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So how y’all doing? Here’s what’s going down Engineer wise.  To start with, No Tide are gearing up for their show with MAKER, Rust Belt Lights, Second To Last and These Friends Of Mine at Vega which is happening on 1st March.  Tickets cost $7.  It’s sure to be an awesome show so go check them out.    MAKER’s new split 7″EP is now available to purchase from http://brokenrimrecords.storenvy.com/.  You can see a picture of the shiny new EP here…

MAKER are also currently on their US tour and you can catch them in Dallas, Texas at Sons Of Hermann Hall tonight.  Sirens & Shelter is currently tearing up venues on his winter tour.  If you want to catch some awesome acoustic music then head to Lady Luck in Canterbury tomorrow night from 8pm.  Check out this photo of him at the Folkestone show at Harp Restrung last night…

Wecamewolves also had a good old chinwag with ‘Rock Britain’ the other day.  If you want to check out the interview then click on http://rockbritain.com/2014/02/17/face-to-face-with-we-came-from-wolves/

Finally, the fantastic Arthur Walwin starts his UK tour with Taylor Ames tonight at Roadhouse in Birmingham.  Head to his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/arthurwalwinmusic for the full lowdown on when and where he’s touring.  That’s everything for now folks.  Make sure you stay awesome now.

Bonjourno! Here’s the latest Engineer update.  To start with, The Afterparty have finished shooting the video for their new single ‘When The Lights Go Out’ with Jordan Green.  The video will be available for your viewing pleasure in the next few weeks.  We can’t wait to see it.  Check this below photo of the guys on set to see what they got up to…

Wecamefromwolves have recently recorded an interview with the guys over at HOLDUPNOW.  You can check out what they had to say here http://holdupnow.com/an-interview-with-we-came-from-wolves/.  They also brought the awesome at their hometown show in Perth on Saturday.  Our American friends, MAKER have a brand new song up on absolutepunk.net from their split 7″ EP with Turnover, SUCH GOLD and Ivy LeagueTX. Go check it out! The EP comes out March 4th on Broken Rim Records.  Catch the guys on their US tour with Rustbelt Lights and Second To Last coming to a venue near you soon.

Our boy, Sirens & Shelter is on tour throughout this week.  Have a ganders at his tour poster to see when and where he’s playing.

You need to go see him live, you will not be disappointed.  Sirens and Shelter’s new album ‘Through The War’ is available to download from iTunes now so stop what you’re doing and download it!

Hidden Cabins are also gonna be playing a big ass show in Montreal this coming May.  ‘Pouzza Fest’ is gonna be rocking Downtown Montreal from 16th-18th May.  It looks really awesome.  Check out this poster to see the full lineup for the festival.

That’s all the news for now folks.  Catch you all later!

Happy Valentines Day y’all! Here’s the latest update from Engineer land.  It’s like Lego land but with less bricks lol.  Anyways, The Satellite Year will be releasing online a new demo song from their new album soon.  They’re currently taking some chill time at the moment.  Daniel from the band recently put online a picture of him in sunny Australia.  Check it out here.  It’s alright for some isn’t it? lol.

On the subject of shows, No Tide, Thunderhawks and MAKER all have shows this weekend.  No Tide are playing at Knickerbockers in Lincoln, Nebraska at 9pm this Friday, Thunderhawks are at Bovine Sex Club in Toronto, Ontario at 9pm tonight and MAKER are at Frankie’s in Toledo, OH tonight.  MAKER also have shows at Penny Road Pub in Barrington, IL on Saturday and at The Demo in St. Louis, MO on Sunday this weekend.  MAKER have started their tour today with Second To Last and Rustbelt Lights.  Get the full lowdown on the tour happenings at https://www.facebook.com/MAKERMA?ref=br_tf. (Damn) This Desert Air have a new show coming up in New Brunswick, New Jersey at Court Tavern with some other cool acts on April 4th.  The fun starts at 8pm.

Finally, we did write about this in the last update but it’s so cool we’re gonna mention it again.  We’re super stoked that Sirens & Shelter is going to be supporting Matt Pryor from The Get Up Kids at the Tunbridge Wells date of his acoustic tour at The Forum on Sunday 23rd March.  It’s going to be a great show.  Anyhoo that’s all for now.  For all you couples we hope you have a lovely Valentines Day dinner or whatever it is your doing this evening and if you’re only date tonight is with a tub of Ben & Jerry’s then we hope you still have an awesome evening.  Laters.

As the title suggests we have lots of shows to tell you about.  But first, hello! The first show we want to tell you about is The Afterparty’s new tour! Yes, that’s right, the guys are off on tour again in March with WeCaughtTheCastle and Road To Horizon.  Check this below poster for more info;

Head to The Afterparty’s Facebook to get your tickets.  Our American friends, MAKER have got a western Massachusetts show this Thursday at Instinkt Tattoos on 141 Main Street, Indian Orchard.  Special guest acts are still to be announced but it’s sure to be an awesome show.  Be at the venue from 7pm if you wanna go.  No Tide have a show this Thursday in Lincoln, Nebraska at Knickbockers with Tiger Lily, Stanley And The Search and Better Friend.  Entry is the princely sum of $5 and the show starts at 9pm.  Thunderhawks have a Valentines Day show at The Bovine Sex Club (still love this name) in Toronto, Ontario with Seas at 9pm.  If you want an alternative to the usual Valentines Day traditions then this would be a great option.

Sirens & Shelter starts his Winter tour this Saturday at The Bedford pub in Tunbridge Wells.  If blood, sweat and broken guitars are your thing then make sure you haul ass to Tunbridge Wells from 8pm.  Get the 411 on all the dates at https://www.facebook.com/sirensandshelter.  It looks like our latest act, Hidden Cabins had a great show at The Clash Bar last Saturday for Stripped Songs & Sing-a-longs; Batch 1 Check out the photos at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.643884379007417.1073741834.472910289438161&type=1.  Arthur Walwin starts his UK tour next Wednesday 19th at Roadhouse in Birmingham.  Get the full scooby on dates at https://www.facebook.com/arthurwalwinmusic.

Finally, to round off this rather fabulous news update we are really stoked to announce that we shall be putting out two compilation albums soon, one rock and one acoustic.  If you’re a solo artist or a band and would like to take part then you can register your interest on the Engineer Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/engineerrecords or you can email links to your music to james@earthisland.co.uk.  He’s really awesome.  Anyhoo, that’s it for now.  See y’all later!

Howdy guys and gals!  Go take a ganders at this awesome band on the scene called HOT PEACH.  HOT PEACH hail from Toronto and will blast your ears with electro/power pop based awesomeness.  The band is formed of veteran folk singer/songwriter, Sarah Burton, Ramona drummer/songwriter and owner of Dunce Cap Management Inc, Jeremy Knowles and bass player Luke Stackhouse (Fred Eaglesmith).  HOT PEACH came together in the American Midwest when Jeremy and Sarah realised they had great songwriting chemistry together which resulted in the explosion of awesome that is HOT PEACH.  Through funding from FACTOR and help from recording engineers Dave Fritz and Ed Krautner (Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, Tom Cochrane and Christina Aguilera) a debut 7″ vinyl has been released and the band have toured the US last Autumn.  Go fill your faces with HOT PEACH related goodness at http://hotpeach.bandcamp.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/HOTPEACHBAND/app_204974879526524 y’all!

Bonjourno! Here’s the latest news update from the crazy world of Engineer.  To start with, we are majorly stoked to announce that the new album from IRIS has been mastered and will be released soon.  Very excited.  If you’re a fan of No Tide, then they have two shows in the Lincoln, Nebraska coming up.  The first one is this evening at The Bourbon Theatre with The Menzingers and Off With Their Heads from 6.30pm.  The second is on 13th February at Knickerbockers from 9pm with Tiger Lily, Stanley And The Search and Better Friend.  Go fill your face with No Tide goodness.  For more info then please visit https://www.facebook.com/notide

We’re also very pleased to announce that the new MAKER split 7″ with Turnover, Ivy League TX and SUCH GOLD is Pirate Press’ record of the week.  Well done guys! Check out the article at http://www.piratespress.com/cms/rotw/.  Arthur Walwin has done a session for Blank TV recently.  You can see him perform his track “All For You” in what looks like someones garden here.

Finally, we have big news, I mean like drum rolls, trumpets sounding kinda news.  Are you ready? We are very pleased to announce that the fantastic acoustic duo, Hidden Cabins have officially joined Engineer Records.  We’re very excited to be working with them.  Their info will be added to the Engineer website very soon so make sure you check it out.  That’s it for now folks.  Until next time, may be the force be with you.

Hey guys and gals!  We have details of three lovely tours for you from the likes of MAKER, Sirens & Shelter and Arthur Walwin.  To start with, here are details of the MAKER tour with Rustbelt Lights and Second To Last;

2/14 Toledo, OH @The Ottawa Tavern
2/15 Chicago, IL @ Penny Road Pub
2/16 St. Louis, MO @ The Demo
2/17 Broken Arrow, OK @ Rudy’s House
2/18 Dallas, TX @ Sons of Herman Hall
2/19 Austin, TX @ Infest
2/20 San Antonio, TX @ The Ten Eleven
2/21 El Paso, TX @ The Spot
2/22 Mesa, AZ @ The Underground
2/23 Santa Ana, CA @ Malone’s Concert Venue
2/24 Lancaster, CA @ The Industry Theatre
2/25 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium
2/26 Reno, Nevada @ The Knitting Factory
2/27 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Shred Shed
2/28 Denver, CO @ 7th Circle Collective
3/01 Lincoln, NE @ VEGA
3/02 Springfield, MO @ The Obec
3/03 Louisville, KY @ Spinelli’s Pizza

To stay updated check out https://www.facebook.com/MAKERMA

Sirens & Shelter starts his Winter tour next Saturday.  Have a look at the below dates for the details of when and where he will be bringing his brand of acoustic awesomeness.

15/02 The Bedford, Tunbridge Wells

16/02 Green Door Store, Brighton

17/02 The Chapel, Broadstairs

18/02 Harp Restrung, Folkestone

19/02 Shots, Horsham

20/02 Lady Luck, Canterbury

21/02 Car Wash Diner, Hurst Green

22/02 Rafters, Maidstone

23/02 Penny Whistle, Northampton

For more details, please point your clickers at https://www.facebook.com/sirensandshelter

Finally, here are details of the Arthur Walwin/Taylor Ames co headline UK tour;

17/02 Northern Monkey, Leeds

18/02 Retro Bar, Manchester

19/02 Roadhouse, Birmingham

20/02 Warehouse54, Newport (Over 18s)

22/02 Amersham Arms, London (Daytime show)

To stay updated with tour developments, then take a ganders at https://www.facebook.com/arthurwalwinmusic

Phew that was a long news update!  Please go and check out these amazing artists on tour, you won’t be disappointed.  Until next time, Engineer over and out.

Hey y’all! Check out this review of “Pyramids” by (Damn) This Desert Air from musicalnews.com.  The original review is in Italian at http://www.musicalnews.com/articolo.php?codice=26794&sz=4 so regardez vous an English re-working;

The last few years have been very intense for U.S band [Damn] This Desert Air.  In just six years they have scored two albums and two EPs that have made them known all over the world.  [Damn] This Desert Air are an impressive group in all areas. This is because the components of the band have more than a decade behind them forged in the underground rock scene. Some band members also carry out other projects. The leader singer, Craig Cirinelli is in impressive bands such as The World Concave and Hidden Cabins.

“Pyramids” makes it clear immediately the mood of the album. Just note the cover in the foreground with a giant pyramid. A gigantic pyramid is a perfect metaphor to describe the sound of [Damn] This Desert Air. It’s not a powerful sound but seems to us more like the centre of an atomic explosion.  Such is the force that the five American rockers put into every piece of “Pyramids”.  It’s a torrential sound, never subdued, full of power and will certainly make a deadly effect to your ears. Of course you have to give reference to some areas.  “Pyramids” is a big sound with guitars that are not unlike Muse. There is also some introspection akin to Radiohead.  The album is an attack sound that owes much to the American post-hardcore in recent years.

A perfect album, starting from registration. A bomb that will surely destroy the speakers of your hi-fi without mercy.  It’s an album recorded and produced by a team that knows exactly what they want.  If the band are already in the studio playing at these levels I dare not imagine what might happen when they play live!

If you’re looking for a different album to listen to then “Pyramids” makes a good case. [Damn This Desert Air] are a band capable of going hand in hand with lovers of big rock, post-hardcore and heavy metal.  A good result for a great band.

What’s up party people?! Here’s the latest news update from the land of Engineer. To start with our brothers from Deal, IRIS are currently having their new album mastered at this moment in time. We can’t wait to hear what the new material sounds like. We’ll have more details on when the new album is gonna drop very soon. The Afterparty are also announcing details of their new UK tour very soon, tomorrow in fact. You’ll need to head over to https://www.facebook.com/theafterpartyofficial for more details of when and where they’ll be touring.  Very awesome.

Wecamefromwolves have announced the date of their “Paradise Place” EP launch.  The launch is on March 13th at Broadcast in Glasgow featuring support from Vasa and Poor Things.  If you’re in the area or maybe if you fancy a road trip then go check them out.  MAKER have announced that they will be putting out a split 7” EP with Turnover, Such Gold and Ivy League TX.   The EP drops on March 4^th via Broken Rim Records.  Very excited to hear that when it drops.  You can stream their new song “Here She Comes” over at AbsolutePunk.net at  http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3652101 and you can pre-order the split by pointing your clickers at http://brokenrimrecords.storenvy.com/.  Finally, we’re very stoked to announce that our boy, Sirens & Shelter has been made a featured artist on Newcomerszene.de.  You can check out the article at http://www.newcomerszene.de/musiknews/item/771-sirens-shelter-ein-mann-eine-gitarre-und-ganz-viel-leidenschaft.html.  Make sure you can read German first though lol. Anyway, you all for now folks.  TTFN ta ta for now.

Get your fresh dose of Engineer news right here! To start with we have fresh news from The Afterparty camp to kick things off. If you want to catch them live then they’ll be playing a headline show at Redannick Theatre in Truro on Saturday 26th April. They’ve also been roaming the streets of London with photographer, Joshua Halling having photos taken for their new record. Looking forward to seeing the photos from that shoot. Wecamefromwolves have also released screenshots and behind the scenes pictures from the “Paradise Place” shoot. Head to https://www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves to check them out.

Really cool things are happening with No Tide in the next few weeks. Will be able to reveal more soon. Also the band have a show with The Menzingers at The Bourbon Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska on Monday February 10th. Take a ganders at https://www.facebook.com/notide for more info and to see the show poster. Come The Spring are back which we are really stoked about. They’ve have finished recording their new EP “Silent Ships” with Emeline Studios and the EP will dropping soon. Most likely in the Spring. Check out ideas for the artwork at https://www.facebook.com/ComeTheSpring3 . It’s really cool.

On the subject of cool things, there’s a new song to come from MAKER on Monday. Looking forward to hearing it. On the subject of shows, both Sirens & Shelter and Arthur Walwin have upcoming London shows. Sirens & Shelter is playing a show at the Finsbury Pub on Green Lanes this coming Tuesday from 7.30pm and Arthur Walwin is playing at Amersham Arms in the New Cross & Peckham area on Saturday February 22nd from 2pm. If you want to check out some awesome music then haul ass to those venues. Finally, to round off this dose of news, Sound & Shape are going on a 3 date tour round Alabama and Georgia starting on February 27th. To see the tour poster and for more info please point your clickers at https://www.facebook.com/soundandshape. That’s all for now folks. Until next time, you stay awesome now.