To celebrate the release of DIY, we're giving away a FREE download of Alcohol's a depressant! All you need to do is visit www.tourdates.co.uk/the-scratch login and it's yours!
Much excitement is building as we near the launch party, tickets are really going well, so don't miss out if you want one get yourself over to ticketweb pretty sharpish!
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=schedule&venue=hornstalbans&month=9&day=8&year=110
Monday, September 27, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Radio Verulam 92.6FM - interview
In case you couldn't tune in. Many thanks to Chris from St.Albans' Radio Verulam 92.6FM who had John and Andy on his show last night for a good spot of PRing!... (Pring being PR-ing for DIY, in tweetspeak kids!)... The guys chatted about 2010's highs :-)... + gigs, recordings, DIY and the forthcoming launch party and mini promo tour. All this was interspersed with much DIY trackage: I relax to Spiral Scratch, Alcohol is a depressant, Texture to the Flava and Back 2010 (inadvertently chosen over Supermodel, due to Andy sending Chris an album with no tracklisting on! Not great for a DJ!, still 3 out 4 guesses ain't too shabby!)
A great little show and a great little start to DIY month!
Next stop THE LAUNCH DO!... tickets are going VERY btw... DON'T miss out, if you haven't already got one!
A great little show and a great little start to DIY month!
Next stop THE LAUNCH DO!... tickets are going VERY btw... DON'T miss out, if you haven't already got one!
Monday, September 20, 2010
50ft Woman EP - Ménage á Trois EP Launch Party appearance!
Minki (50ft Woman), just forwarded us details of their launch do on Nov 4th, that we are honoured to be special guests at!
To celebrate the launch of the new 50ft Woman EP - Ménage á Trois, on 1st November, there will a launch party at the Bedroom Bar in Shoreditch on the 4th November.
More details to come, but it promises to be flirty, fabulous and free if you are on the guest list!
So far we have our best mates The Scratch as our special guests, rather excellent jockeying of discs from our comrades at Recharged Radio, plus more to come, including some rather lovely burlesque ladies and surprises along the way :)
Add your name to the VIP Guest list for free entry and a 50ft Woman goodie bag: vip(at)50ftwoman.com
Dress Code: Shoeperstar/Dress to Impress - prizes for the most fabulous
Time: 7pm til late
Venue: Bedroom Bar, Shoreditch 62 Rivington St, LONDON, EC2A 3AY 020 7613 5637
Nearest Tube: Old Street
Nearest Overground: Shoreditch High Street
To celebrate the launch of the new 50ft Woman EP - Ménage á Trois, on 1st November, there will a launch party at the Bedroom Bar in Shoreditch on the 4th November.
More details to come, but it promises to be flirty, fabulous and free if you are on the guest list!
So far we have our best mates The Scratch as our special guests, rather excellent jockeying of discs from our comrades at Recharged Radio, plus more to come, including some rather lovely burlesque ladies and surprises along the way :)
Add your name to the VIP Guest list for free entry and a 50ft Woman goodie bag: vip(at)50ftwoman.com
Dress Code: Shoeperstar/Dress to Impress - prizes for the most fabulous
Time: 7pm til late
Venue: Bedroom Bar, Shoreditch 62 Rivington St, LONDON, EC2A 3AY 020 7613 5637
Nearest Tube: Old Street
Nearest Overground: Shoreditch High Street
The Scratch are - TUNATHEDAY with Trigger Finger!
Thanks to Ade at Tunatheday for making Trigger Finger off of DIY, just that!
To listen in click here http://www.tunatheday.com
To listen in click here http://www.tunatheday.com
Friday, September 17, 2010
Hear X-Ray eyes on Recharged Radio's Friday forum tonight!
You may hear our new radio ad too!
www.rechargedradio.com
www.rechargedradio.com
More Hollywood Airplay!
Big thanks again to Cyril A Ruth, for more playlisting on his excellent Hollywood Jukebox radio show!
On September 10th he followed up recent plays of Teen Idol with Whatever Happened to Friday Night album track - Too busy thinking about me!
Cheers Cyril
Keep up the good work!
On September 10th he followed up recent plays of Teen Idol with Whatever Happened to Friday Night album track - Too busy thinking about me!
Cheers Cyril
Keep up the good work!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
allgigs.co.uk - DIY review D.I.Y - The Scratch Album Review
Thanks to Adrian Phillips for his review...
Its second time around for this album from London-based The Scratch. First released in 2003 D.I.Y has been given a polish and pushed out of the nest once again. A good move? For the most part yes.
The band wear a variety of musical hats from Primal Scream-esq rocking blues (Rotten Soul and Trigger Finger) to big Happy Mondays/Stereo MC nods (Brainstorm and X-ray Eyes). The tempo is almost exclusively up beat save for the anthemic Back To Ten which reminded me of Mick Jones latest project Carbon/Silicon.
The material has a past era feel (hardly surprising seeing as its 7 years old) but its punch and delivery more than compensates for that, nowhere better demonstrated on the riff-laden Alcohols Depressant and the chugging Erotomaniac.
The fun closes with the meandering Logical Mind which sounds a bit like a re-working of the earlier X-ray Eyes, but which I wouldnt kick out of bed. Seeing as D.I.Y wouldve passed me by in 2003 Im glad The Scratch saw fit to give it another spin.
There, got through the whole piece without using the phrase is this itch worth scratching? Thats 5 bonus anti-cliche points to me! 4 out of 5
Adrian Phillips
www.allgigs.co.uk
Its second time around for this album from London-based The Scratch. First released in 2003 D.I.Y has been given a polish and pushed out of the nest once again. A good move? For the most part yes.
The band wear a variety of musical hats from Primal Scream-esq rocking blues (Rotten Soul and Trigger Finger) to big Happy Mondays/Stereo MC nods (Brainstorm and X-ray Eyes). The tempo is almost exclusively up beat save for the anthemic Back To Ten which reminded me of Mick Jones latest project Carbon/Silicon.
The material has a past era feel (hardly surprising seeing as its 7 years old) but its punch and delivery more than compensates for that, nowhere better demonstrated on the riff-laden Alcohols Depressant and the chugging Erotomaniac.
The fun closes with the meandering Logical Mind which sounds a bit like a re-working of the earlier X-ray Eyes, but which I wouldnt kick out of bed. Seeing as D.I.Y wouldve passed me by in 2003 Im glad The Scratch saw fit to give it another spin.
There, got through the whole piece without using the phrase is this itch worth scratching? Thats 5 bonus anti-cliche points to me! 4 out of 5
Adrian Phillips
www.allgigs.co.uk
Sunday, September 5, 2010
6 more new songs in the bag!
The band have been busy over the weekend recording 6 more new tracks for album 4!... Terry, Andy and John with Grim at the controls - visited Farm Factory studios in Welwyn Garden and added 4 as yet unheard by the outside world tracks - Homely crackle, 88th day of rain, Down in the alleyway and Great adventure + new live fave Desire to be thin and a new slow version of Let there be us - towards the pot!
Friday, September 3, 2010
Its All Happening - 1st review of the new DIY!
Heres our first review in from a cool new underground DIY zine called Its All Happening....
The Scratch
DIY
Oct 10th 2010, Ponyland Records
I relax to Spiral Scratch wails the track of the same name, the fuzz bomb furore that opens DIY, the reissued debut (from 2004) from The Scratch.
Dont be fooled. This is not music to kick back to, unless perhaps your name is Eusain Bolt, or Coyote Ugly. But for the average human being, and in this category I cite myself, who doesn’t live life at breakneck speed, DIY is the sound of what it is to be a rock star.
Logical Mind saunters with the swagger of the Happy Mondays, whilst Trigger is a colossal hybrid of T-Rex meets The Prodigy. X-Ray Eyes will be familiar from the radio, its more electro tinge giving it the fashionable edge. Rotten Soul is a Buzzcocks blast of a confession, and ‘Alcohol’s A Depressant’ has a flavour of The Verve about it.
Basically, theres something here for everyone who has a pulse to get excited about. Turn it up, and turn your inner rock god on.
The Scratch
DIY
Oct 10th 2010, Ponyland Records
I relax to Spiral Scratch wails the track of the same name, the fuzz bomb furore that opens DIY, the reissued debut (from 2004) from The Scratch.
Dont be fooled. This is not music to kick back to, unless perhaps your name is Eusain Bolt, or Coyote Ugly. But for the average human being, and in this category I cite myself, who doesn’t live life at breakneck speed, DIY is the sound of what it is to be a rock star.
Logical Mind saunters with the swagger of the Happy Mondays, whilst Trigger is a colossal hybrid of T-Rex meets The Prodigy. X-Ray Eyes will be familiar from the radio, its more electro tinge giving it the fashionable edge. Rotten Soul is a Buzzcocks blast of a confession, and ‘Alcohol’s A Depressant’ has a flavour of The Verve about it.
Basically, theres something here for everyone who has a pulse to get excited about. Turn it up, and turn your inner rock god on.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Launch party tickets on sale now from Ticket Web
Here's the link for the hottest ticket in town!
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=schedule&venue=hornstalbans&month=9&day=8&year=110
Don't be shy, tell all your friends!
xx
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=schedule&venue=hornstalbans&month=9&day=8&year=110
Don't be shy, tell all your friends!
xx
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