CRAWDADDY FRI 21ST JULY-Star Belgrade, The Ultra Montanes and Hoovers & Sledgehammers

Star Belgrade

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STAR BELGRADE, THE ULTRA MONTANES & HOOVERS & SELDGEHAMMERS -

Crawdaddy, Friday 21st July. Doors open @ 8pm and admission is €10 or €8 with a concession. For text concessions, please text STAR to 085-1476030.

The line up for the night consists of the hilarious Hoovers & Sledgehammers, Dublin music scene veterans - The Ultra Montanes and ourselves, Star Belgrade.

All three bands feature on www.cpu.ie, Irelands largest mp3 web-site.


Here are links to all three bands microsites on cpu:

Star Belgrade: http://artists.cpu.ie//bands/1193/

The Ultra Montanes: http://artists.cpu.ie//bands/1175/

Hoovers & Sledgehammers : http://artists.cpu.ie//bands/68/


We look forward to seeing you all there!


Many thanks

Paul (+ Mike, Derek, Charlie & Richard)




STAR BELGRADE
Star Belgrade have had a fantastic opening to their career which began with a bedroom demo recorded on a 4 track tape recorder. Within days of sending out the tapes, "Red Arc" was broadcast by Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 1.

"It just goes to show you that you don't necessarily have to go into a big, expensive 24 track studio to make something that will grab people's attention... that's a real grower that track"
(Steve Lamacq)

From there, the radio interest grew. For Aligre FM in Paris they recorded a session which recieved heavy airplay & featured in the stations Top 30 playlist amongst the likes of Interpol, Frank Black, Coldplay & David Bowie. "Red Arc" continues to be broadcast on independant stations & podcasts throughout Europe & the UK.

The band have maximized the use of the Internet to circulate their music. Since the launch of their web page on CPU.ie in February '06, their songs have been dowloaded by an incredible 12,300 listeners, making them the website's most downloaded unsigned Irish band of all time.

Star Belgrade began gigging in March '06 & have notched up four well attended & well recieved gigs, including two headline slots in Dublin's Temple Bar Music Centre. Freelance journalist Paul Galbally had this to say about their live set :

"Star Belgrade have purpose, that's apparent from the minute they take the stage. Their sound is wide and large, with a technological feel, that isn't clinical. Mike's stage presence is big, and they have a brooding and expectant air that makes listening to them an exciting and visceral experience. The material is excellent, and they give each number plenty of time to develop and allow the soundscapes to grow in unison as a musical unit. Their playing is technically excellent and inventive. This is all but their 3rd gig. Now that's impressive"

The band are set to enter the studio for the first time to record their debut EP. A nationwide release and tour will begin later this summer.




THE ULTRA MONTANES
The Ultra Montanes are, at long last, back! Having already made big news with their debut album (Q gave them a staggering 5-star review), The Ultra Montanes have finally emerged from their shady - albeit nonetheless more than interesting - existence with a brand new, yet unmistakably unique sound... "Sterilised" from their current EP "DIRTY BLOOD SAVED OUR TOWN" has already been picked up by radio stations. Not only that but the band is currently recording a brand new single which is to be released before the summer kicks in!

"Dirty Blood Saved Our Town" is available at all good record stores in Dublin (and at Mulligans in Galway, I'm told), and while some mp3's are downloadable here, there is more at their own website, www.theultramontanes.com.

Check out www.theultramontanes.com for more on THE ULTRA MONTANES and to access FULL song downloads!!!




HOOVERS & SLEDGEHAMMERS
Their music gloriously ignores all fads and trends..."
(Jackie Hayden-Hotpress).

"They got me dancin'"
(Mary Harney).

"I'd love to work with these guys"
(Kylie Minogue).

Hoovers and Sledgehammers are a Dublin based duo of rock/abstract performance artists. Igor Honey plays bass and some keyboards and Earl mustard plays drums, guitar and sings(sometimes all at the same time).

They formed early in 2002 and have four independently released albums under their belt (with each album averaging 30 compositions or more). Recorded with a humble tascam 4-track recorder and mostly made up on the spot, they are: Fox at my window (2002), Shut the F**k up (2003), Hoovers and Sledgehammers(2003) and most recently Dr.Carmel (2004) are the albums the boys have produced to date.

The band are heavily influenced by Talking Heads, particularly their earlier work and are heavily uninfluenced by the Frames.

In the summer of 2004 the band made a promo video for their cult hit Dalek Diarrhoea -disturbing work. They are working currently on two new promo videos for "Joyridin'" and "The Mercury Man".

So catch Hoovers and Sledgehammers playing around Dublin. Cheese sandwiches available at most of their shows