Legendary indie label Fierce Panda’s brand new Zip It Up EP is available to download on iTunes now featuring the extraordinary “Leave Your Friends Behind” by Toonwaves faves Brilliant Mind. Grab it here:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/zip-it-up-ep/id356736122
The band are supporting Britpop survivors The Bluetones at Durham Live on March 13. Check out the Facebook events page here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=325082081921
Listen to Generator’s Joe Frankland chatting about North East music on BBC Introducing. Keep your ear out for local faves Brilliant Mind (pictured) and plenty of plugs for Evolution Emerging.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/b0089jhs/Sunday/console/
Here’s the tracklisting for Fierce Panda’s forthcoming compilation featuring Tyneside indie-poppers Brilliant Mind:
1.BRILLIANT MIND ‘Leave Your Friends Behind’
2.THE CROOKES ‘Yes, Yes, We’re Magicians’
3.THE HEARTBREAKS ‘Jealous, Don’t You Know’ (demo version)
4.HOODLUMS ‘Not A Love Song’
5.IDEALS ‘These Seasons’ (demo version)
6.THE MOLOTOVS ‘One Up On Me’
7.SKETCHES ‘This Sir Is War’
The EP is released on February 22. Brilliant Mind [...]
Tyneside-based indie-poppers Brilliant Mind are busy putting the finishing touches to their debut single scheduled to land in late spring.
To be released as a digital download, the single will also be available as an ultra-limited cassette complete with badges, posters and other goodies.
In the meantime, you can grab all of the band’s demos plus a [...]
A few weeks ago I interviewed Brilliant Mind frontman Calum Lynn for an article for BBC Tyne. Here’s our chat in full. You can read the finished article here.
Toonwaves: Firstly, how are things going?
Calum Lynn: Things are okay. I’m unsuccessfully looking for a job at the moment- turns out you even need a degree to [...]
Generator and Tyne & Wear Museums have announced details of the line-up for North East Beat Unsigned that takes place at The Discovery Museum on November 14. Featuring two of the most exciting bands in the region, Let’s Buy Happiness (pictured) and Brilliant Mind, the event also includes an ‘Introducing’ showcase that gives five up-and-coming [...]
Prancey Dog have announced details of a gig by UK indie stalwarts The Flaming Stars At The Cluny on November 21. Here’s what the NME had to say about their album Sell Your Soul To…
“The kind of class that intersperses exuberant ’50s-style swamp rock numbers with sparse ballads like ‘London After Midnight’ and ‘Find Yourself [...]
Our favourite North East podcast Our Beat Is Correct finally takes the music out of the bedroom and into the public arena with an all-dayer at The Cluny 2 on November 7. Featuring live sets from prominent local outfits Manila Chapter, B>E>A>K and Brilliant Mind (among others), it should be a riotous day out for [...]
Interview: Toby Rogers
“Brilliant Mind has five members, who play guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and the vocals,” explains bookish front man Calum Lynn. “We formed earlier this year out of the dying embers of naff twee poppers New Vinyls. We aim to displease!” Despite only having a handful of gigs and a two-track demo under [...]
Brilliant Mind play The End on Thursday with support from Styles Make Fights and Illustrators. Well worth three quid. Apparently, the gig’s actually free. An even better reason to get yourselves down.
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