just announced THE NEXT BIG THING IN MOSHULU ABERDEEN 09
We are proud to announce our now fantastic gig THE NEXT BIG THING is coming to the granite city for five shows next year at MOSHULU. stay tuned for tix details and line up. THE FIRST SHOW SAT MARCH 7TH.
the street light conspiracy and Tinsletown
JUST ANNOUNCED ! THIS SATURDAY AND EVERY SATURDAY UNTIL XMAS the fantastic Street LIGHT conspiracy play along side Tinsletown plus supports. STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS ON THESE TWO GREAT BANDS who'l you'll see every week at box. Free entry as always.
country with THE MEATMEN at its very best every thursday
Just announced we are proud to announce the weekly residency of THE MEATMEN + THE BALADEERS, Who'll play a great variety of country music at its very best, with a real modern zest. Dont miss it. 2 x 45 minute sets (guitar and piano) .
just announced ! The down and outs sign to label Euphonias
Top Glasgow band the Down and Outs have just signed to local independant EUPHONIAS on a first of a two single deal. Expect details of the single to be released on their myspace
www.myspace.com/thedownouts available at all good record stores and download sites. The single will be toured and released in early 2009 with various high profile gigs up and down the country, in store gigs and gigs which are something a little out of the ordinary in association with bands supporter Bulleit bourbon. Expect the album by the band to be out in Early summer.
just announced box of records compilation out early january
We'd like to take this opportunity to announce the launch of our label BOX OF RECORDS in December featuring a compilation of 12 of the very best new bands in Scotland . The compilation titled Best of Box volume 1 will feature an array of new and exciting bands which have played at BOX, Loch Lomond and the very successfull Next Big Thing shows. the COMPILATION and download comes with a bonus FOOTAGE AND DVD from the Carling academy Next Big Thing with short interviews of some of the bands which played there over the past year. Keep watching the web for details on how to get it at all good record and on line stores and of course in person at BOX and from all the bands myspace and websites.
JUST ANOUNCED THE NEXT BIG THING IN EDINBURGH - BROKEN RECORDS to headline
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT BOX will proudly present its very successfull GLASGOW CARLING ACADEMY SHOW the 'Next Big Thing' at prestigious new venue THE PICTURE HOUSE IN EDINBURGH (recent gigs there the Charlatans, Travis, IDELWILD, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS and more, on SAT 20TH DEC FROM 7PM TILL 12.30AM. Featuring the same winning formula as the Glasgow shows we will be showcasing 10 great bands attracting major label interest or indeed already have done from all over SCOTLAND and the uk. Full line up is a follows : live BROKEN RECORDS, FIGURE 5, ALFONZO, JAPAN 4, BLANK CANVAS, 8 TRACK STEREO, ENGINE 80, URBNRI, JAKIL plus special guest Ewan Butler. Jim Gellatly from BBC scotland will host and compere the proceedings. Tix available from all the bands and from ticketscotland an ticketweb.co.uk on Monday 27th Oct. Get them fast as Broken records alone are one of the hottest bands in the UK right now.
THE NEXT BIG THING series 6 Xmas special carling academy ON SALE NOW
Just Announced Box Presents The NBT Series 6 on Sat Dec 6th AT THE CARLING ACADEMY GLASGOW Featuring 10 great bands for only a £10 and full sets from each band. Full line up is live THE BLACK ARROWS, THE VOX POPULI, THE TENEMANTS, SOL DIABLOS, DA CAPO, THE MERCHANTS, CANARY WARFARE, CARTOONS RAISED ME, , AND THE RAW KINGS AND 4 DAY WEEKEND, WITH HOSTS JIM GELLATLY FROM BBC SCOTLAND AND FRASER THOMSON FROM XFM SOON TO BE GALAXY FM.
''these gigs are simply an awesome chance to see fresh new music on the big stage for a fraction of the price'' over 1300 people cant be wrong ! .
THE DOWN AND OUTS MOVING UP TO a later slot
After a small holiday crushing grapes with his feet in the south of France the enigmatic and crooner and lennon , Mcartney impressario Clark Gimour from the Down and outs returns to grace the BOX stage this Friday at 6.30pm. Expect Clark to play all his best songs with his band the Down and Outs. Stay tuned as the Down and Outs release the new ep in early October.
Stop the press : The Down and outs from Sat 29th August will be moving their Friday slot 6.30pm to later on the friday at 8pm Expect more of the same great music on the biggest night of the week from one of the UK's most exciting new bands . Friday (the earlier slot) at 6.30pm will be hosted by Playtone another great Glasgow new band.
just announced PLAYTONE to commence weekly BOX residency
From Friday 28th August Great Glasgow band Playtone take charge of their weekly residency at BOX every Friday from 6.30pm with a full hour of their best songs and a few great covers thrown in. Don't miss this band.
WHATS IN THE BOX QUIZ RETURNS NOW EVERY TUESDAY
Every Tuesday from 6.30pm till 9pm with weekly cash prize up from grabs plus gig tickets and the latest cd's and merchandise to be won, we are inviting teams or individuals to enter simply e-mail
info@box-glasgow.co.uk to reserve a booth. Watch out for our quiz meister Fraser Thomson from XFM do his very own version of Battle of the bands quiz live on stage .
The Open Mic and acoustic and folk night follows the quiz with Kenny Reid and Louie Abott at 9.30pm. Till 2.00pm then last orders at 3am.
the best open mic and acoustic night in Glasgow ?
Well, we seem to think so...Kenny Reid and Louie Abbott (the Brother Louie Collective) host our weekly Tuesday soiree of Songs, open mic and acoustic acts from 9.30pm to a packed crowd of real muso's and punters. Over 200 people every Tuesday can't be wrong. Drinks from only 95p as well ! Dj al finsihes the night till 3am. free entry as always and a drink on the house for all you muso's.
HEY BOY HEY HEY GIRL , SUPERSTAR DJ....FREE ENTRY EVERY NIGHT TILL 3am plus great indie/rock/dance and a whole lot more..
What more can you say , from 12 midnight till 3am 7 nights a week no other venue in the city does it and with great dj's such as Fraser Thomson (XFM) Every Friday and Gary Curly (Trap 6 and hoochi koo ) on Saturdays and Dave From Make Model (on a Monday) and Dj Dq every Sunday plus Dj Alan (tues) and even The Antics dj's on Thurs, then get down to Box after the bands in BOX or when the other pubs shut to continue partying to great music till 3am every single night .
JUKE BOX ! And LOCAL BANDS
Hi ,
And we'd like to let you know you can now send in your ep's and cd's for uploading onto our fantastic jukebox. Over 3000 people pass through our doors every week, who all could be listening to YOUR very own cd , ep or even VIDEO if you've got it. So hand it in now at the bar and we'll get it on for you and play it EVERY DAY . We'll also pass it on to all our dj's who play 7 nights a week and ' we'll ask them to play it every night and see if your tracks can rock the dancefloor ! Imagine if your PRS is sorted then you'll start earning money via the collection societies from pubs and clubs who have jukeboxes that play YOUR MUSIC.
THE BOX ROCK SHOP nearly there...at last
Hi, And we've got some great news regards our new merchandise range coming soon to the website and by catalogue. Their are 5 different variety of signature BOX T-shirts (male and female) plus Hoodies and silver limited edition key ring plectrums and snare drums . T shirts, vests and hoodies are on sale in the venue now priced £8.99 , £9.99 & £19.99. See venue for details.
BOX, from your PC
We are back on line ! Your playing to over 40,000 people every week and growing....
BOX is proud to announce the launch of our new LIVE and FREE WEBCAST. We bring you all the action from our stage, directly to your home computer. Every unsigned band every night live to the world, only at BOX a first of a kind for Glasgow ! It's only on at show time (9PM - 11.30 PM and if you miss it, we are afraid you miss it, so get online and check out what's happening at BOX in the thriving Glasgow Live music scene. The quality of sound and visuals is a good as your own pc, and you'll need quicktime downloaded to see it.
Coming soon the chance to record all the gigs and capture the event if you missed it to watch again and again at your leisure, or burn , copy, share , send to A&R's , Labels, managers, or whatever else you wanna do with . Stay tuned while out techy wizard mr J M Tempercalm gets to work on all things wiry and cyberspacey.! Oh and did i mention Mr J M tempercalm's band Tempercalm , awesome ! go to www.tempercalm.com www.coprorecords.co.uk for further info.
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