What’s happening in Sonar World?

Welcome to the Sonar Group. We are a family run independent record and publishing company based in Coventry, UK. We have been established here for over 30 years and have several labels – Sonar Records, Frantic Records, Psalm Reader Records, and Dodgy Ticket Records and have a catalogue of local artists on vinyl and CD.

You can see us at The Coventry Music Museum  and find our products on sale at HEAD records in Leamington Priors

Hear us on spotify – search for Sonar Group Playlist

aPRIL 2019

Sonar Artists Crokodile Tears and Cary L are now in the official local charts with Paul Sanders at 24 and 26 respectively!!!!

Here is Week 57 Of The Official Local Charts and we have the youngest person to not only be in the Charts but to also hit number 1 with 451 votes beating 2nd place Matty who got 431 votes and MC Liburd with 288 Votes.
01. Abz Winter Alright Now
02. Matty Rock N Coles I Wanna Be High!
03. MC Curtis Liburd Ends Man
04. RG The Baron Overcome
05. Luna & The MoonHounds Don’t Follow Me
06. Wayne Stacey Puppet On A Shoe String 
07. Andy Beglin The Beast & The Temptress
08. DABB4 Fire In Her Eyes
09. AutoPilot Brain Cell
10. Cathy Beech Hello ‘ Cruel World
11. David Duquemin What Used To Be
12. Ian Hough ‘Huffy’ Airwaves
13. Taylor-Louise Thomas Blessed With A Curse
14. CVBE Wild Soul 
15. Bobbie Lord Be You
16. Long Good Fridays Amplified
17.Shannon Stevenson Take You Back Kylus Kdubz Ezekiel
18. Izzie Derry & Band Life Is A Gift (Live) 
19. Jim Thomason Famous Engineer 
20. Man Made Moon Tourist/Not So Haunted
21. Shanghai Hostage Step To Far
22. APE (Adam Collins) Hey Heather 
23. Joe Deverell-Smith Toothbrush Song
24. CroKodile Tears Kidz/ Norwegian Wood 
25. Bill Bates The Brexit Song
26. Cary Lord Single Bed
27. Chalk Drawings Rag & Bone
28. Perfect Storm Keeping Hope Alive (Charity)
29. Rosetta Fire Shakedown 
30. Louie Forde Maisie’s Song

march 2019

The Mysterious Monks are working on a new album for release in 2019.  We are looking forward to RECORD STORE DAY on Saturday 13th April.  Be sure to check out our vinyl products in Head records in leamington Spa!

October

JANUARY 2019 

Happy birthday to Croks main man Christopher Sidwell who celebrates this month!!

October

Hello October, with Christmas within our sights, you might want to get down to HEAD RECORDS in Leamington Priors and pick up some Sonar stocking fillers!

AUGUST 2018

Great news that HEAD records in Leamington Priors are now stocking Sonar Artist products!!!    Pop in to browse Crokodile Tears, Courtiers Of Fashion, Furious apples, Cary L, 20 Days, The Sweethearts and Mysterious Monks.  Treat yourself to a limited edition 12″ from Laughing House, Decipher the mystery of the Monks with their CD’s,  discover what was ‘Maid In Meriden’, and do a spot of ‘Engineering’ all at leisure under the cover of the Priors shopping centre, Leamington Spa!!

 

 

Dodgy Ticket artists Crokodile Tears release their new album ‘Old Skool’ this month. Catch them at the Magic Lantern in Leamington spa on August 10th

Get the ‘Alternative Sounds – volume Two’ from here – support Coventry artists!

Cary L track ‘Single Bed’ from her new album ‘Only The Night Knows’ is the featured song for August on HILLZFM. The album ‘Only The Night Knows’ is on heavy rotation on the Keith Fabrique show!!

JULY 2018

Cary L album featured on Keith Fabrique’s rock show  the recently released ‘Only the Night Knows’  whose Blush track “Seven Years” is on “Volume Two” of the alternative sounds anthology.  Keith played four tracks from the album: “Love On Ice”, “Single Bed” “Only the Night Knows” & “Get A Grip” Both “Single Bed” and “Get a Grip” have also been recorded by Cary’s 1990s band Viktoria’s Sekrets and of course “Get A Grip” is on the 1980 ‘Boys & Girls Come Out to Play’ EP performed by her first band the legendary L’Homme de Terre. Those of you who came to our event on Friday will have heard Cary perform both the latter songs, “Single Bed” as a duet with co-writer Christopher Sidwelll

Find us at the Alternative Sounds party at the Golden Cross pub in Coventry on Friday 20th July at 7.00pm.  See you there!

Several video clips available on Cary’s page

The new album by Cary L – Only The Night Knows – is now available in the Sonar shop.

JUNE 2018

We now have the fantastic ‘Alternative sounds Volume 2’ CD in our mitts!  What an amazing job these guys have done – So much history here – we are proud to be associated with this and look forward to more of the same !!  Available for digital download or as a physical CD

 

MAY 2018

02/05 Just listened to HILLZFM and Keith Fabrique’s interview – a mega 7 parter – Keith played a selection of tracks from ‘Mysterious Monks’, ‘The Sweethearts’, ‘Blush’ and ‘Cary L’  in-between stories from Jon and Cary reminiscing over the years and talking about the up and coming release of The Alternative Sounds Compilation CD Volume 2.

The Mysterious Monks have been working hard and have a couple of albums in the can. Working on a release date soon.

Cary L has nearly finished her album and is trying to decide on an album title and artwork for iminent release.

APRIL 2018

Finished our ‘father and daughter’ interview with the fabulous Keith Fabrique at Tinkle studio.  We talked about the Mysterious Monks, Blush, Cary L, L’Homme De Terre, Cabin Studio and the general Coventry scene back in the eighties. Lots of memories and we have two tracks on the new  Alternative Sounds – VOLUME 2   – Looking forward to hearing it on Hillz fm due to be broadcast on 2nd May 2018.

Cary contributing to a book being written by Keith Hancock (Mosquitoes, DT’s) about the Leamington and Warwick music scene

3 months of the year gone already and April sees ‘ALTERNATIVE SOUNDS VOL 2’ line up completed. Sonar artists Courtiers of Fashion, Mysterious Monks and Blush appear on this volume and it is down to the hard work of Martin Bowes and Andy Holdcroft that this project has come together.  These compilation albums are a historical voice for Coventry bands reflecting the scene back in the day – it wasn’t just all about the ska you know!     Alternative Sounds – VOLUME 2

MARCH 2018

Snow resulted in the alternative sounds launch date for Vol 1 being delayed;

FEBRUARY 2018

More studio sessions at Big Sky;

Tracks from the Monks and Blush accepted onto the Alternative Sounds Vol 2 – Exciting stuff!!

January 2018

Happy New Year from the Sonar Records Group!! A new year for new music.

Cary is in Big Sky studios again working on some bass and vocal tracks. She hopes to be finished by early Feburary and mixing….

Volume One of the long awaited Alternative Sounds CD has been released and features Sonar artists as well as many of the bands who recorded at Cabin Studio – The Primitives, Crokodile Tears, Giraffes and Furious Apples.   Further info here Alternative Sounds

The Mysterious Monks are also working on new material for the new year

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SEPTEMBER 2017

Find your Sonar Artists on Apple Music

Cary is in the studio this week with a Ukulele player to nail down her latest track

 

 

AUGUST

• Don’t forget to stream the Sonar playlist in Spotify
• Blush track ‘Groundhog Day’ was played on Radio 1;
• Cary working on new tracks at Big Sky Studio with Josh producing and Jake drumming;

• Find us on Facebook
• Video of the month – Mysterious Monks – Money Lender

July

• Our new website has been launched!;
• Cary L is in the studio recording some new tracks for the Summer!
• Mysterious Monks release new album ‘Viva Voce’ available through our vinyl and CD store;
• Crokodile Tears play the Godiva Festival;
• Martin Bowes from Coventry Band Attrition is compiling a special album to celebrate the Coventry Music Museum

 

Updated 13/03/2019