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About Me

____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________xup is ilana on vox n other noises - including the mustang bass, borrowed gee-tar, woolly mammoth + the drums. often when she plays live mark bangs on the sticks n skins n oliver plays the geetar. xup built her own website, shoots her own videos and creates all her artwork. xup wrote, recorded and produced her own album. it was released on 20.02.09 on her own label - xup kitchen. xup was born out of the ashes of wolfie (...along with kasms, mixed cases, and get crucial... www.myspace.com/wolfieband...) ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ "low-fi/experimental 2 minute post punk/pop micro-capsules with bitter cherry melodies over bass driven twisted riffs." noise! noise! noise! write up ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ "vocals being transmitted over a ghostly telephone, with bass and drums colliding in a disjointed mix of programming and off the wall live rhythms. 'Space Invaders' is a staccato assault of comic book horror and 'No Bones' is a stand out for making the low key dynamics work amongst a mixture of stark sci-fi moodiness and post-punk arrangements." manchestermusic.co.uk review ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ following a spell of time out to record, xup are now taking live bookings again. get in touch if you'd like us to come and play for you. you can contact us via our myspace page, or drop us an e-mail: [email protected] ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ click on the pic above to visit xup's website www.xupmusic.co.uk ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________download xup on itunes ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ listen to xup on last fm ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________xup + monsieur renard comic strip sketches now up in the myspace photos pages. click on the picture above... ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ the asteroids album was released on itunes on 20.02.2009 via the xup kitchen label. to listen to the tracks, and to buy our limited edition asteroids cd/picture book packs click on the xup kitchen link... more gigs to follow in 2009... thanks for your patience..._________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ xup hearts space invaders.if you see any on your travels please send your pics in to xup hq. it's dix points for each space inavder. to learn more about the space invader catching game click on the space invader... ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ join the xup facebook page________________________________________________________ __________________________________________

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____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________add xup to to your ilike page________________________________________________________ __________________________________________ apart from being on sticks n skins duties for xup gigs... Mark is kept busy with his own baby. click on the pic to visit his 'mixed cases' myspace page ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ click on the icon next to the play button to view all our videos ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/05/2007
Band Website: www.xupmusic.co.uk
Band Members: ilana = bass + vox + woolly mammoth + geetar + drums ____________________________________ oliver = geetar + rat + other animals ____________________________________ mark = drums + beeps + backing vox ____________________________________
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Influences: space invaders. sea gulls. barbary apes. the sea shore. cherry diet coke. skinny cats. bones. pistachio ice cream. bleach. acrylic ink. asteroids. talking snakes ____________________________________
Sounds Like: ____________________________________ click on xup kitchen logo to hear all the tracks
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

help! we need a new home...

hello.due to circumstances totally beyond our control, we have to move out of our amazing and super cool practice room in august. i am very sad about this as i love that room to bits... it is my favou...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 05:16:00 GMT

' colin is a pussy...

... a very pretty pussy... 'just got back from atp... future of the left were amazing. ridiculously good...i'm still convalescing and i haven't quite got my sleep pattern back yet ...anyway.... a few ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 00:47:00 GMT

3rd may manchester gig cancelled.

sorry. due to circumstances completely beyond our control, our manchester gig on the 3rd of may has unfortunately been cancelled. i'll be up in manchester in any case from the 1st to the 4th of may......
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:38:00 GMT

itunes, champagne, and kurt cobain...

hello quick update / reminder about what's happening on saturday 21.02.09. check the flyer for all the details... but the main message is this: it's xup's asteroids album launch.it's also kurt cobain...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:08:00 GMT

asteroids album review on manchester music...

Manchesters original 21st Century punks burst onto the scene in the early noughties and one band to capture this true spirit were The Strap-Ons. Cut from the same mini-scene as Jackie O and The Obses...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:06:00 GMT

news about saturday night!!! (21.02.09)

we' re havin g an album launc h! ! ! for our debut album aster oids. . . the detai ls are all on the flyer . . . you can buy the limit ed editi on cd packs from our websi te here for £9. 99. . ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:40:00 GMT

your tattoo + album launch + stuff stuff stuff!!!

the new album version of 'your tattoo' is now up on the myspace player... in exchange i've taken down 'celluloid' and 'oh' - sorry! you can hear all the tracks on the album on our website here . and ...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:47:00 GMT

asteroids album news... + launch 21st feb

thanks for all the really cool messages you've been sending in and all the ace things you've said about the asteroids album. it means the world to me that you like it. i've been getting mail from as f...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:12:00 GMT

come together

it's fucking great having proper time off. it's even great having time off from being creative. it's great having time to skulk and mooch. while skulking and mooching over the past couple of days i've...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:07:00 GMT

xup yuletide blog: asteroids album now on sale

hello/hola/bonjour/konichiwa merry xmas/feliz navidad/joyeux noël/merii kurisumasu - n all that.if you're as exhausted as me this year i hope you're all planning a nice long break with lots of late an...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:04:00 GMT