2009 has been another triumphant year for Cherryade with a whole banquet of new releases... We'd like to thank all our lovely Cherryaders, media supporters, and, of course, the bands themselves, for giving us the encouragement and inspiration to carry on into the next decade; hope to see you there as well!
Happy New Year, Rach & Adam xx
16/12/09
Thanks to everyone that voted in the Festive Fifty, the results will be announced on Christmas Day, so make sure you listen in!
In other end of year news, If You Were Fruit has been named as one of the year's top 40 albums by online zine The Music Fix! You can view the whole list here.
We've also been amassing some of the ink spilled over Ste McCabe's Murder Music, the most recent of which is available on the reviews page. Enjoy!
11/11/09
With December fast approaching, the official Dandelion Radio Festive Fifty 2009 is now available for you to vote on! You can register your three favourite tracks of the year here, where the results will be compiled and the show broadcast in December.
06/11/09
With the smell of Winter in the air, and the adverts on TV already being acompanied by festive bells, it can only mean one thing - the new Cherryade Christmas album is fast approaching!A Very Cherry Christmas volume 5 promises to the biggest and best edition yet, containing a whopping 25 tracks chock-full of festive fun and only the finest in new, independent music around today; to celebrate our fifth anniversary releasing Christmas CDs, A Very Cherry Christmas 5 will available in selected shops and well as on iTunes, as well as, of course, from this site. To find out more about who's on the compilation and what kind of special offers we have in store for you, just visit the sales page!
05/11/09
"Haunt Me Out" is officially sold out. Thanks to everyone that snapped them up so quickly, and don't forget, you still might be able to snap up one of the last copies Holly and David have stored in the Lovely Eggs travelling Post Office if you catch them at one of their live shows - check their Myspace page for details!
For those of you lovely Cherryaders that haven't received their orders yet, the post appears to have returned to a vague semblance of stability, and so you should your little packages end of this week or early next week with any luck! We're down to the last half-dozen copies of "Haunt Me Out", so if you want a beautiful half-heart necklace to go along with the tracks, now's your last chance to get the CD from the Cherryade site; you can, of course, stillget a copy from the band themselves on one of their October dates, so please check their Myspace page for details of when they're playing near you. And don't forget to tune in (or listen back) to the Lovely Eggs' XFM session for Jon Kennedy this Thursday 29th October, it promises to be a treat!
In the meantime, the band have put together a strange and amazingly disturbing short film for Artrocker magazine, which you can now watch - if you dare! - online here...
22/10/09
We're halfway through a busy month of releases here at Cherryade, unfortunately the good old British postal service has decided they'd prefer not to help out: the postal strikes that will continue for the rest of the month will inevitably cause some delays in mail arriving through your letterbox. If you've ordered something over the last week or so, we apologise in advance but it might take a litter longer to get there at the moment; rest assured, we haven't forgotten about you. The new Kids Love Lies single released last week continues to sell steadily, and you can read some of the most recent reviews over here - as if you needed convincing!
Meanwhile, the response to the Lovely Eggs' Halloween single has been overwhelming, and it may be the case that we run out of copies in the Cherryade store before the release date of the 26th. Worry not, however, as the Eggs themselves still have copies to sell at their haunting live shows over the upcoming weeks - don't forget to check their MySpace page for details of gigs near you, and don't forget to check in the cupboard for Bob lurking around at night!
09/10/09
What's that you say? Not enough new releases coming up on Cherryade this month? Well, perhaps this will whet your appetite - the new Halloween-themed single by The Lovely Eggs! That's right, having been inspired by a visit to the locations used for the filming of the seminal Twin Peaks series during their recent American tour, Holly and David are back with their third Cherryade release, "Haunt Me Out", an eiree ode to Laura, Bob, and all things Black Lodge-related! Out in time for Halloween, on October 26th 2009, the new single is backed with "It's Spooky" a Daniel Johnston cover, and "Rappin In Plastic", a journey through Holly's memory as she tries to remember as many Twin Peaks characters as she can! The CD also comes with a very special half-heart necklace to everyone that buys it online here, in keeping with the show's themes; find out more on the sales page!
And don't forget, "Under the Bed" by Kids Love Lies is officially out in shops on Monday but has been selling consistently online - you can secure your copy here if you haven't done so already!
13/09/09
It's all happening! Not content with bringing you the long-awaited second single from Kids Love Lies, we have another rush of feisty thrashpop for you in the guise of UH OHs, with their new single "Cash Rich Imagination Poor," to be released on Cherryade on October 26th. The Norwich (and Norwichcore) trio of Naomi, Paul and Lee have been kicking up a storm in the press recently, with their previous singles creating a fuss in the likes of Artrocker; the new CD single is set to bring their relentless, fuzzy hooks to a wider audience still - find out more details here!
Speaking of Kids Live Lies, to support the new single Under the Bed, the official video is up and running, although it may prove too terrifying for some eyes! Watch it here.
And last, but very certainly not least, Ste McCabe's new album Murder Music - the music video of which is just a couple of entries below - is now available to pre-order as well! Click here to discover all the juicy new details about the newest release guaranteed to get pulses racing and blood boiling!
06/09/09
Details are up of the new Kids Love Lies single! "Under the Bed" will be released on October 12th following the success of the band's first Cherryade release, "Count in my Head." Go to the sales page to pre-order the new CD single (and to find out more about the special offer you can take advantage of), and find out more about the band, including live dates, on their MySpace page!
More release news coming soon!
23/08/09
Things have been busy once again behind the scenes at Cherryade, and we can now unveil our latest releases due this Autumn!
First up, Cherryade's own Kids Love Lies, whose first single we released back in April, are back with their brand new hit-to-be "Under the Bed," which will be coming out in early October, and guarantees to echo the spiky pop bliss of "Count in my Head." Later on in the month, we're proud to announce that Norwich up-and-coming starlets Uh Ohs, who have toured with the likes of Bearsuit and The Kabeedies, are issuing their new single with us, titled "Cash Rich Imagination Poor," in late October too! Find out more about the band, and listen to the new single, on their MySpace page.
Not to be content with those two corkers, Cherryade is delighted to reveal that Ste McCabe, who created waves with his previous releases, has completed his new album, Murder Music, incoming soon after. Promising to be even more ferocious and jaw-dropping than Hate Mail, you can sample what Ste has to offer with his new video for "Militant Disco," taken from the album - featuring fellow Mancunian performer David Hoyle - at the bottom of this news article, or on his own MySpace, which you should check for gig details near you!
Finally, it wouldn't be a complete 2009 without a Cherryade Christmas album, and the good news for you festive addicts is that A Very Cherry Christmas volume 5 will indeed be happening, and this year it promises to be bigger and more special than the previous four in many ways - all to be revealed over the coming months! Anyway, in the meantime, enjoy Ste McCabe's new video for "Militant Disco", the new track from his forthcoming album, due out in only a couple of months time.
11/07/09
Cherryade's very own Rachael Neiman will be appearing on University Challenge this Monday 13th July for Manchester University!! Will Rachael and co beat the Royal Vetinary College to proceed to the second round? Tune in to BBC2 on Monday, or iPlayer for up to a week afterwards, to find out!
14/06/09
In lieu of the forthcoming annual Indietracks festival next month, The Lovely Eggs has given an interview with them in anticipation of them playing, read it here.
In support of the impending debut Bobby McGee's album, London label / clubnight / fanzine
extraordinaire Twee As Fuck are releasing the 7" single 'L.O.V.E.' backed with 'Go Tiger Go' and 'Harold & Maude', all of which have been taken from the forthcoming CD, ths Monday 25th May - you can buy it direct from Twee As Fuck here! And see if you can catch the magical Bobby McGee's live experience throughout the summer by checking if they're playing in a place near you on their MySpace page.
In other tour news, Cherryade is pleased to announce that we're going on tour with The Lovely Eggs and Hotpants Romance during the first week in June! Yes, in support of the Eggs' new album If You Were Fruit, released by Cherryade on June 1st 2009, and the Hotpants CD currently in the making, which we hope to be releasing later on in the year, the two bands are playing a week of dates around the country, so come along and say hi - you'll also happen to catch two brilliant bands in the process, playing the following gigs:
Monday 1st June - Fuel Cafe, Manchester
Tuesday 2nd June - The Packhorse, Leeds
Wednesday 3rd June - Maggie's birthday party, Birmingham
Thursday 4th June - Hamptons, Southampton
Friday 5th June - The Gander, Bournemouth
Saturday 6th June - The Rose of England, Nottingham
And to celebrate the impending release of If You Were Fruit, we're giving all you recently converted Eggs' fans the chance to get it along with the band's much-praised 7" EP, "Have You Ever Heard The Lovely Eggs?" together at a discount rate of just £12 plus £2 p&p! If you haven't bought the album already, this is the perfect chance to secure the musical package deal of the summer by getting eighteen glorious pop compositions for a measly twelve pounds - go get it!
Yes, after years in the making, the debut Bobby McGee's album is finally due to be released by Cherryade on June 29th 2009! The new CD, L'Appropriation Bourgoisie de la Bobby McGee's, has been painstakingly crafted by Jimmy, El, Graeme and Becca, is truly is set to cement the Brighton phenomenon's legendary status. You can find out all about their new masterwork, and pre-order it, right here!
18/04/09
More Count in my Head reviews courtesy of Culture Deluxe and The Guardian, check them out over here.
Now, onto the big news, Cherryade is delighted to unveil its next two releases, from bands that have been close to our hearts for some time now, and have finally come up with fantastic releases.
CHY023 is the sensational debut 7" from Norwich's Fever Fever, the double A-side "Keys in the Bowl / Stage Shoes" released May 25th. Following on from their much-lauded opening firework found on A Very Cherry Christmas volume 4, the single builds on the band's blistering grrrl-pop guaranteed to make you sit right up in your seat - find out more about the release on the sales page and more about the band on the artists page.
CH024, meanwhile, sees the hugely exciting launch of the debut album by Cherryade stars The Lovely Eggs: If You Were Fruit. Hot on the heels of the Lancaster duo's greatly praised 7" EP "Have You Ever Heard The Lovely Eggs?" the new CD album is set to get hearts racing yet again, demonstrating the glorious range of Holly and David's music, from crackling sugar-pop and grunge-drenched assaults to trifling curveballs and starry-eyed ballads - there's already an electrifying buzz surrounding the June 1st release, available, as is the Fever Fever single, to pre-order here.
13/04/09
The Kids Love Lies single "Count in my Head" is released today! Pick it up from this website or pop into your local record shop and ask for a copy. Or, if you're more digitally inclined, you can download it from iTunes. And remember to check out the band's myspace page to see if they're playing near you!
More release news to come soon!
18/03/09
Such a long time to go without news! But feat not, Cherryade has been just as busy as ever with half a dozen new releases planned for the first half of 2009. You can expect a few old favourites to come up with the goods as well as a few new bands we're sure you'll be delighted to become acquainted with, and first up is CHY022: "Count in my Head", the debut 7" by London quarter Kids Love Lies! With their lives shows already gathering a strong rumble of acclaim, the new single is breaking out to enthusiastic reviews, the first of which you can read here, courtesey of the NME. Go the artists page to find out more about the band, and the sales page to pre-order the single, out Monday April 13th!
More release news to follow in due course!
01/01/09
The Dandelion Radio Festive Fifty is available to listen back to until the end of January in case you missed it first time around. You never know, there could be a few Cherryade bands floating around the chart somewhere!
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