So said the directors of Rocky IV, Karate Kid, Pretty Woman, Ghostbusters, Teen Wolf ad nauseum. And oh god of brilliant 8os films, how I agree.

So rather than extoll the genius of the bands, heroism of mass drunken attendees or  relay the ‘I vomited on my own chest’ explosion that a close pal of mine encountered… I shall sum up the Alcopop/BSM party with this photo montage I have created in the time it took for a beleagured My First Tooth to discuss the relative merits of swimming in a pile of coins (a la Scrooge McDuck) this morning over breakfast.

You really should have been there x

We may all be busily celebrating Konnie Huq’s (former Blue Peter presenter and red hot fox – no, she really is) thirty-fourth birthday today – busily topping of the icing on Tom Fletcher from McFly’s secret 24th celebration cake and wishing fervently that Ismail I, Shah of Persia was still alive to see in his 512th in style, but spare a thought for the smaller (physically at least) music-based celebrities of Oxfordshire – namely Kev, co owner of Alcopop and lord of all BSM – who turns 26 today…

Happy birthday dear Kev – and may the year be as wretchedly drunken as the majority of the last 25! Short of presents, I instead decided to jet over today to Walt Disney World (it’s been a long one), to Florida to approach some mooks in stupid hats to bring you this, from all the Alcopoppers…

 As if Wolf Am I giving away Lex Talionis wasn’t enough – it seems that The Candle Thieves have only gone and added to the aceness of this week, by offering a free song for you all. You see, they’re giving away a free download of our song http://www.musicglue.com/thecandlethieves. “It was recorded around the time of the forthcoming EP but it won’t be appearing on there, or the album so it’s the only place you’ll find it.”

Go for it – its ace!

Meanwhile, some chaps at a blog called beat surrender have been busy interviewing them too – asking them a whole heap of questions, including “You’ve signed to Alcopop Records, did you have other offers and what drew you to that label in particular?” To which Scott said…

“Well we kind of knew straight away they were perfect for us, it was all done very quickly! I was a massive Midget fan growing up, and the label’s inspired by them, and then to have Andy Hawkins (Midget bass player) produce our record, it all just seem to fit. And they add this really cool personal touch to their records, like their compilation in a bottle with a little treasure map, we love that! In a world of downloading and what not it’s awesome to have physical CD’s done in different ways.”

Aw… Thanks lads x

You can read the rest over here….

OH… MY… GOD! This is the first time I’ve ever wished I was an American child – watch this trailer and you’ll understand why!

Destroys things, builds other things out of the wreckage and then destroy them again. Gloriously nihilistic But best of all… It’s presented BY ANDREW WK!!!

Once sang legendary rockers Rocket From the Crypt (almost) – but now see as legendary folk rockers (and notorious landlubbers) My First Tooth take to the water to play in a 1930’s barge moored alongside Vauxhall Bridge* in what promises to be a truly lovely evening.

Appearing alongside Jesca Hoop and Birdengine, not to mention the Thames rushing beneath you as ‘mellow rock out’ – Londoners hitting up the big smoke on Wednesday would be well advised to get themselves along.  We’re reliably informed that 3 buses go to the door and its only 8 minutes walk from Vauxhall Tube… So get down

Closer to home however, and serving as a joint birthday shindig for myself and Kev BSM, My First Tooth are also rocking out at The Cellar in bonny Oxford on Friday with Kevin Devine and This Town Needs Guns – which should be rather fun for all concerned. If anyone does fancy coming down it would be lovely to see you… And I promise a round of rum for all Alcopoppers in the awesome Jamaican Bar on Cowley Road after (not that I’m paying – it is my birthday!)

Boats and birthdays… Great week!

* = picture not an entirely accurate representation

 No denying that Wolf Am I are a band so tumultuous in sound that we’ve had a number of message literally begging to put the debut album ‘Lead the Way’ out early such is the anticipation of this record, but now they’ve actually decided to give a track away for free…  Well – generosity is not lost on these boys…

As Lee says over on Wolfami.com

“We are so very kind.

So kind in fact, that we’re giving away ‘Lex Talionis’ (from Lead the Way) absolutely free!

Just click here!

We go on tour this Saturday, and can’t wait to play again.

There will be tickets on the door for every show, so if you haven’t ordered in advance, no worries. Don’t be turning up at like 4am with a stagger acting all cool and shit though. You will miss us play.”

Well quite… Pre-order up on Monday and hit up a show if you know what’s good for thee!

Alcopop are delighted to announce the signing of 5-piece Stagecoach – plucked deep from the obscurity of Surrey and surrounding satellites. The heart-warming breezy quintet who The Fly described as “A much-needed lateral breath of fresh air” will be releasing tumultuous EP ‘We got Tazers’ on October 12th, as well as touring the UK, France and anywhere else them wagons roll…

Originally starting off as a 2 piece and adding a new member every year until they ‘felt we could comfortably rock a stadium’ – the band was crafted in a hearty fire forged from being no good at sports and a lack of any other hobbies ‘apart from maybe skimming stones’.

Delight ensued – and sharing the stage with the likes of Phoenix, Frightened Rabbit, The Wombats, Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin, Bishop Allen, Cryptacize & Thomas Tantrum – the “Smart songwriting and memorable hooks (Rock Sound)” ensured Alcopop was smitten.

Stagecoach celebrated the announcement with a near sold out summer party show at Brixton Windmill, alongside heroic boozing. Alcopop remained stoically sober. Check them out here and do make the newest addition to Family PoP feel super welcome… I know you will – you’re lovely

Mentioned last week that goFASTER>> are now darlings of screen as well as stage, but I didn’t realise that they’re basically running the new Hollyoaks spin-off ‘The Morning After the Night Before’ (below)… and as Rich put it, ‘basically they’ve used the whole modern education EP to soundtrack the series!!’

Goodtimes is the theme tune, which is particularly ace – and the band themselves feature really heavily in a couple of the episodes… Their handsome faces shimmering on student union stages from beginning to end.

Apart from the fact they failed to get anyone from Alcopop a cameo (poor form boys) it’s all good – Josh (aka Sonny Flood) from the show says in an interview with lastbroadcast.co.uk “There’s lots of live gigs, Josh has a bit of a run in with a roadie. There are actual bands – Go Faster are very good, they’re a local Liverpool band, I think they have an EP, they’re definitely worth checking out.”

I concur Josh… I concur. Indeed it’s available in the Alcopop shop, or on iTunes next time you’re browsing. The only question now remains as to which member of goFASTER>> will be stripping off for the 2010 ‘Hollyoaks Hunks’ calendar. My money’s on Murphy!

Like a pregnant mother heavy with child about to go into labour, there’s excitement afoot at Alcopop HQ as on Monday we announce our third summer signing to join the family. Wolf Am I and The Candle Thieves are settling in just nicely with everyone else and we just know our new boys will too.

Look out for the official announcement on Monday, but until then we’d like to give all of you chaps a little taster of what’s to come. So if you’d like a free MP3 of ‘the new boys’ – just drop us a line on info@ilovealcopop.co.uk or @ilovealcopop on Twitter and we’ll send you a link to download the track straight away. Just keep it under your hat till Monday yeah

Bad acting galore may have ensued around them, but the consummate goFASTER>> were, as ever, the height of rock n’ roll professionalism as they smashed the hell out of the students union in Hollyoaks last week – opening, as I’m reliably informed, for a band who ‘sounded like CSS’.

Playing their first single released on Alcopop ‘Flammable Leisurewear’ – the episode was aired on the 1st July, and goes further to ensuring their scouse legendary status. I especially like the line ‘how’s your crotch’…

If you’re reading this today, or in the next few days you can watch the epic appearance over on 4OD around 5 minutes through the July 1st episode, but if you’re years into the future looking back – wondering where number 1 pop sensations goFASTER>> came from , then I’ve taken a really poorly rendered video of the appearance for your delectation and delight…

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