New EP, Festival Thankyou, On Tour

Yes y'all,

It's been a few weeks since I've posted one of these, and with good reason - we've been crazy busy! As I look out of my window at a wet and windswept Leeds it is clear that summer is all but over......but what a good one it has been!

On behalf of Extra Curricular I would like to thank, in no particular order, the organisers, staff, and wonderful crowds at....Greenbelt Festival, Limetree Festival, Chai Wallahs, The Greenman Festival, Corbridge Music Festival, Secret Garden Party, Together festival, and Sunrise Celebration. It's been EPIC, and we can't wait to do it all again next time! Peep the tour pictures HERE

Speaking of the future, we have some wicked stuff coming up for you....

-----------NEW EP--------------

We have a BRAND NEW, 6-track, limited edition EP up for preview and purchase now. I must stress the limited edition of this because we're only selling this until November when our official release schedule starts. Basically we SOLD OUT of our old EP this summer and we thought that, rather than re-printing it, we'd give you something brand new....so here it is available in download or CD (p.s. one track is free, so check it out!):


We're going to be launching this EP at 1:22, Huddersfield on September 23rd. Check the FB event page here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196441760421572

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

EC are on tour this Autumn/Winter - if you are a promoter contact eclivebookings@gmail.com


  Bar 1:22, Huddersfield 

23rd September 2011, 21PM

Hifi Club, Leeds
25th September 2011, 22PM

Bodega w/The Correspondents, Nottingham
22nd October 2011, 20PM

Hootanany Brixton, London
28th October 2011, 23PM

Afterparty Warehouse w/Zane Lowe, Example, Artwork, and Doorly, Huddersfield
29th October 2011, 23PM

Nation Of Shopkeepers w/DJ Derek, Leeds
3rd November 2011, 21PM

One Love,

JB
EC

Summer Tour Summary, EC meet Craig Charles, Homecoming Shows.

Hey guys,

So, it really felt today like summer is now over - the wind has picked up, it got dark early and, if I'm not mistaken it's just started raining outside. For us this means that our festival tour is over and WOW, what an amazing few weeks we've had... 

We'd like to thanks all the wonderful audiences that turned up to our shows at Leamington Peace Festival, Beat-Herder, Bradstock, Workhouse, Manchester Jazz Festival, Mannifest, Moor Music Festival, Sheep Music, Crash Festival, Limetree Festival, and Greenbelt Festival - YOU LOT are the reason we've travelled the length and breadth of the country, sleep in tents in muddy fields and cars in service stations. It was a pleasure to play for you and special thanks to anyone who came and talked to us after show. We had some mad times and have updated some pics in our Myspace Gallery.

We're going to spend the next couple of weeks compiling bits of video footage, pictures, and audio from these gigs but, in the meantime, here's what the legendary Craig Charles had to say about our show at Limetree (sorry it's not a YouTube video yet, will change it from FB as soon as possible)

Follow this link: http://www.facebook.com/extracurricularband#!/video/video.php?v=283750039962&subj=100000196145306

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Ok, so we're taking the Extra Curricular show back indoors starting with a couple of special 'homecoming' gigs in the Huddersfield and Leeds areas. It's been a long time coming and we're looking forward to rocking some shows in our favourite venues!

Friday 17th September, Bar 1:22, Huddersfield

Extra Curricular

Middleman

The Rag Tags

£5, doors 8pm 

This event is going to be awesome! Support coming from the mighty Middleman (their new single came out yesterday so go buy it!) and, Huddersfield University favourites The Rag Tags.

Saturday 25th September, Elbow Rooms, Leeds

Extra Curricular

DJ Ben Echo

£2, doors 9pm

Last time we played the Elbow Rooms in May the room blew-up! We had a crazy time and look forward to more of the same this time round. Trafficmag reviewed the last gig and you can have a read HERE. 

Confirmed Shows:

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
17th September 2010, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms, Leeds
25th September 2010, 21PM

Doncaster Civic Hall, Doncaster
29th September 2010, 20PM

Cafe Ollo, Media Centre (acoustic), Huddersfield
20th October 2010, 20PM

Marsden Mechanics, Marsden
30th October 2010, 20PM

Mr Wolfs, Bristol
12th November 2010, 21PM

The Wardrobe, Leeds
20th November 2010, 22PM

The Hifi Club, Leeds
8th December 2010, 20PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
10th December 2010, 21PM

Hopefully see you at a show soon! Keep checking the Myspace for the most up-to-date listings and news. Also, if you haven't already - add us on Facebook.

One Love,

JB

  

MEGA Weekend Coming Up, BBC RAW TALENT, The ECEP

Hey guys,

We've got another action-packed weekend coming up at Limetree Music Festival and Greenbelt Music Festival. For those of you who are coming or thinking of coming here's the lowdown!

Limetree (28.08.10): Extra Curricular are playing at 18:45 on the Green Man (Main) Stage

               Also appearing are The Blockheads, Utah Saints, JD73,and The James Taylor Quartet

Greenbelt (29.08.10): Extra Curricular are playing at 20:45 on the Underground Stage

                Also appearing are Beverly Knight, Gil Scott Heron, Courtney Pine, and Shed Seven 

As you may guess we're more than a little excited about these two!

-------BBC RAW TALENT-------

Alan Raw and the BBC West Yorkshire Raw Talent team played one of our tracks again on their show. The track is called 'Home' and cannot be heard anywhere else for the minute as it has not been released yet! Listen HERE from 1hr25min - apparently we are 'fantastic'; thanks guys!

------The ECEP------

Last up The ECEP is still available to purchase via download or physical form from our Bandcamp page 

               

Or, if you're lucky enough to be coming to one of our shows they can be purchased directly off any band member.

Here's what a kind person wrote on our Facebook Group's WALL recently:

£5 spent on those five songs was the best fiver i've ever spent on music! Your lyrics are inspired, the musicianship on You should Know Me By Now is achingly beautiful, Here We Go is motivating, even when there's no sunshine! Rain is chilled-out but thought-provoking...all brilliant...I made my mum listen to it, and she was glad to have lent me the fiver at the festival! (I paid her back later!)

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

And finally, the all-important LIVE dates coming up:

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2010, 15PM

Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham
29th August 2010, 21PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
17th September 2010, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms, Leeds
25th September 2010, 21PM

Doncaster Civic Hall, Doncaster
29th September 2010, 20PM

Cafe Ollo, Media Centre (acoustic), Huddersfield
20th October 2010, 20PM

Marsden Mechanics, Marsden
30th October 2010, 20PM

Mr Wolfs, Bristol
12th November 2010, 21PM

The Wardrobe, Leeds
20th November 2010, 22PM

The Hifi Club, Leeds
8th December 2010, 20PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
10th December 2010, 21PM

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One Love,

JB

EC

BBC Raw Talent, Photoshoot, Updated LIVE Dates, 24 Week 19

Hey guys,

Alan Raw played us on his show last week for BBC Radio Leeds. It's a great show that showcases new and unsigned music in the area - hurry though because there's only a few hours before it comes down off the iPlayer!

Check it here (the very last track!) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004tfds/episodes/player

------PHOTOSHOOT-------

We did a wicked photoshoot recently with Leeds photographer Jonathan Turner. Here's a little snippet of film from the day.



Big thankyou to LRG Clothing for supplying us with some of the clothes for the day :)

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

Upcoming shows are:

2 May 2010, Puzzle Hall Festival, Sowerby Bridge (on stage at 4pm)

8 May 2010 Holmfirth Folk Festival - Picturedrome, Holmfirth

15 May 2010 Limetree Warmup Party, Oldham

16 May 2010 The Ruby Lounge W/Benji Boko, Manchester (TICKETS OR RING 0161 832 1111)

19 Jun 2010 Luddfest, Luddenden

20 Jun 2010 Leamington Peace Festival, Leamington Spa

3 Jul 2010 Bradstock, Ripponden

13 Aug 2010 Moor Music Festival, Ilkley

28 Aug 2010 Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe

30 Oct 2010 Marsden Mechanics, Marsden, Huddersfield

If any of these shows are near you - come down and say hi! We always love people coming to talk to us after shows :)

---------WEEK 19 of 24-------

Flash's alternate series of 24 continues and he's on week 19!



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And that's about it!

Make sure you check our Myspace for up to date live dates and to listen to our music.

ONE LOVE,

JB

NEW LIVE DATES

Just a quick update on currently confirmed live dates over the next few months:

16 Feb 2010 Tuesday Club, Sheffield
19 Feb 2010 The YardBird, Birmingham
27 Mar 2010 Toast, Leeds
15 Apr 2010 The Swan, Ispwich
17 Apr 2010 Elbow Rooms, Leeds
19 Jun 2010 Luddfest, Luddenden
28 Aug 2010 Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe

Stand by for more to come!

To book EC please contact us at eclivebookings@gmail.com