Grubby Elbows, Start The Storm, London

Hey guys,

So we've just about recovered from the funk soul monster of a night playing alongside the one and only Craig Charles (Red Dwarf, Robot Wars, BBC6 Music) at the Elbow Rooms, Leeds on Saturday. The venue was completely sold out which meant it was pumping before we even hit the stage - nice one! We're both saddened and honoured by the fact that we were the last ever live band to grace the stage there as Elbow Rooms are no longer putting on live gigs :( We wish the promoters Tony and Ben every success in whatever venture they take on next - they are absolute legends!

-------START THE STORM--------

We've been slowly leaking out little snippets of our new recordings and, here's one for ya - full track of 'Start The Storm'...

--------LONDON---------

As last minute bookings go they don't tend to get more fun than this...

Extra Curricular LIVE @ Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London FEB 6TH

FREE ENTRY
ONSTAGE AT 9PM

Anyone who goes to Brick Lane will know that Sundays on the strip are legendary! If you're a regular on a Sunday or are in the area, make sure you get down - we're on at 9pm so no 'school night' excuses :)

------UPCOMING SHOWS------

Contact Theatre (cancelled!), Manchester
3rd February 2011, 20PM

Vibe Bar, London
6th February 2011, 20PM

Moltos, Welshpool
11th February 2011, 21PM

Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
12th February 2011, 20PM

Hoootanany , Brixton, London
19th February 2011, 22PM

Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
20th May 2011, 21PM

Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM

Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2011, 18PM

...and don't forget you can download a 320kb version of 'Running Away' by entering your email here - we'll send a download link to your inbox!

One Love,

JB
EC

That's a (w)rap, This weekend, Upcoming shows

Brrrrrrr!!

So, last night we finished a 3 day video shoot for our first single! Shooting a summer video in a freezing cold warehouse in January was pretty intense but we had alot fun making it despite being practically blue for 10 hours a day. We're really excited about our single releases this year - more details to come soon, including announcing our LABEL :)

Big up to the guys at OSBW for making things go smoothly

----THIS WEEKEND----

We've got some pretty spectacular shows coming up this weekend to kick off our 2011 schedule officially...


FRI (28th): Extra Curricular (Acoustic) @ The Barking Spider, Huddersfield

We're doing a very special acoustic set at one of Huddersfield's newest bars. Big lineup with some local hip hop legends. FB event HERE


SAT (29th) Extra Curricular (full live band) w/ Craig Charles and John Turrell @ Elbow Rooms, Leeds

We've been getting excited about this since we were booked waaay back in 2010. Craig Charles (of Red Dwarf, Robot Wars, and BBC6 Music fame) is an absolute legend and he's bringing with him John Turrell of the Fantasy Funk Band. This is going to be huuuuge, details and tickets available HERE

-----FINAL FEW ECEP-----

We're getting mega-low on copies of The ECEP which we self-distributed last year. We're not going to be reprinting these so, if you want to own a piece of Extra Curricular history, I recommend getting yours soon! Only £5, delivered anywhere :)



-----UPCOMING SHOWS-----

The Barking Spider (acoustic), Huddersfield
28th January 2011, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms W/ Craig Charles, Leeds
29th January 2011, 21PM

Contact Theatre (cancelled!), Manchester
3rd February 2011, 20PM

Vibe Bar, London
6th February 2011, 20PM

Moltos, Welshpool
11th February 2011, 21PM

Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
12th February 2011, 20PM

Hoootanany , Brixton, London
19th February 2011, 22PM

Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
20th May 2011, 21PM

Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM

Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2011, 18PM

One Love,

JB

EC

Free Download, New EP Preview

Yes y'all!

So, here it is then guys - our FREE DOWNLOAD of 'Running Away'.

Just type your email into the widget and we'll deliver it to your inbox!

This was recorded last year as part of a collection of recordings we are going to be putting out this year. So ENJOY and watch this space!

(please share this on facebook if you like what you hear!) 

-------EP PREVIEW-------

Just when you thought we couldn't get any more generous - here's a preview of the, yet untitled, new EP!

NEW EP PREVIEW by Extra Curricular

-------LIVE DATES-----------------------

The Barking Spider (acoustic), Huddersfield
28th January 2011, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms W/ Craig Charles, Leeds
29th January 2011, 21PM

Contact Theatre (cancelled!), Manchester
3rd February 2011, 20PM

Vibe Bar, London
6th February 2011, 20PM

Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
12th February 2011, 20PM

Hoootanany , Brixton, London
19th February 2011, 22PM

Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
20th May 2011, 21PM

Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM

Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2011, 18PM

That's it for now guys, enjoy the music!

Extra Curricular


One love,

JB
EC

http://www.extracurricularband.com/

Brand New Music, Only 100 Copies, Monday Monday

Exciting times here at Extra Curricular....

We're pleased to announce that we have some BRAND NEW music available for you to hear! Just click on our (also BRAND NEW) Facebook Bandpage and have a listen....

Extra Curricular


Some of these tracks will be available on our brand new EP for 2011. More details of this to come but, for now, just sit back and enjoy!

We will be giving away a FREE DOWNLOAD on Monday :)

-----ONLY 100 COPIES----

This is a heads up that we only have 100 copies left of our 2010 CD 'The ECEP'. If you want a copy buy one now to avoid disappointment - we will not be reprinting these!!!


Follow the link - they are only £5 delivered anywhere :)

---IMRANIMAL AND ILLAS---

Check out what our friends DJ Illas and Imranimal have been up to... DOPE



You''ll recognise DJ Illas as being our DJ soon to be moving to Australia. Him and Imranimal (MC) form two thirds of The Shedmen.

-------LIVE DATES--------

The Barking Spider (acoustic), Huddersfield
28th January 2011, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms W/ Craig Charles, Leeds
29th January 2011, 21PM

Contact Theatre, Manchester
3rd February 2011, 20PM

Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
12th February 2011, 20PM

Hoootanany , Brixton, London
19th February 2011, 22PM

Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
20th May 2011, 21PM

Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM

Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2011, 18PM

That's it until Monday.....

Peace,

JB

EC

New Acoustic Videos, New DJ, New Year, Live Dates

Happy New Year!

We hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and are ready for what 2011 may bring! We're really excited about this year as we're going to be putting out some music "officially" for y'all to get your hands on :)

----NEW ACOUSTIC VIDEOS----

If you follow EC you'll know that recently we've been doing a few, very intimate acoustic sets. We've put up some recordings of these on our Soundcloud, but now we've also got some lovely videos recorded at Cafe Ollo to lift those back-to-work blues... 

EXTRA CURRICULAR (ACOUSTIC) - HERE WE GO

EXTRA CURRICULAR (ACOUSTIC) - YOU SHOULD KNOW ME BY NOW


----NEW DJ----

In the last blog post I mentioned the sad news that DJ Illas was leaving us to seek a new life in Australia. Whilst we wish him every happiness in his new life, life for EC goes on and, we are pleased to announce the arrival of our new DJ - Tim Garrud.

We are really pleased to have him onboard and look forward to rocking 2011 with the flat-capped wax-fondler...

-----LIVE DATES-----

Our first two shows of this year are going to be acoustic shows (The Blues Cafe, Harrogate, January 9th AND The Barking Spider, Huddersfield, January 28th)

THEN.... we are supporting the legendary Craig Charles on January 29th at The Elbow Rooms, Leeds

The Blues Cafe (acoustic), Harrogate
9th January 2011, 15PM

The Barking Spider (acoustic), Huddersfield
28th January 2011, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms W/ Craig Charles, Leeds
29th January 2011, 21PM

Contact Theatre, Manchester
3rd February 2011, 20PM

Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
12th February 2011, 20PM

Hoootanany , Brixton, London
19th February 2011, 22PM

Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM

Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM

Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2011, 18PM

One Love,

JB

EC