Good news – Ether 5 have decided not to disband
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011Good news – Ether 5 have decided not to disband. We decided that we like playing too much!
We are concentrating on other projects for a bit though so the next Ether 5 gig won’t be for a while!
However we are unlikely to turn down gig requests so if you really want us to play get in touch.
Massive thanks to everyone for their support last night!
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011Big thanks to everyone who came to support us at the Fox and Newt last night! The money raised went to St George’s Crypt – an organisation which helps homeless people get off the street.
We enjoyed covering The Creeks Conspiracy track. A gentle reminder the Creeks album can be downloaded for free at www.thecreeks.co.uk!
Fantastic Johnny Marr Quote!
Thursday, April 21st, 201110 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Guitar Hero: (As Marr called it)
- Quit a wildly successful band and turn down offers from other successful bands for musical reasons.
- Avoid solos whenever possible.
- Play few single-note passages.
- Put songs before showmanship.
- Don’t clutter your records, even if it means laying out.
- Be subtle in your innovations: Don’t pose with a four-necked guitar; instead concentrate on offbeat harmonic ideas, unusual tunings, weirdo chord voicings, and finely detailed accompaniment.
- Paint with a feather, not a firehose.
- Cite unfashionable influences.
- Violate pop music conventions whenever possible.
- Denounce guitar heroism loudly and frequently.
Foxy Newt
Thursday, April 21st, 2011Ether 5 have a gig at the Fox and Newt in Leeds! We have been asked to fill an hour with our atmospheric shoegazer prog!
We are on stage about 9pm sharp!
@NMEmagazine Fact of the day:
The term Shoegazer was coined by Morrissey back in the day. Apparently he was quite rude about them…
Withdrawn too soon…
Friday, April 8th, 2011It’s official – Ether 5 have withdrawn from the bull.
*Ahem*
We are NOT able to play the Battle of the Bands at the Black Bull in Castleford on the 22nd April. There are still some fantastic bands playing so it is still worth going! Keep checking Vince’s FB page for details!
Thank you for the love
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011Massive thanks to everyone who came down to the Medellin Music Record label’s night of local talent @ Mr Ben’s Comedy Club in Leeds! You all helped make this gig a success and were a fantastic crowd to play to =)
Also we’d like to give a big shout out to Jay (from Vermin Art) for the wicked photos!
Black Flag Gig Friday 7th Jan
Thursday, December 30th, 2010On the 7th January Ether 5 will be playing at DISSENT, a brand new alternative night at the BLACK FLAG in Wakefield. So come down and check out the bands and have a good time there will be top DJs from 11pm. There will be drinks offers and the events are 14+ so everyone is welcome. Tickets for this event are £5 on the door, but you can buy them in advance from Ether 5 for £4.
Recording Session at Loom Studios
Friday, December 3rd, 2010Ether 5 are excited about recording two tracks this weekend – Tree of Life and Asphyxiate Me. The recording session will take place at Loom Studios near Morley, Leeds. Ether 5 won a free weekend recording at a recent open day/show case event. Many thanks to Grant Henderson at Loom for this amazing opportunity!
Grant has also recently worked with The Creeks, recording some drums for a track on their debut album out soon.
Bath-Fest Charity Gig
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010Ether 5 are playing at the Bath-Fest charity all dayer event, to raise funds for Help for Heroes. The event is only 2 pounds on the door, and there will be 13 top bands playing from 1pm till late.
Featuring:
01.00pm – THE ARTISTS
01.45pm – FIRECRACKER
02.30PM – BLACK WATER
03.15pm – RAW PEACHES
04.00pm – ANAIS
04.45pm – BLACK FLOWERS AUDIO
05.30pm – HANG ABOUT
06.30pm – ETHER 5
07.15 pm – MARTYN ALTILAR
08.00pm – LOCKIN
O8.45pm – DIRTY URGES
09.30pm – WE STAND VICTORIOUS
10.30pm – ORION
Battle of the Bands Final
Sunday, November 21st, 2010A massive thank you to everyone who came to support Ether 5 at the Battle of the Bands semi final! Unfortunately we didn’t make it through this time, but would like to say congratulations to all the bands that did make it through to the final! The final is on 11th December.
However, some good news! Wakefield Express will be publishing a review of the gig soon – and Ether 5 have been invited back to the Early Bath next week to play in an all day charity event alongside most of the finalists! It is on Saturday 27th November and starts at 1pm. More details on our gigs page, see ya there!
Battle of the Bands Semi Final
Thursday, November 11th, 2010On Saturday, November 20th, 2010 Ether 5 are battling it out for a place in the Battle of the Bands final. Ether 5 need your support!!!
The semi final is taking place at the Early Bath in Castleford. There are directions on our new Reverbnation page.
Performance times are usually drawn out of a hat on the night. Voting takes place at the end of the night, after all bands have performed. The night kicks off at 7:30pm – we hope to see you there!
Battle of the Bands
Monday, October 25th, 2010Ether 5 are playing at the Guerilla Rooms ‘Battle of The Bands’ this Friday 29th October.
This is the last heat before the final on the 13th November to win £500 and 10 hours recording with DPS.
ETHER 5 need your support for this!
Oxjam Huddersfield Update 2
Friday, October 22nd, 2010Ether 5 will be playing at THE GRADUATE (Huddersfield University Student Union)
On stage at 8:15pm
Leon Spencer will be joining us for this one, so watch out for that wailing guitar!
Don’t forget, loads of other bands are playing at this. Some of our favourites are The Creeks, Ashe Vendetta and King Kananga!
Also, if you haven’t got your tickets yet – get them here:
Oxjam Huddersfield Update
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010On Saturday October 23rd, Oxjam is taking over Huddersfield – with more than 50 acts performing in venues across the town centre. From acoustic to jazz, indie to stoner rock – they are bringing you some of the best unsigned talent from the local area all in aid of Oxfam.
Tickets are £5 and are now on sale, you’ll need to swap yours for a wristband on the day to give you entry to all the venues. Buy them now via the Huddersfield Oxjam stores and online at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/91950.
- Download the Programme here (PDF)
- Oxjam Huddersfield are announcing acts daily on their Twitter.
- You can also join the group on Facebook.
Carpe Diem Gig Rocked!
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010Thank you to everyone who came to see us at Carpe Diem last night! Thank you for all your support – the response from the crowd was amazing and we loved the dancing! Some photos from the night will be uploaded soon. Thanks to Lee and Steve for doing the filming!
Our next gig is at Oxjam in Huddersfield on the 23rd October, where Leon Spencer will be joining us on stage. Venue to be confirmed.
Ether 5
Ether 5 Free Gig @ Carpe Diem, Leeds
Monday, September 27th, 2010Come and watch Ether 5 rock out at Carpe Diem on the 2nd October (this Saturday). It’s opposite the Civic Hall in Leeds. Check out the Ether 5 MySpace page.
Click here to view the Facebook Event
The other bands:
- All the way from London a hip hop metal band “The Spindle Sect“
- Classic rock from “Whiskey and Lace“
- Kicking it off “The M.O.”
Recording new tracks soon!
Monday, September 20th, 2010Jamie and Martyn attended a fantastic open day at LOOM Studio (www.loomstudio.co.uk) in Birstall yesterday.
Ether 5 were lucky enough to win the top prize in their prize draw: a full weekend of recording!
We’re all extremely excited about recording there and working with Grant Henderson. Watch this space and thanks again LOOM Studio and Grant!
Follow Ether 5 on Twitter!
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
BoB Semi Finals…
Sunday, September 5th, 2010Well done to the Creeks for making it through to the Battle of the Bands semi finals in Cas Vegas! Ether 5 may have some more good news on this subject in the near future.
Battle of the Bands in Cas Vegas!
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Ether 5 are battling it out to get through to the semi finals and need your support to do it!
Click here to view the Facebook Event
The Creeks and Ether 5 @ Bradford Rios
Friday, June 18th, 2010Start Time: Saturday, 19 June 2010 at 19:30
End Time: Sunday, 20 June 2010 at 03:00
Rios Incoming featuring:
The Creeks
http://www.myspace.com/thecreeksrock
Ether 5
http://www.myspace.com/ether5band
Royal Park Cellar Gig
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010We are playing a gig at Royal Park Cellar Bar this Saturday (13th Feb)… sorry for short notice! Doors @ 7pm, Ether 5 are headlining. Leon is joining us for this one, so get down if you want to hear his wailing guitar once more…
Doors open @ 7pm
Ether 5 on stage @ 10pm
New Website
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Thanks for checking out the new Ether 5 website! It’s still growing and is going to contain loaaaaads of fun stuff! You’ll be able to get details of our upcoming gigs, listen to our music, watch videos and read reviews of some of the fantastic bands we have shared the stage with.
Welcome
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Welcome to the Ether 5 website… we are revamping it at the moment for 2010 so please bear with us. Everything should be up and running before the end of the week.
Recording Dates
Friday, June 12th, 2009Ether 5 are recording their next demo in July! It’s official! Recording dates are 18th and 19th. Tracks will be ‘Love Trap’, ‘Stones Throw’, ‘She’, ‘Ether’ and ‘Emphysema’. Mastering should be finished early August. ROCKING.
New MySpace
Monday, June 8th, 2009Ether 5 now have their own MySpace page! Hurrraaaaahhh!!!
http://www.myspace.com/ether5band
The Tarmackers
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009This quote is worthy of the Ether 5 news page:
“Urgh, I see you are playing with a band called “the tarmackers”. Dirty bastards! Are they a shit covers band?”
Cancer Charity Gig
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Ether 5 are playing at an all day charity gig to raise money for St James’ Hospital. The money will be used to pay for a day out for patients suffering with Cancer.
The gig is at the Counting House in Pontefract on the 1st March! The line up includes a new band ‘Lover Octave’, which features two of the members of Candid Squash. (They are playing early in the night so they don’t get too drunk!)
Ether 5 Demo 2009
Sunday, January 25th, 2009We are recording a short demo this year, which we will be recording in the summer. Keep checking the Ether 5 website for our business-best updates!
