Including explanations of the White Russian Galaxy b-sides! Remember, you can sign up for the mailing list here — recommended because they generally don’t all get archived here, they contain up-to-date gig information, etc. The other good place to check for gig info is here. Or indeed anywhere other than the Gigs page here, because Chris is busy and I’m only wired into the blog portion of the site… not that I’d have a great deal more clue what was going on if I were. Anyway, as far as gig dates go — use the official list/myspace. This has been a public service announcement. Oh, and if you’re really bored, you can read my single review… it has lyrics. Some of them may even be correct.
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Hit ‘More’ for gig dates as the band head towards the close of a successful five years of extended touring. Don’t worry, though, they aren’t disappearing. Radio shows are to come, and you can check out previews of two single tracks now over at Myspace. Nifty horns and guitar work! You can also vote for the band in an MTV2 chart (hint hint)…
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Hit ‘More’ for lots of gig dates, an update on the the Kings College ticket sellout, plus details of the next single. ‘White Russian Galaxy’ will be backed by b-sides ‘The Ballad of Seichi Taniguchi’, ‘Russian Roulette’ and a cover of ‘Alone Now’ (originally by Tiffany.) It’s due out April 3rd! Meanwhile, Davey turned in a couple of blog entries yesterday.
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The Crimea and the Long And Whingeing Road
Another mailout from the band for those of you who still haven’t signed up yet.
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Buy Or Die! But have some free stuff as well…
And this one isn’t months old, either. Actually, it was only just sent out. How’s that for up-to-the-minute reporting.
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New year, new nervous breakdowns
Remember, if you want to read these things at any kind of useful interval then sign up to the mailing list via the official site.
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Win the Lottery! (We’re going home soon… don’t worry)
Yes, you can win The Crimea’s very own lottery. It starts tomorrow by the way; I don’t slack that much.
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In Pod we trust, Christmas presents and an invite to our party!
This ones all about the podcast, which you can still hear via the music player above.
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The Crimea - Surfing the airwaves like Kelly Slater
The first of the four latest official mailouts. Can you tell I’ve been slacking?
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Lights, Camera, Action… Reaction!
The Crimea call in again with lots of Hollywood style news. And there’s an earlier mail out about Jo Whiley too.
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Faces built for radio - The Crimea hit Radio 1 (and announce secret show!)
News on free tickets to a special secret Crimea show. Even I don’t know what it’s all about…
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To St Louis With Love? The Crimea Live
A link to a live gig recording, but not here, it’ll be up on the official site soon enough.
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A Message From The Front Line
Christmas gig news from the boys in the latest official mailout.
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Tragedy Rocks
Hmm… wonder what this one might be about… ahh yes, TV appearances of course… WTF?!?
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It’s Our Party And We’ll Get Mashed if We Want To
Details on the band’s private album launch party, also available on the official site.
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