Hello everyone!

Manchester’s Sonic Boom Six release their new single ‘The Concrete We’re Trapped Within (It’s Yours)’ on July 6th through Rebel Alliance Recordings label. The first single to be taken from their critically-acclaimed album City of Thieves, the track’s mix of socially-conscious lyrics, dynamic rock hooks, jungle drum loops and energetic ska-punk is the ideal introduction to the signature sound of the band that – according to Kerrang! magazine – are “rocketing out of the underground”. Already a staple of Mike Davies’s Radio 1 Punk Show, the song has attracted plays across Total Rock Radio, Kerrang! Radio and Bruce Dickinson’s BBC Radio 6 Rock Show.

In addition to recording a live session for the Radio 1 Punk Show, SB6 will be playing acoustic in-store shows up and down the country around the single’s release to promote the track and sign copies of the album described by NME as “a paranoid mash-up of modern life set to a soundtrack that feels inexorably, thrillingly now” and by Rock Sound as “way beyond good and deep into the realms of something special.” With a summer that includes festival appearances at Hevy Music, Beautiful Days, Rebellion, Summer Sundae, BoomTown Fair and the Main Stage at Reading and Leeds, Music Week’s proclamation that “finally, their time has come” rings resoundingly accurate. Visit the Sonic Boom Six Myspace HERE to see the full in-store tour dates and the list of summer gigs!

Available as CD and download, the formats include two previously unreleased tracks, a new remix and the video of ‘The Concrete We’re Trapped Within (It’s Yours)’. Check out the full tracklisting HERE. To sweeten the deal, we're offering those who order before the release date of July 6th postage and packing for absolutely... FREE! Pre-order your copy HERE.

In other news, Random Hand kick off their July tour with The Skints on the 1st in Birmingham. Check out the dates HERE. Look out for Random Hand news, including a new single and video very soon!

Thanks peeps, more news coming very soon!

Rebel Alliance Recordings x

Greetings!

That's right! Here at Rebel Alliance we have not one but two new records released on Monday 4th May. From now on, it's safe to say that Rebel Alliance has a 'roster' and there are more bands joining us coming up. Ahem... there are more bands joining the Rebel Alliance roster!

First of all Manchester’s Sonic Boom Six return with their third album City of Thieves. Positive reviews of their magnum opus are popping up all over the place, with Punktastic.com giving the album a 5/5 rating and describing it as "the best SB6 record yet. That ‘yet’ is an important thing as well. As Sonic Boom Six evolves from its early roots it’s safe to say things are just getting better and better." Go and take a look HERE.

The City of Thieves tour starts tomorrow in Brighton. Come and take a look at the tour dates and instore appearences over at the Sonic Boom Six myspace HERE.



  As if that weren't enough on Monday 4th May 2009, London’s Mouthwash are bringing their uniquely British take on underground guitar music into the Rebel Alliance family.

True Stories was produced by the band and Peter Miles (Sonic Boom Six/The King Blues) and is the definite showcase of the group’s metamorphosis from teenage globe-conquering ska-punk oiks into an altogether unique musical proposition; an authentic, vivid snapshot of the London street. Previously available only from the band, the new release of the album includes a ten-track bonus disc of unreleased tracks, alternate versions and new takes on their old punk classics. The audio equivalent of a trip on the night bus, True Stories will be released on Monday 4th May through Rebel Alliance Recordings. Check out the tracklisting of both discs HERE. The double-disc editon is strictly limited to 500 copies so get over and get your order in as soon as you possibly can to be sure to pick it up.

You can catch them and decide for yourself at Mouthwash’s tour support with The King Blues, as well as dates with Sonic Boom Six, the Voodoo Glow Skulls and a handful of headline shows. Take a look over at their MYSPACE and fill up your eyes and ears.



Rebel Alliance Recordings

Hello!!!

Good weekend everyone? It's been a busy time over here at Rebel Alliance Recordings....let me tell you all about it!
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Our latest album release, SONIC BOOM SIX's 'City of Thieves', has been selling like hot cakes....the pre-order stock of the limited edition version, only available through us, has almost sold out! Obviously it's great for us and the band that you all want to snatch it out of our hands, but it also means that all those who haven't picked up a copy yet don't have long to reserve one.

IMPORTANT!!!! The cut off point for per-sale ordering is midnight Wednesday 15th of April (tomorrow night). We won't be accepting orders for the limited edition version from then (that's if we have any left). The official release date is next Monday, April 20th. So if you want to have a special Digipack version, with a signed poster inside, dropping through your letter box by then, you need to pop over to the RAR store HERE.

With just a week until release, we have teamed up with the NME.com punk blogger Ben Patashnik and made a song from 'City of Thieves' available for FREE download! Click HERE to get 'The Concrete We're Trapped Within' from his NME blog page. Also available is a remix version of the song done by Sonic Boom Six's very own Ben Boom! While you are there, makes sure to bookmark, or subscribe to the blog and go back often to read about all things good that usually slip below the mainstream radar.

To celebrate their release, Sonic Boom Six will be going on a short jaunt, playing a few record shops in various places. Come down to hear acoustic versions of the new album tunes and a few of their earlier classics!

You can catch them at the following places:

Monday 20/04/2009 Manchester 17:00
Affleck palace
http://www.afflecks-palace.co.uk
Affleck's Palace
52 Church St,
Manchester
0161 834 2039

Tuesday 21/04/2009 London 16:00
All Ages Record Shop
http://www.allagesrecords.com/
ALL AGES RECORDS
27A Prat Street
Camden Town
London
NW1 0BG
TEL: 0207 267 0303

ON THE SAME DAY

Tuesday 21/04/2009 London 18:00
Banquet Records
http://www.banquetrecords.com/index.jsp?section=351
Banquet Record Shop
Kingston Upon Thames
52 Eden Street
Kingston Upon Thames
KT1 1EE
020 8549 5871

22/04/2009 Southampton Reskue 17:30
http://www.reskue.co.uk
Reskue Skate Shop
10 bargate St
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2DA
Tel: 02380710528

Other highlights from the SB6 camp include

NEW viral video for 'Though the Eyes of a Child' HERE (please subscribe)
NEW SB6 blog page HERE
City of Thieves UK tour throughout May. For live dates for all our bands, please visit our myspace page HERE. (add yourself if you haven't already!)
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RANDOM HAND news.

The guys are currently, as we speak recording a video for their stonking tune 'Anger Management'. They need a 'rent-a-mosh' crowd for basic extra duties, like jumping up and down during the tune, or just looking cool in the background. This all takes place this evening (Tuesday) from 5 o'clock at the NEW VARIETY CLUB in Keighley, so if you are in the area and want to see yourself in their video, get down there! Directions HERE.

You can find Random Hand live with Sonic Boom Six throughout May in the UK. Visit our myspace page for the dates HERE, and add yourself while you are at it!

We are proud to launch our DIGITAL STORE page on the RAR website this week. We made Random Hand's 'Inhale/Exhale' available this week and you can find it HERE. Also added is Sonic Boom Six's album 'Arcade Perfect'. It's a nice and easy way of accessing the music, whether you want a single song, or a complete album, you can purchase and be listening to you music in no time, with full artwork included! We will be making all future releases available in this format (alongside the physical format) and adding the previous releases soon, so keep an eye on this area of the website.
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You can expect some exciting news soon from our camp, as we finalise the signing of 2 new bands to our roster. We are expecting the rest of 2009 to be very good year for Rebel Alliance Recordings.....more next time.

Hope you're all not too mashed from the weekend! Until then!

RAR