There is a lot of online discussion about the benefits of bands recording music videos when promoting their music online. One camp claims its always good to try and visually grab people’s attention and a good video can help you stand out from the crowd, on the other side of the argument are the people who say there are much more productive and cost effective things to spend your budget on. So when this video landed in my inbox from Pop Noodle Record’s debut act Cha-Cha (www.myspace.com/wearechacha) I thought I’d get in contact with Pop Noodle Records to find out some more about the band and about their promotional work.

The Surface Unsigned Festival is now accepting applications for the 2009 festival to be held at Music Live @ Birmingham NEC Nov 7th-9th. It looks like these guys have got a great thing going on with serious sponsorship behind them…

The tag line on Joan As Policewoman’s Myspace page is “Beauty is the new punk rock” and you know what, she’s got the album to back it up with. The sounds and textures are quite simply sublime and the song…