Inverness Local Bands

2nd Summer Showcase – Preview

2011, Inverness Local Bands, summer showcase

A combination of well established acts take to the stage for the second Summer Showcase, which offers a great opportunity to get to know and support your local bands a bit more. The Ball Deep have been described as marvellous not only by Netsounds Unsigned but Tom Robinson at BBC 6Music (it says so on The Ball Deep’s website!). However their recent performances have been limited, with the last one being in June at Ceol-Mor. The indie 4 piece have had the occasional break, of not was their support of The View last year and the aforementioned airplay on 6Music, … Read more

Jamie Reid Talks

07 - Belladrum TEMP, 2011, Inverness Local Bands, summer showcase

The 19 year old singer songwriter from Wick took some time to answer a few of our questions prior to his appearance at the Summer Showcase at the Ironwork and his opening slot at HEN (Belladrum) What better to listen to while reading than Netsounds Unsigned latest podcast including an interview with Jam Reid (great minds think a like) Can you tell us a bit about your music and your influences? Music and Influences- I’ve been compared with having similar playing styles to the Libertines and the View, both of which I am a fan of. The American band Brand … Read more

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Finalists for The Highland Uproar Music Challenge announced

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Following a rigorous judging process the final 12 of the Highland Uproar Music Challenge 2011, have been announced.The 12 will now go forward to a listeners vote with the winner of the competition will be announced on the Great Northern Radio Show Special which will replace The Highland Uproar with Chris Grant on Saturday 6th August with Martin Mackillop. Stanley Amanda Richard Celestial Souls Lucy Cahn Applespacebar Epiphany Sara Bills and the Hasbeens Orly Vardy Paul Downing Acrylic Iqon Last Summer Effect Monica Chapman Special congratulations to Inverness bands Last Summer Effect and Sara Bills and the Hasbeens You will … Read more

Sound City Stage @ Rockness

Inverness Local Bands, Rockness 2011

The Sound City Stage was a bastion of new and a few local bands, well at least before the festival it was. The stage played host to the competition to win numerous promotion based prizes (see the article here). It was therefore ironic that the stage suffered from a lack of promotion. Indeed it was only on Saturday that the sign appeared and that was firmly attached on the inside of the tent. The stage never appeared on the App or lanyard (We can understand the lanyard issues about line up but not location, and don’t get us started on … Read more

Battle for B-Fest at Ceol-Mor

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The Battle for B-Fest at Ceol-Mor brought an amazingly strong strength of depth that was complimented by the vast array of genres on show. The format of the evening saw each of the 8 bands (apart from two, you know who you are hang your heads in shame) play three songs. The four judges were a collection of local band members, festival organiser and the on-line media (cough splutter). The marking broke into the 4 parts relating to stage presence, suitability for the festival, song choice and professionalism. First off the block were Edinburgh based Maydays and whilst much was … Read more

Rockness Sound City Stage Shaping Up

Inverness Local Bands, Rockness 2011

With just days to go before Rockness 18 of the acts, chosen to play at the RockNess Sound City Stage, have been announced on the Sonicbids website here. Local or bands who have a local bias include fresh from their adventures in Liverpool The Boosts (you can read an interview with the band here) , Little Fire, who has just recenty been announced as support for JLS when they play at Dingwall (see article here), Wick’s pop punk combo Always The Sixth (you can see a preview here) , Ullapool’s Naked Strangers and, coinciding with their new video release yesterday: … Read more

Spill the Beans Launch Review

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Sara Bills and The Hasbeens EP Launch Night – 26th May 2011 Before the review invernessGiGs would like to thank our new contributor Megan Donald for taking the time to write this review, we are looking forward to having her on board. Thursday night saw the party for release of ‘Spill the Beans’, debut EP from burgeoning Invernessian talent Sara Bills and her band, the Hasbeens. Held in the Hung Gallery in Lombard Street, the small lane swelled early on with a rousing hum of anticipation. The inventive location of this new establishment situated in what is most clearly described … Read more

New Announcements for Rockness

Inverness Local Bands, Rockness 2011

Well this announcement certainly caught us a little of guard but we have had a massive smile on our faces (and given the Facebook chatter, we are not the only ones!) following the announcement that that some of the most exciting DJ talent from Inverness and The Scottish Highlands is set to keep the party rockin’ all weekend including ABRAHAM THUNDERWOLF, POLYMATH, FILTH, THE LED, SOUNDCLASH DJs and AUDIOLIFE. If you have no idea who these guys are, they represent the backbone of the club scene in Inverness, although to be honest their reach is constantly growing, and to have … Read more

Cuillin Fm launch the Highland Uproar Music Challenge

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CuillinFM is delighted to announce the Highland Uproar Music Challenge. The competition will offer acts of any genre the opportunity to win an array of prizes including a package of promotion (including “Radio plugging to over 100 radio stations worldwide ranging from Internet and Digital to FM and BBC stations, featured on the Deuce Show which is broadcast weekly on over 30 radio stations worldwide with more to follow. A selection of the shows can be listened to HERE, Huge discounts on mastering, studio and photography services and plenty more”, further detail on this aspect of the prize can be … Read more

Toecutter on the prowl

go north 2011, Inverness Local Bands

Toecutter, are like the Phoenix rising from the ashes. Originally formed in 2008 as a Ramones and Misfits influenced, punk rock band, they acheived a level of success which saw them play gigs Scotland wide and accumulating in a third placing in the Global Battle Of The Bands Scottish final. A period of conflict and changed occurred following this, resulting in the band splitting up. 2011 marked a period of reconciliation and “various daemons were exorcised” seeing the three original members back together. The music by their own admission has evolved to include metal blast beats with stadium sized rock … Read more