Shindig magazine review of WHTFN

http://shindig-magazine.com/thesoundsofnow-14.html (came out in issue 14 which is the Jan-Feb issue)


THE SCRATCH
Whatever Happened To Friday Night?
Ponyland CD
www.ponylandrecords.co.uk
Based in the pleasant town of St. Albans , their influences are classic English po-rock from the 70s to the 90s.The spirit of The Buzzcocks looms large. It is no surprise that one of the songs is called 'Independent and Unrepentant', as The Scratch strongly embrace the punk DIY ethic, producing and releasing their own music. 'Against The Grain' has a great chorus and is the most memorable song here. This album will appeal to fans of the punky pop bands that the Damaged Goods label specialises in.
Phil Suggitt

Voting links...

Pls forward this link to all yer mates for the Camden Crawl Best new band website! Many thanks in advance!!!!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=312268663876

VOTE The Scratch!!! - For the emerging talent awards!

It appears to insiders that we're doing it somewhat in slow motion!... but we've been nominated as 'Best New Band' and 'Best Live Act' for the Camden Crawl Emerging Talent Awards, which is, as it says for emerging bands and would be rather a good thing to win... being that you've helped us to many glorious victories in the past (who could forget the M.E.N.!!!!) please spend just a minute of your time to click the button on the link

http://www.emergingtalentawards.com/vote/band/the-scratch

Recharged awards show - See The Scratch live at 93 Feet East!

Excitingly Jordan (main man at Recharged Radio) has invited us to be one of the bands to perfom live at this years radio awards at 93 Feet East (150 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL). The date is Thursday April 15th, but as yet we have no more details... watch this space for updates!

Teen Idol - 7 in the Justin Wayne top 25 of last year

Big thanks to everyone who voted us number 7 in the Justin Wayne 2nd Birthday awards on recharged radio last week. And thanks to Justin for the invite!

Sound of the Subrubs to be aired tomorrrow (Mon 8th)

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow night to www.rechargedradio.com where you can hear the long awaited 'Sound of the Suburbs' radio special put together by Andy, John and Hugh Davenport. An hour special that details the Scratch, St.Albans and the scene, also including a special guest interview with XFM DJ and inspiral Carpet Clint Boon and featurng music and interviews from The Scratch, We are White Worm and Ponyland Records artists Mamajamas, The DIY or DIE organisation and Means of Production and Khalasars.

Show starts at 7pm.
www.rechargedradio.com

(ps. If you do happen to be unavoidably detained you can download the podcast from itunes too!)

Teen idol makes 'Electrifying Eleven'

Just to let you know that the Teen idol band waggon rolls on... Mike Lidskin, who is a DJ for the Tuesday Night Diner radio show at Recharged and a U.S. Show in Sacramento, California. Twirl www.twirlradio.com has nominated Teen Idol for the annual 'Twirlie Awards show' Song of the Year for last year.

Mike dropped us a mail with the news. "I probably received around 1,000 tracks last year, and your song made it into the top 11, of what I'm calling the Electrifying Eleven, I'm not ranking them, just picking a winner from among them. I heard the Scratch in session on a Friday Forum show a while back, and you guys sounded awesome!"

Thanks a lot Mike you're a star!

Endorse IT 2010

EXCITING (SSHH... it's still a secret and we have no more news yet!) but we've just had a mail from Lamma, Organiser of Endorse IT in Dorset and it looks like we've secured a place on this years festival. So keep your diaries free between 6-8 August and we'll hopefully fill in the blanks soon!... This years headliners are The Damned, giving Andy a chance to re-aquaint himself with the Captain, 10 years on from his Mamajamas heyday!