Hi all - we’ve just signed up another gig - bit short notice but hey…
We’re going to be playing at 12 Bar, on Westcott Place in Swindon, on 23rd July supporting We Push Buttons and Decora (check them both out!)
The good news is that while this gig is £5 to gain entry, we’ve been told that we can give a list of names to the promoter and those people will get in for just £4 - that’s 20% guys and gals - not to be sniffed at!
So we thought the fairest thing to do was put everyone on our mailing list down on the concession list. If everyone can make it, then we’re going to have a great show! So if you’re not on the mailing list yet, sign up below and if you are then you’re getting in cheap anyway - but don’t stop there. Get your friends, mothers, sisters and brothers to sign up (and anyone else you can think of) and most importantly, get along to the gig!
OK, it’s been too long - especially as it’s over a week since our most important event so far this year.
In case you haven’t heard already, we performed at the Live & Unsigned Regional Semi-Finals on March 29 at St George’s, Bristol. We all had a really cool time, especially as we were joined by around 25 faithful friends, family and supporters on a coach for the evening. Beer was dispensed, laughter was heard and we did our thing on stage to the sound of cheering and people singing along.
Following a mention from the judges during an unscheduled pause in the show (that unfortunately we didn’t hear directly but fortunately did hear about a lot on the way home!), we waited backstage with the 14 other acts to await our fate.
Knowing we had done our best, we weren’t dreading or anticipating - we were just there, waiting until we heard our name called first by the presenters on stage… and after a split second as it sunk in, there were four cries of YES! from the humble members of The Knott as we bounded down the stairs to take our place in the Finalist line-up on stage.
We’ve already written new song for the final, called ‘Live In Doubt’, which we debuted on Saturday in the Town Centre - more on that in a minute. But basically we’re just so excited for the next stage now and we’re hoping we can better the supporter figures on 20th April this month. We’re doing well already having sold just over a third of the coach seats already. If you want tickets, email us using the address on our contact page. Tickets are just £15 including the coach and we may even chuck in some beer as well (should you wish to partake - it’s not obligatory). You can get tickets from us without the coach as well, just £7.50.
If you DO want to catch the coach though, please contact us quickly, these tickets are going fast. Especially since we found out on 3 April that Sky TV have just commissioned the rest of the competition to be broadcast in a series on Red TV (Sky 186) starting on April 22, 2 days after our Final.
We are only 1 performance standing between us and the National Finals, we can’t wait and it would mean a lot to us if you were there too!
OK, so what else has been going on? Well on Saturday 5 April, we performed outside The Parade as part of Frequently in Swindon. Swindonweb.com were there too, filming each band’s performance.
A video of our performance of Gone Fishing is below…
as well as the interview that we did with SwindonWeb…
And then, yesterday (Sunday, 6th) we went back into Brunel FM for a chat with them about the L&U competition, the results of which (in case you missed it) can be heard in their podcast on the website, although, again, I’m just waiting to receive an mp3 and I’ll be posting it here when I do. Also, make sure you listen during the evenings this week on 107.7FM in the Swindon area as you may just hear a couple of Knotty mentions during the prime-time shows - as well as a possible play of Gone Fishing.
Ultimately, we think the motto of this post is that we are blessed with great fans, great family and friends, great friends in the local media all of whom genuinely want to suppport what we’re doing and we can’t thank you all enough!
Well well well, this is a bit late, but better late than never! It’s been a busy few days.
On Sunday, The Knott experienced their 2nd outing on Brunel FM with an interview and live performance that we recorded on Thursday 6th March. We recorded two tracks, Gone Fishing and new, acoustic number, Am What I Am and had a bit of a chat about what we’ve been doing, the line-up change, Live & Unsigned and the gigs that we have coming up.
Gone Fishing was broadcast on the radio, but unfortunately, because we rambled so much during the interview (you should have heard the unedited version!) there wasn’t enough time to play Am What I Am - but because we’re lovely, we’ve included it below for your delectation!
We’ve embedded an audio player below so, just press play and listen to the tracks and the interview. Enjoy and let us know what you think with your comments.
That was a LOT of fun - I think I can safely say that we all had a great laugh.
Just wanted to say a big thanks to Jim & Steve at Brunel FM for having us on and we’re looking forward to coming back and seeing you again soon.
If you missed the show, those very nice men at Brunel FM have sent us what’s going to be in tomorrows podcast so that we can post it here for you. So have a listen now
This Sunday ( 18th November ) The Knott are appearing on Brunel FM (107.7FM in the Swindon area, or online at brunelfm.co.uk from anywhere).
We’re going into the studio for a live interview as well as having a couple of tracks from our Get Knotted EP played.
This will be our 3rd Radio Play but the first time we’ve been interviewed as a band on air. We’re really looking forward to it and hope you’ll be able to spare 1/2 hour to tune in.
We’re going to be on air about 2:30pm so please, lets see if we can boost their listener numbers by a couple thousand
This afternoon, we had our second ever radio play of our music. Battered & Bruised was played as part of an interview with DJ Clarkson (or Kelly Ings) who is promoting a new Indie music night at The Apartments in Swindon starting on Thursday 25th October.
Kelly was asked to bring along one of her favourite tracks and chose this one by us! Thank you Kelly.
You can listen to the sound bites below. Kelly’s interview and the play of Battered & Bruised.
By the way, almost forgot (What????) heard today that as part of DJ Clarkson’s promotion of her new Indie night at The Apartments in Swindon which starts on Thursday 25th October, she was interviewed by Brunel FM radio and they are broadcasting the interview along with Battered & Bruised by The Knott at approximately 1:30pm on Sunday 21st October.
Hello , just received some fantastic news from Matt.
GWR FM Wiltshire have recently been running a competiton for bands to enter to support This is Seb Clarke who is doing a gig at The Vic Swindon on Friday the 19th October (next Friday) .This was done by bands uploading their songs to the GWR website and 4 finalists would be chosen by Kevin from Music Control yesterday evening .
And they have chosen us to be in the final 4 !!!!!!!!!
Of course we never had any doubts ,but its so nice to feel validated by someone who knows something about music (and prove my wife wrong ).
The next stage is that our song “Politics For Lunch” will be played all week on GWR FM Wiltshire and you have to vote for us on their website between 9am on Monday 15th October and 5pm on Thursday 18th October. Following that, the name of the band with the most votes will be announced on the Breakfast Show on Friday and that band will get the show.
Those who have seen us live will know it will be a blistering set and that we put on a fantastic live show so please get voting as soon as the polls open , Thank you Wiltshire!
Thought i’d post up this bit of good news we recieved yesterday. We’re gonna be on the radio thanks to our freind DJ Clarkson.
She’s gonna be on Brunel FM as part of the promotion for her new indie night she’s putting on at The Apartments in Swindon (Go to it , it i’ll be good) and as part of it shes been asked to bring a track of her favorite Swindon band to play on the show and thats were we come in.
Were gonna be featured (providing all goes well) on The Frequency Show on Sunday 21st October between 12 and 4 PM .
Brunnel FM is on 107.7 FM in the Swindon area.
Please show your support by tuning in !!!
[ Just edited this mate - the Indie Night starts on 25th October and Frequency is on Sunday 21st October I believe ;p - Matt ]
You can listen to Lee & Gina Akers on Underground hosted by Daniel Garrett on BBC Radio Wiltshire right at the link just below. This is a snippet of Lee & Gina’s interview with Daniel about The Gig which is a music event occuring around Swindon over the next few months at various venues. Following the interview, you can hear Politics For Lunch as it was broadcast (in it’s entirety - thanks Daniel!).
Anyway, listen to the clip by clicking this link. The clip is 7 minutes 46 seconds long and weighs in at about 7Mbs so it’s not massive assuming you have a broadband connection (and if you don’t, what are you doing looking at music sites? DOH! It’ll take you years! HAHA!)
For legal reasons, I ought to point out that the clip we are linking to is the property of the BBC, the host is Daniel Garrett (I know I’ve already mentioned that, but I’m sure he can’t get enough of his name being bandied about ;o) ) and you can listen to the entire show (which included some awesome music by Patchway Theft, Headbound, Belarus, Dayshift (brilliant stuff!), Before I Wake & The Phoebus Mass as well as a couple of others.) by clicking here!
Thanks for listening, and here’s to more The Knott tracks getting airplay soon. OI! Mr Moyles, you listening?!
Hi all - we’ve just signed up another gig - bit short notice but hey…
- but don’t stop there. Get your friends, mothers, sisters and brothers to sign up (and anyone else you can think of) and most importantly, get along to the gig!
OK, it’s been too long - especially as it’s over a week since our most important event so far this year.
And then, yesterday (Sunday, 6th) we went back into Brunel FM for a chat with them about the L&U competition, the results of which (in case you missed it) can be heard in their podcast on the website, although, again, I’m just waiting to receive an mp3 and I’ll be posting it here when I do. Also, make sure you listen during the evenings this week on 107.7FM in the Swindon area as you may just hear a couple of Knotty mentions during the prime-time shows - as well as a possible play of Gone Fishing.
Well well well, this is a bit late, but better late than never! It’s been a busy few days.
