Archive for the 'The Next Big Thing' Category

The triumphant return of Freddie Mercury! Alright so the Darkness were a fun distraction for all of six days, but this Mika lad ain’t no parody, he is the real thing. This guy sounds like Rufus Wainwright would if he was less pansy, more Scissor Sister, and multiplied by Beck.
Listen to tracks Grace Kelly, Billy […]

“Get low and do the tootsie roll”
Signed to hipper than now Paris label Ed Banger Records, Uffie is the next big thing on the “we’re never going to stop doing this and no we’re not electroclash and it wasn’t a fad” scene. She’s bound to play Trash lots and tour with the Soulwax boys and […]

Tomorrow see’s the release of Lily Allen’s first single ‘LDN’, a limited edition 7inch which will likely be snapped up exclusively by Shoreditchers and not make it anywhere near this far north. But don’t worry, Lily’s hit on the sound of the summer (not bad going for April), and if we’re lucky might even bring […]




Categories

Archives

Contact

mail@orkneybands.com
If you have questions or comments, or would like to tell us about an event or an idea for a story, we would love to hear it.

The next things to be added to the site are a forum and a big directory of all the local band's websites and myspace pages, so please send us in your links. If you are in band or would like to write for the site, you should definitely get in touch.