Brave Or Invincible Records

Mark McCabe’s Tour EP now available as a ‘pay what you want’ download. All proceeds go to Shelter.

CallumBOI — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:31:41 +0000

2011 has seen Mark McCabe doing the rounds through the UK and Europe, playing shows with PJ Bond, Chris T-T and Frank Turner. It’s been a pretty mad year for our young Scottish friend who is now back in Aberdeen after a couple of years spent writing music, living and “working” in Paris; and to cap it off we wanted to put the Tour EP, previously only available at shows, up for ‘Pay What You Want Download’ with all proceeds going to the housing and homelessness charity Shelter.

The EP itself includes live recordings from Mark’s show at B552 in Vienna with Frank Turner, alternate versions of previously released tracks and demo versions of previously unreleased tracks ‘My Disguise is Better Than Yours’, ‘Your Own Masterpiece’ and ‘Another Day’. As for the charity selection, the issue of homelessness is one that has always struck a chord with Mark and us at BOI and so any donations would be greatly appreciated.

Tour EP by Mark McCabe

Almost 70,000 children will wake up on Christmas Day in temporary accommodation, without a home to call their own; and there are many, many more people who will be in similar situations or worse this Christmas and indeed for every other day of the year. www.shelter.org.uk

Katerwaul Interview at Woodend Barn

CallumBOI — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:51:04 +0000

Katerwaul managed to get in a little bit of imaginary beard stroking and quiche loving before their show at Woodend Barn earlier this month. Check it out below:

It’s Our Second Birthday! Now have some free stuff

CallumBOI — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:37:12 +0000

To celebrate our 2nd birthday, we’re giving away the entire Brave Or Invincible back catalogue, for one day only, available in exchange for one tweet

This includes:

- The Brave Or Invincible Mixtape
- Crash of Rhinos – Distal
- Jamie Clayton – Inside I’m Dancing
- Katerwaul – Here There Is No Why
- Katerwaul – Live At Kilau
- Katerwaul – Thank God It’s Christmas
- Katerwaul – Valley Under A Concrete Sea
- Mark McCabe – When I Grow Up
- Tiny Cinema – Designs
- Tiny Cinema – Good Morning City Blues
- Tiny Cinema – Hotel Radio
- Tiny Cinema – Only You
- Tiny Cinema – When The Light Comes
- Rhubarb Radio Sessions

Seriously. Look at all that stuff. But hurry, it’s only for one day!

Please, if you like what you hear, consider supporting us and our artists by coming back and purchasing a CD, tape, T shirt, or whatever.

Thank you all for the last 2 years, here’s to many more!

Crash Of Rhinos European Tour

CallumBOI — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:53:40 +0000

After a short break shacked up in their practice room writing blissed-out funk jams for the next record, Crash of Rhinos will be hitting the road for a whole host of dates across the UK and mainland Europe.

Pop along to any of the below dates, say hello, drink a beer, pick up a CD and argue with the guys about the fact that the last track on the new Bon Iver record is actually amazing.

OCTOBER:
Tue Oct 11th – London, The Old Blue Last w/Joeyfat, Nitkowski
Sat Oct 15th – Folkestone, The View w/ Great Ancestors, Yes We Canada
Sun Oct 16th – Manchester, The Castle Hotel (Matinee)
Sun Oct 16th – Sheffield, Red House w/ RVIVR, Dauntless Elite, Fashanu + more
Fri Oct 21st – Nottingham, Chameleon Arts Cafe w/ Well Wisher, Some Skeletons

NOVEMBER (EUROPEAN TOUR):
Sat Nov 12th – BE, Antwerp, Envers-Swa
Sun Nov 13th – DE, Mannheim, Juz
Mon Nov 14th – DE, Berlin, About:Blank w/ Mats Olson Trio
Tue Nov 15th – CZ, Prague, Chapeau Rouge
Wed Nov 16th – AU, Dornbirn, Kulturcafé Schlachthaus
Thu Nov 17th – IT, Milano, Cox 18 w/ Verme
Fri Nov 18th – IT, Rome, Traffic w/ Gazebo Penguins
Sat Nov 19th – IT, Forli, Circolo Valverde w/ Distanti
Sun Nov 20th – IT, Torino, Blah Blah w/ Verme
Mon Nov 21st – FR, Toulouse, Venue TBC
Tue Nov 22nd – IT/FR, Day Off – Contact with offers
Wed Nov 23rd – ES, Getaria, Gaztetxe
Thu Nov 24th – FR, Paris, L’International
Sun Nov 27th – UK, Derby, The Victoria Inn w/ Voo(TBC), Algiers

Crash of Rhinos “Distal” CD Released

Nick — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:37:36 +0000

Today marks not only the eve of Callum’s birthday at BOI HQ (put it in your diaries), but it also marks the release of the brilliant “Distal” by Crash of Rhinos. The beautiful CD package can be seen below and can be ordered RIGHT HERE with an exclusive Crash Of Rhinos badge for just £7.99

The package comes with a beautiful 16-panel insert including lyrics, photos and recording details; and the first 100 are also hand-numbered, so make sure you get in now and secure one of these extra special ones.

What are you waiting for?

Crash of Rhinos “Distal” CD Release 22nd August

CallumBOI — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:26:25 +0000

We posted about this a little while ago and following on from Crash Of Rhinos’ recent stint of live dates with Algernon Cadwallader, Lemuria, Crushing Blows, 1994 and Tellison (but to name a few), we are pleased to announce the CD release of the band’s debut album “Distal” on August 22nd.

We will be rewarding those who get in early too, as the first 100 CDs will be hand numbered and will come with Brave Or Invincible and Crash of Rhinos badges. The package itself comes in a gatefold wallet with an 16-panel fold out containing pictures of the recording process, lyrics and recording details; and as always an instant high quality download upon purchase.

The package can be seen below and will be up on the store for pre-order in the next few days.

Tiny Cinema & Uno Moller Split EP

CallumBOI — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:42:37 +0000

This has been in the locker for a little while now, but we’re very pleased to announce the release of a brilliant split EP featuring our very own Tiny Cinema and Lazy Acre Records‘ Uno Moller.

The EP features four songs, an original from each artist and a mutual cover version of an existing track by the other artist… So, a new Tiny Cinema song and an Uno Moller cover, performed by Tiny Cinema; and a new Uno Moller song, with a Tiny Cinema cover, performed by Uno Moller. Does that make sense? It’s a lot simpler than we’re making it. You can listen to the whole EP below for free and you can purchase a digital download for a mere £1.99 from right here. That’s less than a latte!

Exhibit This

CallumBOI — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:47:37 +0000

Last week ended our founding members spell of studies at university. Drinks were had, anecdotes were told and goodbyes were said. Nick and Callum will now be taking Brave Or Invincible forward with the help of Ryan who will be working from the far off land of Sheffield. We therefore bid farewell to Chris who has been with us since the very beginning and wish him all the best with his new business venture ‘470 Media‘.

In closing out our studies we were required to exhibit and showcase what we’ve been doing for the last three years of our lives. Brave Or Invincible has never been a University project, it’s never been forced upon us and we’ve never been marked on it; it is just what we love doing and it’s fair to say that our time with the likes of Andrew Dubber, Matt Grimes, Jon Hickman and Jez Collins has helped us to grow and develop as a business and as an entity in the independent music industry. So with that in mind, we exhibited all that BOI has created, learned and achieved, gave away a lot of CDs and badges and drank some free wine.

The very talented Ellie Gibbons was on hand to capture the Exhibition, which went under the name of ‘Exhibit This 2′ at the Custard Factory in Birmingham, and you can enjoy our goonish faces below.

Crash Of Rhinos Sign to Brave Or Invincible

CallumBOI — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:00:52 +0000

We are delighted to announce that after a quick trip to Derby for some free cocktails and an in depth discussion about ‘Some Kind Of Monster’, Brave Or Invincible have welcomed the utterly amazing Crash Of Rhinos to the family.

We will be releasing the band’s brilliant debut album Distal ahead of their July Tour with Algernon Cadwallader, but you can get your filthy mits on a download of the album right now from the band’s Bandcamp page.

More news on the release as we get it, and stick any of the following dates in your diary to see Crash Of Rhinos out on tour.

JUNE:

Sat June 11th – Leeds @ Art For Blind All-dayer

Sun June 26th – Derby @ Vines for Pennyfest 2 w/loadza bands

JULY:

Sat July 2nd – Kings Lynn @ The Wenns

Sat July 9th – Manchester – House Show w/ Theo, Econo

Wed July 20th – Sheffield @ Penelopes w/ Algernon Cadwallader, 1994!

Fri July 22nd – Royal Tunbridge Wells @ Forum w/ Algernon Cadwallader, 1994

Sat July 23rd – Birmingham @ Wagon & Horses w/ Algernon Cadwallader (Matinee)

Sat July 23rd – Leeds @ Fox & Newt w/ Cauls, Wooderson & Crushing Blows

Tue July 26th – Derby @ The Old Bell Hotel w/ Algernon Cadwallader

Sat July 30th – Kingston @ Fighting Cocks w/ Sundials & Caves (Matinee)

Sat July 30th – Brighton @ The Hydrant

AUGUST:

Tue August 2nd – Manchester @ Star & Garter w/ Lemuria & Cheap Girls

Mark McCabe to Support Frank Turner 19/06/11

CallumBOI — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:58:27 +0000

Mark McCabe will be heading back on the road for a short trip this June, playing a short run of shows featuring Chris T-T, One Against Society and ending with a support slot for Frank Turner at B72 in Austria. The full listings are below:

June 2011

14th – Le Chiquito, Paris (w/ Chris T-T)

17th – GH Farkas, Burgenland, Austria (w/ One Against Society)

19th – B72, Austria (Supporting Frank Turner)