Whoreditch: A celebration of the spirit of Rock n Roll

Whoreditch launches a new monthly event in the heart of Brick Lane on Friday 13th November at The Brickhouse, East London’s most secret gem. This event will also serve as the ‘coming out party’ for The Good The Bad, who celebrate their worldwide debut EP release ‘From 001-004’ on London’s freshest indie label Stray Cat Records.
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ONETASTE FESTIVAL 2009 SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER AT THE BEDFORD, BALHAM, LONDON.
New musicians, poets, alternative thinkers & practitioners, filmmakers, actors, DJs & dancers converge for the 1st time in a unique festival for London.
“…a series of MCs, poets, witty musicians, and beat boxers each took turns on stage, none of them outstayed their welcome and all of them were red hot. OneTaste deliver a night out that’s both theatrical and b-boy sharp. I wandered into the Glastonbury night with that rare, gleeful feeling I’d made a great discovery. OneTaste will go far….” Thomas H Green – The Telegraph

he most ferocious roots guitarist from the UK since The Yardbirds, 22-year-old Isle of Man born Davy Knowles returns to the UK with his band Back Door Slam and a brand new album “Coming Up For Air” produced by Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton and mixed by Bob Clearmountain (Bruce Springsteen, The Who and Paul McCartney). Davy Knowles has spent the last two years on a US blues pilgrimage wowing audiences in every state, even giving guitar legend Jeff Beck a run for his money, having just finished a support tour with him. He has rubbed shoulders with many other guitar greats, opening for the likes of The Who, Kid Rock, Chickenfoot, Joe Bonamassa, Lynyrd Skynrd, Buddy Guy, Eric Burdon and George Thorogood.

Meleka is the UK’s brightest and hottest new talent with her debut single ‘Go’ currently causing a storm across radio waves and dancefloors across the UK and online.

Hailing from north-west London singer/ songwriter Meleka, 21, was crowned HUGO URBAN RULES winner in 2008 after wowing music industry execs as well as chart toppers Estelle and Sabrina Washington.

It was Meleka’s soaring vocals, self-penned songs and fearless nature that made her the firm favourite for the grand prize at the prestigious urban talent event. “I couldn’t believe Sabrina and Estelle wanted me to share the same stage as them. It was such a privilege,” Meleka modestly admits.

As well as winning the chance to support Estelle (American Boy, Substitute Lover,1980) at HUGO URBAN RULES’ headline gig in Manchester and appearing in the subsequent MTV Base show which was broadcast over 100 times on the channel, Meleka is also featured alongside Kelis and Chipmunk on the title track of Basement Jaxx new album ‘Scars’. She is also featured on Don E’s new single ‘Time Is Now’ alongside Mutya Buena and has been tipped as one to watch by none other than The News Of The World.

This September will see a life long dream of Meleka’s become a reality with the release of her debut single, the funky house anthem “Go” produced by the Crazy Cousinz. We don’t use the term anthem lightly either, the track has already had almost 1 million views on Youtube from fans radio rips alone and 300,000 plays on Myspace.

It has been on the A List @ BBC 1xtra since the beginning of April and has been receiving plays from Galaxy Network, Kiss FM, & Choice FM all without being serviced to radio. ‘Go’ has also been picked as Urban Record Of The Month by Mixmag.

The video for ‘Go’ was directed by Ben Jones who started directing three years ago and was signed to Partizan films. He is now represented for Music videos by Davey Inc and previous work includes videos for The Streets, Lily Allen, Oasis and Example. He had this to say about making the video.

” As soon as I heard the track the idea came straight away. I like shooting narrative videos and giving them an unsuspecting twist at the end. I liked the idea of taking some of the standard RnB video ideas and mixing them up with a crazy fucked up narrative. A Rihanna video with a twisted ending! Meleka was great because she bought into the idea straight away, even though I described her in the videos narrative treatment as being one of the most beautiful murderesses in a video ever. She was great and wasn’t phased by anything I asked her to do, including kissing her leading man in front of everyone. A long hard schedule of playing live has taught her a massive amount about performing and being confident in front of the camera”

“Go” will be released this September and will feature remixes including a ‘refix’ from Booda Bassline, and additional mixes from Diamond ft Tinie Tempah, Sid Mercutio and Doug McCourt.

Meleka’s is currently finishing recording her debut album which is full of songs which speak straight from the heart to the young, sassy, independent women of today in a style which she describes as “beautifully honest” and which others say is reminiscent of a young Ella Fitzgerald or Brandy.

Once you hear Meleka’s fresh, irresistible vocals and her passionate song writing ability you’ll understand why others are referring to her as the next big thing to come out of the UK. Meleka is talented enough to hold her own on the world stage.

’Go’ is out in September! Check out the video below

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The fantastic video for Paul’s new single ‘In A Coma’ is now up online and features cameos from Ralph Brown (Withnail & Is Camberwell Carrot aficionado / Waynes World 2 / Aliens etc), Aaron King, Stars and Sons and old flat mates THE XCERTS. The single will be out to buy as digital download on July 6th and will be the second single to be taken from his new album Moon Rock.

With the release of their debut album ‘House Of Commons’ next week, White Light Parade have released a message to Gordon Brown regarding the state of the nation. The original message features as part of the album artwork and in the current climate of mistrust the poem is particularly apt.

Paul Steel is back with an animated movie version of his critically acclaimed debut album ‘April & I’ on July 20th after a 10 week serialisation on his You Tube and My Space Channels.

White Light Parade release their call to action video for Wake Up…

White Light Parade – Wake Up (official video)

Punk rockers, White Light Parade, bring their tales of urban disillusionment to London next week in the form of perfectly crafted, catchy punk rock tracks that call for fellow comrades in arms to join together to make a difference at a time when many of us are asking the same questions.

They will be playing The Fly next Tuesday 21st April, and then the Dublin Castle on 28th April.

The band are about to release their debut album ‘House Of Commons’ in May and will be releasing their single Wake Up on May 4th.

The Voluntary Butler Scheme is currently on tour with Brakes across the country. You can catch VBS at the following dates in April

Tues 14/4 The Royal, Derby
Wed 15/4 Cockpit, Leeds
Thurs 16/4 Hull University
Fri 17/4 The Duchess, York
Sun 19/4 King Tuts, Glasgow
Mon 20/4 Crawdaddy, Dublin
Wed 22/4 Academy 3, Liverpool
Thurs 23/4 The Bullington, Oxford
Sat 25/4 Little Civic, Wolverhampton
Sun 26/4 Central Station, Wrexham
Tues 28/4 Dingwalls, London
Wed 29/4 The Bodega Social, Nottingham