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LIVE REVIEW | Sonic Boom Six

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:22:50 +0100

LIVE REVIEW | Sonic Boom Six:

jennylinchu:

Sonic Boom Six live review at their London show!

Dr Dave Is Trying To Make Me Poor & Deaf: Gig 21: Sonic Boom Six at The Camden Underworld 1/5/13

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:08:48 +0100

Dr Dave Is Trying To Make Me Poor & Deaf: Gig 21: Sonic Boom Six at The Camden Underworld 1/5/13:

doublec11:

So I’m now way ahead of the game. I’m looking forward to not having to go at this challenge quite as hard as I now have some breathing room. That definitely failed. It was the 1^st of May and it was time for another gig, number 21, Sonic Boom Six at The Camden Underworld.

I was extremely…

Live Photos: Sonic Boom Six - Hit The Deck Festival, Nottingham - 21/04/2013

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:42:18 +0100

already-heardmusic:

View on Flickr. Photos by Carrie-Anne Pollard.

I think that on the second one where Laila is on my back, she’s responding to someone Tweeting ‘OMG, SRLY SONIC BOOM SHIT IS NOT ROCK, HOW ARE THEY ON HIT THE DECK?! FML’

Last night we really absolutely enjoyed playing with Hadouken!...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:13:51 +0100

Last night we really absolutely enjoyed playing with Hadouken! The crowd was so different to a lot of rock gigs we’ve been playing recently, more like the mad-for-it crowds at a free party than anything else we’ve ever played. It makes you think, it really does. We went over better than we have in a single show in ages. Just a totally different crowd that were all ready to dance, scream and have a great time, not stand there waiting for the headliner while tweeting about every fucking detail of the gig on their phones.

Hopefully we can get a tour with those guys at some point. Keep reminding them! Met them afterwards and they were really cool, down-to-earth guys. A couple of them went off partying, but we had early mornings. Still, we stayed out till about half 1.

Gonna get on with a collab we’re doing with CAPITOL 1212 tonight, (the guys that did the awesome reggae ‘Keep On Believing’ remix.) It’s cool, I feel inspired again by last night. Gives us something to strive towards.

New Boom news over at http://www.sonicboomsix.co.uk today by the way.

stevenbattelle: Sometimes it takes video evidence to realise...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:05:16 +0100

stevenbattelle:

Sometimes it takes video evidence to realise how ridiculous you’ve become, this is that evidence :) With @mattstocksDJ and @Laila_K

Genius.

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:03:44 +0100

Genius.

Good Hangs [Explicit]

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:57:02 +0100

Good Hangs [Explicit]:

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Sonic Boom Six Some nice shots!

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:01:38 +0100

Sonic Boom Six

Some nice shots!

Sonic Boom Six - Lets Push Things Forward (by...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:30:00 +0000

Sonic Boom Six - Lets Push Things Forward (by xtramilerecordings)

warrenrecords: Female Takeover on the mic!! If your under 26...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:50:37 +0000

warrenrecords:

Female Takeover on the mic!! If your under 26 come down to The Warren for a free gig at 2:30 featuring guests Laila K, Lady Paradox and Ysabelle Wombwell!!

effyeahska: Song of the day: Sonic Boom Six - Flower

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:01:48 +0000

effyeahska:

Song of the day: Sonic Boom Six - Flower

Barney, what's your opinion on Itch's and Jamie's new projects?

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:22:03 +0000

I think they’re both coming along fantastically. It’s really cool to hear Itch pushing the boundaries of the production side of his punk poetry into new dimensions and it’s great to hear Jamie come into the forefront from out of the sidelines and create some sounds that are going to appeal to the old King Blues guard and grab new ones too. I think it’d be great to do a Boom remix of one of the Itch tracks and maybe even collab again at some point. Excited to see where both of the guy’s projects go and I can’t wait to see both those guys and give them a hug next time they’re in Manchester or I’m down their end.

Divine Providence: I wonder when I hear sonic boom six tracks whether the politics is a gimmick

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:39:38 +0000

Divine Providence: I wonder when I hear sonic boom six tracks whether the politics is a gimmick:

divine-providence:

Like there seems to be no thinking in it any more just the latest buzz words to resonate with people.

Also having followed them on twitter for a while there is no politics there either. People that actually believe in something campaign for it. I can’t help myself rebloging or talking about…

Thanks for writing the column. Someone DM’d me and asked for my reaction as it’s an open letter. I’ll try and I hope you take my points in the friendly, discussional spirit they are meant in. It’s kind of hard to know where to start.

The obvious one to me is what possible positive effect does having politics as a ‘gimmick’ have on our career? It’s the actually the exact opposite. ‘Virus’ was held off certain radio playlists for being too political. There is no gimmick or bandwagon to jump on, it’s simply something I’m compelled to do because the music that influences and stimulates me is music with a message.

I never said I was a politician, music is my primary influence. Maybe ‘being nicer to each other’ is the most important politics of all, and the only one I know for sure I support. Maybe the politics are vague, and aren’t partisan and because my politics are vague and aren’t militant. And lots of people feel that way too, and I hope that resonates with people. Heaven knows, there’s enough punk bands with big left-wing slogans out there to fill up that demand. What you find vague, I think some people find sincere.

I’ve had numerous fans complaining to me on Twitter when I have done political tweets (especially during the riots) because they didn’t want to hear it. So I shut up after the first day. We worked with the local groups with the clean up effort and took part in the concert afterwards and tried to DO things in that sense rather than rant on about it. Surely posting pictures about what demo you’ve been at or pushing your political opinions down people’s throats is more in danger of being a gimmick?

We have always striven to be a band that puts the message in the lyrics and keeps politics away from the live show in terms of talking about them between songs. We feel that velvet glove approach works. We respect bands that are more militant and we encourage activists to set up stalls on our merch from anything from hunt sabs to anti-facism and they have done in the past and will continue to do so. But we don’t do that ourselves so it’s natural that to reflect that we don’t do it as much on social networks.

A cursory look at our history will confirm that there are numerous causes and charity shows that fall fully in line with all our beliefs that we have supported, a lot, such as Love Music Hate Racism.

Maybe the real problem is that you expect our politics and political involvement to mirror yours. Sorry if they don’t. I’m assuming nothing about you but we’ve stated MANY times that we aren’t socialists, anarchists or even anti-capitalist in the full sense of the term. But we are socially conscious and I think that’s the same for a lot of kids out there and I feel that’s what makes our band interesting.

Thanks for writing the column, it was interesting to read, and I kind of see where you are hypothetically coming from, especially if your political involvement strongly eclipses mine. It might seem frustrating that we don’t do more. But for every one of you there’s gonna be a kid that gets turned off by us pushing the political thing harder, so I’m kind of sat in the position that I’m most comfortable in, which might be fence-sitting of me. I get that. But I frankly think your being unfair on us for the simple reason that the accusation of ‘bogus’ posturing rings hollow when confronted with the fact that there is no commercial or even artistic advantage drawn from writing the kind of lyrics I do in the current media climate. I do it because I’m compelled to it and because I know that there are people out there that dig hearing a point of view that mirrors their own and is unique.

Cheers mate

Barney :)

Sonic Boom Six - September To May Acoustic (Originally from the...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:59:00 +0000

Sonic Boom Six - September To May Acoustic (Originally from the compilation ‘Go Folk Yourself’ on Guerilla Asso Records).
A little unreleased-in-the-UK gem I found!