Autokat celebrate the release their new single Dish Out & Get Off The The Bar with a launch party gig for Akoustik Anarkhy at the Rampant Lion Manchester this Saturday (29th April)

The single out on aA recordings will be available to download from Monday 1st May and in shops on limited 7" vinyl on Monday 8th May. Those down for the party will be able to get their mitts on the vinyl a week early.

Unfortunately due to illness Waxplanet have had to cancel their show however fear not the jangliest of the jangly Pierre Hall & the Lead Balloons are stepping in & Air Cav are on hand showing off some brand new tracks.

Soft Priest & young Will are on the decks. Its £5 on the door & things kick off at 9pm & roll on til 2am.

Take a look at the aA flyer for the party/gig here

Autokat have also uploaded the video for Dish Out to YouTube... check it out below:

Direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18XkV7UtazE

Meanwhile you can hear the tracks on the single via Autokat's MySpace page

This message was posted to the Akoustik Anarkhy message board tonight:

FANCY BEING IN THE NEW AUTOKAT VIDEO?

Greetings kids, Autokat are playing at the Manchester Star & Garter on Wednesday evening (1st March) & will be filming footage in & around the venue for the video to their forthcoming single 'Dish Out'.

The kats are looking to feature as many familiar aA faces as possible & indeed any new one's.

So if you fancy getting your mug on there then get down the garter. It's £4 on the door.

Any questions, post em here or email 'autokat@akoustikanarkhy.co.uk'

Cheers

aA

Class aA - Beyond Entertainment, the album released during 2005 by Akoustik Anarkhy has won the Mancunian Compilation Of The Year in an online poll on the BBC Manchester website.The album features many rising stars (and thewonderwall favourites) such as Autokat, Loose Canon, Harrisons and The Longcut who you'll be hearing plenty of in 2006, and of course the already famous Nine Black Alps

"Beyond Entertainment proves one thing and that is that six years of late nights, kitchen gigs, unstoppable energy, stage invasions and indefatigable belief in a dream have all been worth it. Long may the Anarkhy continue." BBC Manchester

Check out the Akoustik Anarkhy MySpace page for a taster

Meanwhile, our congratulations also go out to Jim Noir who scoops Album and Single of the year, and narrowly misses out on New Band/Artist Of The Year in the BBC Manchester poll

The full list:
Compilation Of The Year: Akoustik Anarkhy - Beyond Entertainment
Mancunian Album of the Year: Jim Noir – Tower of Love
Single of the Year: Jim Noir – My Patch EP
Mancunian Band/Artist Of The Year: Elbow
New Band/Artist of the Year: The Permissive Society
Mancunian Gig of the Year: Gorillaz at the Opera House & Oasis At City Of Manchester Stadium
Mancunian Music Event Of The Year: Gorillaz in the House - Gorillaz residency

Autokat are featured in this week's NME, with a review (and photo) from their Manchester Night & day gig

Meanwhile Autokat will be playing at this years Glastonbury on the Sunday night at the Akoustik Anarkhy 'Late & Live' tent sometime betwenn midnight and 3am

You can also catch the band live on Saturday 11th June at Friends of Mine @ Joshua Brooks, Manchester

Autokat's new single The Driver/Television is released today! It's available on 7" vinyl and you can buy it online from:

www.piccadillyrecords.co.uk
www.actionrecords.co.uk
www.roughtrade.com

There's been some great reviews of the record in the press this month:

Piccadilly Records - 23 May 2005
The debut single from Manchester favourites Autokat is a cool slice of beat driven guitar psych. Despite the traditional line up of guitars, drums, bass and vocal, their varied listening habits have created an unusual sound that's hard to pigeonhole. "The Driver" is pure pounding sonic momentum which sounds genuinely exciting, while on the flip, "Television" is angular punk pop at it's finest.

City Life - 19-25 May 2005
Waiting in the shadows of The Longcut and Nine Black Alps, Autokat are now ready to capitalise on the label's new high profile. Mantra-like lyrics echo back and forth under lo-fi guitars and a steady beat.It's the kind of track that makes you want to stick your head out of the car window to let the sunshine melt your eyes and the ind cut into your eardrums (LS).

NME - 21 May 2005
In an ideal world, what should a song called 'The Driver' do? It should bloody well drive. And drive 'The Driver' does, starting out outside the same Manchester unsigned night that (we'll stop mentioning it soon) also spawned the Alps and The Longcut and tearing across the city at night, chanting a p*ssed-up-zen-like mantra ('To learn, to live, to love' as it happens) as it explores the great unknown in search of adventure with just a few Tubeway Army and Fall records for company. Addictive and sexy, despite sounding like it was recorded in a dustbin (DM).

Manchester Evening News - 06 May 2005
Sounding like the Super Furry Animals laced with large amounts of cyanide, The Driver is the freshest independent release to come out of Manchester for some time, and lyrically, sums up the Autokat story so far.
read the full MEN article here

Rough Trade Records
A definite one to watch this year are autokat who are one of manchesters best kept secrets. they come on in a rip-roaring beat driven gutiar psych kinda' way and are already getting props all over. these are going to fly so be quick. the akoustik anarkhy label does it again.

Meanwhile, Autokat are playing at Wired tomorrow (Tuesday 24th May 2005) at the Manchester Night & Day. It's £5 entry and also on the bill are Rotary Ten, The Greats
and the Second Floor. View the flyer here. For more details see www.wiredmcr.co.uk

You can also catch Autokat at the Adventures In The Beetroot Field event this Friday (27th May) in Angel in London - also on the bill are British Sea Power and aA DJs

Don't forget our Autokat message board is open for business if you've got something to say

Finally, the official Autokat website has had a facelift, so head over to www.autokat.co.uk and have a butchers!