Category Archives: 17 Seconds Records

Get ready…ready to play

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Roll up, roll up!

Yours truly DJing, two of 17 Seconds Records’ acts and Zoey Van Goey headlining.

This is what the bumpf says: “Zoey van Goey haven’t played Limbo in Edinburgh since November 2008, and, having released their debut album last May and then re-released (Chemikal Underground) it in October, they’ve progressed quite a bit. Expect the top quality ‘indie folk’ from them. Support comes from Chris Bradley and X-Lion Tamer, both signed to Edinburgh’s 17 Seconds record label, the former bringing a soft, lilting Americana/folk edge and the latter a sublime Eighties electro-pop aesthetic that will melt your heart and caress your soul as effectively as it gets you feet tapping. 17 Seconds label boss and blogger extraordinaire, Ed Jupp, supports on the decks, alongside residents the Black Spring DJs. It’s another bumper package of consistently great live music at Limbo!”

Blogger extraordinaire, eh? Cheers for that!

Get your tickets in advance here or here

And three weeks later, Tigerfest starts in Edinburgh, we have two nights as 17 Seconds Records…watch this space.

Zoey Van Goey -‘The Best Treasure Stays Buried.’ mp3

Chris Bradley -‘Hide and Seek.’ mp3

X-Lion tamer -‘Starsign (Teenage Fanclub cover).’ mp3

Factory Kids, Chris Bradley, Dirty Cuts…another 17 Seconds Records update

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It’s been a fantastically busy month around these parts. Following on from The Dirty Cuts’ ‘2 Page Spread’ single, the Factory Kids EP, The Wildhouse’s first two albums being re-issued…well, what more to report?

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Tim and Christina, AKA the Factory Kids will issue their second EP, through us on April 5. The follow-up to EP1, which is also known as the You Used To Call Me Baby EP, will be One EP. Hey, Peter Gabriel made four different albums, all called Peter Gabriel, so what’s your point?

The EP will feature five tracks:
‘One’
‘I Won’t Tell You Again.’
‘New York Subway Song.’
‘Holiday Crease.’
‘Valentine.’

…and the band have graciously allowed us to give ‘Holiday Crease’ away as a free mp3.

Factory Kids -‘Holiday Crease.’ mp3

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The Dirty Cuts’ ‘2 Page Spread’ has now been available for a month and getting some very nice comments. It was played last week by Vic Galloway on his Radio Scotland show, and it’s now available on 7″ from quite a few places: Avalanche in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Rub-a-Dub in Glasgow, Mono in Glasgow, Rough Trade Shops in London, and Underground Solush’n in Edinburgh. There are more to follow. It’s quite cool, though, if you walk up Cockburn St. in Edinburgh you have Underground Solush’n at the bottom and Avalanche near the top and they both have the single in the window. Awesome…

If you still haven’t heard the band, shame on you, you may download the b-side for free.

The Dirty Cuts -‘Lips.’ mp3

Chris Bradley’s single ‘Waltzing’ is out today on download, here is the video:

Finally, there are lots of live dates happening, please check the myspace. We also have two nights at Tigerfest in Edinburgh, which promises to be awesome, and yours truly is helping to run it. More details to follow…

Presenting…David Scott & the Smokescreen!

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…AKA 17 Seconds Records’ latest signing.

David Scott was a member of both Motorcycle Boy (the band formed by members of Shop Assistants and Meat Whiplash) and Riverhead. Now based in Kentucky, he released his album Love Is Life Is Death Is Peace, Release Me last year.

We will be re-releasing it this year, and David is planning to come to the UK to do some dates.

For now, enjoy this very fine track as a free sample of what to expect.

David Scott & The Smokescreen -‘Black Death.’ mp3

Oh, and pop over and make friends at his myspace

The Wildhouse album (re-)releases!

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Yup, the Wildhouse re-release their debut and sophomore albums through 17 Seconds Records today. Hyenas and Poet:Saint are now available through iTunes, eMusic and all good download stores.

This marks the first album releases on the label, as well as releases no.10 and no.11, so it is a significant point for us.

Check out these free samples and go and buy the albums!

The Wildhouse -‘Hope Is How You Control Me.’ mp3

The Wildhouse -‘Coffin Factory.’ mp3

The Wildhouse’s myspace

In the absence of a proper compilation…

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I would love to put together a compilation of what I consider to be the best new msuic coming out of Scotland. In the absence of this, though, I created a 50-track imix and put it up on iTunes. Seven tracks didn’t make it through, for whatever reason, but the ‘new music out of scotland’ playlist highlights stuff from Song, By Toad Records, Armellodie, Chemikal Underground and 17 Seconds Records.

Doubtless I will be left kicking myself about some of those I missed but hope someone out there likes it:

Follow this link to buy it

Oh, and I did make sure that it wasn’t just indie acts or bands from the central belt, too…here’s a visual taster!

Factory Kids’ debut release on 17 Seconds Records

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Yup, a mere week after the release of our last release, 17SEC14 hits the streets! Well, the internet, anyway.

‘They Used To Call Me Baby,’ the debut EP by the Factory Kids is available to download from iTunes and all good download services from today (except hmv.com, who seem to be redesigning their download bit, or something). It’s a five track EP, and just in case you haven’t heard it already, you can download the opening, title track:

Factory Kids -‘They Used To Call Me Baby.’ mp3

In other 17 Seconds Records news, we have a facebook group for ‘Buy the dirty cuts single’ here, as well as one for 17 Seconds Records here. Do not attempt to spam us (we still know what you did last summer).

We have had to reschedule the planned 17 Seconds Records night at Mono on february 28, but more news when we have it.

What is exclusive news, though, is that 17 Seconds Records have a night with X-Lion Tamer and Chris Bradley at Limbo in Edinburgh, with yours truly DJing! That’s April 17, so get it in your diaries. (Unless you’re already going to see the Dirty Cuts at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy’s, which is a fair enough excuse).

Forthcoming in two weeks’ time are the digital re-issues of The Wildhouse’s first two albums. It’s getting busy.

17 Seconds Records update

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All busy here at 17 Seconds Records. Today sees the release of the first release of the new decade for us ‘2 Page Spread’ by The Dirty Cuts. it’s out now on download and should be available on 7″ shortly. More news when we have it. Try the usual suspects for the download. This is actually our eighth release as a record company. There is a facebook group set up here, too.

Over the next wee while…

Next week sees the release of the Factory Kids’ EP1 on February 1, while February 15 sees the re-release of the Wildhouse’s first two albums digitally; Hyenas and Poet:Saint.

It then gets totally Chris Bradley-tastic with the release of ‘Waltzing’ on February 22 on download and the long-awaited To The Outpost album on download and CD on March 29. We’ve had some nice reviews coming in so far, so long may that continue.

Not only that, but 17 Seconds Records and the artists involved are also going to be bringing their wares to places across Scotland and Ireland. See the myspace for details. What we are particularly excited about is two 17 Seconds Records nights coming up over the next two months:

February 28 will see 17 Seconds Records at Mono (Glasgow’s cool record shop, run by none other than Stephen McRobbie of The Pastels!) with The Dirty Cuts, X-Lion Tamer and The Wildhouse. Not only that but the Factory Kids will be DJing. This night is being put on by Silence Can Break your Heart. UPDATE: This night has been postponed due to factors beyond both our and Silence can Break your Heart’s Control. Apologies. We are trying to reschedule it and will let you know asap.

April 17 sees a 17 Seconds Night in conjunction with Limbo in Edinburgh at the Voodoo Rooms, with X-Lion Tamer and Chris Bradley.

Not only that but may will see the return of Tigerfest. Yours truly is involved helping Neil and Stuart ruun it this year, and local music makers and promoters are being approached as we speak. No names confirmed as yet – but 17 Seconds are likely to have two nights!! It will run in the capital from May 7-May 15.

There’s a great feature on X-Lion Tamer here and a wonderful piece on both us and Song, By Toad Records here.

And let’s just say that Aberfeldy and Escape Act are up to fabulous things.

Phew, rock’n’ roll…

Dirty Cuts -‘Lips.’ mp3

Factory Kids -‘They Used To Call Me Baby.’ mp3

The Wildhouse -‘Hope Is How You Control me.’ mp3

First album releases coming out on 17 Seconds Records

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On February 15, we will issue the first albums to come out digitally on 17 Seconds Records.

The Wildhouse (Pete pictured, above) originally released Hyenas and Poet:Saint on their own Uh Huh Records Of Hollywood label. They have never been available digitally…until now.

As a wee gift, we’d like to offer you two free tracks as tasters for the albums when they come out. ‘Hope Is How You Control me’ is taken from Hyenas, while ‘Coffin Factory’ is taken from Poet:Saint.

The Wildhouse -‘Hope Is How You Control Me.’ mp3

The Wildhouse -‘Coffin Factory.’ mp3

The Wildhouse support the Dirty Cuts in Glasgow tonight, while the Dirty Cuts support the Wildhouse in Dundee tomorrow. Cool, non?

New Chris Bradley video

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This is the video for Chris Bradley’s new single ‘Waltzing’ which will be released on February 22, 2010 on 17 Seconds Records.

The album At the Outpost will be released on March 29, 2010.

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If you like it, please post it anywhere you can to spread the word, facebook, myspace etc.. Comments on youtube are also always welcome!!

17 Seconds Records in 2010

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As promised…it looks set to be a bumper year for 17 Seconds Records.

There are quite a few 17 Seconds Records-related gigs taking place in Scotland and Ireland over the next few months, see our myspace page for more details. In January alone, the Dirty Cuts and the Wildhouse are playing live on the same bill with each other back to back in Glasgow and Dundee, X-Lion Tamer is playing in Edinburgh (a free gig, no less), Aberfeldy will be playing in Dundee, and Escape Act are tearing up five counties in Ireland.

The Dirty Cuts will release their first single ‘2 Page Spread’ on download on January 25, with the 7″ to follow, and they have gracioulsy allowed us to make the b-side available as a free download:

The Dirty Cuts -‘Lips.’ mp3

The following week, as announced, the Factory Kids will release EP1, with EP2 to follow later on in the year. All being well, February will see the re-issue, digitally of the first two Wildhouse LPs, Hyenas and Poet:Saint. Their third album, Jackson ’56 will be released later this year.

March will see the release of Chris Bradley‘s sophomore album At the Outpost, likely to be preceeded by another single (watch this space, as they say). We are also going to re-issue his debut, Voices, in remastered form, later on this year.

As for the first three acts we signed, let them not be forgotten either: Escape Act have finished recording sessions with the famed producer Andy Miller (Sons & Daughters, Mogwai and Delgados, amongst others) and are mastering their sophomore album, Aberfeldy have just two more songs to record for thier third album and X-Lion Tamer is also working hard in the studio. he has been tipped as one of Vic Galloway’s Scottish artists to watch in 2010!

Phew, rock’roll…

We should also be on Spotify any day now, we have a Last FM Page, and more than 5,000 friends on our myspace, so we are getting the word around.

Want to hear more mp3s of our acts? check here at our website.