Handmade with love...

More Than Conquerors launch their new single 'A Lion, A Man' tonight in Belfast. The guys have a limited run of 100 bespoke handmade singles available first at tonight's show. This is MTC's first show at home in quite a while, they have a plethora of new material, new goodies to get your paws on and they are as hyper as a 3 year old after getting a rocking horse on Christmas day. Don't miss this show, its sure to be EXPLOSIVE!

Feldberg are exciting, happy and perfect for when the sun is shining.

The last show on the Feldberg UK calendar (for now) was the Lexington, London last Thursday.
Terry Lane from Buzzin Music Blog went along, click here for the full review...

Feldberg @ Lomography Recap

Feldberg Love Lomography Gallery so much so they made their second stop here last week during their mini UK tour! Food, wine and Royal Festivities aided by a little Icelandic pop ambiance - sad you missed it? click here for a recap!
Long Live Lomography.....

Feldberg are 'Track Of The Day'!

Get on over to Q Magazine's website, as they have declared 'Don't Be A Stranger' their track of the day!

If your in London town tonight make sure to check out the band perform at the Lexington, they're on stage at 9pm sharp!!

More Than Conquerors - "A Lion, A Man" single release

Balcony TV Presents....Feldberg!

Feldberg dropped by Balcony TV Towers during their Dublin tour yesterday. A quick pit stop which featured a live track and a bit of old fashioned craic!
Click here to watch again!

Feldberg Live on the Pat Kenny Show!

Einar and Rósa touched down in sunny Ireland just before 6pm yesterday evening. They had steaks in Belfast, sleeps in Sandy Row, awoke for breakfast this morning on the Pat Kenny Show! and rounded it all up with a few acoustic numbers in Dublins Tower Records.
Live in all its glory The Pat Kenny Show is available to listen again by clicking here.
The band are back in Belfast now before day two on their promo tour begins, next stop Derry City <<<

More Than Conquerors: Tour Update

Day 3 on the More Than Conquerors Scottish tour and right now the guys are sitting in their hotel room doing crossword puzzles... 'rock 'n' roll'... right?

Tonight the guys hit up KAGE in Dundee, again the show is free admission.

LaFaro - Midnight Show - Tomorrow - That rhymes, right?

Tomorrow night when the clock strikes 12...Lafaro will take to the stage in Auntie Annies, well the 3 of LaFaro that can squeeze onto the tiny stage and the one who can't will hang with the ruff-uns down the front.
No blood please but there will be sweat, possibly tears if Cahir O'Doherty has the strength to make it and most definitely 100% "dirty stinking LaFaro" - Zane Lowe 2010

Get down early or miss out - simple really

Feldberg Set For Derry on 22nd April

To celebrate the release of their debut album this week on STA, Feldberg will be taking a trip to UK and Ireland shows in a week's time. Their Derry show on Friday 22nd April is an intimate affair in the wonderful Cafe Del Mondo and is a BYOB gig. I am out the night before as well, gout beckons at the tender age of 34. Tickets for the gig are priced at £10 and includes a quality meal made by some lovely staff at the Cafe!

"Quirky, eccentric and surreal sounds fine unless you are descriping your doctor."

The April Edition of Alternative Ulster Magazine comes jam packed with all things worth going out for, all things worth staying in for and of course hot tips across the international alternative culture spectrum.

<<<<< Have a little look who features this month....its only bleedin' Feldberg!!

More Than Conquerors: On the road again!

More Than Conquerors set sail from Belfast last night, on the vast 8 hour voyage across the Irish Sea, to embark on four Scottish shows with Paisley based Pacific Theatre. We have heard that they 'more than conquerored' their sea legs with some sweet ice cold beers!

The first show is in Glasgow's Bar Bloc on Wednesday night, and its FREE!

Feldberg release day!

You can now get your hands on the Feldberg 'Don't Be A Stranger' album, via the Smalltownamerica Store

More Than Conquerors are back on the RADAR

More Than Conquerors will be making their long awaited return to Belfast on 5th May @ RADAR, complete with a limited edition run of their new single "A Lion, A Man".

LaFaro give top5 performance @ SXSW

If you got this months Fancorps newsletter you might have noticed this...

Tony's Top 5 Performances from SXSW 2011

This Will Destroy You@ Malverde

The Joy Formidable@ Brush Square Park

Helmet @ Dirty Dog

Orbit @ Lustre Pearl

Lafaro @ BD Riley's

We were at all of the show and second every single performance listed... especially LaFaro!

LaFaro down piss alley!

RTE2fm's Jenny Houston caught up with the LaFaro boys outside Latitude 30, Austin.

LISTEN HERE!

This is the awesome LaFaro screen print designed by yourawesomehorse. You can get your hands on it and many more sick posters here

"Chugga chugga without all of the drama and theatrics"

Lafaro return home to 'rainy grey' Belfast after 'killing it' (psssssst that American for doing really well every day)

Check these words by Stephen Carridini for OKSee...

"Heavy metal act Lafaro changed the mood significantly, throwing down some very impressive old-school metal. Fittingly, one of the guitarists was wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt. If you like the chugga chugga without all of the drama and theatrics that have been attached to metal as of late, you'll like Lafaro."

Skibunny share some DJ set news...

A few DJ dates for your diaries from SKIBUNNY…

FRI 18th MARCH - EDINBURGH - WOLF PARTY @ The Store, Guthrie Street. LINK

THURS 24th & 31st MARCH - EDINBURGH - SICK NOTE @ Cabaret Voltaire, Blair Street. LINK

SUN 27th MARCH - EDINBURGH - COALITION @ Sneaky Pete’s, The Cowgate

FRI 1st APRIL - BELFAST - UPSIDE DOWN AFTERSHOW w/ALAN MCGEE @ The Menagerie, University Ave. LINK

"The Belfast date follows the screening of the AMAZING documentary UPSIDE DOWN: The Creation Records Story, at the Belfast Film Festival. You can buy tickets for the film screening HERE. The film was made by our very good friends DOCUMENT PRODUCTIONS, and in fact Tanya was the production accountant on the film (day job, yo!) and we are really happy to be DJing once again alongside the legend that is Alan McGee."

SXSWi Notes - Guy Kawasaki

I thought this talk was really interesting for anyone involved in putting out records, it was pitched at a tech audience, but I think we can apply it to what we all try and do everyday when we're pitching to radio, press and to new bands. Here are the main notes out of an hour talk. You can find out more about Guy Kawasaki here - it's not too self-helpy - so don't worry.

Do not enchant the CxO
• The people who you need to speak with and impress are at a lower level in organisations you want to work with
• Don't waste time trying to enchant the boss
• At a lower organisational level these are the guys that actually do the work

Great enchanters know who to speak and pitch
• Customise your introduction -
• Sell your dream 'there's an app for that'
• 10 slides | 20 minutes | 30pt font size

Provide Value
• Information, insights and assistance when using social media tools - we do not care about what you have for lunch.
• Great Engagement: BE FAST to MANY and OFTEN
• You have no idea about who is going to make your service tip it might be LonelyBoy15 - everyone has value in the social media sphere
• There is a misconception that once you've done everything you can kick back and relax and spark up twitter - it need to be constant.

Enchant Up
• Drop everything else when your boss asks you to do something - if you think this is not optimal - it's because you don't know your bosses reality.
• Prototype fast - when you're asked to do something, don't wait until it's perfect - show your boss what you're working on. Am I on the right page here? Higher probability that you will deliver the right thing.
• Deliver Bad news early - never surprise your boss bad news and always deliver it with solutions

Enchant Down - Provide a MAP for your colleagues
• Mastery - you will understand these new things/you're going to improve your skill set here
• Autonomy - we are not going to micro-manage you)
• Purpose - working autonomously for a higher purpose.

Empower Action in Your Colleagues
• I trust you
• I think you're smart
• Do what it takes to get the job done

Suck It Up
• Never ask someone to do something you would not do.

LaFaro SXSW Showcase Poster