January 2012
9 posts
Anarchy (my dear) In The UK
pretty stoked to be the only place in the world to get the UK press of the new Say Anything LP. This is first press, but UK colour (Transparent non-metallic gold LP), and you can only get it from Banquet. And yes, we’ll ship to America. The press is limited to 200. well, 198 cos im having two copies. It includes the download code, obvs.
http://www.banquetrecords.com/sayanarchy
cheers...
Where's Wiley?
usually drink, usually DANCE, usually bail.
There was a group of about 20 people in Where’s Wally outfits last night. Shoulda been Where’s Wiley outfits…
Despite all assurances to the contrary, we had a no-show last night from Wiley.. Its not so much that it was cancelled (there’s always a risk of this with this culture and maybe moreso with this artist) its just we had...
havent read the NME in so long...
… but i certainly follow them on twitter. its a good resource for tours, news and the like. some of our shows at New Slang arent allowed to be announced until NME exclusively announces them, bands i care about care about their NME album review etc etc. The blog on RSD last year was terrible. Rock Sound then showed the world why.
but today, their @NMEmagazine feed was SO bad, i thought...
REFUSED AT THE FIGHTING COCKS!!!
my friend went to get a pint, but he didnt have ID.
had to get a lemonade instead
December 2011
7 posts
REVIEW OF 2011
Here’s the review of 2011. it looks way better on our site at http://www.banquetrecords.com/2011review and includes videos of the big events, but for the tumblr world its here too.
After the inevitable hang-over of Christmas and New Year it took a while for the best of the month’s releases to come through. But that they did. Lemuria, The Hot Water Music / Bouncing Souls split and...
we're in the guardian - that's high brow! →
October 2011
7 posts
5 years of New Slang!! something from the site...
Since Sean and I decided to put on an indie night with live bands at The Works, New Slang has become a feature of Kingston night life and Kingston indie music. We’ve seen some of our favourite bands in the world play on our door-step (Vampire Weekend, The Cribs, Maccabees, Alkaline Trio, Friendly Fires, Hot Chip, Frank Turner, Bombay Bicycle Club and, er, Wheatus spring to mind) ...
5 years of @newslangclub
our label's next release: @YoungStatues - Nov 2011
Banquet Records are to release the debut S/T album by Philadelphia’s Young Statues in the UK and Ireland, next month; November 2011 We fully recommended for fans of Death Cab For Cutie, Band Of Horses, The Weakerthans, Into It. Over It & Tigers Jaw. Released in the US on Run For Cover Records (Man Overboard, The Wonder Years, Fireworks etc)
Check out a couple of tracks HERE...
Dave House: so long, and thanks for all the shows.
I cant remember the first time i met Dave House. I think it was at The Ag in Camberley. His band was playing, and i was wearing a Girl hoody. Things which would make us clock each other..
Dave was very much a part of our Gravity DIP label. The label run from my bedroom with Mark Jane and Dave’s input / runnings. It was from watching Dave’s bands for months on end which made me...
signing sessions....
i’ve been thinking about doing this for a couple of weeks. i hurt my bum skating on Sunday so i’m in the office a bit more than i would usually be on a dry Tuesday afternoon.
We’ve been doing loads more urban / pop signing sessions recently. I think the concensus amongst followers of Banquet and the like is that, ah thats cool, whatever pays the bills, as long as they keep...
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September 2011
1 post
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|B|ur|n| The Press: Interview: Letlive. →
burnthepress:
If you’re into the heavier and end of the musical spectrum, and haven’t heard of Letlive over the past year, then you’ve surely been living in a cave. When they last ventured here in February, they blew the minds of many, not least at their breath-taking debut headline UK performance (which…
August 2011
1 post
empty feat.: feliciano is fucking dead. →
samsmifff:
basically, the two feliciano shows this weekend (the all day summer smash in kingston, and the our lost infantry show in camden) will be my last for the forseeable future. any other shows which have been booked already have been cancelled and i will not be booking anymore.
every show i’ve done…
July 2011
2 posts
sponsorship deal for @newslangclub from @etnies
Banquet Records’ New Slang club night announces a sponsorship deal with etnies
Banquet Records’ New Slang club night is happy to announce a sponsorship deal with skate brand etnies to run through the latter half of 2011.
Now in its 5th year, New Slang has regularly been bringing the biggest bands to Kingston on a Thursday night. The likes of Vampire Weekend, The Cribs, Bombay...
June 2011
3 posts
I live sweat...: "I was just a bit worried my... →
ilivesweat:
(Andy’s note: Maryam originally posted this piece here. It’s a response to this piece, that I linked back to and commented on last week. If you feel you could add something to the debate, please get in touch at ilivesweat@gmail.com)
(Photo by Maryam Hassan, used by permission from
me / ks / banquet →
Did You Film "Get On"? →
tellison:
Hey there! Did you film “Get On” at New Slang last night? If you did then transfer the footage to your computer and upload that sucka to THIS FREAKIN’ LINK!!
http://www.tellison.co.uk/?id=12412dropbox
May 2011
3 posts
certainly worth putting the other side of the... →
teganandsara:
When will misogynistic and homophobic ranting and raving result in meaningful repercussions in the entertainment industry? When will they be treated with the same seriousness as racist and anti-Semitic offenses? While an artist who can barely get a sentence fragment out without using homophobic…
Cynics: Pre-order Don't Need Much →
ihatecynics:
As of this morning, our first album Don’t Need Much can be pre-ordered from Banquet Records at www.banquetrecords.com/cynics
You can pre-order the CD on its own, or with a beer koozie which will look something like this:
The LP can also come either on its on, or with a limited run of…
playing Kingston soon.... →
thistimenextyearca:
Drop Out of Life by thistimenextyear
We are proud to present to you the first song off of our upcoming full length called, “Drop Out of Life.”
We encourage you to spread #dropoutoflife. If you look to your right on our Tumblr, we have a twitter feed for #dropoutoflife. We…
April 2011
20 posts
people who leak are low, but new tellison album... →
tellison:
Hi there. We’ve decided to stream our brand new album “The Wages Of Fear” at www.facebook.com/tellisontellison
About one week ago the album was illegally leaked. To add to our frustration the leaked version was not the final version of “The Wages Of Fear”. It was an advance mix for the press…
FACE TO FACE play Kingston!
Im so stoked on this.
We do enough shows all the time. We’ve had some crazy good gigs, some unbelievable shows from some brilliant bands. When you think about Vampire Weekend at New Slang, New Found Glory at the cocks, Movielife at The Peel, these shows have all been such great moments.
But few have excited me as much as this gig!
Face To Face (via Mark Beggars / The Loft and the...
Approaching Tomorrow: Record Store Day Preview →
approachingtomorrow:
So Record Store Day 2011 is tomorrow! In a musical age which is dominated by digital downloading. Record Store Day celebrates Independant Records Stores. These record stores are so significant for musical communites.
I spoke to John Tolley, the main man at Kingstons brilliant Banquet…
#rsd11 interview for @rocksound
I really think Rocksound is the best of the music press big players
Here’s a piece about #rsd11 on their blog
BBC > NME →
we're cancelling the under 18s night on Tuesday...
Its with great disappointment that we’ve decided to pull the under 18s night at The Hippodrome, planned for Tuesday 19th Its not something we do lightly. Banquet has always been about providing services, gigs and clubs for the Kingston music community. Whilst it is our business and livelihood, not all decisions are made from a purely financial perspective. This is one such example. The...
an interesting read on record retail. In the... →
FIREWORKS: First off, we would like to sincerely... →
wearefireworks:
First off, we would like to sincerely thank everyone for all the warm comments and for keeping us in your thoughts.
After we finished our set last night we received a phone call that Dave’s dad had passed away unexpectedly. We rushed home as soon as we could and we will stay here for as long as…
We Are The Ocean Official Blog: UK in-store... →
wearetheoceanofficial:
To celebrate the release of our brand new album ‘Go Now And Live’, we’ve set up a few in-store signing sessions whilst we’re on tour in the UK!
April 25th BANQUET RECORDS, KINGSTON.
Not only will we be signing copies of ‘Go Now And Live’ but we’ll also be serving behind the counter, so you…
rocksound gets it. NME doesnt →
NME / enemy
NME blog’s why i dont care about record store day
this article is so utterly dogshit i aint gonna waste any time on it.
but what i dont get is why NME would put their name to it.
anyway, have a look at the article, then have a look at the responses. and also have a look at the @banquetrecords twitter replies to us on it. they’re pretty jokes.
NME was always struggling to retain...
