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 Kid Canaveral's Profile |
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Juicy, chewy, pop-kids to savour |
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| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | May 7, 2008 (591 days back) |
About Me |
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| SMASH HITS OUT NOW!!
AVAILABLE ONLINE - FROM OUR FRIENDS AT FENCE RECORDS www.fencerecords.com/shop.php Just click on "Kid Canaveral" in the artist menu ALSO ON SALE AT: Avalanche Records - Cockburn Street, Edinburgh Avalanche Records - Dundas Street, Glasgow Monorail - Kings Court, Glasgow Unknown Pleasures - South Street, St Andrews Priced at £2.99 - includes a free CD-R copy of tracks Kid Canaveral Smash Hits b/w So Close To Beautiful RELEASE DATE : MONDAY, 5th MARCH 2007 FORMAT : 7” (with free CD-R) LABEL : STRAIGHT TO VIDEO CATALOGUE : STV 001 Kid Canaveral are two boys and two girls, who make indie-pop music you can sing along to. Formed in 2003, in St Andrews, they are David MacGregor (voice & guitar), Dan Sheehy (drums), Kate Lazda (voice & guitar), and Rose McConnachie (voice & bass). Over the past few years they’ve been busy writing and perfecting their noble craft, playing a barrage of live shows; notable gigs include opening for Joy Zipper, KT Tunstall, King Creosote ... and even the legend(?!) that is Tiffany. They tried to say hello, but, sadly, were not allowed in her dressing room. 2006 saw the band relocating to Edinburgh, and performing at a number of festivals including The Wickerman Festival, The Fence Homegame and Glasgow’s ‘La Fete de la Musique’ - as well as receiving national radio airplay on Jim Gellatly’s XFM show and on Vic Galloway’s BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Scotland shows. Their debut single, Smash Hits contains everything you’d ever want in a pop song - two storytelling verses (replete with mild swear-words) a “He said/She said” chorus, a hand-clapping middle-eight and a po-going guitar solo that is so jauntily infectious, you’ll break your neck after the third listen. Magic. Upon hearing the song BBC Scotland saw fit to make a music video for BBC 2’s The Music Show - which was broadcast on 19th November 2006. The video plays out the song’s story: Boy meets girl, girl likes boy, boy likes girl but not her taste in music, girl gets pissed off ... "Stick it up your arse / I don't care if you think my music-taste's shite" You must own this record - if only for the fact that it is surely the only single in existence that name-checks both indie-angst kings Erase Errata and housewives' favourite Neil Sedaka. The 7” is limited to 500 copies, and each one comes with a free hand-stamped CD-R of the two songs featured on it. Ooh. "Evocative lyrics, super indie guitars and some striking girl/guy vocal dynamics, 'the Kids really are alright" Jock Rock "Juicy, chewy pop-kids to savour, proving that life still twitches in this indie guitar-pop business." Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman "It’s amazing how even their brand new pop-punk songs embed themselves in the brain, while single ‘Smash Hits’ could easily be just that." The List "Kid Canaveral’s David MacGregor laments some poor bastard’s plight over this considered piece of up-tempo indie pop which echoes the Delgados at their most playful. Smash Hits is a refreshingly pleasant wee tune 4/5" - The Skinny "Kid Canaveral’s debut single, Smash Hits, is the kind of joyous buzzsaw racket that’s so simple and so very effective you wonder why people don’t make it more often...They sound like they’re armed with the knowledge that music peaked in 1976 with the first Ramones album (although the Shop Assistants were pretty good) and consequently Smash Hits is the kind of dumb punk pop that so very few get right. Fewer still get it as right as this. Go and listen to them" - Fire Escape Talking "Bouncy, quirky, often laugh-out-loud funny, 'Smash Hits' has, well smash hit written all over it. Plus it includes the line "stick it up your arse/I don't care if you think my music taste's shite". What more could you ask for? 4/5" Is This Music? "a joyous, bouncy piece of classic Scottish indie-pop...an engaging, humorous story punchily delivered by an irrepressible wee tune." - Song, by Toad "THE best thing to come out of St Andrews since KT Tunstall, the four-piece indie-poppers deserve just as much success...the sort of super-infectious melodies The Magic Numbers would give their bushy beards for...Picking out the best songs is a bit like trying to pick your favourite child: impossible." - Daily Record "Their charisma lies in their self-consciousness...Kid Canaveral are a bit like The Breeders arguing about relationships with REM at a coffee morning organised by The Undertones. In other words, the kids are all right." - Barry Gordon, The Scotsman Mail us with subject "add" and we'll put you on our mailing list... kid_canaveral@hotmail.com |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 8/8/2005Band Website: kidcanaveral.co.uk Band Members: David MacGregor, Kate Lazda, Rose McConnachie, Dan Sheehy Influences: Pixies, REM, Teenage Fanclub, The Cure, The Clash, Idlewild, Proclaimers, Interpol, Belle and Sebastian, James, Sonic Youth, Nada Surf, The Delgados, John Martyn, Talking Heads, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Mansun, King Creosote, Martyn Bennett, David Kitt, Trashcan Sinatras, Kirsty MacColl, Everclear, The Smiths, Mogwai, The Frames, The Magnetic Fields, They Might be Giants,Jackie Wilson, Ben Kweller, Annie Lennox, Halo Benders, The Fraggles, Radiohead Sounds Like: Honest, "rounded and unpretentious" Indiepop Record Label: Single Release on Straight to Video Records Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Indie / Pop) |
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My Blog |
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Reviews, anutha broadsheet, HOMEGAME V, Hollywood Slebs and the Voodoo Rooms. |
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| *THIS weBLOG HAS LOVELY PHOTOS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. COME BE A FRIEND THERE TOO* http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kid-Canaveral/12408357348First
off, a fairly pleasing review (bar the use of the word fod... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:26:00 PST |
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OUR NEW SINGLE - (read me) |
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| Hello there.
Here is the deal.
We here at Kid Canaveral HQ are planning another single release.
We know we said we’d do a mini album, but we are now planning to do 3 double A sides on Straigh... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:32:00 PST |
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Gigs and Releases and Broadsheets, Oh My! |
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| Hello again, Hopefully this will find you all well, it’s been a while since we’ve posted a weBlog, and if you’re reading this on Facebook it’s the first one we’ve ever po... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:59:00 PST |
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happy new year. the recording is done. |
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| hello. If it's your new year, I hope it's been good so far. Since I last weblogged y'all we've played a couple of gigs and been back into Chem19 to FINISH recording. You heard. We were back in on sat... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:49:00 PST |
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"Always rushing, always late" |
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| Where does the time go?It's almost December.Kate is away on a well earned holiday in the Highlands, I am just getting over the flu, Dan is buying rats and Rose is drunk with her family. We are all get... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:53:00 PST |
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Look! An OCTOBER weblog! |
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| Hello again, hello,I hope yous are all well. Where to start? We've almost finished five songs for our record. They are 95% finished. We spent a few days in Chem19 with Andy. He is a genius. He has go... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:26:00 PST |
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HERE IS WHAT IS GOING ON |
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| Hello there, sorry it's been so long since we have had any e-contact with you all. we have not been sitting around doing nothing. apart from playing some very enjoyable gigs in Aberdeen and Inverness,... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:00:00 PST |
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3 gigs, Single review and more Radio (it's a long one) |
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| Hey there,It has been quite a while since I wrote to yous, apologies for my lack of gig description and rambling that I'm sure you all miss so much. First of all, the Acoustic gig we did for Folk Fae ... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:42:00 PST |
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The inevitable London (baby...) weblog |
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| Hello everyone,We are just back from London. Kate drove for 10 hours through snow, sleet, and general misery on Sunday. She is a hero. I slept on the train for 3 of the 5 hours. I am not quite a villa... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:13:00 PST |
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Smash Hits Mastered Version Uploaded |
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| Hello everyone. Dan's just uploaded the Mastered versions of 'Smash Hits' and 'So Close to Beautiful' that are on the single. They're better quality, so they're a true representation of what you can b... Posted by Kid Canaveral on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:05:00 PST |
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