STREET SMART: STYLE OVERLOAD

More snaps of our lovely customers in Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham and Birmingham. This week it's all about what coat you are wearing over your lovely outfits. Whether it's a trench, bomber, fur coat or a leather jacket, they all look rather wonderful!

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STREET SMART: Your Latest Looks!

The next instalment in our run of street style snaps from our lovely COW customers! Here's a collection of Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham's latest snazzy dressers... Red coats and denim make as a key feature with a bit of tartan cropping up once more!

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DRENGE X WE ARE COW

There is no way you haven't heard of Drenge yet.. The brothers from the North are every where at the minute and have earned their new exposure by playing Festival after Festival through the Summer and most recently on the Jools Holland Later.. show. 

After spending most of their time listening to music and being inspired by bands like Nirvana and The White Stripes and without a stream of entertainment running through their home town they chose music to focus and on and direct their creativity and Thank god they did otherwise we wouldn't have such catchy, thrashy and raw songs as Face Like A Skull, Backwaters and Bloodsports. 

We caught up with Eoin from the band to see how they feel about the sudden wave of popularity, their tour and what's coming next for them.

Drenge - Face Like A Skull

The video Backwaters gives us an idea of the fun these two might have got up to at a younger age. We love the video and you may recognise the girl (Chelsea) from our High Summer Video! 

Drenge - Backwaters 

HOW ARE YOU? WHAT YOU BEEN UP TO?

We're fighting fit o day three of our UK tour. I've just eaten too many jalepenos and now my nose is running.

THE ALBUM IS GREAT AND YOU'RE EVERYWHERE AT THE MINUTE.. HOW DO YOU FIND ALL OF THIS EXPOSURE?

It's fine. I never really encounter it that much, occasionally I see an ad on youtube or something but it's outside of my world.

HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER AND WHAT WAS YOU FAVOURITE FESTIVAL YOU PLAYED?

The summer was really great. We felt blessed by the spate of good weather. Glatonbury was amazing. Reading was mind blowing. We really enjoyed Knee Deep and Best Kept Secret too.

WHAT WAS YOUR HIGHLIGHT AND WHO WAS YOUR FAVE BAND?

Nick Cave blew me away at Glastonbury. He should have headlined that night. I was laughing and crying and shaking all at the same time.

WHAT IS IT LIKE WORKING WITH FAMILY ALL THE TIME?

It's great. Both Rory and I find it the easiest way to make the music we want to make. We try and work with people as an extension of our family. Our managers are both brothers and we work with a very small close knit group of people at the label. It's important to us to have that undoubted sense of trust with people we work with.

HOW DID YOU FEEL ON JOOLS HOLLAND/ BEING ON TV COMPARED TO GIGS YOU'RE USED TO PLAYING? AND WHAT'S KANYE LIKE?

It's been really great exposure. Everyone in the village where we live has been telling our parents how much they enjoyed it. But for us it's all about the gigs. Everything in TV is very controlled and restrictive, whereas you have a freedom to do what you want to do at shows. Kanye is one of the nicest people I have met all year.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE NIGHT OUT IN SHEFFIELD?

A quiet one. The city is over run with great pubs, so any excuse to hang around in Kelham Island, or in The Tap, Brown Bear or wherever is good enough for me.

ARE YOU PLANNING ON STAYING UP HERE OR IS THE BIG SMOKE CALLING?

I can't stand London. it's like living in a permanent stressful enviroment. I couldn't do it, Sheffield is nice. It's small and humble and I know my way around. London just terrifies me. It's not good for my nervous system.

WHO WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO TOUR WITH?

I'd love to do a show with Pulled Apart By Horses. We started our band after I saw them at Tramlines in 2010. That was a long time ago.

DESCRIBE DRENGE IN 3 WORDS.

兩個響亮的白痴  

Thanks for that Eoin! Love the last answer, we suggest any intrigued fans copy and paste this into a chinese to english translation page to see what they said!!

Keep up with more from Drenge with these things:

DRENGE.CO.UK 

TWITTER

FACEBOOK

SOUNDCLOUD

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MEET THE TEAM! Terri- Jayne Baker

Say Hi to one of our cutest and most hard working members from Cow Sheffield! Terri-Jayne is a trend setter and the heart and soul of the Sheffield store.
We asked Terri-Jayne to go through her job role, why she (obvs) loves it and find out what are her A/W13 must haves..

HI TERRI-JAYNE!

HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED FOR COW AND WHAT IS YOUR ROLE?

My role is Store Manager in Sheffield and I have been there for 2 and 1/2 years! Which has gone crazy fast!

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT BEING A STORE MANAGER?

I love working with such a creative team, every day is different, big deliveries are always exciting, the visual side of my job is what I enjoy the most. Creating trend areas and outfit builds to inspire customers when they come shopping in store!

HOW WOULD DESCRIBE YOUR OWN STYLE?

My style changes everyday and transcends through seasons but right now I like mixing boyish styles with wild vintage prints, usually basic tees with anything high waisted and crazy one-off knitwear pieces! I'll never stop wearing cute floral dress and I'm a lover of a great detailed collar on anything. Sequins and velvet are also a must!

WHY IS VINTAGE CLOTHING IMPORTANT IN STYLE NOWADAYS AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S BECOME SO POPULAR?

Vintage and secondhand clothing have always been a great way to create personal style and express an individual personality. Thrift shopping is a great way for everyone shopping on a budget, you can always find real cheap gems. I love it when someone asks me where I  got a certain piece from and I say "I found it in a charity shop for 99p!"

WHAT A/W '13 TRENDS ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

Autumn is my all time favourite season for fashion! I'm not a huge trend follower , so I wear what I like and I usually look at street styles for inspiration. I like to see how individuals take on new trends! I'm a massive hoarder of clothes and accessories and I think you can never go wrong wearing any kind of vintage. It never goes out of style! I do seem to have stocked up on a lot of tartan over the years so those have been worn more these past few weeks. 

WHAT 3 ITEMS DO YOU THINK WE ALL NEED FOR THE COLDER MONTHS APPROACHING?

Novelty fun knitwear, gingerbread lattes and mittens on a string!

Follow Cow Sheffield and see more of Terri's style and what's going on over there:

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INSTAGRAM - @COWSHEFFIELD

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WE NEED YOU! Student Ambassadors Unite

It is coming up to that time of year where there will be a whole new bunch of people to welcome into our City with open arms, loads of free shots and some greasy pizza..

We Are Cow want to get involved in the new school year and we are looking for one Student from each University in Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester to come forward and work alongside us on promoting our next Student Lock In, our stores and soon to be brand new website!!! (you didn't hear that from me..)

If you love We Are Cow and know a bit about what's going on in your City and also fancy earning yourself some free clothes and future vouchers to keep your Uni wardrobe just a bit better than everyone else's, then let us know.

Please email us at COW@WEARECOW.COM with these details:

YOUR NAME..

THE CITY AND UNIVERSITY YOU ATTEND..

WHAT YOU ARE OR WILL BE STUDYING..

A FEW WORDS ON WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH US ON THIS..

We look forward to hearing from you and we are getting pretty excited about all the new stuff we have coming up, we just need more people to shout it from the rooftops!!

Tom J Newell Exhibition

If you are ever around Sheffield, London, Nottingham, Manchester, Leicester and many other areas around the UK and Ireland you may have bumped into some of Tom J Newell's artwork at some point.

He does get around and to say he began his Illustration career by drawing up gig posters for his old band and finished his first Comic from his bedroom. We think he is doing pretty well with a growing fan base and work produced for magazines such as Dazed and Confused and Juke, as well as continuously completing commissions for record covers, posters, prints, t-shirts, books, tattoo designs and just about everything else you need drawing up.

This Thursday 6th June Tom J Newell will be showing a selection of his work for an Exhibition at The Old Sweet Shop. Filling both rooms with a collection of previous work along with a group of brand new original drawings from the on-going project to illustrate the '72 Spirits of Solomon'. Tom has done a new print with the help of  Dan 'Phlegm' at Dan's home print studio available to buy at the event. With sponsorship from Kraken Rum and an after party at The Broadfield pub with Tom himself DJ'ing as well as his other favourites it should be a great evening.

Find out more information on the event at The Old Sweet Shop's Facebook page here.

We will make sure COW Sheffield are going down to support this and maybe pick up some original drawings for ourselves! Make sure you don't miss out..

Dan Whitehouse Gig - Sheffield!

Here at COW we like to promote our much talented staff and this week one of our own, musical Dan Whitehouse, is playing a gig at The Shakespeare in Sheffield. If you are around on Friday 3rd May get yourself down to see him. Here is a short promo from his management and even though it's promotion it is all very true!! He will be supported by Dirdsbead another lovely lad close to our hearts in COW. So double trouble on Friday, we know where we will be.

DAN WHITEHOUSE:

With a story like Dan Whitehouse, it's not surprising this humble lad from Swinton has so much to say. Having been part of so many successful and musically varied bands, Dan's powerful lyrics and humble melodies remind us just how talented Sheffield folk can be. From Fights to Rossman Frister, Mabel Love to up and coming Dens, Dan Whitehouse has seen it all and found his own style of lyrically driven, emotive music.
Have a listen to more at:  http://www.soundcloud.com/whitehouse-music and watch out for an Album release early Summer 2013.
You can also keep up to date with Twitter and Tumblr 

DIRDSBEAD:

Bringing you an authentic and natural collection of songs, created with the vision of creating and performing the project 'Dirdsbead", a lad from Lincolnshire having played in bands his whole life, gives you his own personal take on all things music and life.
Have a listen at: https://soundcloud.com/dirdsbead

Tickets available to buy in Cow Sheffield! Pop in and grab one for just £3!

Check out the Facebook page for more info! 

https://www.facebook.com/events/264513250352997/

Record Store Day!

This coming Saturday 20th April is Record Store Day! This is a celebration of all things vinyl and is quite a big deal for the small amount of record stores that are still open! Here at COW we are massive supporters of independent record stores who have stayed open and continue to supply the fans and collectors of records.

If you are out shopping on Saturday in any of these areas we highly advise you go and check out these participating stores which all have their own events throughout the whole day.

SHEFFIELD:

Record Collector - 233 - 235 Fulwood Road - Tel: 0114 266 8493

Music Junkee - 62-64 Cambridge Street Sheffield S1 4HP

LP Record Store - 137a Arundel Street Sheffield S1 2NU

MANCHESTER:

Piccadilly Records - 53 Oldham Street Manchester M1 1JR  - Tel : 0161 839 8008

Beatin Rhythm Records - 108 Tib Street Manchester M4 1LR - Tel: 0161 834 7783

Eastern Bloc Records - 5A Stevenson Square Manchester M1 1DN

NOTTINGHAM:

The Music Exchange - 2 Stoney Street Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG1 1LG - Tel: 0115 841 7720

BIRMINGHAM:

Polar Bear - 10 York Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7RZ

Ignite Record Store - The Oasis Centre 110-114 Corporation Street Birmingham B4 6SX

Music and Video Exchange - 8 Smallbrook Queensway Birmingham B5 4EN

The Diskery - 99-102 Bromsgrove Street Birmingham B5 6QB

Wet Nuns Do It Best

Sheffield is a city that exudes talent but only a few go on to bigger and better things.. Today COW get to catch up with the newest and loudest band spreading themselves around the world who are crudely and comically known as Wet Nuns.

WET NUNS - image from Alfitude

This band have been knocking around this town and the surrounding areas or a while now but are finally getting the recognition they deserve from their sweaty live gigs to their gothy, gross music videos shot on none to hardly any budget. This gaining them a whole new bunch of followers as well as their die hard fans travelling to watch them shock and stun other cities and countries. With an EP release, their own festival under the belt and a trip to Austin, Texas to play at SXSW Festival, they are definitely paving a way into your nearest ear so be sure to keep up.

Biggest Fan.

Impressive Line Up.

We caught up with one of the band members, bearded drum basher Alexis, and asked a couple of questions on the aftermath of their highly successful weekend festival Detestival that they put on in various venues in Sheffield over the weekend. Here's what he had to say..

HOW LONG HAVE WET NUNS BEEN AROUND FOR NOW?

"Wet Nuns have been going for about 4 years now, but it's only taken off in the last couple of years. Since then we've become really busy and reached uncharted heights of silliness. It's really weird starting to get noticed and seeing people sing lyrics at us in places like Hastings or Dundee."

WHAT'S THE BEST GIG YOU'VE PLAYED SO FAR?

"We've played many great gigs, probably too many to mention.. Reading Festival was a personal highlight for me. The footage is up on youtube I think. It just seemed like the stupidest gig ever and we weren't sure what we were doing there. Our Sheffield gigs keep getting better, and the Detestival show last weekend is definitely one of the best."

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN FESTIVAL?

"The concept for Detestival came about one unbearably drunken night at Bestival. We basically decided that we could put on the best lineup ever, of bands that we love. We then got other people to organise it for us, and took all the credit."

ARE YOU HAPPY WITH HOW IT WENT AND THE BANDS YOU CHOSE FOR IT?

"We are so happy with how the weekend went. It surpassed all our expectations. All of the bands played better than we've ever seen them. At one point I found myself thinking 'Wow, I've loved every band that played this weekend' and then remembered that we'd chosen each act ourselves. It's the ultimate selfish act. Put on your own festival and your always going to enjoy it.."

WHAT ARE WET NUNS PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE?

"We're having a little break while Rob finishes Uni. Then after he's failed, we've got the festival season to conquer and an album to finish. We're planning some further Detestival events as well. The last one went far too well to wait another year for.."

To listen to more of or find out what we're talking about go to WET NUNS SOUNDCLOUD or follow them on TWITTER so you don't miss a thing.

COW's Weekend Recommendations

It's here again.. If you're stuck for ideas for things to do this weekend or maybe just can't get the motivation to leave your house as the cold drawers in closer, here are a few suggestions from us all here at COW!

NOTTINGHAM

Piero Gilardi Exhibition - Nottingham Contemporary
Starts Saturday 26th January - 7th April
Maybe you are looking for something a little more laid back and would like to be one of the first to view the politically and environmentally important 60's artist Piero Gilardi's work at the Nottingham Contemporary. The show exhibits his early, interactive and realistic sculptures showing slices of nature made of carved and painted foam. He would encourage people to interact with his pieces and have them lie on, sit in, picnic on and even wear them but now the pieces are too fragile for that kind of interaction but can be pleasantly enjoyed around the space.

"Gilardi was always the most politically engaged artist of the Arte Povera scene. In the late 60s, at a time of great political turmoil in Italy, he left the art world altogether, becoming a “creative facilitator” of street theatre and demonstrations for a range of radical causes – workers’ revolution, the antipsychiatry movement, radical youth groups, and the rights of indigenous people around the world. This work took the form of making sculptural props and choreographing actions, practices he continues to this day. Often based on satirical cartoons, Gilardi’s agit prop objects, like his sculptures, are executed in his favourite medium: carved and painted foam."


BIRMINGHAM

Django Unchained @ The Electric Cinema
Selected Times until 31st January
If you haven't already been to see the most talked about film release of the year so far, we suggest you go straight away to watch Django Unchained. Directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz expect to see Trantino's own version of American history. The Electric Cinema is Birmingham's treasure being the oldest working Cinema in the UK and has been open since 1909. It has had a bit of a facelift since then and you will not be short of home comforts while enjoying your movie with luxury sofa seating, waiter service and a full bar to enjoy.

"Django Unchained does what all Tarantino films do best and pluck pieces from across cinema's long history and whirl it up into a violent, witty and hugely ejoyable piece of post modern entertainment. Tarantino delivers and Django Unchained is no exception.

MANCHESTER

The Soft Pack @ The Soup Kitchen
Friday 25th January - 7.30pm
An American four piece from San Diego perform post-punk revival and garage-rock style indie. If you like a bit of guitar based, lyrical dance around then we highly recommend you go and watch these.

SHEFFIELD

The Sheffield Vintage Fair
Saturday 26th January - Sheffield Town Hall - 12pm-5pm
Vintage, Vintage, Vintage... Just when you can't get enough the Sheffield Vintage Fair is on at the Town Hall with a grand selection of the finest UK's Vintage Mens and Womenswear to Home ware, accessories and jewellery. This is a Sale Special and we are hoping to go and pick up a few bargains with the last of our Christmas money!

LONDON

Jueregn Teller: Woo! Photography Exhibition @ ICA
Started Wednesday 23rd - 17th March
Anyone who follows or has an interest in Art, Music and Fashion will know the greatness of Juergen Teller and his raw photography style. He as shot some of the most influential icons of our generation and continues to capture a raw honesty of his subjects. He has shot for many publications and became mostly well known for his work with  i-D magazine and The Face in the 80's and 90's. His most famous images ranging from the wonderful Vivienne Westwood sat completely naked at 68 years old, the beautiful young Kate Moss with pink hair (before Bleach arrived) and the more recent stunning Celine and Marc Jacobs Campaigns.
The opening has been and gone with stars, friends and fans such as Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney there to show their respect for the photographer but it is open for a couple of months and I know a lot of our COW staff are making their way down to London for this one.

We hope you all find something to do and have a great time. If there is anything going on in your area that you would like us to know about keep us posted!

COW x