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'Auld Pals' featured on Chucks & PBR Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:48:00 +0000

Yo,

'Auld Pals' from our 'Drones & Sharp Teeth' EP has been featured on the latest edition of the Chucks & PBR podcast. You can download the podcast from the Chucks & PBR website our via iTunes. There's some really good stuff on there so it's worth checking out.

Take care,

Aidan ToR

for fans of who? or should that be whom...

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:15:00 +0000

Hello there! This is a review of our EP which is in this month's Rock Sound and has been expertly scanned by Joe from Swound! We're pretty pleased with it, though it is interesting to compare their version of our past with the real story.

I apologise to any fans of The Horrors, The Raconteurs or The White Stripes who have landed here expecting something similar and left angry and disappointed. I'm not that sorry though if I'm honest; your anger and disappointment amuses me!

We've had some other reviews for our EP (some of them for the original release so they only half count) and I thought I may as well link them up:

There is one total stinker somewhere out there, but conveniently I couldn't find it so if you'll have to do the googlin' yourselves if you want to find it!

I just discovered that Chi Cheng from deftones is in a coma after a car accident. All at ToR Towers wish him a speedy recovery.

Take care,

Aidan ToR

Drones & Sharp Teeth - Released Today!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:23:00 +0000

Yo,

Drones & Sharp Teeth - our debut EP for Headroom Records - is officially released today in the UK and is now available in lots of proper shops and iTunes. Larger retailers like Zavvi and HMV are stocking the EP so will you will be able to get it through them or you can get the EP online from any of the following:

Zavvi
HMV
Play
Amazon
Townsend Records
iTunes

The EP is also available from a number of International retailers:

Fan (Poland)

Cosmox (Netherlands)

CDGO (Portugal)
iMusic (Denmark)
Tower (USA)

Cheerio!

Aidan ToR x

some stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:38:00 +0000

Hello,

Adam ToR is currently cycling the length of Great Britain with his brother in order to raise money for Red Cross to aid the crisis in Darfur. If you want to check out what he's doing then click here to see his justgiving page.

In other news, unfortunately our gig in Hull is now cancelled but we believe it will be rescheduled.

Have a fun week

Aidan ToR x

This morning's farmer

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:24:00 +0000

Tonight's gig in Norwich is now disappointingly also cancelled. Not because of us this time. We don't seem to be having much luck at the moment...

As far as I know Sunday's gig in Sheffield is still set to go, and we are all looking forward to getting back into live action, albeit for one night only!

Take care,

Aidan ToR x

...

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:07:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately due to personal circumstances we've had to pull out of Sunday's gig in Nottingham. Sorry for anyone who was coming to see us, it is not something we like to do but in this instance there was no option.

If you were going to the gig to see us please please still go, it should be awesome as the mighty OBN are on the bill! We promise that our gig in Nottingham next month will be ace.

Take care,

Aidan ToR x

Drones & Sharp Teeth - Available Now!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:26:00 +0000

Hello everyone,

Just a quick update to let you know that our revamped EP 'Drones & Sharp Teeth' is now available from our shop - click here to get your copy!

As a special bonus for anyone who buys the EP, there is a secret web address concealed within the artwork which will give you access to exclusive free content such as video, music, photos and whatever else we can think of!

See you soon!

Aidan ToR x

Brief Update!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:56:00 +0000

Hello again,

Busy times of late:

First, the EP. 'Drones & Sharp Teeth' is already available to buy from a couple of European sites as far as I can tell - namely this one (CDGO) and this one (Lapis Electronics) - and by next week it will be available to buy from here on our slightly revamped website. There'll be a couple of of nice new features on the site too so remember to swing by next week some time. The 'Drones' Tour starts in October (with a sort of warm up type gig this Friday in Derby) and we're all looking to visiting some places we've not seen before and playing to new people. With a bit of luck we'll be unleashing some new material too....

Second: We've been in the studio this weekend recording a couple of new tracks which are going to be made available in reasonably exciting fashion to tie in with the release of the EP. It was fun, tiring, frustrating and entertaining as recording always seems to be. Mostly it was fun though. We didn't quite finish what we set out to do so we'll have to go back in the next couple of weeks and apply the finishing touches. It was sounding good when we left the studio at 3am on Monday morning and hopefully you'll like the new tracks when you hear them...

...and finally; shortly before the last news update Olly was forced to leave the band to pursue an equally exciting yet more stable and financially rewarding career in science. Unaware of his own genius he applied for a dream job he never thought he'd get and ended up being offered it.

We're currently playing with James from OBN who will hopefully fill Olly's boots permanently. It was a shame that Olly had to leave but as one door closes another opens, and it's been great fun so far having James in the band. James played on the recording this weekend and will be drumming for us at least until the end of our 'Drones & Sharp Teeth' duties and hopefully beyond.

Take care,

Aidan x

Headroom Records

noreply@blogger.com (Adam Barnes) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:43:00 +0000

We have signed a deal with Headroom Records! Hazaa!

Drones and Sharp Teeth will go on general release through Headroom Records on 3 November 2008. It should be sweet.We will be playing lots of gigs, writing lots of tunes and hopefully be releasing a super awesome album on Headroom next year.

Check out their myspace page www.myspace.com/headroomrecords to see what great work they have already done.

Peace and Love one and all.

More news about the release itself and gig dates to follow soon xx

More Live Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:23:00 +0000

Nothing much to tell at the moment, so here are some more photos I've got round to sorting out.

Head to the our flickr gallery for more....

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacebook

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:15:00 +0000

Hello,

We've got ourselves a facebook page, we're proper modern us. I imagine there'll be some sort of exclusive facebook only stuff on there at some point so if you're a member of the 'book then you may aswell become a fan of us just in case!

Click here to see our facebook page.

Have a sweet weekend amigos!

x

Demonstration time

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:01:00 +0000

A treat. We've uploaded a file containing some old demos from way back when we started the band. Click here for more!

Videophone adventure [# 1]

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:57:00 +0000

Here we are rehearsing a new song in our practice room. We've got some exciting news to reveal soon but can't do so at the moment. In the meantime check out the video!

fun times in Derby

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:52:00 +0000

Look at us go!

Arbitrary Update!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:52:00 +0000

We've been busy doing secret things. We're playing a couple of gigs shortly, one in Derby next Monday and a very exciting gig in Nottingham for the Pilgrim Fathers' album launch. In my excitement I've stuck the flyer below for everyone to see.

The video is nearly finished and edited and will make it's official debut here in the coming weeks. It's looking pretty good so far....

Hope all is well, summer seems to have arrived in the last day or two. x

What's Happening Here?

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:46:00 +0000

We've spent the last two days making a video. 3 hours of footage to edit as soon as we get the time, and it's looking good.

Rock Action!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:28:00 +0000

Hello again,

Thought you may be interested to see some live photos from our first gig with Simon on bass. I've uploaded more to our picture page on flickr but here's a preview to whet your appetite! Click on the thumbnail to open a larger version of each image.

We had another gig last night, which again went really well and we made some new friends in los and Car Crash Television who both played really strong sets, as did fellow Nottingham ninjas and Stars Collide. It was a great night so thanks to anyone who made it down.

Until next time!

New things

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:49:00 +0000

Hi there, welcome to the new (sort of work in progress) site for ToR! We hope you like it and enjoy your stay. All the usual links are above this bit, and also our upcoming gigs are displayed handily to the right.

A bit of recent history - Dan left the band before Christmas. He will be missed. James - of our good friends OBN - played a couple of great gigs with us shortly after Dan left the band and we fixed up a proper replacement earlier this year. Taking Dan's place on four-string and vocal duties is Simon Curd who also plays in Nottingham/Derby band Dragonflies Draw Flame who may or may not have split up. They change their mind every week. Here is the new line-up taking a hard earned break during practice a couple of weeks ago.

We played our first gig with Simon at Junktion7 earlier this month with the Kull and OBN and it was great to get back in the swing of things. We've been busy getting ready for some more gigs with the new lad and writing some new songs. There's also some potentially very exciting news on the horizon but I can reveal no more just yet!