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Long Time No Post

Iggy — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:02:12 +0000

So not much is going on. Finch are still writing LP3. Head on over to the forum for random discussions

Helen Earth Band - Our Own Ghost City 11/24

Iggy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:04:11 +0000

Helen Earth Band have been flying somewhat under the radar since their formation post-Finch. Under my radar certainly, and apparently under wikipedia’s radar with their page being removed.
All of that is set to change with the upcoming release of their debut album. If the couple of live videos that have been showcased so far, it’s definitely an album to pick up on release day. Definitely more Counterfeit-esque than Finch-esque, but of course, as to be expected from Marc and co it’s set to be excellent. Marc’s vocals, although limited in Finch were definitely high points (excuse the pun) of live Finch show’s and now we get to experience a lot more of it. Some may be disappointed that Marc isn’t drumming any more, but one reason for the delay in Helen Earth Band putting anything out, was Marc searching for the right drummer and in Brian Evans, I think he found him.

Track Listing:
01. Shakencutt
02. Fifteen Sixteen
03. Planemo
04. Life as a Passenger
05. Loud Enough to Locate
06. Empty Hand
07. (We All) Talk with Knives
08. Lullaby
09. The Silence
10. Our Own Ghost City
11. Seventeen
12. I Won’t Wake Up
13. Retain

There is a video trailer available here that will give you some idea of what to expect, and incase you missed them, check out the live videos here. The album will be available through iTunes and Bandcamp, and there willl hopefully be physical copies available too.

http://www.helenearthband.com

Helen Earth Band Live Video

Iggy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:40:53 +0000

For those of you who didn’t get to go to the first proper Helen Earth gig a couple of weeks ago, here’s some HD video from it on vimeo. It’s pretty darn nice quality, and pretty darn good.

Finch Snare Drum On eBay

Iggy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:09:50 +0000

Marc Allen is selling his (and Pappas’) old finch snare on eBay.

Previously owned by Alex Pappas (and me, Marc) from Finch. It’s had some good use, but aside some cosmetic stuff (some faded spots, from being sweat on a whole lot - and the standard corrosion from sweat on the hoops), it’s in great shape. It’s a $1200+ snare… I just don’t have any use for it anymore.

(Comes with a Humes & Berg Enduro hard shell case)

-20 ply
-Black powder-coated lugs (offset 7/8″)
-Die-cast hoops
-New Trick throw-off
-New 40 strand snare wires
-New Remo coated Emperor X head
-One standard vent

marcs snare drum

Hax0rs Drool!

Iggy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:37:09 +0000

Sorry guys, got hacked, again. Not sure why I’m such a popular target, but anyway. The site is back, and I’m sorry if you get an annoying warning from your browser about the site being malicious, it’s not trust me. Just need to get google to re-run the magic bots and it’ll go away

New UK Tour Photos

Iggy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:34:00 +0000

Wow I’m on an updating frenzy today. My photos from the UK tour are going on to my flickr page for those few people who haven’t seen them already. If you took any photos on the tour and would like to show them off, just drop me an email.

New Look

Iggy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:04:12 +0000

Woah, twice in a year. It’s still a bit flakey, for example I have NO idea why the same posts show up in the right hand column more than once but hey, i like it overall

Finch on UK TV

Iggy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:58:56 +0000

Some guys came down to the Coventry show and filmed soundcheck and an interview with Nate and Grizzly.

Check out part 1 with Nate at 8pm tomorrow (Thursday) on sky channel 180

There’s also some signed goodies being given away

Confirmed Re-Scheduled Dates

Iggy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:41:56 +0000

Here’s the date’s grizzly hinted at earlier

27th Nov. Newcastle University
28th Nov. Leicester Charlotte
29th Nov. Glasgow Garage
30th Nov. Leeds Cockpit

All tickets still valid for these rescheduled shows. If you got a refund, then feel free to buy another ticket if you can make it.

Dates Re-Scheduled, Kinda

Iggy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:26:33 +0000

Quoute from grizzly on myspace

I don’t have any of the details of the dates, or venues, or the cities. So I’ll post that info another day. But I wanted to let everyone know that we’re trying our best to sort out rescheduling all the gigs we’ve canceled this last week. So you can expect to hear from me in the next day or two to for the details.

grizz