November 2011
23 posts
BBC RADIO 1 AIRPLAY:
Ally McCrae played “Call Of Youth” on his BBC Introducing show last night! Alongside pals IndianRedLopez new single which is cracking! Good times! Also features The Twilight Sad (Official) among other beasting tracks.
Listen to the show here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00m066s
MUSIC NEWS FEATURE:
Music News (a great magazine) has run a feature on the band in their latest issue.
Page 14 for a tour and album story.
http://bit.ly/t269vy
JIM GELLATLY IN DEMAND SESSION: 3 TRACKS
We’re recorded a Clyde Fm session for Jim Gellatly last week for InDemand which will be aired on Sunday next week or this Sunday (tbc).
We took the advantage of them having a grand Yamaha piano in the studio and used it to full effect on The First Place and Before Today before doing a straight acoustic version of Do Something New.
Listen here: http://www.indemandscotland.co.uk/
THE LEFTOVER SESSIONS: PREVIEW ARTICLE
We are currently writing a tour diary with photos to be published on The Leftover Sessions website next week.
In the meantime - They ran a preview on our tour / album
HERE: http://theleftoversessions.co.uk/2011/11/15/the-little-kicks-tour-and-album-details/
NME RELEASES:
Aside from that we are listed on NME;s upcoming release list HERE which suggests they at least have us on their radar - a review would be magic but unlikely…we will wait and see….
http://www.nme.com/reviews/releases
RADIO MAGNETIC / JIM GELLATLY PLAY "LOOSEN UP"
Jim Gellatly has also played our track Loosen Up alongside some great bands on his Radio Magnetic show- download the podcast HERE:
http://radiomagnetic.com/main-features/episode-159/
STV PREVIEW:
STV did a preview piece on the hometown launch show here. http://local.stv.tv/aberdeen/news/27116-album-launch-for-aberdeen-band/
SORRY FOR LACK OF POSTS! WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE!
So there has been a complete lack of posts on this page for a while.
Sorry about that! We have been BUSY!
We also now have a website where all of our news and shows will be listed and it will now be the most up to date place for us! We will still maintain this blog though when we can! www.thelittlekicks.co.uk
Plenty of nice things have been coming in about the new record so ill post them up as...
October 2011
5 posts
SCOTTISH FICTION AIRPLAY:
“Call Of Youth” was played and featured on Scottish Fiction blog/ radio show. It’s a great show with lots of good tracks - listen here.
http://scottishfiction.blogspot.com/2011/10/scottish-fiction-playlist-monday-17th.html
TLKs
DAILY DISCHORD: TRK BY TRK of NEW ALBUM!
Daily Dischord’s Mitch Bain has very kindly written a Trk by Trk piece on our NEW ALBUM!
You can read it on the link below and remember you can own the album NOW (6 weeks early!) by buying a Pre-Order Bundle from our Online Store: www.thelittlekicks.bigcartel.com
Read the Article Here:
http://www.dailydischord.com/little-kicks-album-two-track-by-track/
Thanks again Mitch!
TLKs
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THE LITTLE KICKS: NEW ALBUM: SAMPLE TRKS: →
You can hear 30 second samples of each track on the new record on our Soundcloud page. Click on the linkey link.
http://snd.sc/nHD6DR
KOWALSKIY - TRK BY TRK GUIDE: →
Popular Scottish blog site Kowalskiy has published a trk by trk guide to our new album (with some input by Steven). Its an all across the board thumbs up which is great! Click on the link to read the article or have a look below!
Friday, 7 October 2011
The Little Kicks - The Little Kicks Kommentary
I’ve not really been the sort to do the whole ‘track-by-track’ thing other than...
NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT:
We are pleased to announce that our NEW album will be released on the 28th November 2011! (You can however, pre-order it now - see below!)
Entitled “The Little Kicks” the album was recorded in Edinburgh at The Depot with Mr Ric Rogass (Broken Records/ Easy Tigers) and features 8 new tracks!
The album will be available on all major online retailers from the 28th November and in all...
September 2011
2 posts
UPDATE / SEPTEMBER SHOWS:
Yo Peeps! So weve been pretty quite on here on the updates front but behind the scenes been up to plenty! Here’s a wee rundown of what weve been up to. Basically we recently finished the mixing, mastering and editing of our new album! So were now prepping and readying the artwork and release info and thats what well be concentrating on for the next wee while.
Were also booking a tour for...
July 2011
7 posts
AUGUST TOUR DATES:
Ok, so we have a STACK of shows in AUGUST! And aswell as that our new album will be finished within 2 weeks - mastered and all! Cant wait! Some of the shows below include Steven playing solo on one occasion and another is a DJ set but all in all theyre all of interest - hope to see you guys there! Personal highlights for us id say will be the two Edge Festival shows and the Wizard Festival!
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FAVOURITE SON Interview:
Steven had a chat with cracking blog site Favourite Son last week, check it out here and get the blog liked: great place for finding out about new Scottish bands and music:
http://favouriteson.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/little-kicks-interview/
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EDGE FESTIVAL with Aerials Up/ Liquid Rooms:
We are delighted to announce we will be playing the Edge Festival in August! Supporting the rather majestic Aerials Up at the Liquid Rooms on the 12th.
Details on the show are HERE: http://www.theedgefestival.com/content/default.asp?page=s1_1&gigid=2809
Cant wait for this one!
SM
LAST YEARS GIRL INTERVIEW:
http://lastyearsgirl.pixlet.net/?p=3677
Highly reccomend this blog site -lots of nice photos and articles. a LKs feature here to boot also! http://lastyearsgirl.pixlet.net/?p=3677
SM
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