Kav Sandhu
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Kav Sandhu is a British musician from Leicester
, who previously played guitar with Happy Mondays
. He launched his new self titled group, KAV, in February 2008 with himself on guitar and vocals, Jim Portas (drums and backing vocals). KAV plays live with his 'Band Of Blaggers'. Current musicians include Jim Portas, T.J Roe, Dan Mcgarry & Aidan Istead. Other musicians have included Dan Gulino (bass), Bobby Angels (slide guitar and harmonica), Gren Spencer of The Lysergic Suite Josh Ostrander
of Eastern Conference Champions
, T.J. Roe, Rich Nightingale, Eric Nicolau & Marc Hayward of The Dash
, Camden Underworld
, and the Manchester Roadhouse. The band caught the eye of Oasis's ex-bassist Guigsy, who had recently parted with Oasis. This resulted in an opportunity to record at the Rockfield Studios
in Monmouth
, Wales
with Guigsy. The band began to work on their debut album.
After Rockfield, the band continued to record independently at Manchester's Testa Rossa Studios. The band went on a "Groove Harder" tour which featured Shaun Ryder and Bez as guest DJs and other indie performers such as Rick Witter
from Shed Seven
.
After the split of A.K.A Weave, Sandhu moved to London in 2003 and co-launched the club night "Getloaded" at London's Turnmills
nightclub. This was the start of a partnership with Turnmills MD and House promoter Danny Newman
. Over the next 18 months, Sandhu brought various musicians to "Getloaded", including Factory Records
boss Tony Wilson
, Howard Marks
(Mr Nice), Clint Boon
(Inspiral Carpets/ XFM) Peter Hook
(New Order/ Joy Division), Annie Mac
(Radio 1), Steve Lamacq
(Radio 1/ 6Music), Carl Barat
(Libertines/ Dirty Pretty Things) Beta Band, Andy Rourke
and Mike Joyce (The Smiths), The Farm
, Client
, and El Presidente
.
Getloaded launched its inaugural summer festival in 2004. 10,000 revellers descended on Clapham Common
for what was to become one of the biggest London indie festivals, and one of the early challengers to the mainstream UK festivals. "Getloaded in The Park 2004" was awarded "Best New Festival" at the UK Festival Awards 2004. Kav parted with Getloaded in 2006.
, their first live gig in nearly five years. Shaun Ryder
had toured with A.K.A Weave as a DJ, and recruited Sandhu to join the Happy Mondays on guitar, handing him the task of recruiting new band members to fit alongside original members Gary Whelan and Mark Berry ("Bez"). Sandhu completed the new lineup of the Happy Mondays, along with ex A.K.A Weave band member Mikey Shine and San Diego-born slide guitar player Jonn Dunn. After their successful appearance at "Getloaded in the Park 2004", the Mondays continued touring live and decided to record a new album.
In summer 2005, Sandhu started a new indie/electro project called Sonic Audio'. The band released a white label
12" called Killing Yourself on the London indie label Puregroove Records. Sonic Audio played on tour and did a gig with Shaun Ryder at the Glastonbury Festival
. They played on the Leftfield stage with The Rakes
and British Sea Power
. Sonic Audio also played Alan McGee
's Pop Tones stage as a late replacement for The Libertines
ex guitarist Carl Barat
.
That same summer, producers for British football film Goal!
asked the Happy Mondays to write the title track for their new film. Sandhu co-wrote the track "Playground Superstar" with Shaun Ryder, Gaz Whelan and producer Dave Parkinson. Following this, Happy Mondays commenced work on a new studio album.
Happy Mondays toured the world, including appearances at Fuji Rock 2006 and 2007, Coachella Festival, Roskilde Festival
, Summercase
Madrid and Barcelona, Global Gathering
, Getloaded festivals, MEN Arena, Brixton Academy and V Festival
.
Sandhu spent his spare time doing DJ gigs worldwide, including in Japan, Mexico, South America, Europe. He played on the same line-up as Guns & Roses and Bob Dylan
and toured Australia on the same lineup as James Brown
as part of Good Vibrations
Festival.
In 2006, Happy Mondays & Sandhu recorded a new album, Unkle Dysfunktional. Sandhu played guitar and sang backing vocals, and co-wrote some of the music with Gary Whelan and Shaun Ryder. The album featured Ry Cooder
and LA rapper Mickey Avalon, and was released on Sanctuary Records
in the summer of 2007. The band continues to tour worldwide. Sandhu played his last show with the Mondays at V Festival 2007, leaving to pursue his solo project.
at festivals in Reading and Leeds, plus did some London shows.
In January 2008 Kav Sandhu announced his new group titled "KAV", working with James 'Jim' Portas. On 21 of April 2008, they released their début EP Blaggers N' Liars. It received good reviews in the press, including The Guardian, which described Sandhu as a "Latter Day Jagger."
The Sun rated the EP four out of five. The music was compared to bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
, Primal Scream
, The Rolling Stones
and Led Zeppelin
by The Guardian and other publications. Kerrang Radio recently described Sandhu as a one in million artist and compared him to Bob Dylan with an addiction to sleaze.
After recording the first half of the album in London at Fortress Studios, the group moved to Los Angeles to work with producer and Eastern Conference Champions front man Josh Ostrander on the rest of the album.
While recording the album in Los Angeles, the band played at Spaceland
, The Viper Room, Whisky a Go Go
, and the Key Club, testing the new material. Sandhu also did some DJ'ing at clubs, including Cinnespace (as part of The Dim Mak records night) and The Standard Hotel. Back in the UK the band performed at The Aftershow in Manchester with "The Music," and London club nights like "This Feeling" and venues like Punk, The 100 Club and Proud Galleries.
After completing the recording sessions in LA, Sandhu returned to his hometown in Leicester to work on some album tracks with producer Gren Spencer and remix some of the earlier recordings with London producer Marc Waterman. He has now returned to Los Angeles and is finishing the album with Josh Ostrander and is also working on new material.
KAV signed a publishing deal in Los Angeles in April 2009, and his track "Easy" was featured in the Hollywood film Naked Ambition. The sound track for the movie was chosen by Nic Harcourt
.
In summer 2009 he hosted a weekly radio show as part of the 'Exposure' series on Leicester Radio Station Demon FM.
2009 & 2010. He released 'The Mr Nice EP' featuring Howard Marks
in October 2010.
and Esser. Sandhu and his band then played the CMJ Music Marathon
in New York City
before playing other shows in Los Angeles including LA Buzz Bands.
KAV & his band played several shows at SXSW 2010, including 2 gigs at the Manic Fest Destiny Event at The Belmont, following with an LA show as part of the 'High Voltage' night @ Viper Room.
On 28 April 2010, KAV launched his debut LA Club-Night in conjunction with 'This Feeling' London, 'This Feeling LA' @ The Silverlake Lounge.
KAV was also an Official CMJ Music Marathon
Artist in NYC in 2010, appearing as part of the 'Reverbnation/ Ernie Ball' Showcase at Crash Mansion.
KAV supported The Posies
@ The Viper Room in July 2011 as part of a run of West Coast dates.
He & his 'Band Of Blaggers' completed recording his Studio & Live Album in Los Angeles in 2010/2011. The Albums will be released in March 2012 in the USA, UK & Worldwide.
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, who previously played guitar with Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
. He launched his new self titled group, KAV, in February 2008 with himself on guitar and vocals, Jim Portas (drums and backing vocals). KAV plays live with his 'Band Of Blaggers'. Current musicians include Jim Portas, T.J Roe, Dan Mcgarry & Aidan Istead. Other musicians have included Dan Gulino (bass), Bobby Angels (slide guitar and harmonica), Gren Spencer of The Lysergic Suite Josh Ostrander
Josh Ostrander
Josh Ostrander is an American singer-songwriter best known for being the front man of Eastern Conference Champions , a band started with his long time friend and collaborator Greg Lyons...
of Eastern Conference Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Eastern Conference Champions is an American Indie rock band originally from Philadelphia now residing in Los Angeles, CA, consisting of Joshua Ostrander, Greg Lyons, and Melissa Dougherty...
, T.J. Roe, Rich Nightingale, Eric Nicolau & Marc Hayward of The Dash
The dash
The Dash are a post-punk band based in London, notably the Whitechapel area of London.They comprise of Marc Hayward , Gavin Molloy , Tommy Austin , & Jed Finkelstein...
Early career
Kav Sandhu's first band, A.K.A Weave, toured the UK, playing at venues such as The AstoriaLondon Astoria
The London Astoria was a music venue, located at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. It had been leased and run by Festival Republic since 2000. It was closed on 15 January 2009 and has since been demolished...
, Camden Underworld
Camden Underworld
The Camden Underworld is a music venue in Camden Town, London, England. The venue itself is a part of the World's End pub, being situated in the basement of the building.- History :...
, and the Manchester Roadhouse. The band caught the eye of Oasis's ex-bassist Guigsy, who had recently parted with Oasis. This resulted in an opportunity to record at the Rockfield Studios
Rockfield Studios
Rockfield Studios, near Monmouth in Wales and just outside the village of Rockfield, Monmouthshire are where many of British rock music’s most successful recordings have been made.-History:...
in Monmouth
Monmouth
Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
with Guigsy. The band began to work on their debut album.
After Rockfield, the band continued to record independently at Manchester's Testa Rossa Studios. The band went on a "Groove Harder" tour which featured Shaun Ryder and Bez as guest DJs and other indie performers such as Rick Witter
Rick Witter
Rick Witter is a singer, songwriter and frontman of the York-based Britpop band, Shed Seven.He was educated at Huntington School, York.-Professional career:...
from Shed Seven
Shed Seven
Shed Seven are an English indie rock band from York and were one of the groups which contributed to the Britpop music scene that evolved during the 1990s, yet never received the degree of mainstream success achieved by bands such as Oasis and Blur...
.
After the split of A.K.A Weave, Sandhu moved to London in 2003 and co-launched the club night "Getloaded" at London's Turnmills
Turnmills
Turnmills was a London nightclub on the corner of Turnmill Street and Clerkenwell Road in the London Borough of Islington. It closed on the morning of 24 March 2008....
nightclub. This was the start of a partnership with Turnmills MD and House promoter Danny Newman
Danny Newman
Danny Newman was the long-time press agent for the Lyric Opera of Chicago from its founding in 1954 until his retirement in 2002...
. Over the next 18 months, Sandhu brought various musicians to "Getloaded", including Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...
boss Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson
Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC....
, Howard Marks
Howard Marks
Dennis Howard Marks is a Welsh author and former drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug...
(Mr Nice), Clint Boon
Clint Boon
Clint Boon is an English musician and DJ. Boon originally rose to notability as the keyboards player with Inspiral Carpets.-Career:...
(Inspiral Carpets/ XFM) Peter Hook
Peter Hook
Peter Hook is an English bass player, musician and author.He was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them throughout their career until...
(New Order/ Joy Division), Annie Mac
Annie Mac
Annie Mac is an Irish DJ and television presenter who hosts an eponymous electronic dance music show on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom which airs at 7:00 pm on Friday evenings as well as a Sunday evening show alongside co-presenter Nick Grimshaw.-Personal life:Annie Mac was born in Dublin,...
(Radio 1), Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq , sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo or "The Cat" is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.-Early career:He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire...
(Radio 1/ 6Music), Carl Barat
Carl Barât
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...
(Libertines/ Dirty Pretty Things) Beta Band, Andy Rourke
Andy Rourke
Andy Rourke is a bass guitarist best known for being a former member of The Smiths.-Career:...
and Mike Joyce (The Smiths), The Farm
The Farm (band)
The Farm were a British band from Liverpool, popular through the early 1990s. Their album Spartacus reached the top position on the UK Albums Chart when it was released in March, 1991.-History:They formed in early 1983....
, Client
Client (band)
Client are an English electronic musical group from London. They are most popular in Germany where they have had limited commercial success...
, and El Presidente
El Presidente (band)
El Presidente was a pop rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 2002 by former and current Gun member Dante Gizzi, the band gained major exposure with slots at T in the Park 2005, V Festival 2005 and again at T in the Park in 2006...
.
Getloaded launched its inaugural summer festival in 2004. 10,000 revellers descended on Clapham Common
Clapham Common
Clapham Common is an 89 hectare triangular area of grassland situated in south London, England. It was historically common land for the parishes of Battersea and Clapham, but was converted to parkland under the terms of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878.43 hectares of the common are within the...
for what was to become one of the biggest London indie festivals, and one of the early challengers to the mainstream UK festivals. "Getloaded in The Park 2004" was awarded "Best New Festival" at the UK Festival Awards 2004. Kav parted with Getloaded in 2006.
Happy Mondays
The headliner for "Getloaded in the Park 2004" was the Happy MondaysHappy Mondays
Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
, their first live gig in nearly five years. Shaun Ryder
Shaun Ryder
Shaun William Ryder, aka X, is an English musician, occasional newspaper columnist, actor, author, singer-songwriter and television personality, best known as lead singer for Happy Mondays and Black Grape – and more recently as the runner-up of the 2010 version of the British TV Show I'm a...
had toured with A.K.A Weave as a DJ, and recruited Sandhu to join the Happy Mondays on guitar, handing him the task of recruiting new band members to fit alongside original members Gary Whelan and Mark Berry ("Bez"). Sandhu completed the new lineup of the Happy Mondays, along with ex A.K.A Weave band member Mikey Shine and San Diego-born slide guitar player Jonn Dunn. After their successful appearance at "Getloaded in the Park 2004", the Mondays continued touring live and decided to record a new album.
In summer 2005, Sandhu started a new indie/electro project called Sonic Audio'. The band released a white label
White label
White label records are vinyl records with adhesive plain white labels affixed. Test pressings, usually with Test Pressing written on the label, with catalogue number, artist and recording time or date, are produced in small quantities to evaluate the quality of the disc production...
12" called Killing Yourself on the London indie label Puregroove Records. Sonic Audio played on tour and did a gig with Shaun Ryder at the Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
. They played on the Leftfield stage with The Rakes
The Rakes
The Rakes were an English indie rock band from London. They split up in October 2009.-History:The Rakes formed in 2004. Since coming to fame in 2005, they were associated with the British post-punk/art rock scene, a genre shared by bands such as Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park, and The Futureheads...
and British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...
. Sonic Audio also played Alan McGee
Alan McGee
Alan McGee has been a record label owner, musician, manager, and music blogger for The Guardian.McGee is best-known for co-forming and running the independent Creation Records label from 1983–1999, and then Poptones from 1999-2007...
's Pop Tones stage as a late replacement for The Libertines
The Libertines
The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
ex guitarist Carl Barat
Carl Barât
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...
.
That same summer, producers for British football film Goal!
Goal! (film)
Goal! is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon. It is the first installment of a trilogy also named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the film...
asked the Happy Mondays to write the title track for their new film. Sandhu co-wrote the track "Playground Superstar" with Shaun Ryder, Gaz Whelan and producer Dave Parkinson. Following this, Happy Mondays commenced work on a new studio album.
Happy Mondays toured the world, including appearances at Fuji Rock 2006 and 2007, Coachella Festival, Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
, Summercase
Summercase
Summercase was a two-day music festival held simultaneously in Barcelona and Madrid. The schedules were the same but reverted. The line up mainly consists of indie rock, electronic music and indie pop. Hence, the festival tries to blend indie pop, rock music and dance music into one...
Madrid and Barcelona, Global Gathering
Global Gathering
GlobalGathering is an annual dance music festival by Angel Music Group. Festivals are held in countries such as the UK, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and feature leading electronica artists from across the globe...
, Getloaded festivals, MEN Arena, Brixton Academy and V Festival
V Festival
The V Festival is an annual music festival held in England during the penultimate weekend in August. The event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill; artists perform at one location on Saturday and then swap on Sunday. The sites are located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and...
.
Sandhu spent his spare time doing DJ gigs worldwide, including in Japan, Mexico, South America, Europe. He played on the same line-up as Guns & Roses and Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
and toured Australia on the same lineup as James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
as part of Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations
"Good Vibrations" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. Composed and produced by Brian Wilson, the song's lyrics were written by Wilson and Mike Love....
Festival.
In 2006, Happy Mondays & Sandhu recorded a new album, Unkle Dysfunktional. Sandhu played guitar and sang backing vocals, and co-wrote some of the music with Gary Whelan and Shaun Ryder. The album featured Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder
Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...
and LA rapper Mickey Avalon, and was released on Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world...
in the summer of 2007. The band continues to tour worldwide. Sandhu played his last show with the Mondays at V Festival 2007, leaving to pursue his solo project.
After Happy Mondays
In August 2007 Kav appeared with Norwegian dance-rockers DatarockDatarock
Datarock, derived from the Norwegian word for computer – datamaskin and the word rock , is a Norwegian electro rock band. The band formed in 2000 as Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien and soon hired Tom Mæland. O'Brien and Mæland later left the band, but the duo of Saroea and Mosnes...
at festivals in Reading and Leeds, plus did some London shows.
In January 2008 Kav Sandhu announced his new group titled "KAV", working with James 'Jim' Portas. On 21 of April 2008, they released their début EP Blaggers N' Liars. It received good reviews in the press, including The Guardian, which described Sandhu as a "Latter Day Jagger."
The Sun rated the EP four out of five. The music was compared to bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles. BRMC is known for their garage rock, blues, folk revival, neo-psychedelia sound. They are influenced by bands such as: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Verve, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, T...
, Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...
, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
and Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
by The Guardian and other publications. Kerrang Radio recently described Sandhu as a one in million artist and compared him to Bob Dylan with an addiction to sleaze.
After recording the first half of the album in London at Fortress Studios, the group moved to Los Angeles to work with producer and Eastern Conference Champions front man Josh Ostrander on the rest of the album.
While recording the album in Los Angeles, the band played at Spaceland
Spaceland
Spaceland was an alternative rock/indie rock nightclub in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, that existed between 1995 and 2011. The club was formerly a gay disco called Dreams...
, The Viper Room, Whisky a Go Go
Whisky a Go Go
The Whisky a Go Go is a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip.-History:...
, and the Key Club, testing the new material. Sandhu also did some DJ'ing at clubs, including Cinnespace (as part of The Dim Mak records night) and The Standard Hotel. Back in the UK the band performed at The Aftershow in Manchester with "The Music," and London club nights like "This Feeling" and venues like Punk, The 100 Club and Proud Galleries.
After completing the recording sessions in LA, Sandhu returned to his hometown in Leicester to work on some album tracks with producer Gren Spencer and remix some of the earlier recordings with London producer Marc Waterman. He has now returned to Los Angeles and is finishing the album with Josh Ostrander and is also working on new material.
KAV signed a publishing deal in Los Angeles in April 2009, and his track "Easy" was featured in the Hollywood film Naked Ambition. The sound track for the movie was chosen by Nic Harcourt
Nic Harcourt
Nic Harcourt was, most recently, the Music Director for Santa Monica, California-based radio station KCRW. Before joining KCRW, Harcourt worked for eight years as a news director and music director at radio station WDST in Woodstock, New York...
.
In summer 2009 he hosted a weekly radio show as part of the 'Exposure' series on Leicester Radio Station Demon FM.
KAV
'KAV' is the musical project from Kav Sandhu based between LA & London. KAV released his Debut EP 'The Blaggers N' Liars EP' in April 2010. KAV spent the majority of 2008 to 2011 in LA playing live & touring the USA with DATAROCK & independently, including dates at SXSW 2010 & CMJ Music MarathonCMJ Music Marathon
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival is put on by CMJ Network. CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2010 is scheduled for October 19–23 and will be headquartered at New York University and other downtown NYC venues.- History :...
2009 & 2010. He released 'The Mr Nice EP' featuring Howard Marks
Howard Marks
Dennis Howard Marks is a Welsh author and former drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug...
in October 2010.
Recent activities
Sandhu completed a UK live tour with Howard Marks in September 2009 before touring the US with DatarockDatarock
Datarock, derived from the Norwegian word for computer – datamaskin and the word rock , is a Norwegian electro rock band. The band formed in 2000 as Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien and soon hired Tom Mæland. O'Brien and Mæland later left the band, but the duo of Saroea and Mosnes...
and Esser. Sandhu and his band then played the CMJ Music Marathon
CMJ Music Marathon
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival is put on by CMJ Network. CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2010 is scheduled for October 19–23 and will be headquartered at New York University and other downtown NYC venues.- History :...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
before playing other shows in Los Angeles including LA Buzz Bands.
KAV & his band played several shows at SXSW 2010, including 2 gigs at the Manic Fest Destiny Event at The Belmont, following with an LA show as part of the 'High Voltage' night @ Viper Room.
On 28 April 2010, KAV launched his debut LA Club-Night in conjunction with 'This Feeling' London, 'This Feeling LA' @ The Silverlake Lounge.
KAV was also an Official CMJ Music Marathon
CMJ Music Marathon
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival is put on by CMJ Network. CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2010 is scheduled for October 19–23 and will be headquartered at New York University and other downtown NYC venues.- History :...
Artist in NYC in 2010, appearing as part of the 'Reverbnation/ Ernie Ball' Showcase at Crash Mansion.
KAV supported The Posies
The Posies
The Posies are an alternative rock/power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" , as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month"...
@ The Viper Room in July 2011 as part of a run of West Coast dates.
He & his 'Band Of Blaggers' completed recording his Studio & Live Album in Los Angeles in 2010/2011. The Albums will be released in March 2012 in the USA, UK & Worldwide.
External links
- 'KAV' Official Website http://www.kavblaggers.com/
- Guardian Band of the day no:291 KAV
- Buzz Bands LA http://buzzbands.la/2009/12/01/year-in-l-a-prepares-kav-for-blastoff/
- The SUN 'Blaggers N' Liars Review http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/sftw/1056009/Hottest-tracks-of-the-week.html
- Leicester Sound http://www.leicestersound.co.uk/article.asp?id=374159
- Leicester Mercury http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Kav-s-rock-comeback/article-1069808-detail/article.html
- The Sun - KAV Leaves the Mondays http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/265708/Kav-Rydes-out-of-Mondays.html
- NME News http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/46629
- This is Plymouth - KAV & Howard Marks review http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Captain-KAV-man/article-1348519-detail/article.html