March 2014

March 2014

Contents:

Editorial



October 2013

October 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our 10 October 2013 showcase

10-12 October
Norwich Sound & Vision 2013

DOE

Horse Party

The Mondegreens

Our next full gig –
Friday 13 December 2013

our 13th birthday and Christmas party

Drugstore

She Makes War

BUOYS



June 2013

June 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 7th June 2013

Loom

Die You Now

Darwin & the Dinosaur



April 2013

April 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 26th April 2013

violet violet

Cthru27

Arrows of Love

The Nightingales


Recommended:

April 2013 @ NAC



January 2013

January 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Wednesday 23rd January 2013

The Joy Formidable

WE//ARE//ANIMAL


Recommended:

January 2013 @ NAC

21 January 2013, Blood Red Shoes @ NAC



December 2012

December 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 14th December 2012

Cold In Berlin

Tortoise Family Connections

There's Someone In The Pond


Recommended:

December 2012 @ NAC



October 2012

September 2012

June 2012

June 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 22nd June 2012

Yeti Lane

collider

The Thinking Men


Reccommended:

Norwich Arts Centre selected June 2012 highlights




May 2012

April 2012

April 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 13th April 2012

Drugstore

Fiel Garvie

Port Isla




February 2012

February 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 24th February 2012

Electricity in our Homes

Octagon Court

Invisible Cities




December 2011

December 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 16th December 2011

Magoo

We Can't Dance

Khan

Tim Clare

John Osborne



October 2011

October 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 7th October 2011

The Victorian English Gentlemans Club

Olympians

The Shadow Project



September 2011

September 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 16th September 2011

Sarabeth Tucek

Alloy Ark

Rory McVicar


Reccomended:

BBC Music Video Festival

Norwich Sound & Vision convention



June 2011

June 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 17th June 2011

Underground Railroad

Fever Fever

The Day The Robots Came




April 2011

April 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 8th April 2011

Talons

Deers

Embarrassing Machines




February 2011

February 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 25th February 2011

Blue on Blue

C.O.L.L

Typewriter Radio




December 2010

October 2010

September 2010

August 2010

August 2010

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Sunday 1st August 2010
Waterloo Park Walkabout Our compere

Black Vox

Blue on Blue

Glory Glory

Hellhound Oconnor and the Winkles

KunK

Olympians

These Ghosts



June 2010

Kings & Crows play wombatwombat on Friday 14 September 2012 @ NAC

online tickets from the button at the bottom of this linked page.

What does your name say about your music?

Not a great deal! We didn't want to be tied to a genre, so we wanted something that encompassed our three tenets; beaks, punctuation and regality without sounding too much like an archetypical name that would limit us to a set sound, like "The Biddly Bops", "The Twangity Twang Twangs" or "Stella and the Wifebeaters". People don't usually know what to expect with Kings & Crows, except for metal bands, some of which think that we are a metal band.

And what does your music say about life?

It puts a big thumbs up to it! We sometimes take pretty grim subject matter and paint a big, stupid grin on its face. After all, the best way to cope with anything is to point and laugh at it. For example, we're writing this incredibly upbeat song about a lady with no legs who puts her head in a gas oven and lights up a cigarette – it's a tragically true story, but it's guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

What exactly does your own description of your sound – "naughty indie pop with a dark underbelly that likes to be tickled" – mean?

We try to be upbeat about everything, but work in tongue in cheek black humour. Just imagine if Stanley Kubrick directed the Wizard of Oz; we'd have been like "Stanley, Stanley, please let us do the soundtrack, please!!!" and he'd have said: "No, you dress like juvenile homosexuals, get off my property you blasted ne'er-do-wells!"

Rumour has it you'll be showcasing some cheeky new material tonight – please tell us more, including when and where we'll be able to get hold of an actual copy.

Sure thang, we've got two new songs to play tonight! One is called We Need Some Spanish Steel it's probably one of the most dance floor/mosh pit-friendly songs we've written. The other is called How the Many Ate the Few and it's about the internal monologue of a man who was trying to win back the love of his life, but he is currently being eaten alive by cannibals so it casts a spanner in the works somewhat. We'll be releasing those two before the end of the year on CD or download.

Kings & Crows have been going for about a year, what have you achieved during that time and what are your plans for the next 12 months?

We ended up sharing a stage with Little Comets, Reverend and the Makers, Pigeon Detectives and a whole load more at Play Fest this year, which was a marvellous experience! We've found the time to gig at almost every venue in Norwich and write more songs than we can fit into a set, so our shows always vary in content and we're now working on our second EP. We've made a little name for ourselves and 2013 will see us spreading beyond Norfolk, releasing our album and a filming couple of videos.

Social media snapshot

Which social media do you use and how do you rate them in terms of the best way to promote your band, with 1 being the best?

Ranking

Social media

URL

1

Facebook

facebook.com/kingsandcrows

2

Twitter

@KingsAndCrows

3

Reverb Nation

reverbnation.com/kingscrows

4

Soundcloud

soundcloud.com/kingsandcrows

5

YouTube

youtube.com/kingsandcrows

Kings & Crows

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