Noisettes
(occasionally written as NOISEttes
) are an indie rock band from London comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison. The band first achieved commercial success and nationwide recognition with the second single of their second album, "Don't Upset the Rhythm (Go Baby Go)" which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in Spring 2009.
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Early History
The band formed in 2003 when guitarist Smith and singer Shoniwa of the band Sonarfly began playing and writing together, along with drummer Morrison (formerly of Living With Eating Disorders, Willis, Six Toes, Jaywalk Buzz and others). The three had previously attended the
BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in
Croydon together
[1].
Musical career
Noisettes along with
Paul Weller,
Graham Coxon,
The Smiths's
Andy Rourke, and members of
New Young Pony Club and
Supergrass performed an exclusive rendition of a specially created track, alongside their own material, to raise money for the homelessness charity Crisis Consequences. The event was hosted at Camden's Roundhouse on 2 March 2008, and organized by
Pearl Lowe.
[2] Noisettes also performed at the SXSW showcasing three of their new songs from their new album (which is said to be released sometime this year. The were part of the NME/Transgressive party at the Wave venue on 13 March 2008. The set including their hit songs
Scratch Your Name
and
Sister Rosetta
, with three new songs:
Beat Of My Heart
,
IWE
, and
Atticus
.
[3] Noisettes performed at two day music festival Camden Crawl on 18 April 2008.
[4]
In January 2009 the song
Don't Upset The Rhythm
appeared on the advert for the
Mazda 2. The song was the second single from their second album
Wild Young Hearts. The album was released on 20 April 2009.
Touring
Noisettes have toured
Europe and the
United States extensively, with the likes of
TV on the Radio,
Tom Vek,
Babyshambles,
Bloc Party and the
Mystery Jets. They supported
Muse on a UK and European arena tour in November and December 2006, and toured the UK to promote the release of their debut album
What's the Time Mr. Wolf?
in February 2007. Noisettes also appeared at the
Coachella festival on 27 April 2007 and performed at the
Reading and Leeds Festivals on the NME/Radio 1 Stage in August. Noisettes also made their US television debut on
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
on 2 April 2007. Shingai Shoniwa has provided backing vocals for many bands including
Guillemots songs
Made Up Love Song #43
and
Over the Stairs
. Noisettes song,
Scratch Your Name
was featured on the finale episode of
The Sopranos in 2007. As well, another Noisettes song was in a
Bionic Woman episode.
Noisettes were set to start their first
North American headlining tour but cancelled due to over-touring.
[5] They still performed at the Detour Music Festival on 6 October 2007, which included a new track titled
Motion in the Ocean
.
The band are set to undertake a UK tour prior to the release of
Wild Young Hearts
, and have taken the unusual step of using their Myspace blog to appeal for local bands to appear as support acts on this tour.
[6] These included Paul Dixon in Manchester, This Beautiful thief in Birmingham, Emily Breeze in Bristol, Young Fathers, Jack Butcher in Glasgow.
[7]
On 28 June 2009, Noisettes played the John Peel Stage at
Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England as well as an acoustic version of
Never Forget You
backstage for the BBC. Noisettes will tour with
Lady GaGa as main support during the European leg of her
Fame Ball Tour in July 2009.
On 17 July 2009 Noisettes played
Never Forget You
on The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC1.
On 11 August 2009 Noisettes performed
Never Forget You
on
The Wendy Williams Show .
Discography
;Studio albums
- What's the Time Mr. Wolf?
(2007)
- Wild Young Hearts
(2009)
Notable appearances
- Noisettes made their television debut on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
- The song "Scratch Your Name" was on The Sopranos season finale
- Noisettes played "Don't Upset The Rhythm" live during an episode of Loose Women
- The band is set to guest star on an episode of the seventh season of One Tree Hill
References
- http://www.nme.com/artists/noisettes#biography
- GIG REVIEW: Crisis Consequences [Backstage Pass]
- SXSW: The Noisettes debut songs at NME/Transgressive show | News | NME.COM
- More acts confirmed for Camden Crawl - The Fratellis, The Horrors and more
- Pollstar - The Concert Hotwire
- http://www.myspace.com/noisettesuk
- http://www.nme.com/news/the-noisettes/43270