When it comes to Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. there are a few certainties on which you can rely. You’ll get a timeless hook lodged within every song and lyrics that tell a story without a single throwaway line, but most importantly, you’ll find the man behind GCWCF, Sam Duckworth, is one of the most infectiously enthusiastic characters in today’s music scene.

The Southend-born singer is now back with his fifth LP, ‘Maps’. With the effervescent Jason Perry of A at the production helm, record is largely streamlined to guitars, bass and drums and a whole heap of energy. It’s full of big ideas couched in rambunctious sing-a-longs and shouty punk refrains. Where before Sam’s love of post-hardcore was evident in his emotive pitch, this record’s musical touchstones are his Britpop heroes Blur, The Streets, Super Furry Animals and Gomez.

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly plays a solo acoustic show at Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Thurs 29th November 2012. Tickets available here.

London duo AlunaGeorge (comprising of producer George Reid and singer Aluna Francis) have revealed a brand new video for their track ‘Watching Over You’, which is exclusively featured on ‘Annie Mac Presents 2012′, to be released 8th October via Universal Records.

This follows the duo’s release of their debut EP, ‘You Know You Like It’ on the experimental Tri Angle Records earlier this year. Three tracks which display a seamless marriage of UK glitch & bass culture, and sample based production with a futuristic R&B sheen and British pop sensibilities packing a contagious punch.

AlunaGeorge play Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Thurs 15th November 2012. Tickets available here.

Check out the video for ‘Watching Over You’ below:

http://youtu.be/X7FszLmoaUo

This Friday marks the arrival of one of the hottest producers of 2012 to The Hare and Hounds for the first time….EATS EVERYTHING  with support from the Futureboogie crew….

Few producers in the history of dance music have made such a rapid and far-reaching impact on the electronic music scene as Eats Everything aka Bristolian Daniel Pearce. In a matter of months he has defined a whole new genre of forward-thinking underground house music that draws elements from classic house, UK bass music, Detroit techno, jungle and early rave, paying homage to everything from Randy Crawford to Ray Charles and Murk to MK. 

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Those of you who came to the previous Futureboogie party with Julio Bashmore will know that it was a road block and we’re expecting this show to be the same so we strongly advise picking up tickets in advance right here

Super excited to announce the excellent We Are The Physics will be supporting We Were Promised Jetpacks!

We Are The Physics are a self-described mutant science punk rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 2005, and taking influence from Polysics, Ex Models, Devo, The Skids, Servotron, Brainiac and Buddy Holly, they create highly-charged new wave post punk.

Known for their eccentric and frenetic stage shows, their nerd rock b-movie aesthetic has taken them around the world several times, sharing tours and Irn Bru with Polysics, Art Brut, Franz Ferdinand, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Johnny Foreigner and 30 Seconds To Mars, as well as playing major roles at UK and European festivals, including the NME/Radio 1 Stage at T In The Park.

“The most enjoyable and wholly fascinating live band you could see inside a sweaty, enclosed room right now” – Drowned In Sound

We Are The Physics & The Hubbards support We Were Promised Jetpacks on Tuesday 16th October 2012 at Hare & Hounds Birmingham. Tickets available here.

Check out the video for ‘Goran Ivanisevic’:
http://youtu.be/7BVUBxcwWkA

We’re very excited to announce that on Saturday December 1st, This is Tmrw and Leftfoot will be bringing back to Birmingham the enigma that is Mr Matthew Dear …..

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Matthew will be bringing his full live band to The Hare and Hounds for the second time, in support of his brand new long player ‘Beams’. Those of you who came to the Matthew Dear show in 2011, will remember it as one of the best shows of the year and reports say that his new live band have stepped it up another notch, so needless to say this is going to be a Saturday night to remember.

Tickets are now on sale via ticketsellers right here

We are very pleased to be welcoming the incredible Marcus Foster back to Hare & Hounds!

The gods have clearly blessed this Londoner with an array of talents; he is a multi-instrumentalist, an artist (he paints and sculpts) and has a beautifully evocative singing voice. After his song ‘Let Me Sign’ gained widespread fame due to Robert Pattinson recording a cover of it for the Twilight soundtrack, it’s now Marcus Foster’s turn to take the limelight with his glorious fusion of the sounds of Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits and The Band.

Since the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ‘Nameless Path’ at the end of last year, Marcus Foster has been penning new songs and subjecting himself to a grueling – yet not altogether unpleasant – worldwide touring schedule. Following US September support slots with Mercury Music Prize nominated Michael Kiwanuka and Ben Howard, Marcus will tour the UK again in November.

“Remarkably talented and excitingly different” – The Independent

“Foster’s supersonic soul stylings bring a dose of gravel-voiced sophistication and grit…A haunting wedge of nightmare-soul” – NME

Download the free track ‘I Won’t Let Love Get In The Way’ here.
Marcus Foster plays Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Monday 12th November 2012, presented by Birmingham Promoters. Tickets available here.

LTJ Bukem returns to the Hare and Hounds This Saturday for an exclusive 2 hour set.

It is very rare that you find a truly internationally acclaimed DJ drawing deep in to his record bag to provide music that compliments an intimate crowd of 250…

Those who experienced Circles Sell Out Show with LTJ Bukem last November will certainly remember his set for a long long time, and those who didn’t will have been wishing they could experience it.

Playing re-works of his classics, upfront and uplifting dnb that had the crowd moving in unison throughout the entire night. This time LTJ is stepping up for 2 hours…. it will be al ot!

It is looking like another busy busy show, so advance tickets are advised and can be found here https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10023058

However we have a pair of tickets to give away…
For a chance to win a pair of tickets for this event, all you have to do is answer this simple question:
  – What is the name of LTJ Bukems record label?
To enter email answers to – djreaction@hotmail.com – with your answer and full name before Friday 28th October.
We still advise you to purchase tickets in advance. The winner will be refunded if they have entered but already purchased a ticket.
Good Luck!

This Saturday we welcome back one of the original liquid drum and bass dons….LTJ Bukem!

Those of you who were here last time he played will remember it as one of the most memorable nights of the year when 250 totally up for it Brummies (and beyond!) partied their socks off right through till close.

For those of you who missed it, here’s your second chance (they don’t come often) and for those of you looking to learn a little more about one of Drum N Bass’s godfathers…Read on…

Ground breaking DJ? Inspirational musician? Record label entrepreneur? Club visionary, perhaps? When the man behind those wire rimmed glasses and that disarming smile writes …his job description just what does he put? The man who took the drum and bass concept from a small venue off London’s Charing Cross Road to the nation’s superclubs and then onto the international stage? The geezer whose records launched breakbeat into a brand new galaxy of sound? Or maybe he just writes ‘Renaissance man for a digital age’.

In truth LTJ Bukem is all of the above. Although he wouldn’t like to admit it, LTJ Bukem is the living embodiment of the post-acid house entrepreneurial creative spirit. He is a mild mannered energy flash whose panoramic musical vision has found success in every area he has explored. From running sound systems to cutting up breaks at raves, from relocating the heart of breakbeat culture to redefining the spirit of drum and bass, the man known to his friends as Danny Williamson has sat at the forefront of breakbeat evolution, lighting the way with little more than a zest for life and a love of music. In other words, LTJ Bukem is a man on a mission!

Last time tickets sold out in advance so if you’re thinking of coming down, now’s the time to pick up a ticket here

We are very excited to once again be welcoming Sea of Bees back to the Hare & Hounds!

Sea Of Bees is the creation of Sacramento indie-pop vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Julie Ann ‘Jules’ Baenziger. In her early 20s, she moved into Sacramento city and was discovered by producer, and Tape Op Magazine publisher, John Baccigaluppi. With John at the helm, they recorded Jules’ five track EP ‘Bee Eee Pee’, which caught the eye of esteemed record label Heavenly, who signed Jules, and she set about recording her debut album. ‘Songs for The Ravens’ was the fruits of her labour and was critically admired across board, including in the British press, with heralding reviews coming from Mojo, Q and The Independent.

Jules latest album, ‘Orangefarben’, is a classic break-up record that disobeys the usual break-up rules, where getting reacquainted with life in the single lane is a singularly maudlin and clothes-ripping experience. The simplicity spills over to the songs, which have one-word titles and a direct appeal to the heart. Spanning memory and metaphor, each track is a part of the story.

“Folky in some places, gauzy and ambient in others and twee as hell in still others, but beautiful throughout, and a potent reminder that emotional virtue is an artist’s most precious commodity. This one’s special, folks, let’s not screw it up.” – Kevin Bronson, LA Weekly


Sea of Bees plays Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Sunday 11th November 2012, with support from Barbarossa. Tickets available here.

Check out the video for ‘Wizbot’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L8lFBekxbJc

In June, the London duo of producer George Reid and singer Aluna Francis released their debut EP, ‘You Know You Like It’ on the experimental Tri Angle Records. The three tracks display a seamless marriage of UK glitch & bass culture, and sample based production with a futuristic R&B sheen and British pop sensibilities packing a contagious punch. Accolades  flooded in from everyone from the NME and The Guardian to Pitchfork and Spin, quickly highlighting AlunaGeorge as one of 2012′s brightest hopes. Hot off the heels of that resounding opening gambit, AlunaGeorge now announce their new single, ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ which will be released on October 7th via Island Records.

Picking up where ‘You Know You Like It’ left off, ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ continues the duo’s streak of cutting-edge club pop with an enticingly downbeat R&B ballad. Reid’s elusively liquid synths, rumbling low-end bass and hip-gyrating electronic sway provide a glistening backdrop to the sweet allure of Aluna’s voice, soaring with the arching, fragile refrain of “I’ve been treading water for your love”, evoking a distinctly 21st century sensation of dance-floor infatuation. Precision-honed, adventurous, infectiously catchy, ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ is further proof that AlunaGeorge embody 21st century British pop at its most instantly classic and exhilarating.

 “Lustrous, sinister and ever so slightly weird” – Pitchfork

 “More thrillingly futuristic R&B from this London duo” – The Guardian

AlunaGeorge play the Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Thursday 15th November 2012. Tickets available here.

Check out the video for ‘You Know You Like It’:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cmXZuv5BaHg