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WET PAINT HEADLINE THE FLY

2009-04-23T11:17:00.002+01:00

Freshly back from their Rumble Strips tour and other Olympia adventures (see below), WET PAINT are headlining the great Friends Of Mine night at the Fly (detaile below)
We weren't really into the flyer, so we thought we'd just post a WACKY photo of your favourite band:

Friends Of Mine at The Fly present:
WET PAINT
KAIKO
LLOYD
ROOK AND THE RAVENS
STAGECOACH
THE MOLOTOVS (DJ)

FRIDAY 24th APRIL
8PM-2AM
THE FLY
New Oxford St
£5 adv

GOD ALMIGHTY IT'S BIG!!

2009-04-23T11:07:00.003+01:00

Some days ago, our favourite WET PAINT supported Bloc Party and Foals at London Olympia.
It made us remember that rooms can be big sometimes...

Shit phone = shit photo, sorry about that, but we just thought it was still worth posting

WET PAINT OFF ON TOUR WITH RUMBLE STRIPS

2009-03-09T18:11:00.000+01:00

Up 'n down the country they go,
It starts today,
Catch them when they play near you, dates are:

09 Mar: Rainbow (Birmingham)
10 Mar: The Roadhouse (Manchester) 18+
11 Mar: The Cockpit (Leeds) 14+
13 Mar: Fibbers (York) 14+
14 Mar: King Tuts (Glasgow)
15 Mar: Doghouse (Dundee) 14+
16 Mar: Cluny (Newcastle) 18+
18 Mar: The Plug (Sheffield) 14+
19 Mar: The Charlotte (Leicester) 14+
20 Mar: Junction 2 (Cambridge) 16+

WET PAINT IN SESSION ON CHANNEL M

2009-02-11T09:47:00.002+01:00

Whilst on their day off in Manchester, Wet paint have been invited to play a session on Channel M:

WET PAINT'S "IT ROTS" IS OUT

2009-01-26T13:13:00.002+01:00

That's it,
The moment the world was waiting for...
Wet Paint's debut album, "It Rots" is finally released today, available in all good record shops and on iTunes and all your favourite mp3 providers...

WET PAINT CHOSEN FOR RUMBLE STRIPS SUPPORT TOUR

2009-01-26T13:09:00.003+01:00

They've literally just left London for the UK tour in support of their friends Bloc Party, Wet Paint are already planning their next one...

Babak, Laurie, Melinda and James have just been chosen by the Rumble Strips as their main support for their forthcoming UK tour in March...

Catch them when they play near you, dates are:

09 Mar: Rainbow (Birmingham)
10 Mar: The Roadhouse (Manchester) 18+
11 Mar: The Cockpit (Leeds) 14+
13 Mar: Fibbers (York) 14+
14 Mar: King Tuts (Glasgow)
15 Mar: Doghouse (Dundee) 14+
16 Mar: Cluny (Newcastle) 18+
18 Mar: The Plug (Sheffield) 14+
19 Mar: The Charlotte (Leicester) 14+
20 Mar: Junction 2 (Cambridge) 16+

Other dates are here:

26 Jan: Glasgow Academy (supporting Bloc Party)
27 Jan: Nice 'n Sleazy (Glasgow)
28 Jan: Manchester Apollo (supporting Bloc Party)
29 Jan: Manchester Apollo (supporting Bloc Party)
31 Jan: Wolverhampton Civic (supporting Bloc Party)
01 Feb: Wolverhampton Civic (supporting Bloc Party)
20 Feb: The Deaf Institute (Manchester)
25 Feb: The Chameleon (Nottingham) (supporting Crystal Stilts)
26 Feb: Old Blue Last (London)
11 Apr: London Olympia (supporting Bloc Party)
12 Apr: London Olympia (supporting Bloc Party)
24 Apr: The Fly (London)

The hardest working band in the business?

TRIAL & ERROR vs SUPER YOUTH

2009-01-26T12:48:00.002+01:00

Trial & Error DJs as well as members of the mighty Economy Wolf will be part of the nice line-up of DJs playing at Super Youth on Thursday 29th Jan at the Haggerston in Dalston...

They'll be sharing duties with illuminati such as Stolen's Artefacts For Space Travel and Let's Wrestle, our good friends Little Death and Skill Wizards...

WET PAINT PLAY AN IN-STORE AT ROUGH TRADE EAST

2009-01-10T17:33:00.003+01:00

WET PAINT will be playing a free in-store gig on Thursday 15th January at 7PM at Rough Trade East, on Dray Walk, next to Brick Lane.

It'll be exciting as it'll be a sort of launch for the album as the long-awaited CDs will be available for the first time from Rough Trade on that day, and exclusively from there until the nationwide release on the 26/01...

WET PAINT ALBUM AVAILABLE ON PRE-ORDER FROM MONDAY

2009-01-10T17:25:00.002+01:00

From early next week, WET PAINT's debut album, the magnificent "IT ROTS" will be available on pre-sale from your very own fave shop, the T&E SHOP

It'll come with its traditional, credit-crunch-friendly special offers, but in limited quantities, so rush to the shop from Monday to grab 'em...

WET PAINT AT THE MACBETH / BLOC PARTY TOUR

2008-12-15T12:32:00.002+01:00

After their great set at the Old Blue Last last night, Wet Paint will be playing a packed up gig alongside Wreckless Eric on Friday 19th December.
This great chance to catch them live one last time in 2008 will be for the great International Amalgamation of Champions, organised by our friends Real Gold

There will still be plenty of chance to see Wet Paint in the new year as they've been chosen by Bloc Party to support their UK tour, dates are:

25 Jan: Glasgow Academy (supporting Bloc Party)
26 Jan: Glasgow Academy (supporting Bloc Party)
28 Jan: Manchester Apollo (supporting Bloc Party)
29 Jan: Manchester Apollo (supporting Bloc Party)
31 Jan: Wolverhampton Civic (supporting Bloc Party)
1 Feb: Wolverhampton Civic (supporting Bloc Party)
11 Apr: London Olympia (supporting Bloc Party)
12 Apr: London Olympia (supporting Bloc Party)

WET PAINT ON THE NME STEREO THIS WEEK

2008-12-15T12:19:00.002+01:00

Wet Paint's "Save The Whale" anthem has been on rotation on the NME stereo this week, before the album hits the rest of the UK's stereos in the new year...

SUPER YOUTH TONIGHT

2008-10-22T22:59:00.002+01:00

WET PAINT and ECONOMY WOLF will be spinning records tonight at the Haggerston on Kingsland Rd for the first occurrence of a great new night called SUPER YOUTH
We advise you to partake...

Trial & Error Vs Real Gold

2008-08-29T12:45:00.003+01:00

Trial & Error will send a representative to the front line of music vendetta tonight for the amazing Real Gold's International Amalgamation Of Champions at the Macbeth on Hoxton Street in LownDown Town...

A whole lotta Wet Paint

2008-08-29T12:26:00.002+01:00

The Autumn will see the release of Wet Paint's debut album,
We're excited, it'll be packed full of WetPaint-ery, called "It Rots" (because it does) and it will look like this:

T&E presents LOSERPALOOZA at the Hoxton Bar: 30th July 08

2008-07-14T10:05:00.004+01:00

Right in the middle of the summer holidays, TRIAL & ERROR will be hosting its own little fest on the 30th July, a night of noisy rock for all the slackers of the world.
Get your tickets here:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/33427

Those four bands (yes four!) will invade the lavish spaces of the Hoxton Square bar and
Kitchen for a great evening of saturated guitars:

LETS WRESTLE (live)
WET PAINT (Live)
ARTEFACTS FOR SPACE TRAVEL (Live)
SIR YES SIR (live)
Trial & Error DJs

Trial & Error Session
At the Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen
2-4 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU
Wednesday 30th July 2008
8PM-1AM
Price: £4 in advance/£5 on the door
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/33427

WET PAINT's NEW VIDEO

2008-07-07T10:25:00.002+01:00

CHECK OUT WET PAINT's VIDEO for their new single "HUG IT OUT", directed by the great HARRY DWYER

BUY THE SINGLE

2008-07-07T10:19:00.002+01:00

WET PAINT's new single "HUG IT OUT" is out NOW on TRIAL AND ERROR

The single is a little gem of noisy pop and will come in the form of a numbered limited edition 7" and download.
On the B side there will be a thrilling remix by BLOC PARTY and the digital package will also feature another original song called "DON'T SHAVE" as well as a surprise remix by BLUE STATES.

BUY IT

NEW WET PAINT SINGLE ON 30TH JUNE

2008-05-26T21:10:00.002+01:00

We are to release WET PAINT's second single, "HUG IT OUT" at the end of next month.
Following the great "Save The Whale", "HUG IT OUT" is a gem of noisy pop and will come on a numbered limited edition 7" with an exclusive BLOC PARTY remix on the B side...

The digital package will come with an extra B side, "DON'T SHAVE" courtesy of WET PAINT and an extra remix courtesy of BLUE STATES, whose Andy produced WET PAINT's forthcoming album...

WET PAINT's SAVE THE WHALE IN THE SHOPS

2008-02-21T10:42:00.002+01:00

WET PAINT's groundbreaking new single "SAVE THE WHALE" has finally hit the shops last Monday morning.

Extremely well received by the retailers:
It's been made record of the week by Piccadilly Records
And Rough Trade put it at the top of their top ten

it's available for purchase from the Trial And Error Shop in mail order and from the following shops exclusively:

ROUGH TRADE EAST (Brick Lane - London)
ROUGH TRADE WEST (Notting Hill - London)
PURE GROOVE (Archway - London)
PICCADILLY RECORDS (Manchester)
MONORAIL (Glasgow)
JUMBO RECORDS (Leeds)
SPILLERS RECORDS (Cardiff)
ACTION RECORDS (Preston)
CRASH RECORD (Leeds)
SELECTADISC (Nottingham)
ESCALATOR RECORDS (Tokyo JP)

Only 300 available, so rush...

WET PAINT's SINGLE SAVE THE WHALE AVAILABLE

2008-02-08T11:03:00.000+01:00

WET PAINT's debut single SAVE THE WHALE,with its great B side by LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION,is now available for download on our shop. CLICK HERE TO BUY.

A beautiful limited edition CD will be available in selected shops in the country on the 18th February. Rush out to get them as they come with some freebies for the first two weeks and won't be available forever (NO RE-PRESSING)...

CHECK THIS SPACE NEXT WEEK FOR OUR SPECIAL OFFERS

LIVE PICS

2008-02-08T10:31:00.001+01:00

Here are a few photos of the live sessions that took lace on the 24th January in the Hoxton Square Bar in Shoreditch.
Thanks a lot to all who've made it and made the night a massive success...

BABAK FROM WET PAINT IN FULL SCREAMING MODE:

Photo by Simon Fernandez

TIM FROM PART CHIMP:

Photo by Simon Fernandez

CHROME HOOF:

Photo by Simon Fernandez

WET PAINT HEADLINE AT CATCH THIS WEDNESDAY

2008-01-28T23:33:00.000+01:00

Don't miss Wet Paint headlining Catch 22 in Shoreditch this Wednesday, it'll be nice and warm...

THANKS FOR THE GREAT NIGHTS

2008-01-28T23:23:00.000+01:00

We had two great nights in a row last week.
First on Wednesday Agaskodo Teliverek and The Mae Shi made the Old Blue Last a very sweaty place and then on Thursday, the Hoxton Square Bar, almost bursting with crowd, saw three great performances by Wet Paint, Part Chimp and Chrome Hoof.
The bar staff and even the toilet attendant was loving it...

We'd like to thank the bands, the numerous and hungry crowd and all those who helped us along...

Look at those lovely bands say hello...

First The Mae Shi, all horizontal:

Then Part Chimp breaking bottles:

And finally Agaskodo Teliverek:

GREAT TRIAL & ERROR NIGHT ON 24/01

2008-01-11T10:32:00.000+01:00

Just the night after the knees-up at the Old Blue Last, there'll be another very exclusive Trial & Error Session at the Hoxton Square Bar, this will be one of those rare London date by prog-disco-doomers CHROME HOOF, our very favourite WET PAINT will support and the great PART CHIMP have just decided to join the party too... DON'T MISS IT!!

You can book ticket here

WET PAINT - VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE

2008-01-06T23:34:00.000+01:00

Save The Whale

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