See Video evidence of our Big Horn now!

You can catch some live footage of us at The Horn in St.Albans here... http://www.youtube.com/ponylandrecords Big thanks to Brian 'Jerry Lee' Haynes for the footage!
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More great news for March '09 - with Goldblade support at the Horn!

Dear Scratchers,

We can now confirm that following some typically tenacious negotiation, 'our Tina', has in conjunction with Hansi at the Horn and Goldblade's manager Phil secured us the main support slot for the opening night of Goldblade's UK tour on the night of our first 'Friday special' at the Horn on Friday 27th March. Tickets will be available soon (we will let you know from where as soon as they are!) Tickets will be priced at £6 in advance and £7 on the door (Half of the price of the bands London dates). It is expected to be a sell out, so stick the date in your diary and get your credit cards ready for what promises to be a fantastic night, we will also be picking our own support for the night from one of St.Albans many excellent local bands.

You can check out Goldblade and their excellent new single with Poly Styrene from XRay Spex, by just clicking on their picture in our myspace top friends.

xx

The Scratch - BBC radio debut

John and Andy took a trip to Luton tonight to meet Kelly Betts and Gareth LLoyd of BBC 3 Counties radio, on their BBC Introducing programme. In a hectic show featuring three or four local bands, a tricycle race around the building and a hunt the band lost in Luton. The guys took the chance to plug the NSPCC Charity gig on 18th Dec and give the show an exclusive play of next single Against the Grain. Thanks to Kelly for the opportunity of The Scratch's BBC radio debut.

Herts Ad Interview

Quick bit of news, Andy was yesterday interviewed whilst haiving his haircut (in prep for the video shoot on Saturday!) by Charlotte Morgan of the Herts Advertiser. The article should appear in the local press a week on Weds, so check it out if you can. Thanks to Charlotte for taking time out for a chat.

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Horn Residency 2009!

The Horn 09.

Exciting stuff for '09, we've agreed with promoter Hansi to do a residency next year at the Horn in St.Albans.

The dates will be

Fri 27th March
Fri 5th June
Fri July 31st
Fri Oct 2nd
Fri Dec 4th Xmas gig


There will be 4 bands on, door price is fixed at £4, we will be the main support act, probably on stage around 9.45/10.00 (but please check nearer the time). The added exciting feature is that we will be able to pick the band that directly supports us. So we will be on the look out for some exciting up and comings to join in the fun!

BBC session

The Scratch have just confirmed a BBC 3 counties live session for 6th March 09, prior to this the band will be at 3 counties to publicise their forthcoming single Against the Grain on Friday 5th December.

ITC Review on www.lemonrock.co.uk

check our blog for full details...

In the City Pics on myspace

For those of you with a myspace account, we've added a few pics of us in action at In the City, thanks to Juliette from DD and Grae from SAASH for their contributions...

and big thanks to Clint and Charlie Boon's lovely cakes!
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The Scratch on DD ITC showcase now

Below is the info on the first DD ITC showcase. These are the guys we met and were interviewed by at the Tiger lounge at In The City in Manchester last week, big thanks to Tarquin and the team for putting us in their first show... here are the details of it.

http://digitaldischarge. podomatic.com

www.myspace.com/digitaldischarge

ALSO AVAILABLE ON I-TUNES

In the City @ One Central Street Manchester

We now have the details of when and where we are playing at In the City in Manchester.

SAASH Arts Presents:

The New Sounds of The Verulam Underground @ One Central Street Manchester M2 5WR
on Monday 6th October on stage at 7pm. Entry is FREE!

So we hope to catch you there for what can potentially be a very big night in our history!

Shops stocking Girl's World Vinyl

Rough Trade (London: Brick Lane & Notting Hill)
Pure Groove (London)
Sister Ray (London)
Lik+Neon (London)
NO:ID Gallery Shop (London)
Banquet (Kingston Upon Thames)
Selectadisc (Nottingham)
Piccadilly (Manchester)
Jumbo (Leeds)
Crash (Leeds)
Jacks (Sheffield)
Resident (Brighton)
Spillers (Cardiff)
RPM (Newcastle)
Reflex (Newcastle)
Reveal (Derby)
Action (Preston)
Avalanche (Edinburgh)
Monorail (Glasgow)
Norman Records(Mail Order)

Girls World and Sweet Surprise up on our myspace

If you want a sneak preview of the new single and rockin' b-side, head to our myspace now!

Rock 247 interview next week

Andy is going to be interviewed next week on Rock247 radio about the new single and upcoming dates...

Endorse IT pics up now on our myspace!

Dear Scratchers,

Big thanks to Sam Vince for the photos of us in action on Sunday 10th at Endorse IT, in Dorset festival. click the myspace link on our homepage.

xx

Girls World latest review from Die shellsuit Die! and more in our blog...

http://www.dieshellsuit.co.uk/article_detail.asp?rID=2747

A date with Hugh on The Eclectic Plectrum Parade show

A big thanks to Hugh Davenport for playing Girlsworld on his excellent Eclectic Plectrum Parade last week. The Scratch are due to appear on the show on Weds September 3rd.

http://www.crmk.co.uk/

Girls World on the Phil Orange radio show this weekend

Our new single Girls World will be featured on the Phil Orange Show on Sat 19th July and Mon 21st July 2008, not released until 25th August, this is one of your first chances to hear our forthcoming release.

The Phil Orange Radio Show every Saturday at 11am and Monday at 8pm (BST) on www. rivergibbsfm. com global internet radio. 2 hours of new tracks from unsigned bands from around the world. Repeated throughout the week, check show times on the web-site. or check out the www. myspace. com/rivergibbsfm

Toxic Pete - First Girls World review

Check our blog, for Pete's views on our forthcoming single!

NEW single Girls World

Filming for the video of the bands forthcoming single girls world, the first brand new material to be released since Night Bus or Milk Train took place on Saturday. The single is released at the end of August check here for dates and info!

The latest review of the Critical Mass single...

thefourohfive.com have posted this review of the Critical Single...

Next up is the band winning all the awards and radio/tv airplay, The Scratch. Released on Ponyland Records, The Scratch are here with single 'Critical Mass' and it's easy to see the clash influences at work here. Good stuff.

http://thefourohfive.com/2008/06/20/singles-roundup/

A date with the Purple Turtle!

We've just been booked by promoter Glasswerk for a date at Camden's Purple Turtle on Wednesday 20th August. More details to follow...

Who Ray? - recording this weekend

This Saturday sees the start of two days of recording for the band at Unsigned Studios St.Albans. The tracks are to include live fave WhoRay?

Endorse It Festival - tickets on sale now

Tickets can be purchased from http://www.lgofestivals.com/tickets.php, using the paypal system. You do not need to have a paypal account to pay for your ticket. This system accepts all major credit and debit cards.

The prices are as follows. There are NO day tickets, so these are for the full weekend, please check about camping which we think is included, but don't quote us on it.

ADULT FULL WEEKEND TICKET £75.00
FAMILY WEEKEND TICKET (2 x ADULTS & 2 x KIDS) £210.00
KIDS FULL WEEKEND TICKET ( 10 to 15 yrs) £40.00
UNDER 10's £10.00

We will be there from Saturday night to see the Buzzcocks!... and are on stage at Hi-Noon! on the Sunday for 40 minutes.. hopefully see some of you there?!

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Xfm Wales

Unfortunately due to XFM Wales being sold late on Friday evening our proposed session has been cancelled.

Thanks to Colin and his team for offering the session to us and best of luck to all at XFM Wales in however things pan out.

Critical Mass Video on Sky!

The video for our current single Critical Mass has been played this evening on sky channel 196... look out for more plays over the weekend on channel 195 also!

Latest review from Matt Brown at Room13.com

http://www.RoomThirteen.com/cgi-bin/cd_view.cgi?CDID=8139

XFM Wales Session - Colin Francies Response Show!!!

Exciting news... we've been booked on the Colin Francies XFM Wales Response Show. The session will be recorded from 4pm at their Cardiff office and will be broadcast in late August around our Box Rocks festival date!

Listen to our 'on tour' interview with BBC radio...

The interview was conducted by Ciara and Dom of 3 Counties introducing Lab radio on Thursday 8th May at our first date of the Critical Mass Tour, supporting the Holloways at Hatfield Uni.

Critical Mass - CRMK.co.uk Track of the month!!!!!

"Critical Mass" has been picked by DJ Hugh Davenport as his track of the month on his Eclectic Plectrum show on crmk.co.uk
it will be played every Wednesday in May on Eclectic Plectrum and every Saturday on the Groove Lounge 4-6pm.

Voltcase online interview!

Here is the recent Voltcase interview Andy did, for your delectation...

http://www.voltcase.co.uk/Features/042008/voltcase_thescratch.htm

NEW website, video and single!!!!

We delighted to announce that Critical Mass will officially be on sale from our website and itunes on Monday 5th May! The new video is now available for viewing at www.youtube.com/ponylandrecords

New single - Critical Mass is out Monday 5th May

You can purchase a download from iTunes (see link at the bottom of the page) or buy the CD by going to our Shop.

Endorse It Festival - latest news!

We can now confirm we're playing on Sunday 10th August on The JC Main Stage from 12.00 (noon) - 12.40... not sure yet of the line up for that day... but definately on the bill for the weekend are The Beat, Goldblade (John Robb's boys) and most excitingly for us The Buzzcocks!

Critical Mass on the playlist!

Critical Mass has been Added to the BCB and 87.7 Bailrigg FM (Lancaster University Radio) playlists

... with The Holloways - at Herts Uni

The Scratch have been added to The Holloways bill for the gig on Thursday 8th May by the Uni's promoter, this date will now be the first on our 'Critical Mass tour' that will also take in St.Albans and Manchester, completing in Camden on Friday May 16th... for full list of dates check www.myspacecom/thescratch

www.rock247online.co.uk - interview with Andy

Hopefully you just caught Andy being interviewed live on http://www.rock247online.co.uk? If not check out the blog...

STUNNNNNNNING! Losing Today review of Critical Mass

Check out the amazing review from Mark at losingtoday.com on our blog page... reading is believing!
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More Dear Maniac on The Phil Orange show!

Just to let you know that Dear Maniac will be featured on the Phil Orange Show on Sat 12th April and Mon 14th April 2008
The Orange Radio Show every Saturday at 11am and Monday at 8pm (BST) on www. rivergibbsfm. com

Toxic Pete gives Critical Mass its first review

"More attitudinal power-pop/rockin'-nu-punk from The Scratch here with their new single, 'Critical Mass'. Retro yet 'now' viable, 'Critical Mass' positively zips along and feels really edgy but surprisingly bright - these guys defo know how to get the listener's attention!!"

Dear Scratchers,

Take a look at our blog for the full story...

Box to Rock again! - More Festival news!

On the back of an electrifying performance at the Queens Head Box last Saturday (22nd March). The Band have been invited to take part at the Box Rocks Festival, in Box, Nr Bath on August Bank Holiday. This Charity event regularly attracts over a thousand people and is great opportunity for the band to build on the good work of last weekend!

Free Numbers singles at The Dry Bar!

Andy has just been chatting to 'Superstar DJ' Clint Boon live on XFM Manchester, Andy announced that "anyone who comes to the door of the venue, before our 8.15 performance and pays to get in, saying they've come to see The Scratch, will get a freebie giveaway of the latest single Numbers."

Hear Andy Speak to Clint on XFM tonight

Tune into www.xfmmanchester.co.uk and hear Andy and Clint discuss the Dry Bar gig and new single Critical Mass tonight from 9pm

Critical Mass single - first radioplay

Tonight on the Phil Orange show, hear the new re-recorded version of the live favorite.