Category Archives: Gigs
ME5: 29:11:13
As you probably know, we like to put out a compilation album each year. The aim is simple – to promote local music hard whilst doing what we can for a good cause. This year we’re doing it again. We’ll be releasing ME5 as a free download only album, but you’ll be encouraged to donate to our nominated charity when you download. This year that charity is Young Minds. We’ll be releasing the album at midnight on Friday 29th November and staging three gigs over that weekend to mark the album’s release, but more about that later.
We would love it if as many bands and artists as possible from in and around Medway could contribute a track. All you need to do is send an mp3 at 192Kbps to us at medwayeyes@gmail.com, properly tagged. When you do this, it will be assumed that you have full rights to the music. Medway Eyes will not be liable for any unlawful distribution. That’s it. So, whether it’s a track from your last album, a bedroom demo, an outtake or a live recording, we’d love you to share with us and help us spread the word and do good. Of course, it promotes you too.
All submissions need to be with us by no later than midnight on Saturday 9th November, and we reserve the right to refuse submissions if they are technically flawed, if we think there may be copyright issues, or if … and we know this is subjective — we don’t think you’ve checked any of our last four albums and thought about whether your submission would be in kindred company. Oh, and try not to send us songs with the the word “fuck” in. We want the Flanders family to donate.
We’re not writing to individuals this time because we can’t get the staff, so please spread the word.
Thank you.
Medway Visions
Following the roaring success of Homespun, we’re delighted to be contributing to another inaugural independent Medway festival. This one is called Medway Visions, and it’s the brainchild of film maker Mr Young. It runs for a week from 7th September and includes a new film, ‘Shaking The Sky’ from Mr Young, animated shorts, horror-comedy, a documentary by Dave Wise and special screenings by the Rochester Film Society. For full details, see the Creatabot website.
We’re running one branch of all this – the gig you see posted above. Stuart Turner and The Flat Earth Society are soon to launch their third album and have commissioned videos for every song. They’ll be showing all of these as well as playing a live set at the Nag’s Head on Saturday 7th, supported by a live solo performance from Crybaby Special and videos from Tape Error.
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Homespun: An Independent Medway Music Festival
Medway Eyes is very proud to be a part of Homespun, an independent Medway music festival that is taking place in and around Rochester in mid-July. Here’s the line-up so far…
So that explains what this previous post was all about. We’re delighted to be working alongside Motherboy, TEA Concerts and Suburban Kings on this one and the line-up is, quite frankly, ruddy marvellous.
Click on the poster above to go to the Homespun website, and click again to follow Homespun on Facebook and/or Twitter and stay up to date.
Videos from Come On Pixies
Thanks again to everybody who came along last Saturday; musicians, technicians and audience alike. here are a few videos of the night that we’ve found online. If you find any more, please post a link in the comments section and we’ll add it.
Sean Bean Death Scene – Gigantic from The Paisley Emporium on Vimeo.
Phil Dillon———Medway Eyes — Come on Pixies from PAUL JOHNSTON on Vimeo.