Athlete Release Charity Single To Raise Money When Joel Pott's grandfather John died four years ago, the Athlete singer had a sneaking suspicion that he would eventually write a song in his honour. Major John Pott, who led a company of paratroopers in World War II, died peacefully at 84 while visiting friends in London. But he had [...]
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Athlete will release their new studio LP, Black Swan in February 2010. But rather than make us wait a few months the band put together an EP called The Getaway and made it available on iTunes starting this week. You can check out a track from the EP hit up this link and get “Don’t [...]
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Athlete - News - Ready To RoARIT MIGHT not seem like that long ago that Athlete were in the north-east. After all, they performed in six Scottish towns this summer, including Inverness, Fort William, Dundee and Aberdeen.That was just before their latest album, Black Swan, was released. Now they’re back with new tunes, and a [...]
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Athlete Album & EP Releases SetSince bouncing to prominence seven years ago with the spirited, electro-tinged, indie-pop of their Mercury-nominated debut, Vehicles And Animals, Athlete have established themselves among the UK’s finest songsmiths. The southeast Londoners have sold more than a million copies of their three hit albums (the other two being 2005’s Tourist and [...]
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Athlete - News - European Tour Our European tour starts this weekend and tickets are still available for some of the dates. Check the tour dates section on the official website or MySpace for details on dates and where to buy tickets. 11 Oct 2009 20:00 Uebel & Gefährlich Hamburg 12 Oct 2009 20:00 Vega Copenhagen 14 Oct 2009 20:00 Luxor Cologne 15 Oct 2009 20:00 Frannz Club Berlin 16 Oct 2009 20..
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ALBUM REVIEW: Athlete – Black Swan (Fiction)words: Jamie Milton — originally written for gigwisePut yourself in the shoes of has-beens. Once you get the taste of success on such a level that ‘Wires‘ did, it must be difficult – no, truly painful not to repeatedly find that feeling of national love towards the music you [...]
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Confound those movie trailers. They attempt to pack 90 minutes' worth of poignancy into 2 minutes of "you gotta see this movie!!!" immediacy. Once in a great while and with the right song, they nail it. And to someone with a soft spot for music coupled with cinema, it's the emotional equivalent of a shot of Bacardi 151. So yes, I admit to getting a few goosebumps when Athlete's "Chances" was ...
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Athlete Album & EP Releases SetSince bouncing to prominence seven years ago with the spirited, electro-tinged, indie-pop of their Mercury-nominated debut, Vehicles And Animals, Athlete have established themselves among the UK’s finest songsmiths. The southeast Londoners have sold more than a million copies of their three hit albums (the other two being 2005’s Tourist and [...]
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Athlete - News - European Tour Our European tour starts this weekend and tickets are still available for some of the dates. Check the tour dates section on the official website or MySpace for details on dates and where to buy tickets. 11 Oct 2009 20:00 Uebel & Gefährlich Hamburg 12 Oct 2009 20:00 Vega Copenhagen 14 Oct 2009 20:00 Luxor Cologne 15 Oct 2009 20:00 Frannz Club Berlin 16 Oct 2009 20..
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The UK-based, Mercury-nominated arena-soaring indie rock outfit Athlete have just announced an EP titled The Getaway, available digitally on November 3. The EP's featured track, "Superhuman Touch", will also be featured as the lead single for the band's new record--releasing...
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Athlete will release their new studio LP, Black Swan in February 2010. But rather than make us wait a few months the band put together an EP called The Getaway and made it available on iTunes starting this week. You can check out a track from the EP hit up this link and get “Don’t [...]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Athlete – Black Swan (Fiction)words: Jamie Milton — originally written for gigwisePut yourself in the shoes of has-beens. Once you get the taste of success on such a level that ‘Wires‘ did, it must be difficult – no, truly painful not to repeatedly find that feeling of national love towards the music you [...]
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