Sotones Records

14/02/2024

Our very own London Accordion Orchestra will be performing at The Tabernacle in London on 7th April. Tickets are selling fast. Get yours now :-)

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/londonao

I'll be playing with London Accordion Orchestra at The Tabernacle in London on 7th April. It's part of their "Bellows Across Borders" series, with the Haarlem Accordion Orchestra from the Netherlands. Tickets are selling well, so get yours now :-)

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/londonao

04/01/2024

Lovely review of The Iron Duke's East 17 cover from our Snowtones Christmas EP! Thanks, ahem, T**s upon Tyne!

The Iron Duke’s rendition of East 17’s ‘Stay Another Day’ catapults the festive classic into uncharted territory, marking a significant departure from the original’s p…

12/12/2023

Thanks Gareth Jones & Dandelion Radio for playing Calico Cat's Cost of Living Christmas from the Snowtones Christmas EP!

It's here! It's my Chriiiiiiistmas 2023 show! 2 hours of alternative Christmas songs, plus specially recorded messages including Captain Sensible, Fred Schneider, kunt and the gang, & more.

Listen on Mixcloud now at https://www.mixcloud.com/DandelionRadio/gareth-jones-xmas-show-20231222/ & it's also broadcast on FSK in Germany on Fri 22nd December 12pm lunchtime (Hamburg time).

Featuring music by:
Backmasker
Bob Rivers
BUNNYGRUNT
Calico Cat (Sotones Records)
Comet Gain
Cosmic Shuffling
The Damned
Dan Rose
The DHP The Darren Holland Project
Debbie & The Teen Dreams (KoKo Mojo Records)
Don Powell's Occasional Flames
El Sancho
Fred Schneider and the Superions (Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records (HHBTM)
Hot Glossop Bookshops Band (Dark Peak Books & Gifts & George Street Community Bookshop)
Jason Janik (Mark Malibu)
Johnny Mendell With Gil's Premiers (KoKo Mojo Records)
Keith Burton
The Krackpots
Lach
Ladytron
Licklog String Band
Martin Kerr
Mozart Estate
mr_hopkinson's computer™
Pretty Robotic
The Sensible Gray Cells (Damaged Goods Records)
Sunturns
Swansea Sound
Weve Gill

12/12/2023

Thanks very much and Merry Christmas to John Robb and all at Louder Than War for plugging the Snowtones Christmas EP!

Iain Key dips his hand in the Festive Tombola and pulls out a random selection of ‘Christmas’ themed releases for your consideration

11/12/2023

Thanks to Kendall Lacey for the first press for the Snowtones EP!

Firstly, and this is a hill I will die on, Stay Another Day by East 17 was NOT a Christmas song. “But Kenny, what about that video where they are all dressed in Eskimo garb in the snow?” – Th…

08/12/2023

A wreath of Xmas releases by Sotones Records/adjacent artists out today!

Tale of Gluttony by Calico Cat: https://calico-cat.bandcamp.com/track/tale-of-gluttony

Snowglobe by Pegasuses: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pegasuses/snowglobe

And last but very much not least: the SNOWTONES Xmas EP featuring songs by Anja McCloskey, Etao Shin, Lonely Joe Parker, The Iron Duke and, going head-to-head with themselves for the xmas #1, another new one from Calico Cat! https://open.spotify.com/album/3JwG18ddImnOiBhQao88Gs?si=WKBeXtuXRmuOABFhU_3FJA

06/12/2023

Thanks so much Nick Tann for the kind words and playing new tracks by Anja McCloskey, Etao Shin and Calico Cat. Out this Friday!

Bit of a change as Chris is heavy with child cold, the inimitable Paul Lane has stepped into the breach and is co-hosting the next 2 shows. Anja McCloskey and Etao Shin – Krampuslauf, Calico …

02/12/2023

Less than a week till we drop this festive feast into your earholes!

Sotones' Christmas EP SNOWTONES featuring Anja McLoskey, Lonely Joe Parker, Calico Cat, Etao Shin and The Iron Duke out 7/12/23.

25/11/2023

Check out Sotones mainstay Calico Cat's latest release over on Bandcamp.

(Why not on Sotones? Because he thinks he's too cool to bring his rock'n'roll to you! Download a copy and then delete it in disgust. And then buy another copy because you like the song so much.)

BUY AT BANDCAMP https://calico-cat.bandcamp.com/track/tale-of-gluttonyA song mulling on the concept of over consumption in the 21st century.LyricsTo tell the...

09/10/2023

Thanks so much to Nick Tann for plugging the new White Ape compilation on his Is This Thing On Podcast!

More amazing sounds this time from Mr E and the Mysteries – Play The Song, Minus Alive – Tidal Wave, A Cause in Distress – Limbic Song, White Ape – Courtney Love Will Tear U…

04/09/2023

Our latest release: the very best of sadly missed London art-punk imps White Ape!

All your White Ape faves in one place!

https://open.spotify.com/album/09EQGTvsBxlX6TrKkVXhkL?si=e_wZly5VSYiLepmyfKhGOw

“Too smart...their heads spin with ideas. Truly fab and ready for mass attention” - John Robb, Louder Than War

"Genius Lyrics and great vocal delivery. Thank God there are still bands telling it like it is" - Tom Robinson BBC6music

Some five years on, Sotones has put out our greatest, ahem, hits! Hear all your White Ape faves in one place! Unless your faves aren't on there. In which case throw* it away. And then buy** another copy because you like the songs that are on there so much.

https://open.spotify.com/album/09EQGTvsBxlX6TrKkVXhkL?si=Plu0vaPIQaeJucvq4mhCXQ

*swipe
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30/08/2023

Introducing The Irrepressibles live band touring this Autumn 2023...

On accordion, glockenspiel, 2nd piano, clarinet, & backing vocals...

Anja McCloskey

For tickets for the forthcoming UK tour.
Tickets: https://linktr.ee/TheIrrepressibles

Image by Paul Husband
https://www.instagram.com/paul_husband_photography/

13/05/2023

Sotones' own Tommy Mack (White Ape, The Iron Duke) guests as new alter-ego Der Teufel on one of the many mixes of The Krown Jewelz' TOP TEN HIT SINGLE Scrap The Monarchy!

The very latest chart stats about scrap the monarchy - peak chart position, weeks on chart, week-by-week chart run, catalogue number

13/04/2023

The new Pog album is available for pre-order, featuring our very own Anja McCloskey on accordion. Go listen :-)

Cobweb In A Storm - the new Pog album now available to pre-order - https://mailchi.mp/fcef7ebca3c2/the-pog-lockdown-orchestra-a-new-recording-available-on-bandcamp-8750153

30/01/2023

Our latest release, Sometimes I Wish by The Iron Duke ft. Emily C Smith drops 17/02/23!

Coming soon to a stream near you: Sometimes I Wish feat. Emily C Smith, drops 17/02/23

23/12/2022

Check out Sotones Records latest release from electro wizard Zoom Around Rainbow !

2128 by Zoom Around Rainbow published on 2022-10-15T02:32:34Z Genre Electronic Contains tracks 2128 by Zoom Around Rainbow published on 2022-10-15T01:06:51Z OBS by Zoom Around Rainbow published on 2022-10-15T01:05:04Z ALIEN by Zoom Around Rainbow published on 2022-10-15T01:07:35Z Napier by Zoom Arou...

15/12/2022

Thanks TUtV for making The Iron Duke your pick of the day!

"I have no regret whatsoever for listening 5 times in a row to this confessional earworm"

Daily electricity to load your batteries THE IRON DUKE is the alter-ego of ex-White Ape singer Tommy Mack. He has a new single out, named I REGRET. TUTV: The Iron Duke has a long list of regrets. B…

15/12/2022

Daily electricity to load your batteries 15 December 2022 THE IRON DUKE is the alter-ego of ex-White Ape singer Tommy Mack. He has a new single out, named I REGRET. TUTV: The Iron Duke has a long l…

14/12/2022

"...evokes smoky bars and late night regrets...a slice of Scott Walker, a dash of Jack/Jacques..."

Thanks so much to Kendall Lacey for the very kind words about the new Iron Duke single with Ben Reynolds !

Sometimes you consider an artist ‘yours’ as the mention gets nothing but a shrug from people, but then you go online and they have thousands of plays. This great track currently has 18 …

05/12/2022

Thanks for the spin, Spinning Man! Another play for I Regret by The Iron Duke x Trelawney on Cravats' man's radio show.

| 1. | The Tissues, | Red Light | 2. | All Them Witches, | Lights Out | 3. | KGB, | New Order of Sounds | 4. | Crazyhead, | Buy A Gun | 5. | The Very Things, | The Bushes scream While My Daddy Prunes | 6. | The Iron Duke, | I Regret | 7. | Kaval, | Focused | 8. | Sabr, | Complications | 9. | The Gho...

03/12/2022

Sotones Records latest release: I Regret by The Iron Duke x Trelawney

"Masterful anthem...exudes personality...great artistic identity...one of the great launches of 2022"

Thanks so much to Roadie Music for the wonderful review!

O ex-vocalista do White Ape, Tommy Mack, assume seu voo solo na empreitada denominada como The Iron Duke, e juntamente com Trelawney, alça a alcunha de trovador no magistral single "I Regret", seu mais novo lançamento. A confessionalidade da semi-balada regida por sintetizadores em profusã

07/11/2022

Get ready for the long-awaited return of The Iron Duke with stunning guest vocals from Ben Reynolds of Trelawney - 1/12/22

03/09/2022

small, beautiful moments, filtered through Lomax’s surrealist lens.