Ginger’s Birthday Gig, featuring The Wildhearts
By Kris | August 28, 2012
The annual Birthday Show party is once again gearing itself up to celebrate Ginger’s birthday on Monday 17th December at The Kentish Town Forum, and this year, we will be treated to a full Wildhearts show!
This will be the first time in 3 years that the band has performed live, and tickets for this one-off event go on sale on Tuesday 28th at 9am. The 2009, 2010 and 2011 Birthday shows sold out well in advance, and this very special show will be no different – make sure you get your tickets as they’re selling fast!
The expected line-up is Ginger, CJ, Ritch, Scott and Jon, with arguments still underway about exactly who’ll be playing which instrument. Also to be decided is who the support will be – join the debate on the All Things Wildhearts facebook site.
Ginger’s new website!
By Andy, Ean & Kris | June 10, 2012
We’ve undergone a full revamp over at Ginger’s own website, and moved it to its brand new home at www.gingerwildheart.net.
It’s been designed to look good on whatever device you’re using, be that a laptop, a tablet or your mobile phone. Take a look over there now and keep up-to-date with all of the latest Ginger Wildheart news!
The Track Listing For The Single CD 100% Is…
By Ean | April 16, 2012
You Pledged, downloaded, listened, discussed, argued, puzzled, mulled over, cogitated, and finally submitted your favourite nine tracks from 555%.
Voting closed at 5.55pm on Saturday evening, votes have now been counted, and the track listing for the commercially-available single CD 100% is as follows:
1. Forget About It
2. Internal Radio
3. Lover It’ll all Work Out
4. You’re The One, You’re The One, Yeah, I Know You’re The One, You’re The One (Yeah, I Know You’re The One)
5. It Appears That The Party Is Over
6. Taste Aversion
7. Another Spinning Fucking Rainbow
8. Just Another Song About Someone
9. Westward Ho! (A New Reputation)
10. Beautifully, Blissfully Unsettled
11. We’ve Been Expecting You
12. Time
Thank you to everyone who voted and helped shape the CD.
555% CD3: The Final 10 Songs
By Ean | April 6, 2012
So, with a mixture of excitement for the release, and sadness that the recent Fridays’ listening parties will be over, we can announce: The final 10 tracks from 555% are here!
Pledgers can now head across to Ginger’s Pledgemusic profile and download or stream (or both, if the wait proves too much).
The track listing is as follows:
1) You’re The One, You’re The One, Yeah I Know You’re The One, You’re The One (Yeah I Know You’re The One)
2) Beautifully, Blissfully Unsettled
3) Confusion
4) Sleeping in The Light
5) In Vino Veritas
6) Very, Very Slow
7) Just Another Song About Someone
8) There Is Something Wrong With My Mind
9) We’ve Been Expecting You
10) The End
You know the drill by now: please listen to the songs, listen to them again and then listen to them some more.
Then, head back to the Pledgemusic update and let us know your THREE favourite songs in the comments box below the post. This will help us put together the track listing for the single CD.
Joining the 555% listening party on Twitter? Use the hashtag #ginger555 so we can read your comments.
Enjoy!
Same Time, Same Place (555% CD3)
By Kris | April 3, 2012
Same time, same place for the final 555% listening party. On Good Friday at 5:55pm the final CD of the pledge album 555% is released for download from PledgeMusic.
Join the listening party online – use the Twitter hashtag (which was trending in the UK last Friday evening!) #ginger555, share your thoughts with the unofficial Wildhearts facebook group, or join the chatroom on the Wildhearts message-board (using your message-board login). Also the lyrics thread from last week has now migrated to Wikia
As before, once you’ve had several listens, let us know your favourite three in the comments box on the PledgeMusic site and these will be added to the voting for the commercial single disc version of the album, 100%.
555% Is Here (Part 2)
By Ean | March 30, 2012
So, you’ve lived with the first 10 tracks for a week. Ready for some more? The second 10 tracks from 555% are here!
Pledgers can now head across to Ginger’s Pledgemusic profile and download or stream (or both, if the wait proves too much).
The track listing is as follows:
1) Another Spinning Fucking Rainbow
2) Westward Ho! (A New Reputation)
3) Do The Lonely Suffer More, Or Less, Or Just The Same At The Point Of Death?
4) The Other Side
5) Strange New Year
6) Lover, It’ll All Work Out
7) Illuminating Times
8) Begin From Within
9) Return Of The Northern Cardinal
10) Taste Aversion
As before, please listen to the songs, listen to them again and then listen to them some more.
Then, head back to the Pledgemusic update and let us know your THREE favourite songs in the comments box below the post. This will help us put together the track listing for the single CD.
Joining the 555% listening party on Twitter? Use the hashtag #ginger555 so we can read your comments.
Enjoy!
Are You Ready For More? (555% CD2)
By Kris | March 27, 2012
There’s only one place to be on Friday afternoon (at 5:55pm to be precise): at your computer, as the second CD of the pledge album 555% is released for download from PledgeMusic
Join the listening party online – use the hashtag #ginger555 on twitter, or share your thoughts with the unofficial Wildhearts facebook group. Also check out the message board thread where the lyrics are diligently being transcribed from CD1. Ginger says: “Really looking forward to Friday’s listening party. This one’s gonna be controversial. I expect very mixed responses #ginger555”
As before, once you’ve had several listens, let us know your favourite three in the comments box on the PledgeMusic site and these will be added to the voting for the commercial single disc version of the album, 100%.
555% Is Here
By Ean | March 23, 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen, the long wait is over: The first 10 tracks from 555% are here!
Pledgers can now head across to Ginger’s Pledgemusic profile and download or stream (or both, if the wait proves too much).
The track listing is as follows:
1) Forget About It
2) I-N-T-E-R-N-A-L R-adio
3) Lie When You Tell Me The Truth
4) Incidental Noises
5) It Appears That The Party Is Over
6) Deep In The Arms Of Morpheus
7) Baby Skies
8) Silence
9) Powder Keg
10) Time
Please listen to the songs, listen to them again and then listen to them some more.
We’d then like you to head back to the Pledgemusic update and let us know your THREE favourite songs in the comments box below the post. This will help us put together the track listing for the single CD.
Talking about 555% on Twitter? Use the hashtag #ginger555 so we can read your comments.
Enjoy!
Ladies and Gentlemen, get ready to start your stereos
By Kris | March 22, 2012
…The wait is almost over
Tomorrow, at 5.55pm, sees the release of the first batch of songs from 555%, the triple-album born from the fantastically successful PledgeMusic campaign. It’s taken a little longer than planned, but the finishing touches are now being made as the final mastering process is underway with the help of the amazing Jon Astley, the mastering maestro behind albums from the likes of The Who, Led Zepplin and The Rolling Stones. Trust us – the wait will be have been worth it!
Once you have downloaded these first tracks (and all pre-order formats of 555% get access to the downloadable tracks), we’d like you give them a listen, and then listen to them again, and keep listening to them as many times as it takes you to pick your favourite songs, and let us know in the comments box on the PledgeMusic site. We’ll collate your votes, and this will help us decide the track listing for the commercial single disc version of the album, 100%. We’ll then repeat this process with the second and third sets of tracks as they are released.
As an added extra, there is also a new line of 555% men and women’s clothing and mugs now available for pre-order. You can see the full range of new additions in the webstore, including these beauties featuring the 555% artwork:
As a special thank-you to all of you who have already pledged, we are offering a 15% discount off anything in the webstore (new and sale items) until 3rd April. Check your PledgeMusic updates for more information, and the discount code to use at the checkout.
In case you still haven’t made your pre-order yet…well you’ve missed out on a physical copy of the album. All CD and vinyl releases have now been deleted from the order page, but you can still order the digital download version, the “Making Of” DVD and the single CD version, 100%, from the PledgeMusic site.
So make sure your MP3 player is charged up, your data cable is plugged in, and…er…this sounded so much better when you used to spin up your turntable! Just make sure to be ready to receive the first course of the sonic banquet you are about to enjoy!
It Goes Up to 555 – Pledge Triple Album
By Kris | February 21, 2012
555% WE DID IT!!
WE DID IT!!
Today we hit 555% (the name of the Triple Album) and as promised the hard copies of the Triple CD, Triple Vinyl and Liner Note packages have now been deleted. FOREVER.
At this point you can still Pledge for the following until the album is officially released
Digital Downloads – all 30 songs from the recording session.
DVD – which will feature all of the Pledge videos, along with commentaries from Jon Poole. It will also contain bonus footage from the recording process and recent December tour.
Plus a newly added incentive:
“100%” CD – This is the name of the the 12 track single CD that will be commercially released in May, and you can now pre order that direct from PledgeMusic on the right hand side of the screen.
Each of the formats above still comes with the 30 song digital download, so you will still be able to have all the music even if you missed out on the physical triple albums.
Thank you for making history today.