Athlete News http://www.blackswanalbum.com Latest Athlete News en The Rhod Gilbert show http://www.blackswanalbum.com/the-rhod-gilbert-show The band are playing a couple of songs on the Rhod Gilbert show on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday 11th September at 10pm.

]]> Music Athlete Tue, 31 August 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/the-rhod-gilbert-show Ivylive http://www.blackswanalbum.com/ivylive Athlete's last festival appearance of the summer will be at Ivylve on Sept 10th.  The festival takes place near Ivybridge, Devon and they will be headlining.

 

Tickets and info from www.ivylive.co.uk

]]> Music Athlete Tue, 31 August 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/ivylive The Singles 01-10 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/ A retrospective collection of all the band's singles to date will be released on 27th September 2010 by EMI.  Along with all the hits such as El Salvador, Half Light, Wires and Hurricane is a previously unreleased song called Back Track.  Originally earmarked as a single in 2003, Back Track ended up failing to make the final cut on their first album. Now, though, it has been gloriously resurrected from the tape-room and mixed by Victor Van Vugt who worked on Vehicles & Animals and Tourist.

The full track list is:

1. El Salvador
2. Beautiful
3. Wires
4. Hurricane
5. You Got The Style
6. Half Light
7. Superhuman Touch
8. Tourist
9. Twenty Four Hours
10. The Outsiders
11. Black Swan Song
12. Tokyo
13. The Getaway
14. Westside
15. Back Track

There will also be a special edition with an extra CD featuring the following B sides and rarities from over the years.

CD2:
1. A Few Differences [B-side to 'You Got The Style']
2. Stand In The Sun [B-side to 'Twenty Four Hours']
3. Summer Sun [Previously only available as a free download to fans]
4. Loose Change [B-side to 'El Salvador']
5. You Got The Style - Remix [B-side to 'You Got The Style']
6. Corner Of My Baby's Eyes [From 'The Getaway' EP]
7. Hurricaned - Dub Remix [B-side to 'Hurricane']
8. Best Not To Think About It [From the 'The Outsiders EP']
9. Forest Fire [B-side to 'Half Light']
10. Accidents Happen [B-side to 'Tokyo']
11. With You I Never Lose [From 'The Getaway' EP]
12. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds [From Sergeant Pepper 40th year anniversary BBC session]
13. Wild Wolves [Bonus track to deluxe edition of 'Black Swan' album]
14. Lay Your Head [B-side to 'Twenty Four Hours']
15. Shades On [From the 'The Outsiders EP']
16. Never Running Out [B-side to 'Wires']
17. Plain English [From the 'The Outsiders EP']

]]> Music Athlete Mon, 09 August 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/ Faenol Festival Cancelled http://www.blackswanalbum.com/faenol-festival-cancelled Today, the Faenol Festival announced that this year’s Festival is being cancelled as the result of poor advance ticket sales.

Making the announcement, the festival organiser said “May I take this opportunity to thank all our audiences who have supported us over the last ten years, and to those who responded to our call last month to show commitment to this year’s Festival by buying tickets sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, advance ticket sales in this challenging economic climate have not been sufficient for us to feel confident that we can move ahead with the full Festival.

 

]]> Music Athlete Thu, 05 August 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/faenol-festival-cancelled London show added http://www.blackswanalbum.com/london-show-added As part of The Singles 01-10 tour in November/December the band will be playing The Forum in Kentish Town on Saturday 20th November.  Tickets go on sale on Friday 30th July at 9.30am from www.gigsandtours.com

]]> Music Athlete Mon, 26 July 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/london-show-added Join our choir! http://www.blackswanalbum.com/join-our-choir Do you have tickets for the Greenwich gig on Sunday 25th July and fancy joining the band on stage? If so read on...

We are putting together a small choir and there are just a few places left.  You don't need to have experience, just the ability to sing roughly in tune. The arrangements will be very simple and you'll only be involved in a few songs so you can still watch most of the set as normal. There will be a rehearsal at the venue at 1pm on the day of the show.

As the Greenwich Summer Sessions are taking place at the Old Royal Naval College it seemed only right to give the choir a nautical theme. So you'll need to wear something suitable - anything from a sailor's hat or pirates outfit to a deep sea diving suit! There will be a prize for the best costume. 

Unfortunately, due to guest list limitations you will need to have tickets already to take part. Please send an e-mail to info@athletehq.com if you want to take part. We'll pick a few names at random and let you know if you've made it into the choir.

]]> Music Athlete Sat, 17 July 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/join-our-choir Festivals http://www.blackswanalbum.com/festivals  Just a reminder that we have 4 festivals coming up over the next couple of weeks:

Saturday 24th July - Splendour in Nottingham (www.splendourfestival.com)

Sunday 25th July - Greenwich Summer Sessions (www.greenwichsummersessions.co.uk)

Saturday 31st July - Bridge Bash Festival (www.bridgebashfestival.co.uk)

Sunday 1st August - Cardiff Big Weekend (www.gwylcaerdydd.com/bigw_e.htm)

]]> Music Athlete Fri, 16 July 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/festivals Beyond Dub Neighbourhood http://www.blackswanalbum.com/beyond-dub-neighbourhood The long awaited re-working of Athlete's third album, Beyond The Neighbourhood, is finally here. Eight tracks from the 2007 release have been given the dub treatment by the incredibly talented Dan Carey (Franz Ferdinand, Emiliana Torrini, Hot Chip, CSS, Lily Allen...). The result is a completely fresh perspective on some of the band's best loved songs.

Beyond Dub Neighbourhood is a limited edition release and is only available through www.athletehq.com and at Athlete gigs.

Tracklisting:
Hurricaned
The DubSiders
It's Not Dan's Fault
In Between 2 Space Echos
Second Hand Dub Stores
It's Best Not To Dub Over It
Flying Over Dub Stops
Dub In The Airport, Love In The Disco]]> Music Athlete Fri, 09 July 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/beyond-dub-neighbourhood KCRW http://www.blackswanalbum.com/kcrw The band were recently guests on the legendary Morning Becomes Eclectic show on KCRW (Los Angeles).  You can see the full performance here http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb100621athlete

]]> Music Athlete Wed, 30 June 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/kcrw Houston change of venue http://www.blackswanalbum.com/houston-change-of-venue The band's show on Saturday June 26th has been moved from Walters on Washington to Mango's, 403 Westheimer Road
Houston TX 77006.  Tickets are still valid for the new venue.  Doors are at 8pm.

]]> Music Athlete Fri, 18 June 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.blackswanalbum.com/houston-change-of-venue