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The Levings (formerly The Freeze)

A moment of spontaneity cannot be replicated

About Me

Decided to start throwing some ideas into the melting pot late in the day, to take one last stand against the tidal wave of crap littering the net, charts, racks of shops and bargain bins. To offer an alternative to the fakers, wannabe’s, never will be’s and has beens. To make music and songs and sounds totally independent of any bandwagon, scene or trend. For better or worse, for richer or poorer, to take advantage of being able to get music directly to anyone who might enjoy it. For that is the sole purpose of music........Lemmy once said there are only two types of music...."good and bad" .........and we agree! MyGen Profile Generator


Who are we? The band began at the beginning of 2007 firstly as a songwriting partnership between close friends Colin Baxter and Mark Strange who had previously worked together in another band. After putting together several songs and playing a host of acoustic gigs they felt the songs were strong enough to be performed at full band level...and so Mark’s brother Alan was recruited ..boards, Craig Millar on bass and Colin Boyle on drums. From here The Levings were born.The five members of The Levings bring together a number of styles and personal influences which explains the diverse sound of the band.Collectively influenced by xtc, wings, talking heads, beatles, dylan, television, squeeze, cream, weller, byrds, small faces, doors, beach boys among others, there are no hard and fast rules to the style of songs written by the band. The Levings feel that today’s music listener doesn’t like to be pigeon holed in the same way bands dislike it, so look to produce good music people want to hear rather than stick to a formula.Collectively, The Levings is in it’s infancy, although individually bring together years of musical experience which will hopefully help shape the future.
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"WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY"

"The Levings confess, that as a band they are still in their infancy. Well there’s evidence here that they’re actually pretty much together already" - Toxic Pete Feb 08

"Hey Guys, Loving the tracks.. keep it up!" - MTV2

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Member Since: 7/26/2007
Band Website: sonicbids.com/TheLevings
Band Members: Colin ’Sid’ Baxter (Vocals) Mark ’Stranger’ Strange (Guitar) Alan Strange (Keyboards) Craig Millar (Bass) Wee Man (Drums)

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Influences: xtc, wings, talking heads, beatles, dylan, television, squeeze, cream, weller, byrds, small faces, doors, beach boys
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CURRENT AIRPLAY

INDIE 104 FM Los Angeles

Banana Peel Radio Vancouver

WTMX-HD Chicago

WTOP-HD Washington D.C

WMVN-HD St. Louis

KSL-HD Salt Lake City

KTAR-HD Phoenix

MOD Radio UK


Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Daylight Breaking now on INDIE 104 FM

Daylight Breaking is the second Levings track to be added to Los Angeles radio station INDIE 104 FM.We’d appreciate it if you’d vote for us as a favourite artist on the station.Simply clic...
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:05:00 PST

New dates

We have now added a date at The Ark in Edinburgh, 11th June. Full details tbc.   Cheers   The Levings will play Ivory Blacks Glasgow on Friday 23rd May. Full details tbc. Cheers!...
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:28:00 PST

New date for your gig diary

The Levings will be playing Glasgow Barrowlands 2 on Saturday 10th May. Full details to be confirmed. Cheers Sid
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:22:00 PST

The Levings - Reviews

The Levings - Demo (www.myspace.com/thelevings)   The Levings confess, in their rather impressive looking and individually styled press pack, that, as a band, they are still in their in...
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:58:00 PST

The Levings - Airplay

Fundamental has now been added to the playlist of LA radio station Indie 104 FM. Good bit of exposure. Visit the site and give us a request. Cheers We have now been added to the playlist of Banana Pee...
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:51:00 PST

First dates of the year announced

The first Levings live date of the year has been announced. We will be appearing at the Jools Holland Jam House, Edinburgh on Sunday 20th April. Details and full line up to be confirmed. Cheers The Le...
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:45:00 PST

The tracks are mixed!

That’s it. The new Levings tracks are now complete. Check them out! Look out for more Levings news and up coming gigs. Thanks for your support  
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:12:00 PST

Recording almost complete

The latest Levings recordings are almost complete. Full mixing is still required plus a few tweaks here and there, however they are almost 80% complete. Exclusive demo versions are now available ...
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:48:00 PST

Updated versions now available

Updated versions of the songs are now available for preview! They are awaiting final mixing and the finished versions will be posted very soon.
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:50:00 PST

The Levings hit the studio

After almost a year of hard graft couped up in rehearsal rooms we are all set to go into the studio to lay down the first Levings tracks. These will be available shortly to download along with ph...
Posted by The Levings (formerly The Freeze) on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:45:00 PST