Diamond Year

Before 2012 comes to an end, we would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has helped and supported Lilygun this year x

Thanks to the photographers, especially Harald Haugan, Adie Hardy for his brilliant work with our album, Nik Moore, John Dryland, Ays, Tino and all of the promoters, Djs and journalists for making this year our most successful yet.
Big love to Aaron John, David Ryder Prangley and Ashley Dreher for performing with us, sometimes at very short notice so that we could play all of the gigs and festivals we wanted to play at. You guys Rock!
LILYGUN ONE OF THE BEST DISCOVERIES OF 2012 VOTED BY YOU!
Of the 117 albums Nanobot discovered in 2012, they asked you to select what you believed was the best and Lilygun made the cut! Thanks so much for everyone who voted for us and massive thanks to Allan Mckay from Music Riot for making Lilygun's debut album one of his top 5 best albums of 2012. Fantastic \m/

We hope you have all enjoyed our debut album and we can't wait to see what 2013 brings us.
We'll leave you with one last tasty treat courtesy of Allyn Lai, Diamonds live at The Garage.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Love

LILYGUN x

Newsletter

Seasons Greetings!

The year may almost be done but not quite for Lilygun!
Lilygun's debut album is available on CD and as an mp3 download directly from Cargo Records now.

Link to Digital Album Download: http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release/20099
Link to Cd: http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release/19954

Reviews/Press
Check out all the latest reviews and press here: http://www.lilygun.com/press.htm

On Podcast
'Excuses' is featured in Jan Kooper's Podcast December show Episode 49. Check it out here: http://dimension7.podomatic.com/entry/2012-12-09T20_48_23-08_00

VOTE LILYGUN!
Lilygun is on the ballot for Best Discovery of 2012 at Nanobot Rock Reviews so please take a few seconds to vote for Lilygun there and also for next year's Pure Rawk Awards.

Nanobot Rock Reviews Best Discovery Of 2012: http://nanobotrock.com/uncategorized/2879

And Pure Rawk Awards 2013: http://www.purerawk.com/awards/vote-now/

Still loads more to tell you but for now, we wish you all a Merry Christmas!

LILYGUN x

Pretty Little Lady?

A long time ago, I was sitting in Mr Bailey’s house with a group of musicians and they were all jamming. One of them asked me to play something and I said no.
It wasn’t because I wouldn’t, it was because I couldn’t!

This will sound completely crazy because I’m a singer in a rock band but I’ve never been able to sing in front of other people in any situation that doesn’t involve me being on stage with 3 other musicians rockin’ out. Fronting a loud energetic rock band is completely different to the intimate settings of any acoustic performance and I’ve always admired musicians who can perform alone on stage with only an acoustic guitar and pull it off because it’s definitely not easy. I can't even do bloody karaoke?

And so… I have decided that now is the time to face my fears…”Pretty Little Lady?” is a concept I came up with for a series of acoustic gigs I will be performing on my own next year.
Drunken recording sessions have taken place… I will be playing a Garbage cover and a set of new songs especially for these particular shows venting my utter disgust at certain events and scum!

Not your typical singer/songwriter set, this will take balls to play!

“Let them fuel your fire”.

Love AC

R.I.P DADA Records!

This Saturday will be the last day DADA Records is open! :-(
So sad to see the decline of independent music stores which tend to offer something a bit different from the likes of HMV. I've always found one of the joys of any music store is browsing the shelves, while listening to whatever is playing, in hopes of finding something new. Looking through the stacks of vinyl and all the amazing artwork on them... Having something to hold onto will always be better than 1's and 0's on a computer!

DADA RECORDS
394 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD
LONDON
W4 5TF

http://www.facebook.com/pages/DADA-RECORDS/288623170225

~Troubled ACx

Trick or Treat...

ON RADIO TONIGHT

Greetings to all on this All Hallows Eve...

While some of you may be out'n'about treating more than tricking, some of you may just be at home, watching Hocus Pocus or The Witches of Eastwick... anyway why not tune into the Dark Heart of Camden Radio tonight at 8pm and catch Lilygun on the special Hallowe'en show!

Dark Heart Of Camden ULTRA SUPER MEGA HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!!

Show times:- 8pm-10pm (UK time)
9pm-11pm (European time)
10pm-12am (Finnish time)
3pm-5pm (NYC time)
12pm-2pm (Nevada time)

Go to www.camdenunsigned.com and click on the 'On Air' button to hear Lilygun and other cool bands on tonight's show.

Hope you all have a wicked night, got to fly... got a date with a little devil... ~ACx

Conversations

Massive thanks to Allyn Lai for this cool video footage of Lilygun...

Amazing shit...

AMAZING ROCKIN' gig last Sunday night!
Thank you all so much for your support, we had a great time and can't wait till our next gig in Colchester. Glad you guys are enjoying the album too. Also thanks to lovely Leigh for doing our merch and Adie, the coolest roadie in town ;-)

Here's a live review by Music Riot's Allan McKay: www.musicriot.co.uk/2012/10/04/lilygun-upstairsthe-garage

Also massive thanks to Allyn Lai for taking this great video, it's very cool ;-)

And check out Allyn Lai's photographs from the gig on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/media/set

LILYGUN x

4 Bands that will blow your mind...

COME CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF LILYGUN'S DEBUT ALBUM WITH:

LILYGUN

Your Army

Riot In Paradise

Cryogenica

Get cheap £6.00 adv tickets now from Ticketweb or Wegottickets.com

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/174873

Hell Yeah!

LILYGUN x

LILYGUN'S DEBUT ALBUM IS OUT TODAY!!!

Finally it’s here! After all the trails and tribulations Lilygun has been through, we never thought we’d see this day come but it has! Our debut album is out today and we want to thank everyone for their continued help and support x

There are many people who help make this band tick, but special thanks to the two outstanding musicians we’ve had the pleasure of recording and playing with, Mr Aaron John and David Ryder Prangley. Adie Hardy who worked with us on the album as well as doing a top job with the mastering, Dom Beckford for his help with the cover artwork, Harald Haugan, Lee aka Xplicit, Lenne, "The Catford Lads”, Ays, Keith Eccles, Tino, Buddha, our families and friends, and last but not least Piranha, the original Lilygun band member, for his unfaltering belief and support.
Also thanks to Cargo Records for putting the album out for us. We salute you all...

Right… time now to go and celebrate!

LILYGUN x

New Album Promo Video

In 2 days time Lilygun's debut album will be out!!!
So here's a little taster of what you're gonna get...

Lilygun say a MASSIVE thank you to Allyn Lai for letting us use his vintage Lilygun video footage, the amazing photographers that are Harald Haugan, Sarah Kelman and Mike Baluk and Adie Hardy for doing the final cut and not giving up when it seemed this video would never happen!

Hope you enjoy it ;-)

XPat Radio interview now!

Huge thank you to David K Wells from XPat Radio in America for featuring an interview and airing tracks from Lilygun's new album on his show - Episode 11.
We talked about band members, line-up changes, the inspiration behind some of the songs and scum!
The interview was recorded on 4/8/12 but you can now listen to it here: www.dkwellsmusic.com/fr_xpatradio

Lilygun in Fanbase Music Magazine!

Massive thanks to Duwyne Clayton for featuring a Lilygun album review in Fanbase Music Magazine Issue No:20. They are a South African base online music magazine that brings you up to date news on local and international music bands and various other interesting articles.

Click on this link to read the magazine: http://issuu.com/fanbasemag/docs/issue_20

PRE-ORDER LILYGUN'S ALBUM NOW!

It has almost arrived... In 2 weeks time Lilygun's debut album will be out! If you can't wait that long, pre-order now from HMV, Play.com and Amazon.
Click the links below.

HMV
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=&pGroupID=-1&adultFlag=false&simpleSearchString=lilygun%2Blilygun&primaryID=0

AMAZON
http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/35170596/0/Lilygun/ListingDetails.html

PLAY.COM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lilygun/dp/B008UV99HQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346079763&sr=8-1

Latest News

LILYGUN INTERVIEW
Lilygun were interviewed by Allan McKay from Music Riot before they took to the stage at The Peel last Saturday. Check it out here: http://www.musicriot.co.uk/2012/08/22/lilygun-interview/

REVIEW
And here's a review of Lilygun and King Lizard - http://www.myspace.com/darklordofbarnet/blog/546165421


RENAISSANCE ALTERNATIVE FESTIVAL
Thanks Chris Sepulchre, William Admas and Simon Topp for taking these awesome photos from last weeks Alternative Festival. See more photos of all the bands here: http://www.facebook.com/RenaissanceAlternativeMusic

REVIEW And here's a review featuring Lilygun - http://www.myspace.com/darklordofbarnet/blog/546171107

XPat Radio Skype Interview

Brilliant time doing our first Skype interview yesterday at Unit 2 Studios with D.K Wells on XPat Radio. It was great to have the opportunity to speak to America and talk about our album. The show will be posted in September so we'll keep you posted on it. Here's some photos that Adie Hardy took for us.

LILYGUN x

ALBUM REVIEW + MTTM FAST FIVE INTERVIEW + SKYPE INTERVIEW

I woke up this morning to an album review that almost brought tears to my eyes! Now I know that may sound OTT, but Lilygun has been through so much, so many bad times and heart break, usually mine, but today here it is... alive and kicking!


Over the years people tried to change it because it "doesn't fit in" but I'm so proud we stuck to our guns and made something that's real and the response to it has been truly amazing!

Anyway I won't go on but here is another stunning album review - http://nanobotrock.com/reviews/2194

We also did a short interview for More Than The Music which you can see here: http://www.morethanthemusic.co.uk/interviews/fast-five-lilygun/

And today we have our first Skype interview on XPat Radio at 4pm which you can tune into here: http://dkwellsmusic.com/fr_home.cfm

Can't wait for our back to back gigs this weekend!

Good times,

~ACx

Lilygun Weekender!

Here's something Lilygun has never done before... two great shows back to back in the middle of August!

Saturday 18th - The Peel
King Lizard/LILYGUN/Earthtide/Yesterdays Trash Queens
160 Cambridge Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 3HH
Doors 7pm - (Lilygun on stage 9.15pm)
Train: Norbiton B.R (5 mins from venue)
Entry £7/£6 NUS discount
18+
www.peelmuzik.com

Sunday 19th - Renaissance Alternative Festival
Die Kur/Jordan Reyne/Maxdmyz/Ghostfire/LILYGUN/Drilling Spree/Bleak/BB Blackdog
Boston Music Room, 178 Junction Road, London N19 5QQ
Tube: Tufnell Park (5 mins from venue)
Doors 4-11pm
Entry £7/£5 with Alternative Bring and Buy Sale stamp
18+

Dj Vade Retro (Reptile/Antichrist) and Dj Jonny will be playing music during and after the bands. The all day event runs from 4pm following The Alternative Bring and Buy held upstairs at The Dome making it a continuous event running from 11am, with live music from 4pm. www.alternativebringandbuy.co.uk
Those who attend the Alternative Bring and Buy Sale will receive a discounted entrance to Renaissance. NMTCG will also have a stall selling records and merchandise.

Lilyfun x

Next up - Jubilee Late Night Show!

This is Lilygun's next London show...

Barfly presents JUBILEE LATE NIGHT SHOW with LILYGUN

Camden Barfly
49 Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AN
Doors 10.30-3am (Lilygun on stage at midnight)
Tube: Chalk Farm (Northern line)

Entry £5
Unlimited £4 - join the Facebook
Event page here: http://www.facebook.com/events/118874104917442/
or email us your name to be added on our list.

Jubilee is brought to you by: Carl Barat (Libertines/Dirty Pretty Things), Chris McCormack (ex 3 Colours Red/Gary Numan guitarist) and Alan 'Cherry Cola' (of London's Rock 'n' Roll club night 'Cherry Cola'). A mix of upcoming and established bands and DJ's split over two floors, at the Barfly in Camden 18+

ADVANCED TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM TICKETWEB.CO.UK / HMVTICKETS.COM
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=523455&referral_id=tm_listings

Summer of Love

Greetings!

It’s all kicking off for Lilygun this summer as we gear up for a string of album promotional tour dates. We’re heading back up north to Hertfordshire for the second time this year to play at The Horn in St Albans.
Other dates that have been confirmed are:

Fri 3^rd Aug - Camden Barfly - Jubilee Late Night Show
Sat 18^th Aug - The Peel in Surrey
Sun 19^th - Renaissance Alternative Festival in London
Sun 30^th Sept - The Garage in Islington

Advanced tickets are now available from Ticketweb and HMV Tickets.

For all of these gigs, we’ll be joined by the fabulous David Ryder Prangley on Bass.
Extra Rockage!

It’s not long now till our debut album will be released, we’ve uploaded new samples to our myspace media player. If you go here www.lilygun.com/music you don’t have to bother with myspace window opening/band changing bollocks! Turn your speakers up and give ‘em a whirl…

And here’s the first album write-up which is bloody magnificent: Global Metal Apocalypse

We’re very happy lil bunnies right now! Feels like Lilygun is finally flowing instead of the fucking tornado it normally is!

Hope to see you at one of the next few shows, we can’t wait to Rock and Roll it,

LILYGUN x

May Moonlight

Greetings Earthlings!

We are extremely happy with the overwhelming response we've had to our second single Moonlight! It has received AMAZING reviews, being described as "one of the most beautiful-sounding singles of the year" and has had an absolutely brilliant reaction from DJs.

Both of our singles Moonlight and Scum have been aired on many radio shows in the UK as well as in America and made the Playlist on many shows airing to thousands of listeners. Moonlight even made XFM's Playlist on the Ian Camfield Rock Show! In fact, Lilygun has made three different Playlists in one week featuring both of the singles released this year. Bloody awesome!

In other news... we have new badges to celebrate the two single releases which you can purchase from the Shop at www.lilygun.com/shop and we will be shortly announcing a string of gigs to promote our forthcoming album, due for release later this year.

This is a really exciting time for us with loads of cool stuff in the pipeline and we can't wait for our debut album to come out! Keep an eye on Lilygun's website for updates, events and interviews to come.

LILYGUN x

MOONLIGHT SINGLE OUT TODAY!

We're so excited to announce the release of Moonlight today!

This single is different to the album version and was cleverly edited by Belle and Adie Hardy. We would like to thank the wonderful Aaron John for his help and Bob Loveday who provided the beautiful violin. This is a very special song for Lilygun. It holds a lot of memories and we really hope you love it as much as we do.

LILYGUN x

Manifesting Scum

One day, in May, I found myself emerged in the distinct smell of bullshit provided by, and what has often been referred to as, “the scum of the earth”, human beings!
This sounds very negative and of course being spat on, shat on, disregarded and disrespected is an all together horrible experience but it can lead to a place of great strength and grace.

Why are people so cruel and heartless? Why do they try to tear you down? The green eyed monster rears its ugly head and you get stabbed in the back by a so called friend, betrayed by a lover, mugged by a brother. This world can be a dark place where enemies greet you with a smile.

But the message in Scum has been understood by those who have heard it. “Don’t let the scum kill you”. I say fuck them! “There’s no need to be a victim of the scum”. Rise above the bullshit and show them what you’re made of. You are the master of your own ship and only you decide where it can go. “Don’t let them get you down”.

One day, when you look back on your experience with scum, you’ll be able to laugh, for they can provide great entertainment! Those who spite you are often jealous, insecure assholes who would love to see you fall flat on your face. Don’t give them the satisfaction.
And so I thank the scum, for without them, I may never have written this song!

~ACx

Scum
By Anna-Christina





You open up your mind, to see what you can find
In the middle of May, one fateful day
You try to find solutions, you try to find out why
Your soul feels so empty and you feel so dark inside

And I know. And I know and I know how you feel
Cos I’ve been there before but the wheel
Keeps on turning and turning until we see

There’s no need to be a victim of negativity
There’s no need to be a victim of the scum
There’s no need to be a victim of negativity
There’s no need to be a victim

You know that voice inside, you’ve got to listen
Don’t let the scum kill you, don’t let ‘em get you down
And in your deep despair you try to still care
But life just has no meaning when pain and hurt is all you’re feeling

And I know. And I know and I know how you feel
Cos I’ve been there before but the wheel
Keeps on turning and turning until we see

There’s no need to be a victim of negativity
There’s no need to be a victim of the scum
There’s no need to be a victim of negativity
There’s no need to be a victim

Fox, Scum and all things fun...

Hello out there!

It's quite hard to get my rotten self to keep this blog going, so while I'm here, I'm going to bombard you lot with an overload of information that will span over the next few months.

Firstly, we're playing, on what's sure to be a drunken Saturday night, at The Intrepid Fox in Tottenham Court Road with my lovely friend's band Die Kur next Saturday 28th January.

Two days later, on Monday 30th, the first single Scum from our debut album will be released on Zeff Music and will be available, as a download only, from iTunes, Play.com, Amazon and all good music stores. Here's a link to the promo video: SCUM VIDEO

There's a review you can read here: ROCK REVIEWS 24/7 but keep an eye on our website, it's bound to get a few more reviews and radio play from certain lovely people who still give a rats about proper Rock music! HA!!!

Then there's a month of me running around trying to get Moonlight, the second single, pressed onto limited addition vinyls that can be brought for a very reasonable price from our website and some independent record stores. Analog lives on...

Followed by a show at the Garage in Islington, Saturday 3rd March, which I'm so excited about because it's the first time Lilygun will play there and we've been allowed to pick our support bands! All brilliant female fronted bands with attitude, this will be a really cool gig.
Get info about this show here: GARAGE GIG

And after all of that, comes the album, but we're definitely not organized for any of that right now so I'll just ignore it all for now and only say...

Lilygun, coming out of the closet...

~ACx

KBY ROCK NIGHT with Lilygun

Greetings to all,

First post of the New Year! We're excited to announce the next London show will be at The Garage! A venue that we've never played at before and we've also been lucky enough to pick the support bands as well. This is a great line-up of some of the best female fronted bands around in London and should definitely NOT BE MISSED!
Here it is:

In Association with 

KBY ROCKS

SATURDAY 3rd MARCH 2012

LILYGUN

Plus

The Mariana Hollow / MAB / Black Casino And The Ghost

Upstairs at The Garage

20 Highbury Corner, London N5 1RD

Tube: Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line)

Doors 7pm

£6 Adv tickets. Ticket link coming soon...

+18

ROCK'N'ROLL'S GONNA KICK YOUR ASS. Let the games begin...

LILYGUN x