ROGUE STATES

The White Lion

Rogue States HQ — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:15:53 +0000

Banjos, ukeleles and an Elvis Costello song are just some of the things to look forward to at our upcoming acoustic show on the 31st. Rehearsals have been far too A Mighty Wind to take seriously, so we could be in for an interesting night.

The White Lion is a great little pub, always a friendly atmosphere and never short of a guest ale or two. We’d love it if you could join us for what promises be a lot of fun. And if you need directions, just look for the busted neon sign that flashes “e a oes”!

Michael

Weird and wonderful shit…

Rogue States HQ — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:30:25 +0000

More writing this week. Mixing a child’s glockenspiel with filthy synth bass. Also messing around with the FM8 arpeggiator and coming up with some weird and wonderful shit. Yes, I need to get out of the flat more …

I’m starting to get excited about this next batch of songs. It all feels very loosely us – still epic, melodic and lyrical … but reaching for ever widening spectrums of sound and meaning. So much to explore – we’ve only just scratched beneath the surface.

Michael

Limited edition t-shirts now available!

Rogue States HQ — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:41:15 +0000

We now have limited edition Rogue States ‘logo’ t-shirts available in our online shop.

The t-shirts come in men’s and women’s ‘fitted’ styles with the men’s available in small, media, large and extra large and women’s available in small, medium and large sizes.

T-shirts cost £8 + p&p and include a FREE digital download of the Lights EP, or for £10 +p&p you can pick up a t-shirt and a CD copy of the Lights EP.

Head over to our online shop to place your order while stocks last!

“The Decider”

Rogue States HQ — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:45:58 +0000

9.30am. Sat in Urban Coffee Co on Church Street, Birmingham. We’ve made the move to the Jewellery Quarter now. Enjoying it. Very communal. I’ve been making furniture out of whatever wood I can find: a bed made from old delivery pallets, a bookcase made from an old table top. I’m learning to appreciate the beauty of imperfection. Loving the cull in belongings too as we seek to downsize: books that I once read and probably never will again, accessories, DVDs, clothes… there’s beauty in simplicity too.

Rehearsing tonight. Writing this afternoon. New song on the go called THE DECIDER – something that Steve started working on a while ago and is now nearing harvest. There are loads of other ideas knocking around too as always. Still some question marks about where we’re going creatively at the moment. All will be answered in due time, I’m sure. In the meantime, we’re planning to release our most recent recordings this summer in some format, so stay in touch with us through our mailing list and facebook.

That’s all for now.

Michael

Thank you!

Rogue States HQ — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:49:03 +0000

Thanks to everyone that came down to our show at the Hare and Hounds last night. We really enjoyed. Thought that Blackchords were great too!

We’ll be back soon with new material and if you haven’t alreday done so… please join the mailing list for info on new tracks we are going to release in the summer!

Steve x

Rogues States with support from Blackchords

Rogue States HQ — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:51:12 +0000

Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Monday 7th June
Doors: 7:30pm.
Admission: TBC.
Age restrictions: 18+.
Address: 106 High St, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ.
Venue phone: 01214442081.
Buy tickets

Slade Rooms Photos / Walsall show this Friday

Rogue States HQ — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:52:25 +0000

Check out photos from our recently Wolverhampton Slade Rooms/Little Civic gig taken by the talented Sarah Thompson / gigjunkie.co.uk.

And don’t forget you can catch us headlining The Hang Up in Walsall this Friday – we’re on stage at 11pm, detail can be found on the live page.

Hometown Show

Rogue States HQ — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:27:44 +0000

After an absence of over 2 years, Rogue States return to play in their hometown of Walsall on Friday 16th April.

The gig which will be the first non-acoustic show in Walsall for over 2 years takes place at new venue The Hang Up, above the Old Court House/Martha’s Vinyard pub on the corner Lichfield Street & Leicester Street.

Find out more and RSVP NOW on Facebook.

Listen to the Lights EP on Spotify

Rogue States HQ — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:01:49 +0000

Those of you lucky enough to have scored invites can now get your Rogue States fix by listening to the Lights EP on Spotify!

Click here to listen and don’t forget to tell your friends!

To celebrate our debut release making it onto Spotify, we’ve created another in our series of Spotify playlists for your listening pleasure. Check it out here.

Previous Spotify playlists:

Rogue States – April 2009
Rogue States – June 2009
Rogue States – August 2009

Purple Revolver reviews Lights

Rogue States HQ — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:20 +0000

Check out purplerevolver.com’s single review of ‘Lights’ which compares Rogue States to the likes of U2 “minus the twat in the shades”…

Read the review here.