News: 8/5/08
Oh dear, I've been very bad at posting updates. I do have a good excuse though, I've moved to Copenhagen
We're now a band with members in Copenhagen and Cambridge. We've written new songs and are busy practicing so we can play somes shows again very soon. We'll be playing at the amazing indietracks festival in derbyshire and at the end of june in cambridge (tba). Photos of the Copenhagen Poppies here
News: 1/10/07
Our next gig is a Swiss concrete night at the Port Mahon in Oxford on the 7th of October. Tickets for a mere 3 pounds here
We've had an amazing couple of weeks since the last update. We've played our three best gigs! KaninKanon V went brilliantly and we loved playing at On our honeymoon in Gothenburg and the homecoming gig with Bunnygrunt, Sunny Intervals and Karmadillo at the portland arms was tremendous. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen. Photos on flickr and check out our Poppies blog
News: 12/09/07
It's almost midnight and we have to leave cambridge at 4:30am tomorrow morning. We're leaving for our first international gigs!
We're going to play in Copenhagen on saturday and Gothenburg on the saturday after.
We'd love to meet up with indiepop folk anywhere along the way so email us if you live want to hang out with the poppies!
We return to a big homecoming gig on the 24th with Bunngrunt, Karmadillo and Sunny Intervals at the Portland Arms
News: 16/08/07
Has it only been a week since the gig with the Besties? What an awesome gig it was. Some videos here and some photos here
Our next gig is on the 1st of sept at the Octopus Ride night at the Globe Alehouse in Cambridge
The dates of our euro trip have changed, we'll be around in Denmark and Sweden from the 14-22 of September. We've got a couple of gigs planned, but we'd love to play more, so please do get in touch if you can help out.
We're still looking for a female singer so get in touch if you like the sort of stuff we're doing :)
News: 26/07/07
Roadside poppies need another female singer. Anyone who can put up with our slapdash approach! We've got a few shows coming up in Cambridge and a european trip planned (see below).
News: 24/07/07
I've updated the media and live sections so do take a look for new bits of Poppy info
We've got a couple of gigs in cambridge on the horizon. The 7th of august at the Loft with the Besties. Which should be a superb night of pop. I'm a big fan of their stuff and the new songs are amazing. Another gig on the 1st of September playing at the monthly Octopus ride night at the Globe Ale House.
Other news is that we're planning a Euro road-trip around the 7th-15th of September and are going to try and play in various northern european locations, probably; Amsterdam, Hamburg, Aarhus, Gothenberg, Malmo and Copenhagen.
You can check out our travel map hereWe're going to play at KaninKanon V in Copenhagen on the 15th but would be grateful for help with the other locations. email roadsidepoppies@gmail.com if you can help. Cheers
News: 7/06/07
3 months have passed so quickly! We've got some new though. We're playing a couple of gigs!
The first is on the 13th of June at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton as part of a campus music evening. We're headling ;)
We're also playing at the Windmill in Brixton as part of the "How does it feel to be loved" night on the 21st of June, the longest day. We're on first at 8:00pm. We'd love to have some people there to listen to us and dance, don't be late
More info here howdoesitfeel.co.uk and tickets from here www.wegottickets.com
News: 1/03/07
We've finished our album for the RPM challenge!
We have 10 shiny new songs, all recorded in the month of February. It's been tough particularly as Martin moved to Geneva at the start of the month but it's also been a tremdendously enjoyable experience.
After rather a late night yesterday, I posted a CD of our album to the folks at rpm challenge just this morning. I've even got a photo of me putting the envelope in the bag. I can recommend Shelford Post Office as one of the friendliest I've ever been to.
I could elaborate at length about the songs (and perhaps I just might, but later), but if a picture speaks a thousand works then a song must manage at least 10 or so. Check the album out here
Looking forward to relaxing this evening
News: /02/07
A belated happy new year to you all. Lots of news in this update!
It's been a busy few months and we've played a two shows. The first was in Churchill College MCR and you can vew the results on youtube here
the second was in my dining room to a select few. Our video girl did make a record of that gig but I haven't managed to get around to transfer it off tape. Andy took some really cool photos
We've got a new member in the band, Adam, he'll be playing guitar and bass. Martin's in Geneva for 6 months so we'll still be a 5-piece until July
We've been busy writing and recording songs as part of the rpm challenge.
You can preview the first two, before we finish the album.
News: 13/02/07
A belated happy new year to you all. Lots of news in this update!
It's been a busy few months and we've played a two shows. The first was in Churchill College MCR and you can vew the results on youtube here
the second was in my dining room to a select few. Our video girl did make a record of that gig but I haven't managed to get around to transfer it off tape. Andy took some really cool photos
We've got a new member in the band, Adam, he'll be playing guitar and bass. Martin's in Geneva for 6 months so we'll still be a 5-piece until July
We've been busy writing and recording songs as part of the rpm challenge.
You can preview the first two, before we finish the album.
- A song for those with a bad memory: Wed-Nes-Day
- I'm always losing my dignity somewhere: A cheap laugh
We're almost halfway through the month and it's going to be tough, but I'm confident we'll manage 10 songs by the end of the month
News: 13/11/06
It's been a long time since any new news, for which I'd like to offer my sincerest apologies.
To make up for that however, I have some big news, not big gigantic news...
Roadside Poppies is now a band with 5 members! Duncan, Martin, Matloob, Naomi and Nick
We've been busy writing and practising songs and we'll be playing live very soon. You can find out more about us here.
News: 11/5/06
I've written and recorded new song with the rather long title of "An apology (in the key of C)". You can download it in the media section.
It's a slow song with singing that sets new standards in tunelessness. I came up with the idea in september last year, whilst sitting by the sea...
Returning to the subject of tunelessness and singing for a moment. I'm working on a new song and would really like to meet a singing girl more here.
News: 19/4/06
I've uploaded the latest version of "Just another love song" in the media section.
I've re-diddled it quite a bit since the original version, it's got a new bassline and an extra little guitar riff. I've also recorded new vocals which are only slightly less tuneless than before!
News: 7/4/06
I've just set the website up so I'm afraid it doesn't do anything yet. I hope you like it though!
Matloob
