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15.04.08 - Wichita at the Camden Crawl
We are hosting a Wichita night at this year's Camden Crawl.
We can't tell you who's playing, but suffice to say it's going to be amazing and featuring a bunch of our current favourite acts.
Come by and say hello - we'll be at the Enterprise on Chalk Farm Road on Friday night. The line up will be announced on the day.
07.03.08 - Wichita vs. SXSW
It's that time of year again, when we all up sticks and traverse international borders, time zones and the limits of good sense to enter into the yearly kerfuffle also known as SXSW.
We have lots of gigs and lots of running around to do, so we just wanted to let you in on the fun. Please come say hello if you find yourself in Austin next week.
Simian Mobile Disco
March 12 - La Zona Rosa (Live)
March 12 - Domino Party (DJ Set)
March 14 - I Heart Comix (DJ Set)
March 15 - Mess With Texas Party (Live)
The Cribs
March 14 - Village Voice @ La Zona Rosa (daytime)
March 14 - Stubbs (11pm)
Peter Moren
March 12 - Almost Gold Showcase @ The Parish
March 13 - Schubas Party @ Yard Dog (2:20pm)
March 13 - Stereogum Party @ Volume (5:00pm)
March 14 - Insound Party @ TBC (3:30pm)
Los Campesinos!
March 13 - Canvas Party @ Emo Jr (4:00pm)
March 14 - Filter Party @ Cedar St Courtyard (1:30pm)
March 15 - Arts and Crafts @ Parish (12:00am)
Like we said, if you spot us lurking around the corners come and say hello, and if not, we'll have a full report when we get back.
28.02.08 - NME Awards Round-Up
So if you didn't see us living large at the awards, here's a bit of a retelling of our evening...
We joined our beloved, The Cribs, at their appropriately place (i.e. front and centre) table and watched them belt out "I'm a Realist" and "Panic" with Johnny Marr to open the ceremony.
Despite Ryan Jarman missing out on Hero of the Year (A travesty of justice, surely!), our spirits were kept high after we made it to the Big Gig just in time to see them play a full(ish) gig at the O2 Arena alongside another twinkle in Wichita's eye - Bloc Party who put on a helluva show.
All in all it was a great night, and yes, we ARE deliberately leaving gaps in the story...
Until next time.
15.02.08 - Clash Magazine Hearts Wichita
Clash Magazine Online is currently running a feature on what is arguably the best label in the UK... us!
Read it here.
15.01.08 - NO WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES AT WICHITA
We have recently been inundated with applications and unfortunately cannot offer any work experience so please don't send in your CV to us.
If you have already sent in your CV we will keep it on file should anything come up in the future.
Thanks!
Wichita x
10.09.07 - Public to nominate for MTV Europe Music Awards 2007
MTV have opened the voting floor for the first time to the public on 8 categories:
- Album of the Year
- Headline (Most impressive live band of the year – at festival / on tour etc)
- Most Addictive Track (Favourite track of the year)
- Inter Act (Band that has been the most interactive with fans and online)
- Band of 07
- Solo Artist of 07
- Ultimate Urban (Favourite R’n’B or Hip Hop Act)
- Rock Out (Favourite Rock or Alternative Act)
This is your chance to vote for your favourite artist to become one of the top five nominees on the night in Munich and Simian Mobile Disco and Bloc Party are both in with a big chance so get voting here!
31.07.07 - There's Only One T in Wichita out 24th September!
We are celebrating our 7th year with the release of a new compilation out 24th Sepember entitled "There's Only One T in Wichita".
The compilation will feature 14 tracks - half of which are exclusives - including favourites such as Bloc Party, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Simian Mobile Disco as well as newer signings Les Savy Fav, Those Dancing Days and XOXO Panda.
The alphabetical tracklisting is below, which we have left 'un'-sequenced. Instead, we request that you decide the running order for yourselves on your MP3 players!
Bloc Party - 'Hunting For Witches' (Dave P & Adam Sparkle Remix)*
Blood Brothers - 'Spit Shine Your Black Clouds'
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 'Sword Song' *
Espers - 'Moon Occults The Sun'
Euros Childs - 'Outside My Window'
Les Savy Fav - 'Raging In The Plague Ages' *
Los Campesinos! - 'We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives'
Meg Baird - 'Riverhouse in Tinicum'
Peter Bjorn And John - 'Let’s Call It Off' (Girl Talk Remix) *
Simian Mobile Disco - 'State Of Things' *
The Bronx - 'Mouth Money'
The Cribs - 'Girls Like Mystery'
Those Dancing Days - '1000 Words' *
XOXO Panda - 'The New Kid Revival' *
Exclusive = *
There Is Only One T in Wichita will be Wichita's 151st release.
19.04.07 - Petition
Yet more silly laws are being applied to the live music bill, making it less and less legal to have perfectly normal live music happening in a place where people enjoy it. In particular anything spontaneous would be more and more dangerous for any landlord.
We quite clearly stand against this kind of thing and we expect you do too. There's an article by Libby Purves about this petition here.
The petition itself can be signed until June, and is here.
It takes less than a minute. Do your bit before there are no places left for decent, spontaneous or traditional live music!
19.02.07 - YouTube
The Wichita channel is currently the 30th most viewed music channel on YouTube!
We're adding videos all the time so make sure you check it out here:
www.youtube.com/wichitarecordings
20.12.06 - Another Year
We just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their support this year and that we're really excited about 2007.
We've got new releases from Bloc Party, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Cribs, The Blood Brothers and Euros Childs amongst others. It's going to be a great year!
04.09.06 - Wichita on BBC Radio 1!!!
Listen to BBC Radio 1's Wichita Special that went out last night here… Just click here and go to experimental and then One World.
The show plays the following tracks from past and present:
Bright Eyes - The Calender Hung Itself
Her Space Holiday - A Matter of Trust
Brave Captain - Go
Wauvenfold - Pixel Stiched
Ruby - Grace (Schneider TM Mix)
Elastica - The Bitch Don't Work
Her Space Holiday - Keystroke
Elastica - My Sex (HSH Mix)
Deseparecidos - What's New For Fall
Pattern - Nothing of Value
Brighteyes - Lover I Don't Have to Love
Brave Captain - The Sound of Wichita
Yeah yeah yeahs - Bang
My Morning Jacket - O Is the One that is Real
My Morning Jacket - Heartbreaking Man
BumbleBeez - Brooklyn
Weevil - Half Smile
The Bronx - They Will Kill Us All Without Mercy
The Cribs - Another Number
Bloc Party - Little Thoughts
Bloc Party - So Here We Are
Saul Williams - Grippo
The Cribs - Hey Scenesters
Espers - Riding
KID606 - Down with the Scene
Euros Child - Donkey Island
CYHSY - In this home on ice
CYHSY - Skin of my yellow country teeth
The Drips -16, 16, Six
The Bronx - History's Stranglers
Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks
The Dells - Wichita Lineman
