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

Snow Soldiers, Farewell to DJ Illas, Release Update, Live Dates

Hey guys,

First of all we'd like to thank all the wonderful people who braved the cold, ice, and snow to make it to our last couple of gigs! It meant the world to us that so many of you turned up to the Hifi Club, Leeds and Bar 1:22, Huddersfield - and, not only did you turn up, you made both evenings absolutely rocking and a brilliant way to finish off the year!

For those of you who have not checked this vid yet or, are newly tuned to Extra Curricular, here's a little bit of what we've been up to this year:

-----FAREWELL TO DJ ILLAS-----

As we close the year we also bid farewell to one of our members as DJ Illas starts a new life in Australia this coming January. Over the past 15 months he has helped us shape our sound, rocked shows with us all over the country, and is featured on our studio tracks (release details soon to come!). We will miss him greatly, not only as a musician, but as a dear friend - we wish him every success in the future and will be, no doubt, hitting him up for some floor space in the coming years!

Check Illas' awesome series of mixes with long-time collaborator DJ Heritage here:

In case you are worried..... we have a new DJ joining the group - all will be revealed in the new year! :)

-----RELEASE NEWS-----

As well as a new member we will also have some lovely, new, shiny releases for you! We've been working so hard to get these recordings absolutely perfect and we now feel they are ready to be set free into the big bad world! More details to come in the new year but it's all gonna kick off with something FREE so make sure you've got your eyes peeled in January!

For those of you who haven't already grabbed our other FREE Extra Curricular tracks go HERE

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

January is going to kick off with a couple of ACOUSTIC dates in Harrogate and Huddersfield. Then, a gig we've been getting excited about since summer - Extra Curricular supporting the legendary Craig Charles at the Elbow Rooms on January 29th. Already very excited what the new year will bring for Extra Curricular!

The Blues Cafe (acoustic), Harrogate
9th January 2011, 3AM

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

I will probably post again before Christmas but EC hope you're all getting very festive :)

One Love,

JB

EC

Acoustic Tracks, French Students Learn 'Rain' at school, The Throwout Volume 6

YES YES!,

Ok, got a bumper edition for you today with some great free music, news, and live show listings!

-----LIVE ACOUSTIC TRACKS-----

As you may or may not have seen we've been playing a couple of exclusive ACOUSTIC shows recently. This has been amazing for us to as we've all had fun reworking tracks, playing in new venues, and hitting new audiences. We recorded a few tracks from our show at Cafe Ollo for you to listen to:

LIVE (acoustic) @ Cafe Ollo by Extra Curricular

Keep your eyes peeled for more exclusive ACOUSTIC shows coming soon! We've also made some special acoustic recordings that will appear as extra tracks bundled with single releases next year :)

-----FRENCH STUDENTS LEARN 'RAIN'-----

We've recently been contacted by a teacher from France who has been using our song 'Rain' to teach students English Language, understanding our climate, and international development. Madame Gilbert used 'Rain' as a set text for pupils studying for the Baccalaureate (equivalent to A-levels) at the Lycee de Beauregard, Montbrison, near Lyon. She said:

I would like to say how much I enjoyed studying this song. The music is fun and varied, the singing is fantastic, and I really hope Extra Curricular enjoy a lot of success with their music.

Madame Gilbert also attached a picture of some of her students posing with umbrellas to signify the rain in the song:

As you can imagine we were totally surprised at the news! We are, however, mad excited about it - especially after she told us that it has caused a buzz in the French education system and may be taken up as a set text by more schools in the future; Extra Curricular by name and virtue :)

To listen to 'Rain' please visit http://www.extracurricularband.com and click 'audio'

-----THE THROWOUT VOLUME 6------

Our own DJ ILLAS and DJ HERITAGE have come through with another amazing FREE mix for y'all to download. It features some big tracks along with some special shouts from legends of the hip hop scene...

------LIVE SHOWS-----

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

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

The Blues Cafe, Harrogate
9th January 2011, 3AM

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

That's it for now, for the most up to date news and listings please visit http://www.extracurricularband.com

One Love,

JB

EC