Katalina Kicks was formed in 2009 in Shepherds Bush, West London. Fronted by Ian George, (ex Kyro) who belts out vocals until his throat bleeds while hammering his Telecaster; the man is not messing around. Hard hitting drum maniac James Garnett (previously gracing stages with Revere), provides a unique blend of Moon and Bonhamesque heavy-hitting stick-work, madness and power alongside bass monster J Creswell, who brings a thunderous low-end punch. This rock-solid engine room provides the platform for the most dynamic, quirky and innovative guitarist you’ll be lucky enough to catch. G was previously smashing out blazing tunes with EMI band ‘Remember’, now he’s smashing them out with the Kicks’…
Katalina Kicks powerful sound developed rapidly and they recorded their debut album ’The Return of Montague Rotter’ in London’s Air Edel studios, with debut single ‘145′ released to critical acclaim, featuring as Track of the Day in Clash Magazine, playlisted across the UK and receiving numerous 5 star ratings, as well as a feature in the prestigious FT ’How to Spend It’ magazine. Their 2nd single ’Me’ was released to similar amazing reception, playlisted across the UK and also played on Absolute Radio! The debut album was released in the US in July 2011 and hit numerous college and indie radio CMJ charts. Their song ’Me’ was recently featured in US feature film ’51’ and their songs ’Helicopter’ and ’C Bomb’ have been placed in episodes 2 and 12 respectively of the new hit ABC / Global TV Series ’Combat Hospital’.
On the live front Katalina Kicks are more than creating a name for themselves across the UK with an insanely energetic show, driving crowds crazy and occasionally ending in stage destruction antics with their wild drummer and frenetic frontman leading the charge. This live reputation led to them headlining a sell out CLUB NME show at the famous London venue KOKO and April saw the band complete a 15 date UK tour, culminating with a slot at the prestigious City Showcase: Spotlight London Festival. After recently hitting # 1 in New York based ZTV’s Indie Music Video Charts with their video for 145, the band plans to spend autumn 2011 in the States touring, bringing their insane live antics across the pond to eager American audiences.
Come underground with the band as they record tracks in the Subway Gallery ~ FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER 2009 |
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| The band THE MUSICAL DIFFERENCES, with the support of Strummerville, will be recording as part of the ILLUSION exhibition at he Subway Gallery. For a single day they’ll be turning this pedestrian subway/art gallery into a recording studio to write and record a track or two. Come down and sing, see the art, enjoy the exhibition, meet some like-minded people and even do some busking in the subway. The gallery is open from 11 and the recording will probably start around 4pm.
ILLUSION FEATURES WORK FROM 11 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS:
TOM BEARD, CRISPIN CHETWYND, EMMA CHITTY, LIBITA CLAYTON, LAURIE MACPHERSON, GEORGINA MASCOLO, R.G. McHARG III, NINA ROYLE, SHORVON &HUNTER, BEN WEBB. Download THE MUSICAL DIFFERENCES cover of Peter Tosh’s ‘I am that I am’ from the band’s Strummerville profile: |
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| SUBWAY GALLERY open monday to saturday 11am – 7pm Kiosk 1 Pedestrian Subway Edgware Rd / Harrow Rd London W2 1DX 07811 286503 ~~ info@subwaygallery.com ~~ http://www.subwaygallery.com Zone 1 Edgware Road tube buses 6.7.15.16.18.23.25.27.36.98.205.414.436 |
