http://www.tunatheday.com
Big thanks to Ade at TunAtheDay for making The Scratch's X-Ray eyes TunAtheDay today!!!
and also to Andy Cordy who reviewed it thus, this very morning!
The vocals are what make the difference here, I think, though they're done very well with the guitar sounds. The voice and humor of Daman Albarn comes to mind.
I think the spikiness is a very British thing and would prevent this being a mass market commodity in most countries, certainly the States and sadly, probably here (Radio 2?)too.
I loved it!
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Great start to a Monday Scratch fans!
Monday, 26 April 2010
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Still number 2
Thanks to everyone for their continued downloading this week, enabling The Scratch's X-Ray eyes to remain at number 2 in the tourdates.co.uk unsigned chart! Keep up the good work, lets see where they can get next week!
Monday, 19 April 2010
'Great' Losing today - Review of X-Ray Eyes
Monday, April 19, 2010
the scratch
Category: Music
The Scratch ‘x-ray eyes’ (pony land). Frankly too cool for their own good. Much loved and obsessed at the losing today record shed are the Scratch that we actually foolishly forgot to actually review this blighter given we were having so much of a wheeze dancing around the kitchen CD player and neatly exhibiting our prowling and preening panache of the foot shuffle to all and sundry - in fact there have been press reports and we hear - much hoo-ha at the hastily convened impromptu ad hoc midnight committee meetings at the funny hand shakes are us local council (tabled no doubt after the under dimmed lights submission of expense receipts and some nifty double entry reconciliations). Ah well I digress - the Scratch - from St Albans - as you should all know - have graced these pages much over the years - informed by a late 70’s new wave long since passed and blessed with a knowing knack for kicking out day-glow dinked three minute killer cuts en masse the band have now retrained their sights on their recorded past and decided to polish, re-master and re-release their teasingly limited debut full length ’diy’ (streuth and gadzooks even we don’t have a copy of that one - a pox upon your houses sire or some such foolish nonsense). as a taster for said event they sent out this nifty number entitled ‘x-ray eyes’ on a reconnaissance mission. Ah be it the dog bollocks I say - originally commented upon way back at missive 35 wherein we described said funky bug as -
‘X-Ray eyes’ sees them cocking a snook at the dance floor crowd, an unrelenting beauty that channels the grittier elements of the Gang of Four’s trademark grind and marries it to the dub / disco crossover that Strummer and Co aimed for on the often overlooked ‘Sandinista’ throw in for good measure Big Audio Dynamite, a taster of Pigbag a few sly Ry Cooder sliding hooks and you have something of a dirty disco assassin that Bobby Gillespie you’d imagine would be happy to be caught in the line of fire of.’
Wise words and still they hold true given its exactly the same track on the player right now playing as I write (okay copy n’ paste) mind you we neglected to mention the seriously loose limbed and mooching R L Burnside blues blissed side winds and the tightly drilled cornucopia of hot n’ horny early 80’s NY dance floor vibe - oh yea and add in A Certain Ratio factor to proceedings. Limited to just 100 copies - can I have one please.
A video of them….
www.myspace.com/ponylandrecords
the scratch
Category: Music
The Scratch ‘x-ray eyes’ (pony land). Frankly too cool for their own good. Much loved and obsessed at the losing today record shed are the Scratch that we actually foolishly forgot to actually review this blighter given we were having so much of a wheeze dancing around the kitchen CD player and neatly exhibiting our prowling and preening panache of the foot shuffle to all and sundry - in fact there have been press reports and we hear - much hoo-ha at the hastily convened impromptu ad hoc midnight committee meetings at the funny hand shakes are us local council (tabled no doubt after the under dimmed lights submission of expense receipts and some nifty double entry reconciliations). Ah well I digress - the Scratch - from St Albans - as you should all know - have graced these pages much over the years - informed by a late 70’s new wave long since passed and blessed with a knowing knack for kicking out day-glow dinked three minute killer cuts en masse the band have now retrained their sights on their recorded past and decided to polish, re-master and re-release their teasingly limited debut full length ’diy’ (streuth and gadzooks even we don’t have a copy of that one - a pox upon your houses sire or some such foolish nonsense). as a taster for said event they sent out this nifty number entitled ‘x-ray eyes’ on a reconnaissance mission. Ah be it the dog bollocks I say - originally commented upon way back at missive 35 wherein we described said funky bug as -
‘X-Ray eyes’ sees them cocking a snook at the dance floor crowd, an unrelenting beauty that channels the grittier elements of the Gang of Four’s trademark grind and marries it to the dub / disco crossover that Strummer and Co aimed for on the often overlooked ‘Sandinista’ throw in for good measure Big Audio Dynamite, a taster of Pigbag a few sly Ry Cooder sliding hooks and you have something of a dirty disco assassin that Bobby Gillespie you’d imagine would be happy to be caught in the line of fire of.’
Wise words and still they hold true given its exactly the same track on the player right now playing as I write (okay copy n’ paste) mind you we neglected to mention the seriously loose limbed and mooching R L Burnside blues blissed side winds and the tightly drilled cornucopia of hot n’ horny early 80’s NY dance floor vibe - oh yea and add in A Certain Ratio factor to proceedings. Limited to just 100 copies - can I have one please.
A video of them….
www.myspace.com/ponylandrecords
Sunday, 18 April 2010
X-Ray Eyes edges up one to number 2 in the tourdates chart
The Scratch's new single Xray Eyes has edged closer to the number 1 spot this week, as it rises up 1 place to number 2. Huge thanks to everyone who has continued to download it over the last week, please forward the link onto to all of your friends to see if they can hit top spot this time next week www.tourdates.co.uk/the-scratch.
Also, Don't forget if you want a copy of the highly limited 10" single version which is officially released tomorrow (Mon 19th April), you can buy it from:
Sister Ray (London)
34-35 Berwick Street
LONDON
W1V 8RP
Jumbo (Leeds)
5/6 St.Johns centre
Leeds
LS2 8LQ
Crash (Leeds)
35 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 6PU
United Kingdom
Resident (Brighton)
28 Kensington Gardens
Brighton
BN1 4AL
Spillers (Cardiff)
36 The Hayes
Cardiff
CF10 1AJ
Reflex (Newcastle)
Reflex CD 23 Nun Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 5AG
Action (Preston)
46 Church Street
Preston
PR1 3DH
United Kingdom
Avalanche (Edinburgh)
63 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1BS
Norman Records
Leeds Mailorder
Also, Don't forget if you want a copy of the highly limited 10" single version which is officially released tomorrow (Mon 19th April), you can buy it from:
Sister Ray (London)
34-35 Berwick Street
LONDON
W1V 8RP
Jumbo (Leeds)
5/6 St.Johns centre
Leeds
LS2 8LQ
Crash (Leeds)
35 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 6PU
United Kingdom
Resident (Brighton)
28 Kensington Gardens
Brighton
BN1 4AL
Spillers (Cardiff)
36 The Hayes
Cardiff
CF10 1AJ
Reflex (Newcastle)
Reflex CD 23 Nun Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 5AG
Action (Preston)
46 Church Street
Preston
PR1 3DH
United Kingdom
Avalanche (Edinburgh)
63 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1BS
Norman Records
Leeds Mailorder
Friday, 16 April 2010
The Scratch - Your maniac, teen idols cause gas explosion
Many thanks to all at Recharged Radio especially Jordan, Dan and (the elaborately and amazingly vampish) Minki and all connected with last nights gig at 93 Feet East, where some great performances were topped excitingly by one of The Scratch's most incendiary shows in the last year. A hugely enthusiastic group of Scratchers, whooped and cheered every mention of the bands name prior to the show and upped it some during a flashing 30 minutes... Starting with a newie 'Biting on my lip', the boys were looking mean and focused as with each, swagger, strum and grind they built an intense smouldering fire that grew by the time they had introed (the massive sounding) Teen Idol into a raging inferno. Easily the wildest crowd repsonses followed each of the preceeding numbers, first Dear Maniac and finally one of the most unhinged 'flying squirrel meets iggy pop' Smell the gas taps to date.
Massive thanks to all The Scratch's friends, fans and worms for your amazing support.
Massive thanks to all The Scratch's friends, fans and worms for your amazing support.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Bands in the Basement - Recharged radio compilation - on ponyland available from tonight!!!
As previously mentioned here at Ponyland towers, we've teamed up with the guys at rechargedradio.com to put together a release of their live 'in the basement' radio sessions, recorded in London during 2009.
It's a 12 track CD and features our very own The Scratch's - Whatever Happened to Friday Night?, heard like it never has been before! (except on Recharged's myspace of course!)
The CD is going to be a FREE yes 'FREE' giveaway and will see light of day for the first time at the first ever Recharged Radio Awards show tonight at 93 Feet East. A show that will also feature a 30 minute live set from The Scratch (with rumours of new material being readied for the performance!) so make a note in your diarys... event kicks off at 7.30 and is also FREE to get in!... as an exclusive freebie for the night the band will be in possession of 10 copies of the highly limited edition 10" vinyl versions of X-RAY EYES, which isn't in the shops until Monday!!! (There's only 100 available in total, so beat the rush!!!!)
Rumour has it that the band will also be giving 50 'goody bags' to the first 50 'Scratchers' through the door, these contain not only one of 4 free singles, but exclusive ponyland records badges, made specially to mark the event!!!
HOW CAN YOU AFFORD TO MISS THIS!!!
It's a 12 track CD and features our very own The Scratch's - Whatever Happened to Friday Night?, heard like it never has been before! (except on Recharged's myspace of course!)
The CD is going to be a FREE yes 'FREE' giveaway and will see light of day for the first time at the first ever Recharged Radio Awards show tonight at 93 Feet East. A show that will also feature a 30 minute live set from The Scratch (with rumours of new material being readied for the performance!) so make a note in your diarys... event kicks off at 7.30 and is also FREE to get in!... as an exclusive freebie for the night the band will be in possession of 10 copies of the highly limited edition 10" vinyl versions of X-RAY EYES, which isn't in the shops until Monday!!! (There's only 100 available in total, so beat the rush!!!!)
Rumour has it that the band will also be giving 50 'goody bags' to the first 50 'Scratchers' through the door, these contain not only one of 4 free singles, but exclusive ponyland records badges, made specially to mark the event!!!
HOW CAN YOU AFFORD TO MISS THIS!!!
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Monday, 12 April 2010
Straight in at number 3 in the tourdates top 40!
We just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who has downloaded X-Ray Eyes by The Scratch this week on the tourdates.co.uk chart. They've gone straight in at number 3 their highest ever first week in the chart. Let's hope with The Scratch special and the Recharged Awards show this week, they can push on all the way to number 1 next Sunday. Don't forget to keep spreading the word!!! www.tourdates.co.uk/thescratch
don't forget if you want 1 of only 100 ltd edition vinyl versions you will be able to buy it from a host of indie stores from Monday 19th April!
Rock'n'Roll!!!
x
don't forget if you want 1 of only 100 ltd edition vinyl versions you will be able to buy it from a host of indie stores from Monday 19th April!
34-35 Berwick Street
LONDON
W1V 8RP
5/6 St.Johns centre
Leeds
LS2 8LQ
35 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 6PU
United Kingdom
28 Kensington Gardens
Brighton
BN1 4AL
36 The Hayes
Cardiff
CF10 1AJ
Reflex CD 23 Nun Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 5AG
46 Church Street
Preston
PR1 3DH
United Kingdom
63 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1BS
Leeds Mailorder
Rock'n'Roll!!!
x
Saturday, 3 April 2010
GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL DATE!!! - MAY 13TH
we're extremely excited to announce that The Scratch have just secured a place on the Recharged Radio stage at the Live Room in Brighton, as yet we have no more details other than the shows will start at 7pm.
This date completes a brilliant hat-trick of gigs to make a mini spring tour for the new look The Scratch.
As soon as we get more info, we'll be mailing it your way!
This date completes a brilliant hat-trick of gigs to make a mini spring tour for the new look The Scratch.
As soon as we get more info, we'll be mailing it your way!
Friday, 2 April 2010
X-Ray Eyes tonight on Recharged Radio
recharged radio are playing x-ray eyes tonight on their Friday forum show, you can tune in from 7pm at www.rechargedradio.com or if you miss the show you can download the podcast next week from itunes!
Bands in the Basement - Recharged radio compilation
As previously mentioned here at Ponyland towers, we've teamed up with the guys at rechargedradio.com to put together a release of their live in the basement radio sessions, recorded in London during 2009.
It's a 12 track CD and features our very own The Scratchs - Whatever Happened to Friday Night?, heard like it never has been before! (except on Recharged's myspace of course!)
The CD is going to be a FREE yes 'FREE' giveaway and will see light of day for the first time at the first ever Recharged Radio Awards show at 93 Feet East on Thurday 15th April. A show that will also feature a 30 minute live set from The Scratch (with rumours of new material being readied for the performance!) so make a note in your diarys... event kicks off at 7.30 and is also FREE to get in!
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