March 2nd, 2010Our Email To The BBC Trust – Save 6 Music
The deicison to close 6 Music is not finalised until the BBC Trust has agreed. You can email your thoughts to: trust.enquiries@bbc.co.uk. Take 5 minutes to make a difference.
We sent the following:
Hello,
As someone who works for a small independent label, the thought that 6 Music could close fills me with sadness and worry. 6 Music really is a music station for music fans and the fact that there is such an outpouring of anger at the decision to shut the station proves how much it means to so many people. On a professional level it gave the label great hope that we could communicate and have our releases heard by real music fans. It also filled us with pride that such musical luminaries such as Steve Lamacq, Marc Riley and Tom Robinson took the time to listen and enjoy what we put out. It has also been with great pleasure that our bands have gone in for sessions with 6 Music where we have had the chance to see the passion and enthusiasm that goes into every show.
I appreciate there has been a call for cuts to how the BBC spends it’s money and I appreciate that as a public broadcaster you need to provide the best quality for everyone. However, the decision to take away two key radio stations (I have read much in support of the Asian Network too) seems like you are stripping the BBC of some real quality. The closest thing we have in this country to 6 Music is XFM – it’s a station mainly heard in London and Manchester and has to target it’s output to attract advertisers. The beauty of the license fee is the unique high quality output the BBC could afford to produce.
Exceptional broadcasters taking risks on brand new music should be something the BBC is proud of and not something to cut back on.
Yours Sincerly
Heist Or Hit Records
February 9th, 2010Poms On The Road
As mentioned previously, Pomegranates are heading to SXSW and playing a bunch of shows on the way. We have now got further listings, plus some more exciting news. in April the band will be playing some dates with the very good Aloha. That’s a double bill of bands we would love to see.
Here’s the dates and support slots:
Fr Mar 5 Newport KY Southgate House
Tu Mar 9 Bloomington IN Video Saloon ^
We Mar 10 Louisville KY Zanzabar ^
Th Mar 11 Nashville TN The End ^
Fr Mar 12 Athens GA Caledonia Lounge ^
Su Mar 14 Denton TX NX35 ^
Mo Mar 15 Houston TX The Mink ^
Tu Mar 16 Austin TX Art Disaster SXSW Preparty – Beauty Bar
We Mar 17 Austin TX SXSW
Th Mar 18 Austin TX SXSW- Maggie Mae’s
Fr Mar 19 Austin TX SXSW
Sa Mar 20 Austin TX SXSW
Fr Apr 2 Athens OH Casa Cantina
Tu Apr 13 Atlanta GA Drunken Unicorn *
We Apr 14 Chapel Hill NC Local 506 *
Th Apr 15 Washington DC DC9 *
Sa Apr 17 Brooklyn NY Knitting Factory *
Su Apr 18 Cambridge MA The Middle East *
We Apr 21 Pontiac MI The Pike Room *
Th Apr 22 Chicago IL Empty Bottle *
Sa Apr 24 Cleveland OH Grog Shop *
Su Apr 25 Pittsburgh PA Brillobox *
^ with Jookabox
* with Aloha
November 9th, 2009The Answering Machine – Club Academy, Manchester – Nov 26th
You lucky lucky people. On November 26th The Answering Machine will be playing their home coming show after a month in New York. It promises to be a night to celebrate a wonderful 2009. The support for the night has been hand picked by the band too and I can assure you they are both awesome. Check out these links, then gaze at the poster.
Post War Years
http://www.myspace.com/thempostwaryears
The Crookes
http://www.myspace.com/thecrookesmusic
Plus… Same Teen DJ’s!!!
http://www.myspace.com/sameteensmanchester
Tickets available from the Student Union and I would strongly urge you to get the hell involved.
August 19th, 2009The Answering Machine Artrocker Cover Stars
The ever lovely and super cool Artrocker have been so kind as to let The Answering Machine grace their cover for the current issue. Sir Martin Colclough in his first of many cover photos we hope!
Available in good record stores/newsagents now!
August 13th, 2009Media Resources
If you’ve been directed to this page then you are being kind enough to feature one of our bands. Thanks a lot! To make your life easier we have collected some pictures and information here for our bands. Please feel free to download these and use as you wish.
If you need anything else just email pete at heist or hit records dot com and he’ll help out!
The Answering Machine
One Sheet.
Hi-Res Band Photos
Album Press Release
LoveLikeFire
One Sheet
Hi-Res Band Photos
Album Press Release
July 31st, 2009New Answering Machine Video.
The new video for The Answering Machine has been released this week and here it is. Filmed by Luke Bellis at Clink in London, the single is out on August 10th.
