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Jakil

Jakil's debut EP now on iTunes - includes "Spin"!

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"This band will sell five million records" -
Vic Galloway, BBC Radio One/BBC Radio Scotland
"The day of Jakil is coming" - The Sun
"Scotland's Best Young Band" - The Scotsman
Winners of Radio Forth's 'One To Watch Award '07
"Edinburgh Band Wins Industry Gong" - BBC News
"Like U2 and The Killers" – BBC Radio One


"Best Young Band in Scotland"

The Scotsman 19/04/07
"Go and see Jakil now, and when they get stadium-gig big say you saw them first. I first saw them at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh and was blown away. They have great original material, but the amazing thing was the audience joining in with their favourite numbers. They are influenced by a vast array of artists and music genres. Over the last four years they have progressed from gigs in the Bongo Club to Liquid Rooms. Last year they triumphed in the Edinburgh Battle of the Bands.'

David Lee - The Scotsman


"Edinburgh band bags industry gong"

BBC News 07/12/07
"Jakil, a group of former Balerno High School pupils, has been awarded the "One To Watch" trophy at the Radio Forth Awards.
They beat off more than 100 bands to reach the final where they had a play-off to win a place supporting a headline act at the Liquid Rooms.
Singers David Gray, Gabrielle and Shayne Ward attended the awards.
Liam Narrie, 18, of Colinton - a music student at Napier University and guitarist in the band - said they were thrilled to have won the prestigious award.
Speaking to the BBC Scotland news website, he said: "We were so excited that it was all a blur on stage when we won.
"We were presented the award by the X Factor's MacDonald Brothers who later went out with us. They were so nice and told us to take one step at a time and keep going.
"On the stage the presenter jumped on us and I ended up having my jaw put out of place, but I suppose that is rock and roll for you."
The band, which is made up of singer Kieran O'Brien, 18, bass guitarist Iain Downie, 18, drummer Mike McTernan, 18, electric guitarist Jamie Robertson, 18, and electric guitarist Liam Narrie, play rock pop with a funky edge..."

Angie Brown - BBC News


"Who to Listen Out for in 2008"

The Evening News 03/01/08
"Edinburgh-based band Jakil won Forth One's recent "One to Watch" competition – and it's easy to see what all the fuss is about.They have great original material, a live show to be reckoned with, and in Kieran O'Brien, one of the best singers on the local circuit.Big things are expected of them this year"

Gary Flockhart - The Evening News


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Member Since: 7/25/2006
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Influences: John Mayer, Maroon 5, Coldplay, Joe Bonamassa...

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My Blog

From the lovely people at Vodafone

Hotly tipped Edinburgh five-piece Jakil have been nominated for the Live and Unsigned award at the prestigious Vodafone Live Music Awards taking place on 18th September 2008. The Vodafone Live Music A...
Posted by Jakil on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:30:00 PST

Nominated!

Jakil have been nominated in the Live and Unsigned Award category at this year's Vodafone Live Music Awards! Whoop whoop! We're down to the final 20 from bands all across the UK and hopefully will mak...
Posted by Jakil on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:25:00 PST

Manbags!

Today we are wet, happy and fashionable! We have just been up Calton Hill modelling a new range of tweed manbags for designer Catherine Aitken. It was tipping down with rain but the day was extremely ...
Posted by Jakil on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:41:00 PST

Songs on iTunes TODAY!

Reeeeeeeeeeeeally busy week for us...TODAY our new recordings are released on iTunes - buy them here:Jakil - EP - on iTunesand... on Saturday we're playing at Edinburgh's Liquid Room with Sandi Thom -...
Posted by Jakil on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:51:00 PST

All aboard the JAKILBUS...

What a night...If you were on the M8 between Edinburgh and Glasgow about 24 hours ago, you may have seen the first ever Jakilbus making its way to Glasgow's Barfly... we had heaps of Jakilites from Ed...
Posted by Jakil on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:01:00 PST

New Shiny Songs

The first time since i can remember we've not had a gig within 2 weeks of the last. Nice to have a wee break once in a while! Were still working hard, planning our next moves, practising away on a bun...
Posted by Jakil on Sat, 03 May 2008 03:22:00 PST

Recording

We've just been recording some new songs. Loving it. You can hear them here - we have recorded Sorry, Lifeline and a brand new song called Spin, which we hope to have on iTunes in August.Much love to ...
Posted by Jakil on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:46:00 PST

BBC RADIO1 'house band of the week'

HUGE thanks to Chris Cox and everyone at Radio1 for playing us last night!Everything just seems to be getting better in the run up to the release of 'Who Are Ya' on January 7th 2008. Jakil are now the...
Posted by Jakil on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:36:00 PST

BBC Article - Jakil

Edinburgh band bags industry gongAn Edinburgh group has scooped an industry gong following a battle of the bands."Jakil, a group of former Balerno High School pupils, has been awarded the "One To Watc...
Posted by Jakil on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:28:00 PST

97.3

Hey folks!Last Wednesday we went into the Forth 1 studios and pre recorded an interview and live acoustic version of 'Who Are Ya' which will be broadcast on Iain Waughs show tonight (tuesday) at 10pm...
Posted by Jakil on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:18:00 PST