Stylusboy comes on board

We're both super pleased that Stylusboy will be supporting us at our launch gig on June 24th at The Crown, Nuneaton.

Please go and see his website and download his music (it's all free!) at www.stylusboy.co.uk

We're off to take some photos today of what will hopefully be our album design.

LAUNCH VENUE CONFIRMED

Our second album 'All I Have Is Here' is released on June 24th and to celebrate we will be having a great big lovely gig on the same day. The gig will be held at The Crown in Nuneaton which is where you can get your hands on the album for the first time.

Tickets will be available from our website, from us in person (in the street, in the pub, at our gigs, wherever we are, if you spot us come and grab one) and from behind the bar at The Crown. They have not been released yet so don't go asking Julian or Sam (owners) for tickets just yet. We'll put out another blog regarding when they are available and the price, along with what to expect at the gig.

Thats FRIDAY JUNE 24th.

And to keep it in the family, here is my brothers band, Breakfast with the Snake's first recording

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/8269311#!/breakfastwiththesnake

Muchas Gracias

Michalos

NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT

So the recording of our second album has been completed and we're both pleased to announce that...

'ALL I HAVE IS HERE'

will be released on

FRIDAY 24TH JUNE 2011

We will be having a big launch gig on the night and we are in the final stages of confirming the venue and support acts, so within the next few days we'll share all. We'll be spending the next few weeks mixing and mastering the album, with artwork and tracklisting to be revealed when confirmed.

Updates will be given on our facebook site the second we know about the venue and tracklisting so please go and 'like' us at www.facebook.com/barricadesrise, but those without facebook can get their fix right on this site too.

Whoopdydoodah!

Michael and Jonathan

Cross Counties Radio Interview

For those people that didn’t get to hear our recent interview on Leicestershires Cross Counties Radio, the here it is in all its edited glory. We were actually on air for two and a half hours but this edit is of just the interview sections and comes in at just under an hour. Sit back and enjoy.

Interview - Cross Counties Radio 07/04/11 by Barricades Rise

It's Crunch Time

When we started this album in January we both agreed on a certain date for the release. Everything has pretty much gone to plan and we're looking at hitting this date, and fingers crossed by the end of this week we will have a venue and can release the details. A few venues have been banded about between us and we have yet to finalise anything but this week really is crunch time. As well as finalising the venue and confirming the date, the artwork for the album has to be decided. A few ideas have been batted between us but nothing in concrete. This too will be decided within a fortnight, along with a title. Exciting times are ahead and we have to decide on what is right, or what is easy. We hit the 300 'likes' on Facebook this week which was great. If you haven't liked us yet, click on the right hand side of the site. Share and suggest us with your friends too. Gig city is getting larger too M x

All we hear is radio ga ga . . .

Yesterday we spent the whole evening being interviewed, spinning our recordings and playing a few live tracks on Leicestershires Cross Counties Radio. It was a great night and station owner David and DJ Rob made us feel right at home at their amazing studios. We were only expecting to be on air for about an hour but ended up recording a two and a half hour epic.


In all, three new songs were played on air. We débuted our new song ‘Run’, gave ‘Always Yours’ another outing and took to our guitars for ‘Roundabouts’. Aftermath, This Creation and The Preacher also got the ‘live in the studio’ treatment and the rest of the ‘No Love Lost EP’ got played via the DJ. It was great to have a show that was ours. Even the songs played by other artists were picked by us.



Not only did we get a fun interview out of the evening, we also discussed the possibility of us creating our own half hour show for the station. If it works we could be recording a regular show with our favourite tunes, a little banter and maybe some tune from other unsigned acts we like. We will keep you up to date with that as it happen



Thanks to all that emailed and text in during the show and to those that missed it, we will get a shorter edit online over the weekend.

Jonathan

Ps. Cross Counties Radio airs 24 a day and is a community station and is run entirely by volunteers. Show your support by tuning in at http://www.crosscountiesradio.co.uk/ or on 3G/4G smart phones or even DAB Wi-Fi.

On the radio tonight

We'll be appearing on Cross Counties Radio tonight from 7pm onwards. We may be playing live, I'm not sure, but we are definately debuting a new tune, maybe 2, alongside old fave's and a good old chin wag regarding the new release. Tune in at www.crosscountiesradio.co.uk. It will also be recorded and replayed I think, and we will try to get a copy of it and stick it on our site for you to listen to at leisure.

The album is taking shape nicely, I'd say about 75% complete.

For more news on the album, tune in tonight!

M x

Friday, Friday, Gotta get down on Friday

Inspired by the great Rebecca Black song there

So what's the dealio? First off, it's been nice to have a week off recording, secondly, it's been so frustrating to have a week off recording! We were on a roll with the album and unfortunately Studio el Barricados had to have a makeover, so 1 week of twiddling thumbs. It should be back in action by Monday. Although we haven't met up at any point this week, a 10 track album sampler has been in my car and home stereo and I must say 'Flippin heck, it's good'. With the addition of a few more tracks we're hoping it'll be THE album of the summer, it will be for us.

Whilst Jonathan has been tinkering with the studio, he's also been moulding this site too. With the release not too far away we are making an improved effort to grow our online empire and go down several different paths. I also go down paths, but very often get stuck at HTML T-junction and give up, so leave it to the expert.

About 47 thousand and 4 gigs have been booked by us in the past few weeks, which really means we better hit the release date otherwise there will be nothing to promote, and we are constantly looking for more. From June onwards we are looking to play every night, sometimes two or three times a nights, so if you run a night, or know of one that will accept us then email band@barricadesrise.co.uk

On a seperate note, 'Entourage' is fantastic, seriously. Go out and watch the hell out of it.

Finally, here is how to make my famous Chilli

Ingrediants:

500g Mince Meat

3 Onions

3 Tins chopped tomatos

2 Cloves Garlic

1 Green Pepper

1 Tin of Red Kidney Beans

Beef stock cube

Salt and Pepper (Malden Sea Salt is best)

Olive Oil

Cayene Chilli Powder

1. Heat a large pan slowly with a tablespoon of oil. Whilst heating, finely chop the onions and crush and chop the garlic. Add to the pan when hot.

2. Stir and brown the onions until soft, remove and place aside. Add mince to the same pan. Once brown add salt and pepper and beef stock cube. Re-add the onions.

3. Chop the Green pepper into small chunks and add to pan along with the 3 tins of tomatos. Stir well. Add approx half teaspoon (mild), 1 teaspoon (medium) or 4 (I love it HOT HOT HOT) of Cayane chilli powder to the pan. Drain kidney beans and add. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes, stiring occasionally.*

4. Cook rice and serve whilst listening to No Love Lost EP and drinking hearty red wine.

*If it is too watery, add some gravy granuals as this will soak it up, and make it more beefy!

Have a good weekend!

M x