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

Alloy Ark

Tonight Alloy Ark showcase their new line-up of, l-r, Tom, Jacob, Dani and Doug, and launch their new download single BLUE and All I Want.

Alloy Ark play wombatwombat on Friday 16 September 2011 @ NAC

Please tell us why you’ve expanded to a four-piece, including how you found your new band members…

We expanded to a four-piece because of the style of music that Dani had been writing last autumn and winter was mainly guitar-based. We thought it made more sense for us to have Jacob and Tom because they are our friends and are both very good musicians.

…and how the new set-up has affected your sound…

We are a lot better practiced than we used to be and Jacob's drums are a lot more solid. People used to comment on us having sort of tappy drums and honky-tonk piano, which we think might have detracted from the actual songs because the instrumentation was a bit too simple. Hopefully now with a more traditional set-up it might allow people to hear Alloy Ark style songs in a full band context and realise they are really good rather than just interesting.

…and give us the low-down on your new single, BLUE

BLUE was recorded with Owen P Morgan from The Lost Levels who we recorded the first EP with. He is a very brilliant engineer, producer, mixing desk commander and is currently playing bass with Fionn Regan after recording his album. Dani wrote the song last winter and we played it a couple times as the old two-piece but once we practiced with Jacob we knew it sounded loads better. It was recorded with four other songs over two days: day one in a barn/practice room space near Holt and day two in Owen's home studio, The Hutch. Tom wasn't with us yet when we did the recordings but we were so pleased that he came up and played with the high guitar chords on the last chorus so that it has bits of all of us in.

…and your new line-up…

Dani: vocals, keyboards, guitars and most songs.

Dani is really into The Velvet Underground & Nico, she also loves Sam Cooke and Pixies. Her favourite radio station is Kiss. On the whole she prefers Béyonce to Lady Gaga. Lauryn Hill and MIA are also artists that she enjoys and she is looking forward to buying a Bob Marley CD when she gets back to Brighton.

Doug: guitars, some keyboards and even fewer songs.

Doug enjoys rock ‘n’ roll and soul compilation CDs from charity shops. He likes music with a good beat; Fleetwood Mac, The Beach Boys and Martha and the Vandellas are high on his list of bands. 6 Music is the station that he listens to the most.

Jacob: drums.

Jacob lives in Brighton and studies in London. He is a big Radiohead fan and also likes The Kills, Portishead and Queens of the Stone Age. His guilty pleasure is Don't Stop Believing by Journey. If pressed he will listen to 6 Music but doesn't stand for any of this Kiss nonsense.

Tom: bass.

Tom hasn't messed about with university and instead contributes to the country's GDP at a tool distribution company in Bury St Edmunds. He likes hardcore punk, classic funk and soul and Kiss Radio, especially Kisstory, 11-12am on weekdays.

What are your music plans for the rest of the year?

We are trying to get lots of gigs in all the places we can and are currently organising a gig in Manchester for December, which will be ace if it happens. We also hope to get as many people as possible to listen to our music and have some more recordings to put online during the autumn. We have written a number of new songs and will try to record them around December time.

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

Anything to add?

1

Facebook

www.facebook.com, search: Alloy Ark or use this link

Best way of communicating with real people, organising gigs etc.

2

Bandcamp and/or Soundcloud

www.alloyark.bandcamp.com and www.soundcloud.com/alloyark

Easiest way of hosting your music with loads of great features that actually work.

3

YouTube and/or Vimeo

Soon…

Great for watching videos.

4

Band and/or label's website

www.nrone.co.uk for our first EP, To, The Bottom Of The Sea

Best way to buy physical copies of music and read up about past releases etc.

5

Email

alloyark@yahoo.co.uk

We use our email address for organising most things and talking to people who want to be on the mailing list.

6

Twitter

N/A

None of us use it.

7

Myspace

www.myspace.com/alloyark

Used to be brilliant but doesn't work any more. : o (

Download BLUE and All I Want from here.