if you've got some music you'd like to share, you can email us at contact@quiffprofro.com [...]
The problem with having a three and a half day party binge, is that it results in a three and a half day hangover. We've finally begun to feel human again and can now look back at a marathon Great Escape Festival that once again saw the music industry crammed into our tiny home city of Brighton for the weekend. Like most established music blogs we continue to get intertwined with that industry with each passing year, and so the whole experience of The Great Escape twists with it. Here's what we experienced... Most of the [...]
The Great Escape is by far the biggest weekend of the year for this music blog. If we could create the perfect festival it wouldn't vary much from the event happening in Brighton this May. Imagine a three-day bender, involving dozens of the world's best new artists, playing on our Brighton doorstep, at venues right across this small, walkable city. Stirred into the mix will be representatives of every major, sub and independent record label, alongside the rest of the UK's music industry, as well as thousands of music-hungry punters, all poured into our beach-side home, to rub shoulders and [...]
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Tweet Here's something fantastic that I was so happy to stumble upon from the subs box. They're Hey Sholay and these guys are great! If you know me, then you know I'm pretty much hip hop and dance music but this is something to take note of. Think of an Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes meets The Local Natives (uh yeah, LIKE THAT.. I went there). Dream team, right? These guys are fantastic. These guys are fantastic. They're a five piece band [...]
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