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SOURCE: http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4668284.Newport_band_set_for_international_gigs/
A NEWPORT band which gained an international following after posting their videos on the internet will play in New York, Paris and Berlin next year.
Electro-pop band Dirty Goods uploaded films of two of their most popular songs onto video-sharing website YouTube in August, getting more than 50,000 hits since.
They worked with Bristol-based filmmaker Ben Dowden to make the videos and the band think his popularity attracted people to listen to their music.
The band members are bass player James Wood, 24, who works in Torfaen council's highways planning, Lloyds TSB worker Michael Gregory, 22, who plays the drums, and singer Antony Smith, 23, who works as an artist.
The band got together in February after meeting on the local music scene and practice and record their songs at Newport’s 48v recording studio.
All the money they make from performing is pumped back into the band and will help fund their upcoming shows in Paris and Berlin next January and New York in March.
Mr Wood said: "We are looking forward to travelling to new places and playing to people who haven’t heard us before."
On October 15 they will support The Noisettes at Cardiff University. - South Wales Argus
DECENT.
YouTube video posted and link to MySpace
http://www.barclayjames.net/2009/10/dirty-goods.html - Barclay James Blogger
'80's influenced electro-pop suggestive of Prince, Chromeo, MRSKRFT and Kanye West; could see this getting picked up'
Noel Gardner
- Buzz Magazine
'Revel In something Dirty and treat your eardrums to some Dirty Goods this month. Go on you deserve it'
The Voice, March 2009 - The Voice Magazine
'This is Honest by Dirty Goods from Newport we are well impressed with this'
Bethan Elfyn BBC Introducing Show, BBC Radio One
'Amazing'
Bethan Elfyn after recording a BBC live session for her show. - BBC Radio One
Really good that'
Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales - BBC Radio Wales
‘Dirty Goods‘ is a band with an eletronic sound and a disco feel to their songs. After sliding their self-titled album into my CD player, I was transported from the first track to the last, it was uncompromising to a funky, electro 80’s style. The first track ‘Honest’ starts with a groovy disco flavour and the second pretty much follow the same theme and by the time I got to track four, it could easily be a soundtrack from a movie.
However, track six was very different from all the rest, it was very dark and grimey with a hip hop feel, but, unfortunately the song lasted just over a minute and I would have loved to have heard it develop a little more.
Overall, I love Dirty Goods Ep and would give it a MIJM (4 planets)
SAMUEL MFS FALANA - Made In Japan
Sentric Music Showcase
Dirty Goods are an electro-pop band 'sparked from listening to lot's of Chromeo and Prince' with a mix of rock and blues roots.
Friends Vs Records Showcase
Hailing from Newport South Wales Dirty Goods make dirty, electronica-infused pop, with a sound that call upon the vocal styling of Prince, mixed up with the synth-led sounds of Chromeo and MSTRKRFT.
- In The City Manchester
And now for something completely different, as, across the road, Dirty Goods channel Prince and come up with a pop chart glossy groove all of their own. They’re the first band of the three-day marathon to get us dancing.
Molly Jones
http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/blogs/6170/in-the-city-–-day-1
- The Fly Magazine
Discography
Honest (Vinyl/Digital) February 18th 2009, Available on iTunes Worldwide.
EP Release planned for March 2010
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Bio
Genre: Electro/Dance/Pop/
Origin: Wales, United Kingdom
Band Website: www.dirtygoods.info
Management: Grant Tilbury, Listen To This, grant@listentothis.info
Listen Here:
http://www.facebook.com/dirtygoods
http://www.myspace.com/dirtygoods
^^ Watch Here:
Hollywood:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dGH-0t4o-A
Home Dub: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9hZkgjyeFk
Description: Dirty Goods make dirty, electronica-infused pop, with a sound that call upon the vocal styling of Prince, mixed up with the synth-led sounds of Chromeo and MSTRKRFT. (Friends Vs Records)
Band Members
James Alexandros T Woodville (Bass/Beats/Synth) , Antony J Smith (Guitar/Vox), Michael Gregory (Beats/Drums).
Highlights of 2009
TV Sync Placements include 'Honest' & 'Hollywood' featured on BBC 3 TV Comedy 'Off The Hook.
Radio plays from BBC Radio One Introducing, BBC Radio Wales, BBC 6 Music, Real Radio, Nation Radio.
Live YouTube videos (some yet to be released) have received over 100,000 views online.
Live support slots with The Noisettes,taking to the stage at Wakestock in North Wales with Calvin Harris and performing at festivals such as Liverpool Sound City and In The City in Manchester.
Looking forward to 2010
Dirty Goods have booked shows in Berlin and Paris for January 2010 and New York in March. The planned shows are the result of the growth of a recognised fan base in mainland Europe and the United States.
Dirty Goods plan on releasing an EP with two singles around March 2010.
featured on BBC 3 TV Comedy 'Off The Hook.
Gigs This Year
31 Oct, The Cellar, Bristol
29 Oct, Mezefestival, Newport w/Passion Pit [DJ] & Max Tundra
20 Oct, Deaf Institute, Friends Vs Records ITC Showcase, Manchester
18 Oct, Bedlam, Sentric Music Showcase, In The City, Manchester
15 Oct, Voice Magazine Awards (Late performance)
15 Oct, Cardiff University w/ The Noisettes
11 Oct, The Angel Aberystwyth
03 Oct, The Gazebo, Crickhowell
26 Oct, Private Party, Black Heath, London
26 Sep, University of Wales, Caerleon Campus
25 Sep, The Bassment, Stow Hill, Newport w/Lil Deaths.
12 Aug, 93 Feet East, Shoreditch London
31 Jul, Rock Out Newport City Festival, Newport
10 Jul, Wakestock Festival, Main Stage
09 Jul, HoBos, Bridgend
08 Jul, Sin City, Swansea
29 May, Cargo w/ Jessica 6, Shoreditch, London
24 May, Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool
22 May, Clwb Ifor Bach, w/ Kid British Cardiff
23 Apr, Fashion Wales Live, The Newport Centre, Newport
18 Apr, PLAY IT BY EAR w/ Plugs @ the Monarch, Camden London
10 Apr, The Dolls House, Abertillery
02 Apr, BBC Radio One Introducing Session w/ Bethan Elfyn
20 Mar, TJs w/The Clay, Newport
15 Mar, Barfly Cardiff w/Everything Everything, Cardiff
07 Mar, Meze Louge w/Turbo Wolf, Newport
27 Feb, The Jailhouse w/Soft Toy Emergency, Shit Disco, Hereford
18 Feb, Launch Party, 48v Studios, Newport
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