http://www.thedials.co.uk The Dials band weblog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:32:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've just seen the first review of our show at the NXNE showcase...happily, the reviewer (from Toronto's Soundproof Magazine) thought we were 'the show of the night'. Not bad, considering the competition from 200 or other bands that night, including such folk as Money Mark of Beastie Boys fame. We've put ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/06/23/show-of-the-evening-at-nxne/ We're now over the double jetlag and the lack of Harveys and able to report that we had a great time in Toronto. The gig went well and the band saw some good and not so good acts throughout the NXNE festival. We were especially impressed with the limbless keyboard ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/06/19/back-from-canada/ So we're back in the studio today...objective: vocal overdubs. All going swimmingly at point of writing, despite the daunting presence of industry legend 'Mad' Billy Taylor at the controls (pictured). We've just gotten through some of the rough edits of our first days recording....nice 'n' live and sounding super punchy. Next ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/05/27/executive-producer-mad-billy-taylor/ It's here! Episode 1 of our recording video diary - highlights include "Wine Club" and "Dermot Clapping". Pour yourself a plastic beaker of Merlot, sit back and enjoy...   http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/05/19/video-diary-episode-1/ The group started recording thier new album over the weekend of 17th/18th May.  Concentrating on the acoustic songs first the band got six tracks on to tape (oh yes, vintage tape at that!!) at Church Road Studios in Hove with the urbane and bequiffed Paul Beat in charge. The feel was ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/05/19/new-album-started/ The band have been invited to play live on CIUT FM, Toronto's college radio Station. The group will have their live session broadcast on the morning of Fri June 13 at 10 am, the same day as the gig at the "C'est What". Stay tuned to 89.5 FM in Canada or listen at ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/04/29/the-dials-on-ciut-fm/ I'm happy to say that we've been invited to play at NXNE in Toronto, Canada in June. It looks like a great event and seems to have Whispering Bob as patron saint, so that can only be good. You can find out more about the festival at www.nxne.com. ....and a special prize ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/04/17/toronto-here-we-come/ ...yes, afraid I'm a weak man when it comes to guitars. Having long been impressed with my Eastman mandolin, I've gotten my hands on an Eastman Semi (805 E to be exact). Wow...what a perfect beast. All solid wood (ebony fingerboard, spruce top). It's perfect for those Eddie Lang type ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/04/10/more-gear/ At long last we've been dragged kicking and screaming into the, erm, 20th century and got ourselves a YouTube account. You can access is by clicking here or on the link in the menu on the left. There you can find a couple of vintage clips from our performance at the Luminaire ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/04/01/live-songs-on-youtube/ The next batch of songs will be recorded for the new album during may, its been fun whittling the material from around 20 new tracks to just ten. The interesting thing is how some tracks just turn up, we have a new as yet unnamed track that just came , ... http://www.thedials.co.uk/2008/03/31/new-songs-new-album/