BBC declare Gallops! one of the top 10 bands at Sŵn
by Ben Davis on 18 November, 2008 | 10 comments
Gallops! performing at Dingwalls in London (Oct 2008) – by Lense Eyes
In what is becoming a week of national media interest for Wrexham’s Gallops!, it now appears that the BBC are joining in with the praise – they just don’t want to be left out.
Newsbeat (the BBC Radio 1 news people) have posted a news item on their website listing Gallops! in their top 10 favourite bands of the Sŵn Festival last weekend with a short blurb for each band. That’s their top 10 bands out of the 150 acts who played over the weekend!
Here is what they have to say about Gallops!:
“It’s not just their equine referencing moniker that Wrexham’s Gallops! share with a band like Foals.”
“A shared love of sonic experimenters Battles, Don Caballerro and Pivot is hugely apparent. Yet their sound is all their own. In the disorientating surroundings of a wine bar their furious, raw, motorised computer-led crank-rock proves extremely potent.”
To view the original article and the top 10 list, click this link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7733000/7733057.stm
I’m betting an article in the NME will be next. Just watch this space…
Links
Gallops! website
Gallops! MySpace
Sŵn Festival
BBC Newsbeat
Credit: Homepage photo by Eventfoto.
on 18/11/08 at 4:39 pm
That’s a fuckin brilliant ‘top 10’ to be a part of, listed alongside Amazing Baby!!
I’d prefer it if someone like Plan B cottoned onto Gallops! before NME did, don’t want some bizarre ‘nu-space’ movement coming out of it, although it would be quite amusing!
on 18/11/08 at 4:39 pm
Well done lads!
on 18/11/08 at 4:44 pm
i’m not sure Plan B has quite the same distribution power or readers as the NME, but i know what you mean.
on 18/11/08 at 5:57 pm
a magazine from brazil i think cottoned onto them first so no worries there
on 19/11/08 at 9:50 am
Props to Paul for getting his photos used by Drowned in Sound on their Swn review!
on 19/11/08 at 3:24 pm
cheers, just a shame they only used the pictures of bands that are reviewed, makes sense i know but still…
on 21/11/08 at 8:54 am
I’ve heard that my NME prediction maybe coming true (in a way)…
on 21/11/08 at 5:19 pm
oh eye, i’ve got the scoop on the next review to come out soon too…
on 22/11/08 at 8:08 pm
moz we r really proud of ya nice one 2 all of ya lads l
ove ya loads moz x x x x
jaynie bones + little c x x x x
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