Here is the spanking new single and video from GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY. It’s called ‘The real McCoy’, and it’s massive.

The video stars TNA IMPACT WRESTLING stars AUSTIN ARIES and ALEX SHELLEY. Any fan of wrestling will know that this is a very big deal indeed! The video was premiered worldwide on TNA Xplosion recently, and it would seem it has already given Get Cape a much wider audience than ever before!

Sam Duckworth will be touring in May in support of his 4th album ‘Maps’, due to be released on May 7.

This is FLASH FIkTION’s latest single ‘Starry Glow’ (you can purchase it HERE).

The eclectic 3-piece, formed out of the ashes of SWITCHES are really quite special. They will be gracing Southend at MONDAY FUNDAY on 20th February. This show is a must see at only £3, and with support coming from the fantastic EXILES.

HOODLUMS continue to make epic pop. Which is absolutely fine with us! This is their latest single ‘Dark Horses’. 

They are playing an exclusive set at MONDAY FUNDAY at THE SUNROOMS on 6th February, and it’s only £3 entry. This my friends is what we call a bargain. Make the most of it!

Fair play to Mikey Glenister! We’ve featured many bands that Monday Funday have had play at their clubnight. 
We’ll be featuring some of these bands very soon, so stay tuned! 

mikeyglenister:

Once a week, I host MONDAY FUNDAY at THE SUNROOMS in Southend-On-Sea. I started out just DJing back in April last year, but since October last year I started putting on bands.

I’ve done promoting for long time in Southend now, and in my time I’ve put on great bands like The Xcerts, Tubelord, Gay For Johnny Depp, Baddies, Blakfish, The Outcry Collective, Dartz!, Tellison, GCWCF, The Dead Formats, as well as many excellent local bands. 

I’ve made money, I’ve only just broken even (more often than not), and I’ve lost a lot money throughout the years. When you lose money, it’s very hard and frustrating to try and decipher why people won’t come to gigs, especially if they are great line ups. I did give up promoting for a long time, as I couldn’t stand putting in so much effort and risking my own money to try and do something for the relevant local music scenes, when there appeared to be such a lack of support or interest in gigs in Southend.

But I find myself always coming back to gig promotion, as I love gigs, and I think a good live music scene is so important in an age where music and live music footage and streams is so accessible on the internet. Bands playing music live is just the best thing in the world. 

It really is hard work. But when it pays off, and you get people through the door and everyone has a great time and sings your praises for keeping the faith, it really makes it all worth while. The most recent success for me was Tellison (check the mental video footage HERE).

I’ve been given a fantastic opportunity to put on great gigs week in week out with the backing of The Sunrooms (which I’m incredibly grateful for!), and I have some fantastic bands like Courts, Hoodlums, Suffer Like G Did and Flash Fiktion all coming up soon. We also have excellent resident DJs in LO-FI BEATS and DANNY BLANCO who keep the music diverse and banging right through the night. 

If anyone would like to play Monday Funday (every Monday!) please feel free to email me at mikecisco@hotmail.co.uk with your music links and I’ll happily check it out :)

This one of many videos from a live set that VOX EMPIRE did in December last year at MANSION NIGHTCLUB. 

Formerly known as FOREIGN LEGION, these guys recruited REDTRACK’s MITCH SILVEY on lead guitar to beef up their ranks. Breathing a fresh bluesy edge back into rock and roll, these guys are sure to make a big impact in 2012.

Check out plenty more videos from the Mansion show HERE.

BADDIES are back!!

This is their utterly infectious comeback single ‘Bronto’ from their upcoming album ‘Build’, which was pretty much funded entirely by donations from their incredibly loyal fan base.

It’s already getting plenty of love from the likes of Huw Stephens over on Radio 1. They play Southend Chinnerys Friday 10th February.Support comes from THE WELCOME COMMITTEE. 

Introducing GORY.

Gory (aka Charlton Lake) has been making an increasing impression online, with this being his third single with accompanying video that has been doing the rounds throughout the social network.

Originally residing around Benfleet, tracks like this “All About The Money” (featuring StArdo Karle) are why people are excited about soulful hip hop coming out of the south east in 2012. 

Keep track of Gory and other artists at LION MOUNTAIN RECORDS.

We’ve neglected Southend Who? a little bit, so we plan on keeping this updated much more! We have a couple of new artist features coming up in the very near future.

In the meantime, here is SAM DUCKWORTH playing some songs and being interviewed by Radio 1’s JEN LONG.

Our favourite alternative night MONDAY FUNDAY has really come up trumps this time.

First off they have TELLISON playing live. Anyone who has seen this band live or heard their albums will know this is a dream booking for The Sunrooms.
Main support comes from new local heroes EXILES, who could quite easily headline Monday Funday in their own right. Opening is DEMI AND MITCH, a beautiful collaboration between DEMI SPRIGGS, and REDTRACK guitarist MITCH SILVEY.

Does it get much better? Well, yes it does actually. IT’S ONLY £3!!