Boomtown is Bombertown

The Skints – Playing Boomtown Fair 2012

Bomber Music is a truly independent music company.

Since 2002 Bomber Music has been the UK’s leading alternative music publisher – working closely with the best bands from the underground scene. In 2010 they created their own label to help bands release albums, and give them some of the support that they needed. The label is distributed by Code7/PHD in the UK and by Broken Silence in Europe. Their digital distributor worldwide is Believe.

Bomber Music has announced that they have seven, that’s right, seven, bands playing at this year’s sell out Boomtown Fair!

Boomtown is a completely independent 4 day festival with absolutely no sponsorship or backing. It was simply created out of love for fun – and now with over 30 mad ridiculous stages – it has quickly become one of the craziest cities on the planet (Planet X, since you ask.)

This year’s Boomtown schedule includes everyone’s favourite ska band – The Skints plus appearances from those ska/punk bandits ‘Random Hand’, along with those loveable punk ruffians ‘Smokey Bastard’, and the dangerous rockabilly hucksters the ‘Graveyard Johnnys’.

The rocksteady – reggae masters ‘New Town Kings’ will also be there. As will newer Bomber Music signings ‘Jaya The Cat’ and ‘Anti-Vigilante’.

So that’s it … now that is what we call a good line-up!

Links:

http://www.bombermusic.com/

http://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/

New Town Kings – New Video

The 9-piece ska band from Colchester, Essex (UK) – the NEW TOWN KINGS – have released their second studio album entitled ‘Music of Jamaican Origin’ (M.O.J.O.) with an official video for ‘News Stand’ available to see now!

The video takes a candid look at the media’s perception of popular culture and has been chosen by the band to reflect the strength of tabloid media over the nation. Chris Watts of the band explains the motives behind the video, “News Stand is about the media not telling the full truth, we are basically saying you should look at things from all angles to get the full picture”.

‘News Stand’ is a ska-treat. With pliant elbow-flapping and neck-jerking rhythms, along with those smooth honey coloured vocals we have come to expect from the band. These are coupled with a feathery light and unhurried percussion. The fast-yapping hipster in the trilby is ska-reverend and New Town singer Chris Watts. The wise-man fronts up the shockingly tight band brimming with wobbling, foaming bright n’ juicy horns, and jerking lurching guitars, all whipped up into a viscous pith.

With an upcoming tour with the ‘Slackers’ in April, plus appearances at this year’s Boomtown Festival, Mighty Sounds in Czech Republic and separate dates with David Rodigan, Fishbone, plus tons of headline shows in the UK, 2012 is guaranteed to be hectic. Chris told us, “Summer 2012 is going to be big, the band is developing quickly and the feedback at our recent shows has been phenomenal”.

Catch the band on tour in the UK with the ‘Slackers’ in April. If you like trad reggae based ska, but you still like living in the 21st century -then this will be way up your street. Go grab it now!

http://www.newtownkings.com