Echoes in the Alleyway: a Tribute to Doves is now available for download. All downloads are free, however we do ask that you please consider a donation to the Teenage Cancer Trust. We hope to raise minimum £1,000 for the charity.
NME were at the gig, they noted the band’s management insisted it was not the band’s last gig. With more Australian dates expected to be announced for next year.
Kicking off with B-side ‘Push Me On’, the group rolled out a number of previous singles early on including ‘Snowden’, ‘Winter Hill’ and ‘Pounding’.
“Thanks for coming down, it’s our last ever gig,” guitarist Jez Williams said to the crowd, something he had also recently told NME.
Despite the claims frontman Jimi Goodwin was quick to play down the guitarist saying “there he goes again”, something the band’s management also did, telling NME that it wasn’t their last show having booked a number of dates in Australia next year.
Later on the set was composed of the band’s best-known singles such as ‘Black And White Town’, ‘Caught By The River’, ‘The Cedar Room’ and ‘There Goes The Fear’, before closing with ‘Space Face’ by their previous incarnation Sub Sub.
Doves have been confirmed to perform at the Playground Weekender festival in Australia next Febuary. Festival takes place over the weekend of Febuary 17th. Tickets on sale next Monday at 9am.
Doves play probably their last gig of the year at the Manchester Warehouse Project this coming Saturday. Tickets still available at ticketline. If you are going, as always do send in photos etc! Doves are due on at midnight, so pace yerself! :)
Then next Monday see’s the release of the cover album project ‘Echoes In The Alleyway: A Tribute to Doves”. Check the album website on Wednesday to download a track from the album.
Now that the artists have done their bit, its now our turn to make sure as many people know about the project as possible in time for October 18th. The aim is a very modest £500, obviously would like to make much more for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
We have put together a press release (thanks to Paul Bingley!) Get it here. Post it wherever possible. Basically, just spread the word!
To help gain interest next week we will make available a track or two for download. If you have a music news site/blog and you want a track to stream/download for your readers, do get in touch.
The track listing for the Doves covers project Echoes In The Alleyway: A Tribute to Doves was announced last night:
Disc One
Firesuite –Dementio13
M62 Song –The Honored Guests
House Of Mirrors –Tom Hummer
Snowden –A Clearing
Sea Song (Substance Sonar Remix) –Substance
Rise (Live From Abandoned Seaside) –springtide
Compulsion –Thoughts Of Crossing
The Last Son –Loren Carpenter –Red Guts
Caught By The River –prAnkster
Friday’s Dust –Ella Constantinides
Words (Reprise) –Clarion
The Cedar Room –Bradley Rains
Disc Two
Eleven Miles Out –Supercade
Black And White Town –Town Criers
Here It Comes –Fourteenhours
Dub’s House Of Mirrors –Dr.Keys
The Outsiders –Silentjets
Spellbound (Substance Quartet Mix) –Substance
Brazil –The Jetsprays
Melody Calls –Alambradas
Some Cities –Loren Carpenter –Red Guts
Andalucia –Richard Stephens and John Howe
Caught By The River –John Rockliffe
The Cedar Room –The Nurse Who Loved Me
Ambition –Modeon
To reach about each artist, visit the album microsite.
Doves are featured on Dermot O’Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions, released next Monday October 4th. Kingdom Of Rust recorded live in session, April 2009 is Doves contribution. Good choice I reckon!
Badly Drawn Boy returns with a new album next Monday. Titled It’s What I’m Thinking Pt.1 –Photographing Snowflakes. You can get a free EP at the Badly Drawn Boy website. The EP features the rather excellent Tim and Sam’s Tim and the Sam Band, check them out. I believe they are out on tour with Cherry Ghost right now, tunes up at MySpace sound great.
The cover album project Echoes In The Alleyway: A Tribute To Doves is done. The album will feature 25 tracks over two discs. Expect an announcement this weekend regarding the running order.