Yellowgroove @ The Joiners

We’ve recovered from our intense R’n’R period and got back into the groove last Wednesday night with an interview and unplugged session on Bournemouth’s local radio station, Hope FM. The session also included an exclusive preview of our final masters for the upcoming EP The Somerset Sessions, which will be available to download from our website from Monday. For gig-goers who purchase a copy of our debut single, you will receive the digital EP download for FREE! Hoorah!

In case you missed the radio interview, it did clash with Eastenders after all, we will be making the whole hour available to download, also for free, from our website. Stay tuned for that. Free stuff on free stuff.

Our leap back onto the live stage begins this Saturday at Eastleigh Recreation Ground, where we will be performing at the Young Persons day, for, er, young people. We’ll be bolting off in a cloud of Transit van dust shortly after to go and do some more recording in Somerset, but we will be back in time to entertain fresh freshers at Southampton University on Monday, for RAGfest.

There are plenty of other gigs booked up for the autumn-winter period, so if the fall of leaves is starting to get you down, take a look at our gigs page or myspace to check the listings, come down and see us, and get your wee hands on our debut EP!

Yellowgroove @ The Goldhawk

Well, the very Yellow weekend went amazingly well. It was even extended by a day thanks to a last minute bit of organisation (and fortune), putting Yellowgroove on the bill at a small venue in Shepherd’s Bush called the Goldhawk. This was YG’s first London outing and it was such a success that the promoter has offered a further two dates in the city. More pics from this night

Friday night was another corker! It was YG’s second date at the Hobbit, a great little venue in the heart of Southampton’s studentville. In comparison to their previous performance in the cosy place, the band were all healthy and flu free! The guys played an hour long set to room that was so packed that many people were left standing in the corridor trying to fight their way in. Look out for Yellowgroove appearing at the Hobbit again very soon! Many thanks go out to Jason Petrou who took some great pictures of the night.

Eastleigh Music Festival

On Saturday afternoon Yellowgroove played the mainstage of the Eastleigh music festival to headline the free section of the festival day. The typically British July afternoon (rainy and grey) seemed to slightly deter the crowds from this great event however, the stage was fortunately sited under a large big-top. The crowd were soon aroused by the set. Emma Richards took this stunning set of photos.

Guestlingbury music festival was next on the schedule however, this small, family run event had unfortunately been over-run by festival goers. They estimated that over 2,000 people had turned up on the Friday night and when compared to the couple of hundred the previous year, the event couldn’t cope and was understandably cancelled.

Overall, a fantastic weekend was had by all and many thanks go out to all of those who came to support or were involved in the organisation and logistics. More Yellow events will be on their way soon!

Friday 10th July sees the band take over the Hobbit supported by FROCK, a rocking band from Bournemouth. Both bands will play an hour set with FROCK on at just before 10.30pm and Yellowgroove at around 12.00am. Entry is free before 10pm and after is £2.

On Saturday 11th, Yellowgroove are playing two music festivals. The first is in Eastleigh town centre for the Eastleigh Music Festival. Yellowgroove are headlining the free section of the festival day and will be playing a 30 minute set on the main stage at 4pm. The guys will then head across the country to a small village called Guestling, the other side of Hastings, where they will be playing at the Guestlingbury Music Festival around 10pm.

There will be most likely be spaces for any of you that want to follow along.
It’s certainly set to be a mad one! Hope to see you there

See backs turned we weren't joking...

Hey all we have turned our backs a little on the website as of late mainly due to a bunch of gigs. So here’s a quick update of what we have been up to.

Videos

About a week ago we very unceremoniously unveiled a Videos section for the site it’s still in its infancy at the moment but, we should be having more content up there in the coming weeks but for now you will have to make do with a little Studio Session gem stone. Things get a little crazy at 3 in morning and you still have 10 tracks to record lead guitar for. “Nah he can’t hear us! …. DAN”.

Coming to a field near you…

We have been confirmed to play Eastliegh music festival Saturday 12th July 2009. We will be playing the same day as British Sea Power, King Creosote, Dlugokecki and Broken Links. It’s FREE to see Yellowgroove and we are on in the Early afternoon but for the main acts tickets are available direct from the Eastliegh Music Festival site.

See you Soon,

Yellowgroove