Antlered Man are set to release their debut single, ‘Surrounded By White Men’ through Something Nothing on the 18th April 2011.

Danny Fury (guitar), Damo Ezekiel Holmes (vocals), Sam Ray (Bass) and Oliver Parker (Drums) are the core members that started the group in early 2009. The quartet cut their teeth playing in various rock/punk bands before coming together to create what can only be described as something oddly complete. Also in the ranks is Sarah Townsend (flute).

MAX RAPTOR are set to follow up their first two single releases (‘Ghosts’ in Oct and ‘The Great and the Good’ in March last year) with their debut 8-track mini-album ‘’Portraits’ on 11th April ’11 through Naim Edge Records.

Jim Kroft is in no mood for half measures and is coming out of the lunatic fringe wild and frenzied and swinging blindly.

An independent artist living in Berlin, Kroft chronicles life in the 21st century and the adventures of his own spirit. Widely unknown in Europe, he considers himself in exile from the UK.
His debut album was released in July 2010 and made considerable impact on the blogosphere before returning swiftly to obscurity.

New song ‘Memoirs from the Afterlife’ is like Esther´s staircase set to music. The same melody migrating through different keys, a paradox leading endlessly back on itself. In this way it attempts to portray the shifting realities facing modern man. The song posits that in the myriad of uncertainties, the polarization of ideas and the morphing of cultures, understanding can only come through acquiescence before the great tide of things.

It’s time for something acoustically refreshing. Devon-born Josh Bray is emerging onto the folk-blues scene with his debut album ‘Whisky and Wool’, released March 7th, 2011 on NewTide Records.

Second single ‘Colour of the Bear’ will be released Sunday 13th February 2011 on digital download. To coincide with this they will rip up the UK with Big Scary Monsters’s Hold Your Horse Is on the following dates in February,

Australian piano trio Trichotomy ahead of their new album release ‘The Gentle War’ on 24th January on Naim Jazz announce a free download and video for the album’s opener ‘Chase’.

Inspired after recording their second album, Isla, with legendary producer John Leckie at Abbey Road, the band decided that while they still loved Knee-Deep they would welcome the opportunity to revisit the albums mixes again. The album was duly withdrawn from circulation earlier this year and the band invited John Leckie to remix it for a re-issue on the Real World label, also home to Isla.

STEVE CRADOCK
“LAST DAYS OF THE OLD WORLD”
Single released Feb 14th 2011 and album released April 2011.

The single, which features Paul Weller on backing vocals, will be available as a free download for a limited time on Steve’s own site; www.stevecradock.com

A few nuggets from our roster this winter. make a hot drink and get ready to do the watusi> Bon Noel

Cannonball PR – December Playlist by Cannonball_PR

In September a Brighton five-piece called Goodluck Jonathan released the first of three EPs. The EP track ‘Broken Heart’ was immediately picked up by the NME as a Daily Download, but could have easily been picked up by the likes of Kerrang! Such is Goodluck Jonathan’s appeal. In an era where genres are blurred and everything seems to be a regurgitation of something from the past, Goodluck Jonathan inhabit their own dynamic world. Ever evolving, building pace and creativity with each new song, and throwing flying fists at anyone daring to pigeonhole them.