alternativecarpark.com http://www.alternativecarpark.com Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:34:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Shows announced http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/04/11/new-shows-announced/ http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/04/11/new-shows-announced/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:34:10 +0000 Stoo http://www.alternativecarpark.com/?p=516 Hi guys!! While we’re still holed up in our album writing sessions we thought it would be cool to get a couple of gig announcements out.

We’ll be playing in Croydon on the 5th May at the Scream Lounge All Dayer! This is a huge event with loads of awesome bands including good friends Snakebite [...]]]> http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/04/11/new-shows-announced/feed/ 0 Day Of Rockening XII http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/04/11/day-of-rockening-xii/ http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/04/11/day-of-rockening-xii/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:25:25 +0000 Stoo http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/04/11/day-or-rockening/ Where Royal Oak (map) Holywater
Holywater Other InfoThe list of bands on this bill is epic including:

Seasons End
Bloodshot Dawn
BreedApart
Sinuism
Hurtcore
Sumer
+ LOADS MORE!
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Holywater Other InfoNot content with smashing the shit out of your night time, JackDaw has teamed up with Reason 23 and Frantic Promotions to present a smorgasmboard of heavy music, heavy drinking, naked women and [...]]]> http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/04/11/scream-lounge-all-dayer/feed/ 0 Si’s Guitar Setup http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/27/sis-guitar-setup/ http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/27/sis-guitar-setup/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:08:38 +0000 Stoo http://www.alternativecarpark.com/?p=503 Si has been kind enough to run us through his entire set up from the weighty beast that is his pedal board through to his amp head and custom guitar.

I think it’s worth saying that without all this stuff, he sounds like a drunk George Formby…

If you’re interested in getting your own [...]]]> http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/27/sis-guitar-setup/feed/ 0 Bloodstock 2011… ever the professionals… http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/27/bloodstock-2011-ever-the-professionals/ http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/27/bloodstock-2011-ever-the-professionals/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:54:38 +0000 Stoo http://www.alternativecarpark.com/?p=498 It can be a few takes before you hit perfection…

]]> http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/27/bloodstock-2011-ever-the-professionals/feed/ 0 Burning Virgins at The Hobbit http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/26/burning-virgins-at-the-hobbit/ http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/26/burning-virgins-at-the-hobbit/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:46:46 +0000 alternat_wpad http://www.alternativecarpark.com/?p=489 Praise be to the masterful Julie Cottrell for these splendid shots of our show in Southampton at The Hobbit. The Burning Virgins invited us down to get our 2006 on! How could we refuse!

 

We can pass on any photography requests to Miss Cottrell, so please get in touch.

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Of course we’re still writing new songs for the album and very excited we are to, [...]]]> http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/14/new-one-off-show-for-ya/feed/ 0 The Burning Virgins and ACP at The Hobbit http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/13/the-burning-virgins-and-acp-at-the-hobbit/ http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/13/the-burning-virgins-and-acp-at-the-hobbit/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:13:28 +0000 Stoo http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/13/the-burning-virgins-and-acp-at-the-hobbit/

The Burning Virgins and ACP at The Hobbit When Saturday, March 24, 2012 10:00pm - All Ages Where The Hobbit, Southampton (map) 134 Bevois Valley Road


Southampton SO14 0JZ

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]]> http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/03/13/the-burning-virgins-and-acp-at-the-hobbit/feed/ 0 Studio time! http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/02/09/studio-time/ http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/02/09/studio-time/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:02:56 +0000 Stoo http://www.alternativecarpark.com/?p=460 This week saw the start of the demo process for our new album. We bagged a space at Mayfair Studios in Churt and recorded drum tracks for two songs we hope will make it to the final cut; Halfway and The Hold.

Most of the tracks have been written already but we’re still in the [...]]]> http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/02/09/studio-time/feed/ 0 By the pricking of my thumbs…. http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/01/30/by-the-pricking-of-my-thumbs/ http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/01/30/by-the-pricking-of-my-thumbs/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:02:44 +0000 alternat_wpad http://www.alternativecarpark.com/?p=454 It’s been a quiet start to the year as far as announcements and in fact any contact with the outside world goes. But that is about to change!

We’ve been silently working on our next album, the follow up to 2010’s In Revelation, still available on Itunes, Amazon etc and from our store on this [...]]]> http://www.alternativecarpark.com/2012/01/30/by-the-pricking-of-my-thumbs/feed/ 0