NEWS
Monday 22nd June 2009
Hello Everyone!
Well, this week sees a brilliant selection of gigs, all of which we are really looking forward to. Thursday night (25th June) sees us play for our good friends at withtheband for their launch night at The Lexington on Pentonville Road, London. Withtheband are a brand new company offering expert creative design services to up and coming musicians and all the proceeds from the night are going to The Youth Music Charity, so do come along! Two days later (27th June) we return to the capital to play a completely unplugged acoustic set at The Tate Modern as part of this years Tate Takeover Festival and then on Sunday (28th June) we'll be playing a few of our favourite Johnny Cash songs at an event dedicated to 'The Man In Black' as part of The Hitchin Festival.
We're currently booking up the last few gigs before we have a little break for summer and start to prepare for the release of the new album.
Hope you are all well and hope to see many of you fine folk very soon!
Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
The October Game
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ARCHIVE NEWS
- Tuesday 12th May 2009
- Hello Everyone!
- A big thank you to everyone that came out to this weekends gigs in London (Notting Hill Arts Centre) and Hitchin (Club85), we had a blast. Both gigs were packed out and we got to play with some brilliant bands! The compilation (Alcopopular 3!) for which the gigs were in support of will be released this weekend. It will be ingeniously incarnated as a bottle with a scroll inside containing the urls and passwords needed in order to download all of the tracks from the compilation, like a treasure map in a bottle, which we think is pretty darn cool and the compilation is to be launched, physically into the English channel this weekend at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton!!!! As soon as we have more details we'll let you know how you can get hold of one of these fanatastic compilations!
- Those of you with a beady eye on the gigs page will notice we've been invited back to our nation's capital by Fierce Panda Records, this time to play a Club Panda night at The Dublin Castle on Tuesday 2nd June. Again, we'll be playing with some fantastic acts and you can click here to print money-off fliers. It's sure to be another cracker!!! On the gig front we've also been added to the bill for this years 'Rock In The Priory Festival' in Ware, Hertfordshire on Sunday July 26th.
- The album is nearing the mixing stage now and we're all super chuffed with how its all sounding, we can't wait to share these new sounds with you!
- We hope to see you all very soon!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Monday 27th April 2009
- Hello Everyone!
- We are all super chuffed to have been invited to appear on the next compilation from Alcopop Records - Alcopopular 3! Alcopop Records is a fantastic independent label run by fantastic people, and is also the home of amazing acts such as Sam Issac, My First Tooth and Pavilion. We will be headlining two gigs in support of the compilations release; Saturday 9th May at Rota @ Notting Hill Arts Club, London and Sunday 10th May at Club 85 in Hitchin. Brilliant thing about the Rota gig too is that its an afternoon show (4-8pm) which means you can do a spot of shopping around Notting Hill in the morning, catch the gig in the afternoon and then hit the town for the evening! Perfect!!! More specific details about the compilations release are to follow! Check out Alcopop Records here.
- Also, this Friday 1st May we have another cracking Fuzzy Face for you! As always, it takes places in the beautiful ballroom at The Sun Hotel in Hitchin and starts at 8pm. Among the superb acts in store we have Hollie McNish who is the UK Slam Poetry Champion! Don't miss it!!!
- Hope you're all doing well! See you soon!!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Monday 9th March 2009
- Hello Everyone!
- A big thank you to everyone that made it out to another fantastic Fuzzy Face! These nights have been an absolute blast and we are looking forward to compiling more brilliant evenings for you all to feast your eyes and ears upon. On the subject of gigs we are all really excited cause we've been invited by Simon Williams of Fierce Panda Records to play at 229 in London for Club Fandango, this will take place Wednesday 8th April, it'd be great if you can stick this one in your diaries as its going to be a big one! Click here to print out fliers that will get you in for £5 instead of £6.
- Also, we've been invited by Tom Robinson of BBC6 Music to play his BBC Introducing stage at The Wychwood Festival which we are absolutely thrilled about! We'll be playing on Saturday 30th May which is the day that'll be headlined by Supergrass. Visit the festival website here for more details and ticket information.
- As you can see there's lots of exciting things going on and the new album is coming along nicely, smiles all round in team TOG!!
- Hope things are all good with you guys and gals too! See you soon!!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Wednesday 18th February 2009
- Hey All!
- We're currently hard at work on yet more songs set for inclusion on the next album, we are all very happy with how its all sounding. At the weekend we were down at Jordans laying down more drum and bass tracks and now we're at home adding guitars and all sorts.
- Also, a quick reminder also that we'll be playing a full headline set at the next Fuzzy Face night which is Friday 6th March, check out the raher stallion lineup here.
- Hope to see many of you then!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Saturday 17th January 2009
- Hey All!
- We'd just like to say a massive thanks to the hoards of you that turned out to see us at Bush Hall on Thursday. Its the biggest gig we've played in London and we were obviously a little aprehensive about the turnout but to be onstage in such a beautiful venue playing to a room full of attentive eyes and ears was an amazing feeling!! Here are some photos from the show.
- A big thank you to our good friend Emma Lawton for these shots, check out her work at www.withtheband.co.uk
- See you all again soon!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Wednesday 24th December 2008
- Merry Christmas Everyone!
- We are all very excited about what 2009 brings, the release of our new album, the subsequent press and promotion of the album and the bundles of gigs that will ensue after its release. Almost as way of setting a precedent for the year to come we will be headlining the fabulous Bush Hall in London on Thursday 15th January. We have been invited to play as part of the 'Bush Hall Presents..' series of concerts. This venue is quite frankly stunning and it would absolutely wonderful to see many of you there! See the flier below and visit the venue here. Tickets are priced at £6 and you can buy them from www.wegottickets.com
- As I'm sure you can tell we are all very excited about this one and if you've been to the venues website I'm sure you can see why. So be sure to come down with your friends have a great evening with us and start 2009 with a bang!
- We promised some studio footage and the first clip has now been posted to our YouTube page so go and take a look at us laying down the drums on new track 'Stuck In A Hole'. There will be more clips posted in the new year and we are going to create a studio photo album on our myspace site so you can all take a peak into what we've been upto: www.youtube.com/theoctobergame
- We'd like to sign off by wishing all of you, your friends and your families a very merry christmas and a happy new year, your support means the world to us and we look forward to sharing more tunes and more good times with you all in 2009! Take Care, lots of love and festive hugs!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Wednesday 12th November 2008
- Hello Everyone!
- Today, Nick and myself (Luke) went into the studio to chat to Tom Robinson of BBC 6 Music. It was great to finally catch up with Tom as he's been giving some stallion support to 'Concrete' (which incidentally is still available to download from the right of this page) on his late night introducing show. The interview will air on his show this sunday night on BBC6 Music. Click here to view Tom's page.
- We have confirmed another fantastic lineup for our next 'Fuzzy Face' multi-arts night which will take place next Friday 21st November at The Sun Hotel in Hitchin. More details can be found here. Our first night was a great success, a packed room enjoyed some great artists bathed in the cosy light of candles and film projections, a great time was had by all!
- The recordings are all going well, this week has seen us mainly fine tuning guitar parts and humming alot! As promised there will be some studio footage posted soon but none of us are techno wizards and video capture devices can be rather tricky when they want to be!
- Hope you are all well, see you soon
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Tuesday 7th October 2008
- Hello Everyone!
- We come with exciting news for you all!! We are launching our own multi arts night at The Sun Hotel in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. We have always wanted to create our own night and whilst we are recording the album we thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to showcase some new tracks as well as bringing in some amazing talent from around the UK to perform for you all! Read the press release below:
- Fuzzy Face is an evening of multi-arts hosted by folk tinged alternative rock band The October Game. Born through a love of storytelling and cosy country pubs, Fuzzy Face is a friend to all who seek a great night out filled with all things leftfield and wonderful. A night without pretense where people can relax in a friendly atmosphere while enjoying some of the best in cutting edge art from across the fields of music, theatre, poetry, dance, art & film, all set in the gorgeous ballroom at The Sun Hotel in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, a traditional coaching inn that has been an important part of historic Hitchin since the 1500's. For Line up and further details visit:
- www.myspace.com/fuzzyfacenight
- In other news..recording is going very well, the weekend before last we spent a couple of days with our good friend Jordan Fish in his Studio 91 facility tracking drums and bass and its all sounding particularly lovely so far! Studio footage to follow soon.
- Many thanks as always for your support
- Take Care
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Wednesday 3rd September 2008
- Hello everyone.
- Hope life is treating you all well. This Saturday (6th September) we are playing at The Monto Water Rats Theatre in Kings Cross, London. For those of you who dont know, its a gorgeous little venue just a few minutes walk from King Cross St Pancras train station that has played host to some of the worlds biggest acts in days gone by. We have a reduced entry guestlist which will get you in for £6 instead of £8, just email your name(s) to info@theoctobergame.com and we'll make sure your name is on the list!
- We realise that the gig list is looking pretty sparse at the moment but we assure you that we have been very busy indeed. This last weekend saw us nestled up in the rehearsal room tightening up arrangements for songs to be included on the next album which we will start recording in a matter of weeks. Regular updates and studio footage will follow!
- Also, another quick reminder is just to let you know that our track 'Concrete (When we were Invincible)' is still available as a free download from this, our official site. Just click on the tab on the right hand side of the page to get your mits on this exclusive recording. See you all soon.
- Take it easy!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Monday 18th August 2008
- Hello Everyone!
- As of today our track 'Concrete (When we were Invincible)' is available as a free download from this, our official site. Just click on the tab on the right hand side of the page to get your mits on this exclusive recording.
- In conjunction with its release we are also pleased to announced that 'Concrete..' will be opening the Tom Robinson radio show on BBC 6 Music today. Tom phoned us personally to let us know that we would be included in his show and how much he liked the track, so much so it will also be available on his podcast which you can download from his site after the show has aired. The show is avaliable on DAB Digital Radio, TV and Online and if you miss the show you can listen again through Toms BBC 6 Music site which you will find here.
- We hope you all enjoy the track and hope to see many of you at the gigs we have coming up.
- Take care and thank you as always for your continued support!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Saturday 2nd August 2008
- Hello!
- Two bits of exciting news for you all! Firstly, as of Monday 18th August we will be making Concrete (When We Were Invincible) available for free download from this (our official) website. The track will be available for approximately two months, so be sure to get in quick!
- Our second piece of news is that we have started pre-production on album 2! We are all extremely excited about this and have been very busy listening through to the plethora of new material thats been written since 'Box Of A Billion Lights' in order to decide which songs will be in the running for the album. There will be regular updates on the albums progress as well as studio footage and sneak previews of the recording process appearing over the coming months, so look sharp and keep your eyes peeled! ;p
- Hope you are all enjoying the summer!
- Take Care
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen The October Game
- Hello everyone!
- Unfortunately tonight's acoustic gig at the Rosemary Branch has been cancelled, due to a switch in management and other circumstances beyond our control regrettably this gig will not be going ahead, we are sorry for any inconvenience caused!!
- On the more brilliant side of things though we've been allocated a guestlist for our gig at the Hoxton Square Bar that will allow you lovely lot to get in half price, for £3 instead of £6, bargain!! Click here to add your names to the list. Promises to be a great night this one, playing with some quality bands! We'll be onstage at approximately 8.30pm.
- That's all for now folks, we look forward to seeing many of you at Rhythms Of The World!
- Take it easy
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello!
- Well, we have been very busy gearing up for this weekends Rhythms Of The World Festival in Hitchin that will see us playing alongside some of the biggest names in world music as well as some fantastic homegrown talent. The festival is always a blast and tickets are flying! CrowdSurge.com appear to have no more tickets onsale and so if you haven't got your ticket/s yet then make sure you do so very soon! Tickets are still onsale from local vendors, a list of which can be found here. We will be playing on the Willow Stage on Saturday 12th July at approximately 9.15pm.
- In other news, the recordings with our good friend Jordan Fish are almost complete and we are delighted with how its all sounding! We hope to share the fruits of these sessions with you in the very near future!
- Look forward to seeing many of you next weekend!
- Cheers!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello!
- A big thank you to all of you that have been out to our last few gigs culminating in an amazing night for Trepan Records at the stunning Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green. As I'm sure you'll agree these guys really know how to put on quality nights and we hope to be back there with them very soon!
- We are excited to announce that we will be doing a live session for BBC Introducing which will go out on Friday 27th June via BBC 3 Counties Radio. Set the wireless to 95.5, 104.5 or 103.8 FM at approximately 7pm to hear us playing lovely music for you!
- Check the gigs page for all the latest additions to our schedule and we hope to see many of you very soon!
- Over and out.
- The October Game
- Hello Everyone.
- Well, the wait is finally over! We have uploaded two brand new recordings to our myspace page along with a new page design and a new set of photos taken by our good friend Amy Knowles some of which have been added to the gallery.
- The tracks we have put up are called 'Concrete (When We Were Invincible)' and 'Cast These Waves'. Both tracks were recorded, mixed and produced by ourselves at home. Since being uploaded little over 24 hours ago the plays have been sky rocketing on these tracks and the response has been phenomenal!! A new audio player for this site is currently in the works and upon completion these new tracks along with other exclusive audio will be available here for your listening pleasure!
- This weekend sees us taking to the stage at opposite ends of the country. We return to the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town, London on Friday night (30th May) and then travel up north for Manchesters Hide and Seek Festival where we will be performing at Alter Ego on Saturday night (31st May).
- As if this wasn't enough! over the weekend we were with our good friend Jordan Fish in his beautiful new Studio 91 recording facility, laying down some more new tracks which we are really excited about! More news to follow very soon!
- Take care and many thanks as always for your support.
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello again one and all. Firstly, a big thank you to all who made it to our gig at the Portland Arms last night, as many of you know we put it on ourselves and are really grateful to have had so many of you turn up, thanks again.
- It's quite a while until our next gig (at the Bull and Gate on Friday 30th May), this should be another really good one, it'd be great to see many of you there. Meanwhile though we have some good things on the way....Over the last few weeks we have been putting the finishing touches on our recordings of 2 new songs: "Concrete" and "Cast These Waves", they are off being mastered now but in a few days they'll be up on the myspace along with new photos and artwork, we can't wait to share them with you, the suspense is unbearable!
- But that's not all, no-way-jose, we're off in a couple of weeks to do yet more recording of yet more new songs, so in a couple of months' time there will be even more exciting multimedia upheaval! Until then, hope you're all well, keep your eyes on this page and we'll give you the details as they reveal themselves.
- Thanks for your support. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hi All
- This Sunday (13th April) is the 5th International Day For Darfur. Across the globe, protests and events are being organised to raise awareness and support to resolve the crisis in Darfur. There is an event being held in London outside the Sudanese embassy from 12:30pm. There are lots of guest speakers and music throughout the afternoon including yours truly. It’ll be a great event which we are honoured to be a part of, so if you’re around make sure you get down for this very worthy cause.
- For more information visit: www.globerfordarfur.org
- Hope to see you all soon. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello one and all, we hope you are all well!!
- This coming Monday (24th March) will see our first play on BBC Radio 1!!! Our good friends at CUR1350 (Cambridge Uni Radio) won Best Student Station at the Student Radio Awards last year and have been given some airtime on Radio 1. CUR1350 have always been massive supporters of the band they are going to be playing ’Heartlines’ as part of their broadcast. They’ve got the early morning breakfast show which goes out between 5am and 7am which you can listen to live through your wireless (97-99FM) or by logging onto the Radio 1 website and hitting the listen/podcast button.
- Hello everyone. We will be hurtling across the airwaves tomorrow evening. Set the wireless to 95.5, 104.5 or 103.8 FM at 8.40pm for our interview on BBC Three Counties Radio. You can also listen online here.
- We have just had a great weekend in the studio laying down drum tracks for two new songs: ’Concrete’ and ’Cast These Waves’. We will keep you informed of their progress and look forward to sharing these sounds with you soon.
- Will we also be posting some video footage from our last gig at The Bull and Gate in London, keep your eyes peeled!
- Take Care. Luke, Nick Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello All! Thanks to everyone who came down to our gigs at The Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen on Wednesday and The Fat Surfer on Friday. Both nights were wicked and we really appreciate all the kind words you've been leaving for us since.
- Our next gig is another London one, at The Bull and Gate in Kentish Town this Friday 15th Feb, we're on at 10pm. It's £6 but you can get in for a fiver by printing off a flyer from our myspace page. It should be a good'un, XFM's weekend breakfast show DJ Marsha Shandur came to The Hoxton show last Wednesday and left with a CD, she kindly mentions it in her recent blog:
- "The October Game @ Bull and Gate - The October Game make big, rolling, dark indie. Lots of filled out with acoustic guitar and fiddle sounds, shuffly fast-drums and yearning vocals. I'd be gobsmacked if they weren't excellent live!"
- Well, that's all for now, hope to see you soon. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello Everyone. As you can see, we are filling up the calendar with live dates, hopefully you're filling up your diaries too and we'll see you at some of these shows in the next few months. The first one is on Wednesday 6th Feb with our good friends Godwits, It's an acoustic show at the Hoxton Square Bar in London.
- If you can make it, you can sign up to this list here to get in for £3 instead of £6! That's all for now folks, hope to see you soon. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Good afternoon one and all. Hope the New Year finds you well!
- You may well have noticed we have a new track up on the myspace site, "Threads". Our friends at the Box Office show on BBC Three Counties Radio noticed and played it on the Box office show last night (Thursday 3rd Jan) and also rang Luke up for a quick chat. If you missed it you can check it out at www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties , just select "listen again" and find The Box Office Show (We're on right near the end!)
- Hello there everyone. We hope you all had a good Christmas and are looking forward to a happy new year. Firstly we'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who has shown their love and support to us over this last year, especially if you've seen us at one of our gigs or have bought a copy of our album: "Box of a Billion Lights".
- But, what's happening in 2008? Well besides obviously the start of the UK's digital switch over and the centenary of the creation of Vimto, The October Game will be gigging a lot more, in more places, with more new material. We'll also be recording a lot more, and so there'll be a regular stream of new material on this very website for you to feast your greedy little ears on.
- And finally, you'll notice there's a new track on our myspace. "Threads" was recorded at our homes in the autumn just as a one off, hope you enjoy it.
- Well, that's all for now, have a happy new year and we look forward to seeing you in 2008. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hey all. Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who came out for our last gig of 2007 on Thursday at The Arena Tavern in Letchworth. We had a blast and it was a brilliant way to round off what has been a very exciting year for us. Many thanks again for your continued support.
- Wishing you all a wonderful christmas. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello everybody. We had a great gig last night at The Cellar in Oxford with our good friends The Carter Manoeuvre, many thanks to all of you that made it down!
- There are only a couple more opportunities to see us play live this year so get yourselves over to the gig page and get those dates in your diaries!! Also... on the way is a festive treat of sorts in the form of a new track we have recently finished recording. It is called 'Threads' and you will be the first to know when it is posted online so keep your eyes peeled and your ears to the floor.
- Well, that's all for now. Hope to see many of you at the forthcoming gigs. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
