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Rory McVicar

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About Me

the youngest of three boys.
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COMING SOON...
|:::|"Now That You're Mine" b/w "Not The Time"... download only single available from 05/11/2007 on Series 8 Records
|:::|"Rory McVicar" the debut album, available on CD/download from 26/11/2007 once again on Series 8 Records
Distribution by CARGO.
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For PRESS please contact Rosie Wilby at Piranha PR,
tel. 020 8299 1928
email: rosie at piranha-pr dot co dot uk
For RADIO and TELEVISION please contact Russell Yates at CoolBadge,
tel. 020 7609 5115
email: russell at coolbadge dot com
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"Threatens to make a grown man cry." Rob da Bank, Radio 1
"One of our favourites on the show." Huw Stephens, Radio 1
"Set apart by his voice." John Kennedy, XFM
"Rory McVicar is a one man gathering storm." Mark Barton, Losing Today
For Sale...
(singles)
|:::|"The Things You Do" single (CD/Orange Vinyl)- out now on NRone Records .Available online through Tower Records , HMV , Action Records , Piccadilly Records and Amazon UK . Distribution by Backs.
|:::|Split single with Hoofus (Vinyl Only) on Howlback Hum/Mummy Where's The Milkman? Records , featuring the song "Hide Yrself".

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/5/2004
Band Members: at the minute the band is as follows: david plays the drums, shane plays lead guitar and the piano, andrew plays the synthesizer and all manner of percussion, owen plays the bass. everybody sings, except for david. also jess, joe, daisy, will, matt, naomi, jim, and laura have all been involved in some way, at some point.
Influences: vanity and lack.
Sounds Like: a question to me.
Record Label: Series 8 Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

mojo mag/single/album

hello dear alli am in mojo magazine this month, in a little article about music from off the internet. i'm not very good at the internet, and they do refer to a lot of things i did in 2006, as if they...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:38:00 PST

Radio 1 Session and Unsigned Podcast Interview

allo all, This coming week I will be in session for the fantastic new Unsigned show with Huw Stephens on Radio 1. It was on Huw's old Onemusic show that I first heard my songs on the radio, and he has...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:35:00 PST

new maida vale session

so last friday we drove down to the legendary maida vale studios on the kind invitation of the radio 1 unsigned show. i'd been once before about the same time last year but that was an all-live, me an...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:39:00 PST

latitude pictures

Thanks to Flob!   sorry girls, none of david and shane at the minute. keep your fingers crossed and maybe we'll have something to put in your lockets soon....
Posted by Rory McVicar on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:57:00 PST

EXIT pictures *edit* more added...

thanks to Sasha!     and summore courtesy of debbie and paul (fanks!). note the running theme of horses. it's an artistic nod to patti smith, promise.   here we are at the pre...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:57:00 PST

latitude festival

so the weekend began in earnest with an all day rehearsal at the studio on thursday. that was good. things wuz coming together. playing football in the summer sun is real good fun. friday morning we ...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:16:00 PST

serbia pt 2

"as i whisper my last goodbye, i know it's serious..." this was the last thing me and moz said to one another before i had to rush off to the stage where i was playing. he made me laugh too. after int...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:20:00 PST

serbia pt 1

hey, the story so far.... the coach was late, i missed the plane, i slept in the airport till the next day, my neck is sore. when i finally got here it was hot. it still is hot. i went to the first ni...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:40:00 PST

"the things you do" gets a good kicking from repeat fanzine

"Rory McVicar does acoustic songs with the odd bit of sampled backing vocal, knife/fork/dustbin percussion cameos and similar trimmings just to pad out the sound and give it some layers. Despite these...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:51:00 PST

"the things you do" reviewed by LosingToday.com

From those rather nice people who brought us those top drawer releases by My Visor, Cortez and Oblique - NRONE records now step up the ante with the jaw dropping debut from Norwich based singer / song...
Posted by Rory McVicar on Thu, 25 May 2006 12:03:00 PST