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Last Updated: 27th Sep

Supervision's New EP (27th Sep)

Supervision have just completed recording of a new 4-track EP titled Shining Star and will be launching it with a live set this Friday at the Liverpool Lomax. The band say to expect a more eclectic set, reflecting developing interests and influences.
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YFriday Plan (27th Sep)

Having recently returned from another trip to Ireland, yfriday are now preparing to record the follow up to their Rainmaker album. They will be doing some gigs in Scotland and the Midlands during October, before heading into the studio with producer Neil Costello during November.
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Wades Nominated for MOBO (27th Sep)

R'n'B/Gospel act The Wades have been nominated for the "Best Gospel Act" at this year's MOBO awards for their new album A Family Thing. The group are up against three American nominees, Mary Mary, Trin-I-Tee5:7 and the Winans for the award. The awards ceremony will be held at London's Alexandra Palace on October 4th and broadcast on Channel 4 the following night and anyone interested can vote for the awards through the MOBO website at mobo.net.
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Electrics Album Plans (27th Sep)

The Electrics have had to put their planned tour of Europe on hold until March/April 2001 as a result of complications with the dates. The band will be using the rest of this year to prepare a new album which they hope to begin recording towards the end of the year as well as fitting in their annual trip to Christmas Rock Night in Germany. David Lyon, the band's accordion player, has departed to work on solo projects.
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Dum Dum's Album Charts (28th Sep)

Pop-rock act The Dum Dums saw their debut album, <>i>It Goes Without Saying enter the album charts at number 27, following the entry of the single You Do Something To Me's entry at the same point last week. The single has fallen to number 47 in this week's charts.
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Delirious? Web Changes (02nd Oct)

Currently preparing for the release of Glo in the USA next week, Delirious? have made some changes to the way their websites are managed, removing the delirious.net site which served North America and beginning the process of integrating it with delirious.co.uk to form a larger global Delirious? website.
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Secret Archives and Friends (02nd Oct)

Secret Archives of the Vatican have just completed a remix of the track "Father of the Fatherless" for friend Chris Roe. The track is available for download along with a number of other SAOTV tracks at besonic.com. The new Secret Archives album is now due for release early next year.
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Chi2 on Later... (05th Oct)

Violinist duo Chi2, made up of sisters Sarah and Liz Liew, will be joining Moby for his "Later With Jools" session broadcast this Saturday (7th October). Sarah will be doing some improv violin during the show. Chi2 are still working on their debut album collaborating with Scanner, si-cut.db and bitTonic (Sprawl Imprint) and Doppler 20:20 (Law and Auder) and some guest vocalists. They have also been working on a number of tracks for TV shows.
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Coastal Dune Battle London Bands (10th Oct)

Having completed their round of gigs at Fresher's Week at their Durham University home, Coastal Dune are preparing for a gig on Thursday 30th November at The Fountain, Seven Sisters (London). It is a Battle of the bands called "Showcase 2000" which has been advertised in Melody Maker, and is one of an increasing number of showcase gigs the band are undertaking.
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Dum Dums Welcome Broadband (10th Oct)

On October 18th the Dum Dums will be playing a free gig at King Tuts in Glasgow, to be filmed exclusively for BT's Open World and webcast at a later date. This webcast will be the first ever Broadband Ondemans webcast of a gig in the UK. The band will be on stage between 10:00pm - 10:45pm, heading to the gig straight after supporting Robbie Williams across town. To be a member of the audience for the show, you'll need to e-mail your name and that of up to four guests to webmaster@dumdums.com
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Iain Archer and the Amazing Pilots (15th Oct)

The Amazing Pilots have been in touch to tell us that they've been added to the bill of the Vigilantes of Love tour which has just started, alongside Iain Archer. They also inform us that Iain's long-promised new record is finally out and available at the shows.
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Lots of Updates (15th Oct)

We're having some connectivity problems here at Britlinks HQ, so sadly updates haven't been coming as quickly as we might have liked. Nevertheless the site has recently had quite a bit of work done to it, including improved band pages which now include forthcoming gigs and recent news stories, a revised "news search" feature for finding past news about a given band, a totally revised record labels section and a number of less prominent updates.
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New Indie of the Month (15th Oct)

As a result of the connectivity problems mentioned below, this month's indie of the month has been rather delayed and as a result will remain in place until early November rather than the end of October. This month it's Steve Lawson's debut solo album, And Nothing But The Bass. Click here for MP3s, RealAudio and the chance to win a copy.
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Superhero Live (15th Oct)

Superhero were excited recently after 50 young people made commitments to Christ after one of their recent gigs in Merthyr Tydfil. The band have been working hard touring and are currently trying to prepare a number of short tours of England.
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Assistance Sought (15th Oct)

Britlinks is looking for some volunteers to help with a couple of aspects of keeping the website up to date. The first thing we need help with is checking through other websites and a lot of e-mails to keep the gig guide comprehensive. The other part of the site that we are looking for someone for is the record labels section. If you're interested in either of these roles, please e-mail webmaster@britlinks.co.uk with some information about yourself.
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Album Updates (15th Oct)

Tim Sherrington's new album Undone is now available. The former Electric Revival frontman recorded the album live a few months ago. Kato are beginning work on a new album, while still awaiting the US release of Seasider.
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Airstar (15th Oct)

Airstar is a new band featuring Harv and Prod of Flow-fame. The new band, whose music is apparently in the vein of Suzanne Vega, David Gray and Beth Orton, are beginning to make some live ventures, which can be found listed in our gig guide.
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Iona Travel Abroad (21st Oct)

Iona are to return to North America after quite a break to play at the Baja California progressive rock festival in Mexico at the end of February/start of March. More details can be found at www.1russ.com/BAJAPROG/. The band will also be appearing in the Netherlands at the Winter Wonder Rock festival in early December, which also features Delirious?. Nick Beggs will rejoin the band for the Dutch show due to the absence of Phil Barker.
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Re:Deem Record (21st Oct)

Suffolk-based rock/pop/dance act Re:deem are currently laying down six tracks which they hope will form their debut EP, due to be released in December.
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Emmaus in the USA (21st Oct)

Rojo and Joanne from Emmaus are about to make another trip to the USA in order to undertake a 17-date tour promoting the stateside release of their latest album, Closer Nearer. The rest of the band will join them for the "Godstock" festival in San Antonio, Texas on November 24th which they will be headlining. The band recently took part in "Europe Arise" in Turin during the buildup to the World Youth Day celebrations in Rome.
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Shine on TV (23rd Oct)

Shine MK have recently recorded a version of their track "More Than Words Can Say" for the BBC's long-running "Songs of Praise" series. The track, their third appearance on the show, will air on November 12th.
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Coastal Showcase (24th Oct)

Coastal Dune report that their showcase in Soho last week went very well. They have been booked for another London showcase at the Pepsi Chart Show studio at Leicester Square in February. Keep an eye on the gig guide for more details.
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New Carbon14 EP (24th Oct)

Carbon14 asked us to pass on their thanks to everyone who supported them over the summer. They had a busy time playing venues from London to Scotland. They still have a last few copies of their Detached and Connected EP available and will have a new EP, Time Bomb around the new year, which will include three new tracks and some bonus live recordings.
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Secret Archives Compiled (24th Oct)

Secret Archives of the Vatican have put together two compilation albums tied in with their pages at besonic.com. Both titled Deep In The Archives the CDs are a collection of some of the band's favourite independent tracks. They've also uploaded a few more tracks to their page, including one rare older track only previously available on an obscure compilation.
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