London’s ever-impressive To Kill a King have just released a brand new EP titled ‘Word of Mouth EP’ – and you can download it here for FREE!

The folk-inflected pop-rockers have already garnered critical acclaim for their last EP, ‘My Crooked Saint’, and their last single ‘Bloody Shirt’ was treated to airplay on Radio 1 & Radio 2 by the likes of Zane Lowe & Huw Stevens, as well as being iTunes single of the week.

To Kill a King play Venue 1 at Hare & Hounds on Thursday 1st November 2012, presented by Birmingham Promoters. Tickets available here.

Check out this awesome video of them recording the EP below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t23KCx5V65Q&feature=player_embedded

One of the hottest names in dance music lands at The Hare and Hounds to play Le Lieu this Friday…

Manchester’s XXXY, real name Rupert Taylor is behind some of our favorite mixes of the last 18 months (including mixes for Fact, Red Bull Music Academy and XLR8R) and is currently producing some of the hottest tracks in dance music at the moment, straddling a line between bass, classic house, jackin and upfront party jams.

XXXY – EVERYTHING..

XXXY LIVE AT SONAR ..

You can pick up advance tickets for a simple fiver right here or you can pay slightly more on the door.

FULL DETAIL.

Le Lieu presents XXXY

Venue: Hare & Hounds
Date: 03/08/12
Time: 10:00pm – 03:00am

See you all there!

If you’re not on our Mailing list you can see all our July highlights for The Bulls Head and Hare & Hounds by clicking HERE or alternatively you can visit our Homepage and select Email Newsletter to receive any future mail outs. This month’s competition offers a pair of free Tickets to see Theo Parrish at the Hare & Hounds Kings Heath!

This Saturday, Tribe new to the Hare & Hounds has unfortunately been postponed until further notice, luckily promoter George Powell has decided to give away 10 pairs of tickets to see Deborah Bond on the same night at the Hare & Hounds (Sat 28^th August)

From 8pm til 3am you’ll be entertained by the talented Deborah Bond as well as DJs Kevin J & Colin Curtis who will be spinning before and after Deborah Bond’s set. So expect an eclectic mix of R&B, funk and British soul to take you through the night!

For a chance to win a pair of tickets to Saturdays show all you have to do is answer this simple question:

What is the name of Deborah Bond’s debut album?

You can send your answers to georgepowell@mail.com winners will be picked at random and notified tomorrow evening. Good Luck!

For more information on future George Powell events including the King Street Sounds Birmingham All-Dayer visit: http://www.iamgeorgepowell.com/

The post dubstep, dark house electronica leanings of the mysterious Holy Other is coming to the Hare and Hounds for his first ever UK tour….

HOLY OTHER – http://soundcloud.com/holyother/

Holy Other’s Debut EP ‘ With U’ was released worldwide in June 2011 on all formats (12”, CD & digital) to universal critical acclaim and currently holds a score of 82 on Metacritic. It was listed in Best of 2011 lists by the likes of Spin, Stereogum, URB, Gorilla Vs Bear, Dummy, The Guardian and XLR8R who actually made it their number 1 record of the year as well as making Holy Other their number 2 new artist of the year. The Album has received great radio support from Stuart Maconie, Rob Da Bank and Gilles Peterson who included ‘Touch’ in his best of the year radio show.

‘In all honesty, it’s hard to say a whole lot more about Holy Other and his music without sounding like gushing fanboys. Nevertheless, With U is an incredible record. Even with its dark and dour drones—which are incredibly intoxicating on their own merits—the EP is stuffed with tangible emotion, some of which is surprisingly bright and all of which is incredibly potent.’ – XLR8R

 Expect a stunning, unique show with visuals, moody lighting and music spilling out of one of the cities best soundsystems.

VESSEL – http://soundcloud.com/vessel

Vessel is the pseudonym of 22 year old Bristolian Sebastian Gainsborough. Having only been producing for a few years Seb rose to prominence in 2011 through acclaimed releases for Throwing Snow’s fledgling label left_blank, along with a sold out cassette release for Rekordah’s boutique imprint Astro-Dynamics. In early 2012 Seb signed with the all conquering Tri Angle records (home to Balam Acab, oOoOO, Holy Other, Clams Casino, The Haxan Cloak) to release his debut album.
Taking influence as much from the bass heavy heritage of the city around him as from sounds emerging further afield, Seb creates exciting, unclassifiable music across shifting BPM’s. From the EBM pulse of Nylon Sunset, the stuttering house swing of Patina or the warped boogie of Wax Dance, through to the recent industrial-tinged Tri Angle debut Scarletta, there is a unique grasp of rhythm and an undeniable musicality at work in his productions.
As part of the Young Echo collective alongside fellow left_blank artist El Kid, and Punch Drunk signees Kahn & Zhou, Seb is at the forefront of a groundbreaking generation of new producers for whom 2012 should be a stellar year.

FORT ROMEAU – http://soundcloud.com/fortromeau

Perhaps introducing South London’s Fort Romeau, aka Mike Norris, as ‘La Roux’s keyboardist / programmer’ invokes the wrong ideas of poppy electro and angular hair, but his solo productions couldn’t be further from all that. Inspired by the likes of Air, Autechre and classic Chicago House, Norris fuses warm analogue sounds and haunting vocal samples for his debut release, ‘Kingdoms’, on the seductively offbeat 100% Silk label

Tickets are priced at £8 (INCLUDING BOOKING FEE) and if you’d like to pick one up please go here

Or visit: http://www.thisistmrw.co.uk

EMAIL: matt@thisistmrw.co.uk

Doors 8pm

Early last year, Cave Painting tip toed into people’s ears with an online free download called ‘Leaf’ and a much talked about debut gig at the tiny Social in London earlier this year. The ripple effect spread when they streamed a demo of ‘Midnight Love’ along with a stunning 1 minute promo clip of the same name. Bloggers blogged, labels talked, and by the time Cave Painting played their second show at Proud Galleries they were signed to Hideout Records on a major long term deal.

2012 sees the much-anticipated release of the bands’ debut single and album, recently recorded with Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkey/Kasabian).

“Colliding intimate moments with heart in mouth dynamics, shimmering guitars and butter wouldn’t melt harmonies – the four songs on offer here hint at a band with more ideas than you can shake a tie dyed stick at.” – The Line of Best Fit

Cave Painting play Venue 2 at Hare & Hounds on Tuesday 2nd October 2012, presented by Birmingham Promoters. Tickets available here.

Check out the video for ‘Midnight Love’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoQ97nhJmc

It is with great pleasure that we welcome one of the true greats of contemporary soul and house music to come and play for Leftfoot in the intimacy of The Hare and Hounds 250 capacity main room.

He began spinning and producing tracks in 1986, at the age of thirteen.  As an adult Theo continued to impact and be impacted by dance music, helping to bring a dormant underground music scene to life. In 1994, Theo Parrish moved to Michigan where he became heavily involved in Detroit’s underground music scene. Producing music and delivering his unique and dynamic sets in venues throughout the Detroit and surrounding areas, as well as abroad he has gained the attention and respect of DJ’s, producers, listeners and dancers worldwide.

‘Love of the music should be the driving force of any producer, performer or DJ. Everything else stems from that core, that love. With that love, sampling can become a tribute; An expansion on ideas long forgotten, reconstruction, collage. Using the same understanding openly and respectfully can turn DJing into a spiritual participation. It can turn a few hours of selection into essential history; Necessary listening through movement.’ This personal philosophy gives shape and direction to the distinctive sounds that are created by Theo Parrish.

Letftoot presents: Theo Parrish – Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath B14 7JZ – Friday 31^st August

Tickets available from -HERE-

We’re super pleased to be welcoming iLiKETRAiNS back to the Hare & Hounds courtesy of Birmingham Promoters!

This year we have seen their triumphant return with their critically acclaimed third full length record, ’The Shallows’ – a document of their love/hate relationship with a modern world obsessed with technological advance. They have flourished within Leeds’ fertile music scene since their inception in 2004 and have seen their intelligent, thought-provoking and quintessentially British world embraced by a growing following the world over. Each release has seen the band’s reputation as a formidable live act grow. They have toured extensively in the UK, Europe, Russia and the USA and supported the likes of Sisters of Mercy, British Sea Power and Editors.

“A hefty whomp of steely-eyed beauty” – 8/10, NME

“I Like Trains have finally made the record they’ve been striving for” – 8/10, Contact Music

I Like Trains play Venue 1 at Hare & Hounds on Sunday 21st October 2012. Tickets available here.

Check out the video for ‘Terra Nova’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoHloQFJNvs

Now a worldly wise septuagenarian, enigmatic guitarist and songwriter, we are honoured to welcome Michael Chapman to the Hare & Hounds!

Chapman was first championed by John Peel in the 70s and Jack Rose and No Neck Blues Band in the 00s. His career retrospective double CD came out via Tompkins Square in February, and Light In The Attic re-issued his classic ‘Fully Qualified Survivor’ in the same month. Both releases have received stunning reviews.

He’s already been rediscovered wholesale in the US courtesy of his Jack Rose and No Neck Blues Band connections, topped off by his extensive interview by fan Thurston Moore in Fretboard Journal in 2009, where Moore compared Chapman’s style and influence with that of John Renbourn and Bert Jansch. Now the UK and Europe are catching up with this sudden explosion of excitement about him, and quite right too.

As Spencer Grady notes on the BBC Music site, “Just as John Fahey and Robbie Basho were belatedly sainted by a slew of avant-garde musicians eager to enrich their experimental fields with old primitive tradition, so the same enclave have reached out to embrace Yorkshire-born minstrel Michael Chapman.”

Michael Chapman plays Venue 1 at Hare & Hounds on Monday 15th October 2012, presented by Birmingham Promoters. Tickets available here.

Ahead of Horse Meat saddling up at the Hare & Hounds in a few weeks time – Matt Beck spoke to Jim Stanton about what we can expect…

1.) With a hugely successful clubnight, a mix series accompanying it and now stepping into the realm of production, what can we expect next from the Horse Meat boys?

We’re all keeping up with the dj’ing and festival dates over this summer with keeping an eye firmly on the production, edits and re-rubs

2.) How are you finding stepping into the production realm and which producers have influenced your style ?

Well we’ve got a shed load of tracks and studio demos – at least a mini ep and full album’s worth here! We’re working out the best direction to go producer and vocal-wise but they are a pretty special sounding gathering of musical styles. It’s something we think reflects all of the HMD djs differing approaches musically (4 djs) IThe beauty of being four djs with four differeing tastes the resultant musical mix is something most people would not expect to come from us… Our most influential producers are never ending – Larry Levan, Tom Moulton, P&P, Gamble & Huff, Andrew Weatherall, DJ Harvey to mention a few!

3.) The Horse Meat sound seems to take equal influence from the old disco sounds and crate digging culture and then the sounds of newer producers such as Tom Trago, Todd Terje etc and it’s amazing how fresh the older stuff sounds standing next to the newer cuts….When playing out or recording mixes do you try and have a balance of classic and contemporary?

It’s never an intentional idea to fuse the two it just tends to come out that way… James Hillard and Luke Hopward are heavily into crate digging for rare disco gems and Severino and myslef I would say are musch more into plugging into some opf the great stuff around at the minute. Haviong said theat the whole dynamic can change when we’re dj’ing which is what makes it so exciting still I suppose.

 4.) Rumour has it you studied in Birmingham and attended Wobble whilst in the city, what memories do you have of the city and those nights?

My first boyfirend lived in Birmingham and I spent a lot of time going out there to clubs like Wobble which was without doubt the most influential club on my taste with an extremely sophisticated booking policy. I also spent a good while working down at SUBWAY CITY and getting into all kinds of trouble down there! I wasn’t a dj realkly back then so effectively this is my debut and really excited about it.

 5.) Finally what sort of vibes can we expect from yourself and Luke on July 20th ?

Always a real joy playing with Luke so I just hope we get to spend as long as possible on the decks to get the message over! Expect lots of NEW stuff and also some of our best edits and re-works, with a smattering of the Horse Meat Disco classics we’re known for