Anna Calvi “Blackout” added to BBC Radio 1 B-list

January 25th, 2012

Anna Calvi “Blackout” has been added to BBC Radio 1 B-list.

Anna Calvi “Blackout” (Radio Edit) by Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi nominated at the BRIT Awards

January 13th, 2012

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Anna Calvi has been nominated in the British Breakthrough Act category at this year’s BRIT Awards.

The list of all nominees can be seen here: http://www.brits.co.uk/nominees

Job Opportunity: Management Assistant @ Giant Men Management

December 20th, 2011

Giant Men Management is looking for a highly driven individual to join their fast growing company as a Management Assistant.

Candidate must be smart, organised, good mannered with an unsurpassable appetite for music. Responsibilities will cover all aspects of artist management.

Salary dependent on experience.

Please send all applications with CV to jobs@giantmenmanagement.com

Crystal Fighters “Champion Sound” video

October 24th, 2011

Giant Men Management wins at Artist and Manager Awards

October 18th, 2011

Artists-and-Managers-awardGiant Men Management were awarded the First Rung Manager Award at the Artist and Manager Awards (MMF/FAC) held at the Roundhouse, Camden.

The First Rung Manager Award is awarded to a management team with three years operation or less, and the award was won by Hiroki Shirasuka and Richard Austen-Smith of Giant Men Management for their work with Anna Calvi, Crystal Fighters and Mount Kimbie.

All other winners can be found here

Anna Calvi wins Euro Border Breaker Award

October 7th, 2011

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Anna Calvi has won a European Border Breaker Award, celebrating pan-European success.

Calvi joins a list of winners that includes Sweden’s Swedish House Mafia, Ireland’s James Vincent McMorrow and Romania’s Alexandra Stan.

Winners are selected by Nielsen Music Control on the basis of record sales and broadcast frequency across Europe and according to votes by European Broadcasting Union radio stations and festivals participating in the European Talent Exchange Program.

The acts will receive their awards in a televised ceremony hosted by Jools Holland at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen on January 11 2012.

Mount Kimbie “Carbonated” video

September 18th, 2011

Directed by Tyrone Lebon

Anna Calvi “Suzanne & I” video

September 18th, 2011

Directed by Romain Chassaing

Crystal Fighters “Plage” is certified gold in Holland

August 12th, 2011

Crystal Fighters “Plage” is certified gold in Holland

Anna Calvi to release “Suzanne & I”

August 8th, 2011

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“Suzanne & I” will be the third single taken from the album ‘Anna Calvi’ and will be released on limited edition 7″ vinyl and digital download on 12th September on Domino Records.

The B-side for “Suzanne & I” will be “Baby It’s You” written by Burt Bacharach, made famous by The Shirelles.

‘Suzanne & I’ single by Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi ‘Desire’ (Late Night with David Letterman 07/27/11)

July 28th, 2011

Anna Calvi making her US TV debut as a special guest on ‘Late Night With David Letterman’.

Anna Calvi “Anna Calvi” shortlisted for 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize ‘Album of the Year’

July 21st, 2011

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We are thrilled to announce that Anna Calvi “Anna Calvi” album have been shortlisted for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize ‘Album of the Year’.

Other nominees include Adele, Elbow, Everything Everything, Ghostpoet, Gwilym Simcock, James Blake, Katy B, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Metronomy, PJ Harvey, and Tinie Tempah.

The Mercury Music Prize Awards will take place on September 6th at Grosvenor House in London.

Crystal Fighters to release “Plage”

July 7th, 2011

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Crystal Fighters will be releasing “Plage” as their next single on 8th August. The song has recently been featured on the Matalan TV ad.

Crystal Fighters – ‘Plage’ EP by Crystal Fighters

Anna Calvi perfoming “Desire” at Glastonbury

July 4th, 2011

Anna Calvi performing Desire on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury, subsequently shown on BBC.

Anna Calvi on “Live From Abbey Road”

June 23rd, 2011

Anna Calvi performing on Channel 4’s ‘Live From Abby Road’

Anna Calvi “Desire” video

June 23rd, 2011

Directed by Aoife McArdle

Anna Calvi announces Autumn Tour dates

June 15th, 2011

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Anna Calvi will be returning to Europe & UK for an extensive tour in the Autumn

9-12 @ Hard Club, Porto
9-13 @ Lux Club, Lisbon
9-15 @ Plateruena, Durango
9-16 @ KGB, Barcelona
9-17 @ Wah Wah, Valencia
9-21 @ La Cooperative de Mai, Clermont-Ferrand
9-22 @ La Laiterie, Strasbourg
9-23 @ Le Transbordeur, Lyon
9-24 @ Espace Julien, Marseille
9-26 @ Le Rockstore, Montpellier
9-27 @ Li Bikini, Toulouse
9-28 @ Le Rocher Palmer, Bordeaux
9-30 @ La Cite, Rennes
10-1 @ Le Splendid, Lille
10-3 @ AB Main Hall, Brussels
10-4 @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
10-5 @ Luxor, Cologne
10-7 @ Astra, Berlin
10-8 @ Small Vega, Copenhagen
10-10 @ Nefertiti, Gothenburg
10-11 @ John Dee, Oslo
10-12 @ Debaser Slussen, Stockholm
10-14 @ Tavastia, Helsinki
10-15 @ Palladium, Riga
10-17 @ Palladium, Warsaw
10-19 @ Rockhouse, Salzburg
10-20 @ Alcatraz, Milan
10-21 @ Viper, Florence
10-22 @ Circolo degli Artisti, Rome
10-24 @ D! Club, Lausanne
10-25 @ Kaufleuten, Zurich
10-26 @ Backstage Halle, Munich
10-27 @ Manufaktur, Schorndorf
10-30 @ Concorde 2, Brighton
10-31 @ Trinity, Bristol
11 -1 @ Shepherds Bush Empire, London
11-4 @ HMV Institute Library, Birmingham
11-5 @ Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
11-14 @ Cathedral, Manchester
11-15 @ Oran Mor, Glasgow
11-16 @ Cockpit, Leeds
11-19 @ Vicar Street, Dublin
11-20 @ The Empire, Belfast

Mount Kimbie to release ‘Carbonated’

June 1st, 2011

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Mount Kimbie will be releasing ‘Carbonated’ – the final single from the ‘Crooks & Lovers’ on Hotflush Recordings on July 18th 2011.

Carbonated EP by mountkimbie

Anna Calvi to release ‘Desire’

June 1st, 2011

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Anna Calvi will release ‘Desire’ on 20th June on Domino Records.

Desire (7″ single version) by Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi on “Later with Jools Holland”

April 8th, 2011

Anna Calvi performed ‘Desire’ and ‘Blackout’ on the opening show of Series 38 of “Later with Jools Holland”