News archive

[06.06.06 / Return of the Monktus]
Monktus return with gigs in June and July at Madness and the 13th Note Café in Glasgow. See the gigs page to find out more. On 30 July we'll be playing once again with Astronauts Fail, and also with Kelwan from sunny Belfast. Kelwan are also playing a Baby Tiger gig in Edinburgh on the 29th.

[14.03.06 / All quiet on the Monktus front]
We've all been quite busy over the past few months so Monktus haven't been up to much. However we've got some new songs to get finished and hope to be gigging again soon.

[01.08.05 / Barfly gig]
Monktus play Glasgow Barlfy on Sat 20 August with Coriolus and The Valour. Unfortunately Andrew is away in Mexico for the summer, however Liam from the fabulous Astronauts Fail will be drumming for us instead. More details soon.

[21.06.05 / myspace.com]
Since all the cool kids are doing it, we've now got a myspace space. Have a look at myspace.com/monktus.

[10.05.05 / Martha Dumptruck Massacre]
Monktus return to the 13th Note with New Yorkers The Martha Dumptruck Massacre and labelmates PAN. Also, our gig with Mercury Tilt Switch is now at Bannermans, not Caledonian Backpackers. See the live page for more details.

[10.04.05 / Sleazy's]
Monktus play Nice 'N' Sleazy on Sunday 17.04.05 with the devastating Cat Kills 6 and Squealing Filth (or Squilth to their fans). Yuss.

[07.04.05 / Baby Tiger]
Our gig with Baby Tiger is now on Sunday 15.05.05, we'll be playing with Mercury Tilt Switch and Perineum.

[31/03/05 / New recordings]
There are three new mp3s up on our music page, they're newer recordings of Anomie, Penguin Song and Noida. Click here to listen.

[26/03/05 / Baby Tiger]
Monktus play Caldonian Packpackers with The Martha Dumptruck Massacre on 21 May courtesy of the lovely people at Baby Tiger. More on the live page.

[21/03/05 / Subway]
We're playing the Subway Cowgate in Edinburgh on Tuesday 22nd March, it's a fundraising gig and it starts at 7.30pm. See the live page for more details.

Voting for the National Student Music Awards also closes on Thursday the 24th, if you'd like to vote for us please visit nsma.com.

[09/03/05 / Fresh Air]
Monktus will be appearing on Fresh Air this Saturday morning (12.03.05). We'll be playing on Pasquale Iannone's show Long Distance Call from 7-9am. You can hear Fresh Air in the Edinburgh area on 87.7 FM, for more details see freshair.org.uk.

Also, some new photos and a link to GUST's coverage of the NSMA gig are now up on the Photos page.

[19/02/05 / Livi gig]
We're playing at The Local in Livingston on Tuesday 1 March with the Rob Thomson Band. Should be fun, more details on the live page. Keep voting Monktus.

[15/02/05 / Photos]
Some Monktus photos are now up on the site, you can see them here. They were taken by the excellent David Crawford in Uisge Beatha and Strathclyde Union; some live photos will also be up soon. Keep voting for us at nsma.com. We'll maybe even buy you a pie.

[23/01/05 / Chikinki gig]
Tickets for the gig at Stratchclyde Union are £6 on the door but we have lots of free tickets for anybody that wants one. Get in touch if you'd like one. Remember you can vote for Monktus at nsma.com.

[23/01/05 / National Student Music Awards]
We're playing with Chikinki on 11 Feb as part of the National Student Music Awards at the Strathclyde Union. Haider Zafer and Serotone are also playing, we'll put more details up when we have them. You can also vote for Monktus from 26 Jan, check nsma.com for more details.

[23/01/05 / We Will Rock You]
Monktus play the QM again on Tue 1 Feb as part of People and Planet's We Will Rock You fundraising gig. The proceeds will go to various charities including Tsunami Relief and One In Four, among others, as part of Glasgow University Student Festival. We'll be joined by the fabulous Paperback Throne, Astronauts Fail and Squealing Filth. For more details, see the Live page.

[23/01/05 / Shiny New Site and Mailing List]
We've got a shiny new site. Let us know what you think here, or if you find any bugs email support@monktus.com, There's also a new mailing list you can join if you'd like to keep up to date with what we're up to.

[14/12/04 / National Student Music Awards]
Monktus are through to the final 30 bands in the National Student Music Awards. We play their Glasgow gig on Friday 11 February at Strathclyde University Union. We'll give you more details on voting and stuff when we have them.

[17/11/04 / Gigs]
The ECA gig is £3 and doors are 7.30. You can also buy tickets for the QM gig on 9 Dec by clicking the button below. Tickets are £2 in advance including a free badge!

[02/11/04 / Gigs]
Monktus will be playing next in Edinburgh at ECA's Wee Red Bar on Thu 18 November with There Is A Noise I Know Which Can Only Grow Louder and another band, more details soon. We'll also be back at the QM on Thu 9 December and the 13th Note on Sunday 16 January.

[14/10/04 / Moof]
For those who have seen us play, you might remember a song called And The Dogcow Went Moof. I did a quick demo version the other month and an mp3 of it found it's way to Apple Computer Inc (to find out the relevance, go here). Anyway it turns out they liked it, which is nice to know. We recorded a new version with the whole band recently and hope to get it finished soon.

[08/10/04 / QMU]
Monktus are playing the QM again on 9 December with Pollen and some other bands TBC. Raw is on every Thursday and is really rather good. Ticket details up soon.

[07/09/04 / Bannermans]
We're playing at Bannermans, Edinburgh on Saturday 11 Sep with The Medicine Show and Delta Mainline. Tickets £4 on the door.

[07/09/04 / Izabo]
Izabo rock. That is all.

[22/07/04 / Gigness]
No gigs booked at the moment but we're hoping to be playing Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Galashiels (!) soon. You can also buy our CD "Nein, monkeys" over the interweb for 1 Earth Pound by clicking the button below.
[06/06/04 / Gigness]
The 13th Note gig was rather great; photos up soon. Monktus are playing next in Edinburgh at Whistle Binkie's on June 22 and in Glasgow at the Hogshead with Astronauts Fail on the 24th. We'll also be up in Dundee courtesy of The A Forest on July 15. There's also a couple of new songs up on the music page.

[27/04/04 / Gigness]
Unfortunately Astronauts Fail can't make our gig at the Note but fear not, we'll now be playing with the mighty Troika (Too Many Fireworks Records). If that's not quite exciting enough, we'll still be playing with the Fail but on June 24 at The Hogshead. If you can't wait quite that long to see Monktus, we'll be through in Edinburgh at L'Attache on May 14. More details on the live page.

We'll also be recording again soon; at SAE Glasgow and Chamber Studios, Edinburgh. And I'm told that we've been asked to contribute a song to a skate film, more details when we get them.

[09/04/04 /Junket]
The A Forest have confirmed for the 13th Note gig to join the bill with us and Astronauts Fail, we might even have a fourth band playing too. Unfortunately Andrew can't make the gig due to some sort of junket so the lovely Nelson from The Paperback Throne will be filling in.

[30/03/04 / Danke]
Thanks to everyone who came along to the QM gig. We've got the Note booked on Wed 2 June, we'll be playing with Astronauts Fail and someone else to be confirmed soon. "Nein, monkeys" is currently getting mixed down in London and will be available to buy from the site soon.

[09/03/04 / Music page]
Andrew SAE's mixes of Anomie and Fade to Grey are up on the music page.

[02/03/04 / Music page]
An initial mix of Fade to Grey is up on the music page. More to come soon.

[14/02/04 / Stuff]
Looks like the gig at the 13th Note isn't happening unfortunately but we're trying to get something else in March. We're still playing the QM on Thursday 18th March with the fabulous Squealing Filth. Got the multitracks back from the session a few weeks back, we'll get some mp3s up soon. The band are doing some more recording at the beginning of next month and the CD will involve monkeys in some sort of way.

[02/02/04 / Mailing list]
We've now got a mailing list set up. You can join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monktus/

[31/01/04 / Monktus live]
Check out the live page for upcoming gigs including the Glasgow QMU on Thu 18.03.04. Tickets are available now for only three earth pounds and come with a free badge, woo! Click on the button below to buy a ticket.

[31/01/04 / Anomie single]
The band have been recording a couple of tracks and will be bringing out a self-released single within the next month. More news soon.

[31/01/04 / monktus.com launched]
The Monktus website has arrived. Come back often for updates, we'll also be setting up a mailing list soon. If you find anything that looks funny or doesn't work then email us. Browser compatibility is still being checked, Safari is having trouble with some tables but it'll get fixed.

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