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Last Updated: 07th Mar

New Indie of the Month (07th Mar)

Our new indie of the month is the latest release from Dan Donovan, The Hex The Ghears. An album of unusual power and intrigue, Dan's collaboration with Hex and The Ghears is certainly a change from the all acoustic Leaven Dell which preceded it. As usual we have realaudio, MP3s and three copies to give away at http://www.britlinks.co.uk/album/.
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Steve Confirm Deal (07th Mar)

As we reported previously, Bristol based indie rockers Steve have signed with US label Forefront and they've now started work on their new album. They're planning to keep their website up to date with news from the studio and are hoping to tour extensively once the album's completed. It seems that Andy Hunter of Trip has also been signed by Forefront.
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New Larger Venue for Grassrootz (07th Mar)

The Grassrootz Festival has had to change venues to a larger more accessible site at Bewl Water Reservoir. This means that up to 1000 people can now attend the one day event, but unfortunately they can no longer offer camping facilities. The lineup has now been completed and will include Jube, Jonah, One:Lite, Cashu and Phatfish. There may be one or two more bands added to the bill at a later date, but no more bands are currently being sought.
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Caroline Sifts Through Contracts (07th Mar)

Following her showcase with Coastal Dune at Dingwalls last week, Caroline Alexander is said to be working through a number of possible record deals, including one with Europe's biggest rock label, Massacre Records, for four albums. She'll be flying to New York shortly to meet with some US companies. It looks likely that she will sign with Massacre, but further offers are pending.
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Tidbits (07th Mar)

U2 have finally announced european dates for their Elevation Tour. They'll be playing in Manchester, Birmingham, London and Slane during August. Bodixa recently returned to the stage and were recently invited to take part in the Mean Fiddler's 'live on line' night in London. It looks likely that one of their tracks will appear on a compilation CD put out by Uglyman Records (Elbow, I Am Kloot). Simon Cooper has a new album out called Music of the Womb and is working on a best-of. The guys who used to be in Why? have a new bass player called Ron and are hoping to debut their new act at Spring Harvest, although that has yet to be confirmed.
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Sunblind Resurface (13th Mar)

Sunblind, our indie of the month this time last year, have at long last opened up their new website. After a long period of silence the band now have a string of gigs in the southwest over the coming months, including a slot supporting Lowgold, and have been receiving quite a few accolades for the mine's not to cry EP.
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Bands in Contests (13th Mar)

A couple of Britlinks-listed bands are taking part in big competitions in the near future. Superhero are looking for support in the national liveanduncut.com battle of the bands and BottleRockit are progressing well through the XFM ProjectX competition which offers the winning band studio time in Abbey Road with advice from Alan McGee. Check out each band's website for more details.
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Ripcord Notch Up A Tenth Country (17th Mar)

Ripcord visited their tenth country recently with a three week tour of Norway. The band are now focussing on the UK for a while, with a gig at Spring Harvest and a home appearance in Oxford taking highest priority. The band are also planning to record again soon but want to quash any rumours that they might be signing with Furious? Records.
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Kato Complete Album (17th Mar)

Kato have now completed work on Welcome To My World, their first album on Elevation Records. The album officially launches on April 4th but fans can pre-order the album to get a third off the retail price by e-mailing the band. Keith Ayling has been invited to Spring Harvest to do a songwriting workshop during the event's first week.
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Caroline in Net Charts (17th Mar)

Caroline Alexander is currently at number four in the netmusiczone rock charts based on votes and downloads from across Europe. Her management hope to tie up record deal negotiations by the end of April and Caroline's off to New York next week for a promotional visit.
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Delirious? Tour With Bon Jovi (20th Mar)

Delirious? are tofollow in Fono'sfootsteps by supporting Bon Jovi this summer. While Fonoopened up for the band at one Milton Keynes show a few yearsback (under the name Seven), Delirious? will be playing fivedates around the UK which will be their biggest crowds yet.It is not definite whether the band will manage any headlineshows of their own in early Summer, but looks unlikely.
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Win Copies of YFriday's New Album (21st Mar)

On the 23rd March, YFriday release their second album on Survivor Records. And right now we have MP3s from that album for you to download and five copies to be won. Head over to www.britlinks.co.uk/yfriday/ to find out more.
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Coastal Dune Lose Guitarist (21st Mar)

Coastal Dune have had to bid farewell to guitarist Jonathan who has had to step down from the band due to health reasons. No news is yet available about whether he will be replaced -- we'll let you know as soon as we can.
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dba Set Up Sauna (21st Mar)

White labels are currently circulating of the record 'Mirage' by an act called Sauna, which consists of dba and guitarist Robin Boult. It's already attracting lots of radio attention. dba have also been working with Howard Jones on a progressive house version of 'What Is Love?' and with dance act Secret Knowledge on a tribal house/techno record called 'Mojo'. No release dates have yet been announced but it is expected all these records will be released this summer.
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