Tickets Now Available for March All-Dayer

As the title says, we now have tickets available for the TNS all-dayer on the 12th March. They are £5 each (£6 otd) and available from Rockers on Oldham Street or by paypal - tnsrecordsuk@hotmail.co.uk

We have also got some limited A2 posters printed that you will be able to pick up on the day for just £1. They look like this -

So a quick reminder about the gig. It starts at 3pm and is also going to be upstairs at Gullivers on Oldham Street from 3pm. As you can see above the line-up will be:

Beat The Red Light - http://www.myspace.com/beattheredlight

The Dangerfields - http://www.myspace.com/thedangerfields

Stand Out Riot - http://www.myspace.com/standoutriot

Revenge of the Psychotronic Man - http://www.myspace.com/revengeofthepsychotronicman

Faintest Idea - http://www.myspace.com/faintestidea

Bootscraper - www.myspace.com/bootscrapermusic

The Kirkz - www.myspace.com/thekirkz

Sense of Urgency - www.myspace.com/senseofurgency

Leagues Apart - www.myspace.com/leaguesapartmusic

Ignorance Is This - http://www.myspace.com/ignoranceisthisuk

It should also be the Manchester launch gig for the new Beat The Red Light and Stand Out Riot albums. So it is shaping up to be an amazing day. Please spread the word and make sure the day is booked in your diary.

Our Top 10s (ish)

As it is that time of year I thought I would ask a few people what their top 10 albums, and if they felt like it gigs, of 2010 where. As you can see, some people aren't that great at realising what I was asking for so we got some interesting responses. So in no particular order here are people thoughts on 2010 (and beyond);

Andy Davies (TNS/Revenge of...)

Top Albums (Not including TNS releases, that would be a bit biased)

Mighty Midgets - Raising Ruins For the Future

The Dead Class - Stick
Brendan Kelly/Joe McMahon - Wasted Potential
China Shop Bull - Rave to the Grave
Punk Rock Generation vol. 3
The Arteries - Dead Sea
Smoke or Fire - the Speakeasy

None More Black - Icons
Off With Their Heads - In Desolation
The Beatsteaks - Limbo Messiah

Bev (TNS)

Mighty Midgets - Raising Ruins For the Future

OK Pilot - Nerves

None More Black - Icons

Pacer - No.1

Smoke or Fire - the Speakeasy

Off With Their Heads - In Desolation

Brendan Kelly/Joe McMahon - Wasted Potential

Rebuke - Wouldworks

The Arteries - Dead Sea

Bangers - Dude Trips

Andrew (The Dangerfields)

Top 10 Albums

1. Airbourne - No Guts, No Glory

2. Helloween - 7 Sinners

3. Gwar - Bloody Pit of Horror

4. Motörhead - The Wörld is Yours

5. Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent

6. FM - Metropolis

7. Jesse Malin & the St Marks Social - Love It to Life

8. Macabre - Grim Scary Tales

9. Danko Jones - Below the Belt

10. Slash - Slash

Top 10 Gigs

1. The Wilders, Black Box, Belfast

2. Gwar, LVC, Leiden

3. Twisted Sister, Bloodstock, Catton Hall, Derby

4. Alice Cooper, Sonisphere, Knebworth House, Knebworth

5. Jean Michel Jarre, O2, Dublin

6. Cannibal Corpse, Spring & Airbrake, Belfast

7. Helloween, Hard Rock Hell, Pontin's, Prestatyn

8. Pink, King’s Hall Complex, Belfast

9. Richard Clayderman, Waterfront, Belfast

10. Danko Jones, Odyssey Arena, Belfast

Dec and Maya (Sense of Urgency)

Top Albums

Leatherface - The Stormy Petrel
Fractions - Release
Off with their Heads - In Desolation
Kirkz - Aggroculture

Top Gigs

Harijan at Star and Garter

Punk all dayer at green star, stoke
Strummercamp
Ennio Morricone

Adam (Leagues Apart)

Top Albums

The Arteries - Dead Sea
AM Taxi - We Don't Stand a Chance
The Menzingers - Chamberlain Waits
Bangers - Dude Trips
Iron Chic - Not Like This
The Flatliners - Cavalcade
Cynics - Stones I've Thrown
ONSIND - Dissatisfactions
Smoke or Fire - The Speakeasy
Tigers Jaw - Two Worlds

Fav Shows
21st March, KRO Bar - MN#1 - Arteries, Bangers, Above Them, Just Panic and Leagues Apart
15th September, Old Bell, Derby - Off With Their Heads, A,IHN, Leagues Apart, Rooftops and Pacer

Cassius (Bootscraper)

Top 10 Albums

Frank Zappa - Cheap Thrills
Nuclear Rabbit - Vicuna
Bill Frisell - Further East/Further West
The Cardiacs - Sing to Gods
John Zorn - Naked City
Oingo Boingo - Farewell: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Mr Bungle - Mr Bungle
Kultur Shock - Integration
Flat Earth Society - Isms

Pook (Beat The Red Light)

(He brought them this year, so they count....)

1 Voodoo Glow Skulls- Firme
2 Hot Stove Jimmy- Theme For A Major Hit
3 Blue Meanies- full throttle
4 Pantera- far beyond driven
5 Bad Brains- rock for light
6 Guns N Roses appetite for destruction
7 Sizzla- rastafari
8 Rico And The Ruddies- hold your horn
9 John Coltrane- best of the vanguard years
10 Curtis Fuller- blue not sessions

Let us know what your top 10 are by adding your list to the comments. Bring on 2011!

The All Dayer To End All Dayers

We haven't put on a gig for a while, we needed a break. But we miss it. So we have put together a special TNSrecords all-dayer on the 12th March next year. It will be £6 on the door, tickets info (if we have them) will follow later. Oh, its also going to be upstairs at Gullivers on Oldham Street from 3pm.

As you can see above the line-up will be:

Beat The Red Light - http://www.myspace.com/beattheredlight

The Dangerfields - http://www.myspace.com/thedangerfields

Stand Out Riot - http://www.myspace.com/standoutriot

Revenge of the Psychotronic Man - http://www.myspace.com/revengeofthepsychotronicman

Faintest Idea - http://www.myspace.com/faintestidea

Bootscraper - www.myspace.com/bootscrapermusic

The Kirkz - www.myspace.com/thekirkz

Sense of Urgency - www.myspace.com/senseofurgency

Leagues Apart - www.myspace.com/leaguesapartmusic

Ignorance Is This - http://www.myspace.com/ignoranceisthisuk

It should also be the Manchester launch gig for the new Beat The Red Light and Stand Out Riot albums. So it is shaping up to be an amazing day. Please spread the word and make sure the day is booked in your diary.

Punk and Ska that will take your face off!

TNSrecords from the latest ASFAR

Here are some reviews of TNSrecords releases from the latest copy of A Short Fanzine About Rocking. Make sure you pick up a copy, it is well worth a read.

Bootscraper - Country and Eastern
Leeds based self proclaimed agro-folk band Bootscraper are a welcome suprise, as it's always nice to come across a very good band that you've never heard of before and it's even better when it's not your average punk release. To the truth is it would be hard to lump this into any genre. There are signs of a lot of influence - 'There Will be Blood' sounds like a Gogal Bordello b side while 'The Sundown Kid' has a similar vibe to the mad caddies flirt with their country edge. The variety of instruments as well as the interchange between the two vocalists makes for interesting, layered music which does not get boring, while the mix between the faster folk songs and the slower country/bluegrass songs helps add diversity. Despite the range of genres on display it does become apparant half way through that this will not appeal to everybody. Tracks like 'The Ol' Waterin' Hole' could easily be too much for people who aren't fans of the gypsy and dare I say it, pirate theme. That said, Bootscraper do well in not relying on gimmicks even with the obvious temptation. I'd bet a fair amount of money that they can really pull it off live, but there's certainly a lot to enjoy on CD too.
A Short Fanzine About Rocking

The Dangerous Aces - Deny All Resonsibility
Well someones got to take responsibility for this. These street punks from manchester have served up a pretty awful 10 tracks of lo-fi punk here. Definitely more old than new school punk inspired, but that can't be used as an excuse for an album that sounds like it's been recorded on a digital camera. If I listen closely there is some decent bass work in most of the tracks and some pretty crazy guitar solos, but overall it sounds messy and singer Moz isn't the most talented vocalist to say the least. I guess a few of the oi crew may like this, but for anyone else, avoid.
A Short Fanzine About Rocking

Faintest Idea - Ignorance is This
Straight up punk here with a bit of horns and ska. When they get going Faintest Idea are pretty good, but personally, there's clearly a difference in quality between the two parts of their sound withthe punk tracks being hard hitting and in your face and the ska tracks coming across a bit cheesey. Luckily there's more of the former and where Faintest Idea will never win prizes for originality this is a decent album for fans of Rancid and the UK ska scene.
A Short Fanzine About Rocking

The Kirkz - Agroculture
There is a running joke between a couple of friends of mine about the Kirkz and how they are a god awful live band. Personally I can't be certain, I may have seen them on one or two occasions but they've never made an impression which I guess is a bad thing. That said, this isn't a bad album. It's samey all the way through but it's mostly fun and gives you plenty of chances to sing a long to the shouty choruses, indeed the first 3 tracks are literally the best here and would have benefitted from being spread out more. Everything here is at least worth a listen if you like rough round the edges underground UK punk.
A Short Fanzine About Rocking