Russell and the Wolf Choir

Charity

Russ — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:17:28 +0000

Sept 10th Hadleigh Ford, his drummer James and I will be playing for our friend’s charity in KFC, Brentwood.

Other acts, to be confirmed, will be joining us too, whilst pieces of art and various other items have been donated to sell.

The fun starts at 7:30, so pick up a bargain bucket and donate some cash if you can!

If you can’t make it but still want to help out, please use this page http://www.justgiving.com/Brentwood

The Beginning

Russ — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:17:58 +0000

Pre-production has started; just so you know, like. We’ve got a busy few months ahead

Competition

Russ — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:25:53 +0000

Two tickets are up for grabs to the Geoff Farina & Chris Brokaw show I’m playing at Bardens Boudoir, London on the 18th March. The winner and their guest will not only get a ticket to the show but also a free Wolf Choir t-shirt each, some badges, Former Utopia 7″ and a copy of the new Geoff Farina & Chris Brokaw album “The Angel’s Message To Me”

To enter all you need to do is promote the show anyway you can. Simple. You can do as much or as little as you like – post on forums you frequent; or download this flier and hand it out at shows; maybe hit up your social networking sites (twitter, facebook, myspace, youtube etc) – get inventive and get the word out.

Once you’re done send in your proof (links, screen grabs, pics etc) to russ [at] russellandthewolfchoir [dot] com with “Competition” in the subject line.

Entry closes March 14th and the winner will chosen at random and contacted on the 15th.

Good luck,

T-Shirts

Russ — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:19:47 +0000

On the way are wolf choir t-shirts! We have 2 designs; “If Trees Could Talk” on delicious Dark Chocolate and “Tethered Flight” on hot out of the fire Charcoal. These lovely 3 colour print shirts were designed by my good buddy, the lovely Mark Gamble (he also sings acoustic lullabies under the name of a gun rack?), and are limited to 50 each printed on Gildan Soft Style tees. In celebration the pre-orders shall be for the low price of £5.50 and if you love both designs we’ll sell them for £10 – cool, eh?

To get your hands on these hit up the wolf choir shop and select your desired size.

Sizes are strictly limited to first come first served and the pre-order price shall end on the 28th February. We hope to begin sending these out the first week of March and will chuck in a demo and some badges.

If you’re in the buying mood and like good music a few of my friends bands have releases out. Dem Hunger has a release coming out on Leaving Records if you like that scratchy vibe and Viva Sleep celebrate their first release on Walnut Tree Records if you like that post-rock trip.

Geoff Farina & Chris Brokaw

Russ — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:01:13 +0000

Apologies for my recent stint of quietness. Christmas and work commitments have kept me at bay for a while as I slowly adjusted with the rest of the UK to the recent snow and cold weather which covered our tiny little island. I’ve been “Tweeting” various boring facts of the day, normally the cleanliness of places, on Twitter (want to follow me?). Sporadic spurts of writing continue and I’m hoping to have some form of packaged collection of songs for your listening pleasure soon – the finer details of what and how this will be released are yet to be decided but I’m hoping for it to be limited and personal; we’ll see.

March 18th marks a very special day; Geoff Farina (Secret Stars/ Karate/ Glorytellers) shall be hitting the UK for the first time in 8ish years to play a special set with Chris Brokaw. I’m thrilled to announce I’m supporting on the first date, and album release party, for this tour at Barden’s Boudoir, Dalston. Tickets are £8 advanced and are already selling fast. If you miss out on tickets there’s a second London date for March 26th at the Luminaire, Kilburn where Former Utopia will be support.

Tickets for the 18th can be purchased from these fine ticket retailers:
wegottickets.com
gigantic.com
seetickets.com

More info on the show and special saver passes can be located on the Damnably website.

Peel Day 2009

Russ — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:26:44 +0000

I’m currently nursing a chest infection that seems to be sweeping the UK at present in an attempt to be well for next week. For next Saturday 10th is “World International John Peel Day” (a phrase coined by Damnably Presents).

It’s going to be a real fun day and one I’m proud to be a part of with some excellent bands and DJ slots with David Gedge (The Wedding Present) and Darren Hayman (Hefner)

The day starts at 4pm at Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes. Tickets are £5 from here or £7 on the door. All monies raised will be split up to various charities of the promoters choice.

Here’s the rest of the details

Relative social network event pages:

Facebook

Last.FM

Karaoke Room Stage

5.30 Former Utopia

6.20 Frivalous laura

7.10 Russell and the wolf Choir

8.00 Allo Darlin

8.50 Mordros

Special Guest TBC

Downstairs

4.40 – 5.10 Ben Sommers

5.30 – 6.00 Tom Attah

6.20 – 6.50 Jasmina Maschina

7.10 – 7.40 Airport Girl

8.00 – 8.30 MJ Hibbett and the Validators

8.50 – 9.20 Madam

9.40 – 10.10 Theo

10.30 – 11.00 Golden Animals

11.30 + Special Guest TBC

DJ’s

Darren Hayman (Hefner)

Howard (The Local)

Rachel (Silver Rocket)

George (Damnably)

Upstairs

5.00 – 5.30 No Cars (Tom to DJ)

5.50 – 6.20 Monster Island

6.40 – 7.10 KING SALAMI & THE CUMBERLAND 3

7.30 – 8.00 Kogumaza

8.20 – 8.50 Maggie8

9.10 – 9.40 Beatnik Filmstars

10.00 – 10.30 Tender Trap

10.50 – 11.20 Bad Guys

Special Guests TBC

DJ’s

David Gedge (The Wedding Present)

Rocker (Dandelion FM)

Sean (Fortona Pop)

Ian (How Does It feel To Be Loved)

Linoleum Review

Russ — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:49:38 +0000

The latest issue of DrunkenWerewolf Zine features a nice review on my cover of Linoleum. I dig what they’re doing, it’s DIY, has some lovely features and, above all, the download is free so check them out.

Remember you can download the song for free from iLike.com

I’ve learnt in the past to never make promises you can’t keep, so please forgive my lack of updates.

If you’re interested in me playing your town, hit me up and I’ll get down.

Stay safe,

Cats and Cats and Cats All Dayer #3

Russ — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:25:59 +0000

I’m proud to announce that on the 20th June I shall be playing the Cats 3rd All Dayer at, one of my favourite venues in London, the Windmill, Brixton.

Not only is the line up something I’m excited to be apart of, there’s also a BBQ too. You can buy £5 tickets in advance from here or they will be £7 on the door. The show starts at 3, so come down early, hang out and get some BBQ.

Here’s a list of bands playing and their respected myspace pages.

Jairus
Cats and Cats and Cats
Maybeshewill
Shield Your Eyes
Kid Pang (Formerly Lakes)
Kovacs
Deaf to Van Gogh’s Ear
Russell and the Wolf Choir
Helsingfors

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110843176137
last.FM event: http://www.last.fm/event/1074660

Finally

Russ — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:38:35 +0000

After some headache of getting this badboy designed I can now say we’re ready to roll. But after all that, I have nothing to update on other than I recorded 3 new demo songs last week “where I was heading” “I think I need an editor” & “untitled #9″ 2 of which you may of heard if you’ve been to the previous few shows. And, like every other band out there, I shall clasp my hands around the fad and wring it until it dies off – The Wolf Choir Twitter.

So I shall leave it as this, a fading haze in my head and a rather lame 2nd post. I’m going to go and finish off season 6 of Buffy. I love the trio.

Enjoy your weekend!

Coming Soon

Russ — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:31:37 +0000

Seriously, I shall have a website. Just bare with me whilst I slowly add content and design something worthwhile to this between sleep and work.

Hit up the myspace for some songs and more up to date info.

Share your love with iLike and get some free music in the process including a full band cover of NOFX’ Linoleum.