NEWS
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FISTS ON TOUR!
FISTS will be touring the UK in October supporting the wonderful Sparrow & The Workshop after meeting at the Y Not Festival this summer. Get along to a venue near you for this brilliant line-up.
Tour Dates:
* Mon Oct 4th - King Tut’s Glasgow
* Tue Oct 5th - Night and Day Café Manchester
* Wed Oct 6th - Brudenell Social Club Leeds
* Thu Oct 7th - Stereo York
* Fri Oct 8th - Bodega Social Nottingham
Visit the FISTS blog for details of a cheap deal for Nottingham and a sneak preview of an unreleased track!
Bex wrote this on 3rd September 2010
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ANXIETEAM RULE!
Massive thanks to everyone who came along to the Anxieteam gigs in London and Nottingham over the August Bank Holiday weekend. We had a total blast and launched the single in style with two super fun parties. Thanks to Yunioshi & Matthew Stephen Cooper for supporting and to The Lexington & Nottingham Contemporary for hosting. If you didn't get chance to come along you can still pre-order the single and get it before it's released on the 20th Sept by visiting our shop. Pictures and footage will be online soon.
Bex wrote this on 29th August 2010
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WE HEART HUW!
Big thanks to Huw Stephens for playing the next single to be released on Hello Thor Records on Radio 1 today! Listen again on the Beeb website to hear Anxieteam's Let's Eat Soya making Huw hungry! Available to pre-order in our shop now.
Bex wrote this on 25th August 2010
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SUMMER SUNDAE 2010
We had a bloody marvellous time in Leicester at the Summer Sundae weekender, supporting the magnificent, beautiful, sublime We Show Up On RadaR, who played on Saturday afternoon. It was only the second ever gig by the all new super exciting WSUOR band - Andy and Meli are now joined on stage by Joe, Rob, Mike and Miles - and it was so, so good. They played to a packed out tent, and succeeded in bringing some serious sunshine to a rather damp Summer Sundae. Magical. Don't take our word for it - have a look at our Watch page, for a live version of It Should Be You And Me, to see what we're talking about.
We also had loads of fun hanging out with the good folk from Swimming, Red Shoe Diaries and Ronika, and checking out some great bands, including the technicolour party of the Go! Team and a mesmerising set from The Fall. Diana Vickers wasn't much cop though...
Nick wrote this on 15th August 2010
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ANXIETEAM - LET'S EAT SOYA / LONELY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD - RELEASED 20/09/10
We're very excited to announce that we will be releasing the debut single by Anxieteam - the brand new and very brilliant band formed by artists Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon - on 20th September 2010. Let's Eat Soya / Lonely In The Digital World will be available on limited edition (500 only) 7" picture disc, and digital download.
The record is available for pre-order from this on this very website, and also for pre-sale at two very special gigs in London and Nottingham on the 27th and 28th August. More details will follow soon - or join our mailing list to find out first.
Nick wrote this on 3rd August 2010
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TRUCK 2010
Last weekend HT decamped to Truck Festival in Oxfordshire to watch bands, camp, drink rum and, of course, show our support for our band Fists.
We had a great weekend and it was really cool to see how a small festival can be just as much fun as one of the big brand fests. We drank organic cider from compostable cups, camped a mere two minutes' stroll from the main stage and used clean & pleasant toilets - it was a revelation! Fists played a fierce set, winning appreciative new fans and revealing some brand new tunes. Thanks Truck!
Bex wrote this on 29th July 2010
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NEW SIGNING!
Keep your eyes peeled and your ears to the ground for news of our latest project. We're in the process of signing up a very exciting new band to Hello Thor. More details to follow soon!
Bex wrote this on 23rd July 2010
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NEW BLOG!
Today is obviously the day for new stuff as we are proud to announce that we have a shiny new Jumpers For Goalposts blog. On it there will be details of what's coming up at Nottingham's best music & craft night and we'll post up photos of the rubbish/amazing craft creations, the proud prize-winning artists and of course the brilliant musicians we have playing every month.
Read the new blog here. And come down to Jumpers For Goalposts at the Alley Cafe on the Third Thursday of the month.
Bex wrote this on 16th July 2010
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NEW RECORDINGS!
Fists are recording new stuff down in Dalston this weekend! Can't wait to hear it!
Bex wrote this on 16th July 2010
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FISTS PLAY AT TRUCK FEST
We're very excited about the upcoming Truck Fest (23rd - 25th July) where Fists will be playing alongside the likes of 65 Days Of Static, Fucked Up, Darwin Deez and Teenage Fanclub.
More details soon but suffice to say it's gonna be super awesome!
If you'd like to bag yourself a cheap ticket (25% off for Fists fans!) just click on the banner ad at the top of our home page
Anders wrote this on 1st July 2010
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JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS DARN SARF?
We have been really chuffed recently to hear that the Jumpers For Goalposts inspired Come Get Felt Up in London has been going really well, with the cool kids in the capital thoroughly enjoying the incongruous mix of oddly competitive craft and warm & tender music, just like here in Nottingham.
Check out their uber-cool website and if you're in London on the Third Thursday of any month then go get Felt Up. If you're in Nottingham then come and play Jumpers For Goalposts with us.
Aww, we feel like proud parents!
Bex wrote this on 2nd June 2010
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WE SHOW UP ON RADAR TO PLAY SUMMER SUNDAE WEEKENDER!
We're super happy to announce that the wonderful We Show Up On RadaR will be playing live at this year's Summer Sundae Weekender in Leicester. Andy (and friends) will be playing on the Rising Stage on Saturday 14th August. Tickets are available from all the usual places, including the Summer Sundae website. We can't wait!
August is ages away though, so here's a little treat in the mean time - a brand new song by We Show Up On RadaR called The Anchors In Your Heart, recorded live at the BBC Maida Vale studios. Sweeeeet!
Nick wrote this on 26th April 2010
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FISTS LIVE FOOTAGE
We had a total blast launching the new Olympic Hits EP by Fists at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham a couple of weeks ago. There were incredible performances by Escapologists, Pilgrim Fathers, Swimming and, of course, the magnificent Fists. It was an amazing night for Nottingham music.
Fear not if you weren't one of the 400 people that caught the show, though. Thanks to our good friend Jim (www.ventmedia.co.uk) and his team of Pete, Alia, Eddie and John, we've got some awesome footage of the show. Check out our Watch page to see Fists play Ace Is The Way and Squirl Squeak (from Olympic Hits) and go to Jim's Youtube channel to see even more. Enjoy!
Nick wrote this on 24th April 2010
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LOOKING TO FIND 5 NEW BANDS?
Check out A New Band A Day for all sorts of awesome new music recommendations and more specifically, check out their radio show for 5 great new bands for March:
We're very excited that this show includes Fists!
Bex wrote this on 7th April 2010
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OLYMPIC HITS EP LAUNCH - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
We can now exclusively reveal that the extra special live guests at the EP Launch After Party are................................... Apes Fight Back! Awesome!
Tickets are still available for the party. Buy your ticket in advance from Alt-Tickets or the Rock City box office and get to see 4 amazing bands AND a copy of the Fists EP for just £5!
Bex wrote this on 6th April 2010
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FISTS OLYMPIC HITS EP OUT NOW!
We're delighted to say that the Fists Olympic Hits EP is out now!
Bex wrote this on 31st March 2010
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ARTROCKER DIGS OLYMPIC HITS
The forthcoming Fists EP Olympic Hits is reviewed in the latest issue of Artrocker. They gave it 4 out of 5 and described it as "a pleasingly disorientated collection of Cowboy Junkies style intimacy, pounding mystery-rock and country music spiked with bad acid". Kind words indeed!
Anders wrote this on 16th March 2010
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FISTS PLAY @ ROUGH TRADE EAST
The magnificent Cockatoo by Fists is currently gracing stereos up and down the country as part of the Rough Trade Counter Culture 09 compilation - a selection of the very best tracks from 2009 in one handy CD.
Rough Trade also kindly invited Fists down to London to help launch the EP. We should have some footage to put up soon, but in the meantime here's a photo from the session.
Thanks to Rough Trade and all the very nice staff we met there!
Bex wrote this on 12th Mar 2010
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HELLO THOR BACKS THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE BBC 6MUSIC
6Music is a vital outlet for our artists, and artist/independent labels across the country. It is vital that we oppose Mark Thompson in his plan to close the service. We urge all of you to follow the simple step by step instructions below to make your voice heard. We must not let Mark Thompson win.
Tom wrote this on 6th March 2010
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HOW TO HELP SAVE BBC 6 MUSIC
http://love6music.com
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1) Call the BBC duty office to complain (5 mins)
03700 100 222
All calls are logged and forwarded to the BBC Trust
2) Fill in the BBC Trust Strategic Review survey (10 mins)
http://bit.ly/srconsultation
It's anonymous and irrelevant sections can be left blank
3) Join the Facebook group (1 min)
http://bit.ly/bbc6music
4) Sign the online petitions (3 mins)
http://www.petition.fm/petitions/6musicasiannet
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/BBCcuts#petition
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-6-music.html
5) Ask your MP to support Tom Watson's parliamentary motion (10 mins)
http://www.parliament.uk/about/contacting/mp.cfm
http://bit.ly/b2aKIb
6) Complain directly to individual members of the BBC Trust (10 mins)
srconsultation@bbc.co.uk
michael.lyons@bbc.co.uk
richard.tait@bbc.co.uk
jeremy.peat@bbc.co.uk
mehmuda.mian@bbc.co.uk
david.liddiment@bbc.co.uk
janet.lewis-jones@bbc.co.uk
rotha.johnston@bbc.co.uk
patricia.hodgson@bbc.co.uk
alison.hastings@bbc.co.uk
anthony.fry@bbc.co.uk
diane.coyle@bbc.co.uk
chitra.bharucha@bbc.co.uk
7) Listen to BBC 6 Music via the iPlayer (as much as possible)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_6music
Numbers listening on iPlayer are logged by the BBC
8) Forward this to all 6 Music Listeners you know (10 mins)
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HELLO THOR ON HUW
Huw Stephens has been spinning HT tunes on his show again. What a nice guy he is. You can listen again to it here (for a limited time):
Huw's show
At about 20 minutes in you hear him play a tune from the new Fists EP, Olympic Hits. It's my personal favourite, Ace is the way, track 3 from the EP.
Bex wrote this on 5th Mar 2010
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FISTS IN THE NME
Fists are featured in the "What's on the NME stereo" pages of the NME this week!
The NME love the new tune Weekend from the Olympic Hits EP, released 29/03/2010, describing it as "punky rockabilly lo-fi fun with a noticeable Vaselines fixation". We're pleased it's made them think Nottingham's exciting again, although obviously we know it has been all along. Let's hope it brings more people down to discover the delights of the Nottingham music scene.
In the meantime, you can pre-order the Olympic Hits EP here.
You can listen to a couple of the tunes on the Fists myspace here.
Or, you can hear it on NME Radio here.
The EP will be officially launched on the 9th April at the Rescue Rooms, Nottingham with an audio extravaganza featuring some of our favourite bands. Tickets will be £5, look out for our special offer for advance bookings. Get your ticket in advance and get your copy of the EP for free.
Bex wrote this on 4th Mar 2010
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MAIDA VALE SESSION FOR WSUOR!
This weekend saw We Show Up On RadaR join the hallowed ranks of those who have performed or recorded at the world famous BBC Maida Vale Studios.
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was based there, Bing Crosby made his last ever recordings there and they were the venue for the Peel Sessions, amongst other things. Incredible. It's a real privilege to have a Hello Thor artist record a session there, and it will be so exciting to hear the tracks played out on the BBC!
The latest WSUOR EP is available to download now.
Bex wrote this on 24th Feb 2010
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NEW WE SHOW UP ON RADAR VIDEO!
The very lovely and hugely talented Joe Hardy (have a look at his work here) has made a video for It Should Be You And Me by We Show Up On RadaR and we bloody love it! Great work, Joe! Check it out:
We Show Up On Radar - It Should Be You And Me from Joe Hardy on Vimeo.
It Should Be You And Me is track 4 on the new A Loaf Of Bread, A Container Of Milk & A Stick Of Butter EP by our brave library-conquering heroes, We Show Up On RadaR. The 6 track EP is released on Monday 15th February on digital download - from our downloads page or through iTunes, Amazon etc.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Nick wrote this on 14th Feb 2010
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FISTS - OLYMPIC HITS EP - RELEASED 29/03/10
We're really excited to announce that the new Olympic Hits EP by Fists will be released on 29th March 2010, as a limited edition CD. Olympic Hits features four brand new tracks:
1. Weekend
2. Squirl Squeak
3. Ace Is The Way
4. Roll Back My Eyes (Endlessly Dreamin')
Keep an eye on our gigs page for details of live dates coming up, and keep checking Fists' Myspace too.
Click on the EP cover above to go to our shop and pre-order your copy of Olympic Hits.
Nick wrote this on 7th Feb 2010
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SHHHHH....WE SHOW UP ON RADAR GOES ON A TOUR OF LIBRARIES
We had such a blast when we launched We Show Up On RadaR's first single on Hello Thor at Nottingham Central Library last year. So we jumped at the chance to return when the library came calling. Then we thought, why limit it just to Nottingham?
That's right, We Show Up On RadaR is now celebrating the release of his new EP A Loaf Of Bread, A Container Of Milk & A Stick Of Butter - available to download, and as a strictly limited handmade CD from Monday 15th February - with a grand tour of public libraries.
The new six track EP will be available to download from all major digital sites from Monday 15th February, and as a strictly limited edition handmade CD from the library shows.
Nick wrote this on 16th Jan 2010
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ROUGH TRADE COMPILATION AVAILABLE NOW
The new Counter Culture 09 compilation comes out at the start of Feb and Fists' Cockatoo has been chosen to be on it as one of last year's top tunes...we know!
You can pre-order this double CD (which sees our plucky heroes sitting alongside the likes of Fever Ray, Kid Congo, Mos Def and Loudon Wainwright III) now. Just click on the image below.
Anders wrote this on 7th Jan 2010
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RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH CHERYL
What a lovely way to start a new decade...
Just read on the myspace blog of The Boy Least Likely To that Fists and We Show Up On Radar produced 2 of their favourite singles of 2009!
Bookending a Top 10 featuring the likes of Cheryl Cole, Girls and Karen O is no mean feat - thank you sir kindly say we!
Anders wrote this on 3rd Jan 2010
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
Wrote this on the 2nd, better late than never I suppose. Anyway, hope you all had a flurry of festive fun and a rootin' tootin' Hootenanny
Anders wrote this on 2nd Jan 2010
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ARTROCKER'S TOP 100
Mountain Top by We Show Up On Radar, and Cockatoo by Fists are both in Artrocker's top 100 singles of 2009 list. That's pretty cool, and we're thrilled.
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'TACHE TASTIC
On 12th December we rounded off a thoroughly wonderful year with our Christmoustache Party. How to celebrate a year that included two 7”s, a Glastonbury festival appearance, a record launch in a library, digital punks in a cinema café-bar, a Dutch man in a sailor suit and Radio 1 AND Rough Trade showing us some love? By putting on a gig above Clinton Cards and inviting everyone to wear fake moustaches of course! Our thanks to We Show Up On Radar, Fists, Hot Horizons, Ol' Saint Nick @ the Chameleon and Bex n' Katie for the baking!
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MORE KIND WORDS
Both singles have recently been reviewed in the loveliest manner by Mark @ Losing Today . Thanks a bunch, dude!
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BOTH SINGLES PICKED UP BY CARGO
We have re-released both the Fists and We Show Up On RadaR singles and they are being distributed through loads of lovely independent shops by Cargo. You can still buy them right here of course though too!
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MOUNTAIN TOP / A SPIDER ON A THREAD by WE SHOW UP ON RADAR - LIMITED EDITION PINK VINYL 7" NOW AVAILABLE!
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FISTS 'COCKATOO' / 'SKIT' SELLS OUT @ ROUGH TRADE
Yep, we just got a message to say they'd sold the lot!
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HELLO THOR = RADIO 1's DIY LABEL OF THE WEEK!
Whilst at Glastonbury we were interviewed by Huw Stephens (who is lovely, by the way!) and picked as his favourite DIY label of the week! It was great to meet him and chat - which you can still hear online - and an honour to be picked as his fave label. Thanks Huw!
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GLASTONBURY
So the Fists boys and girls, and the Hello Thor boys have just got back from Glastonbury. It was ace, and if you want to see how ace Fists were then visit their BBC Introducing page to see live footage of three tracks, plus some lovely photos.
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FISTS LIVE ON 6 MUSIC
James from Fists was interviewed by Steve Lamacq on his 6 music show on Wednesday 24th June. They talked about Fists appearance at Glastonbury, the troubles of being a postman, and ethical screen printing.
To listen to it visit the BBC iPlayer. Skip forward 1 hour 40 minutes and you'll be in the right place.
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FISTS TO PLAY GLASTONBURY
This is the news we've been waiting ages to tell you but weren't allowed. Anyways Radio 1 have finally announced the line up for the BBC introducing stage at this years Glastonbury and Fists are on it. The date and time is still TBC but once we know we'll let you know.
Come and say hello to us when you're there.
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ANOTHER GREAT REVIEW
Thanks to Ged at SoundsXP for this lovely review of 'Cockatoo' / 'Skit'
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ROUGH TRADE SINGLE OF THE WEEK
Everyone's favourite record store come label Rough Trade have made 'Cockatoo' by Fists their single of the week. If you don't believe us then look here
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MORE THANKS TO STEVE
"Joyously amateurish yet utterly defiant. I love this record." Steve Lamacq talking about Fists' debut single 'Cockatoo' on BBC Radio 2.
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AIRPLAY
XFM, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, NME Radio, and BBC Introducing Show 'The Beat' have all been playing Fists' debut single. Thanks to all of you.
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THANKS STEVE
Steve Lamacq has literally just finished playing Cockatoo by Fists on his 6 music show. He also gave a big mention to Hello Thor during the station's biggest audience of the day. Thanks Steve.
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FISTS' DEBUT SINGLE OUT NOW
Cockatoo b/w Skit is out now on ltd edition 7 " vinyl and download.
Buy either (or both!) in our online shop now!
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ARTROCKER LOVE FISTS
And so do we... read what they said and get a FREE download of Fists' 6-5 Special.
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