Live Video!

Plate six have been searching through their archive and have found some amazing live footage.

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Battle Hymns For A New Republic is released on 16th April

The band release their awesome new album 'Battle Hymns For a New Republic' on April 16th! Make sure you get your own copy today!

One Little Shop

 

When Matt Whitson isn't editing documentaries for public TV or
recording bands on the cheap in his parents' basement, he's busy
biting off more than he can chew on various music related video
projects in and around Birmingham, AL. His latest's are Dan Sartain's
video for "Thought it Over," the "Dan Sartain Lives" DVD out on One
Little Indian this Autumn and "Turn Darryl Up," a live
video compilation of bands performing at Cave 9 in Birmingham. Zeus
willing, it will be released this summer on House of Love Records out of Birmingham.

Tour Diary

David Hickox penned a tour diary while on the road with Dan Sartain which has just been featured in the current issue of Plan B magazine.

You can also read the full [unedited] version here: click here

Alabama's Finest

One Little Indian would like to welcome and announce our new signing PLATE SIX to the label. The band that features Dan Sartain's Bass Player David Hickox will be coming to Europe to tour with Dan Sartain around the release of their new album BATTLE HYMNS FOR A NEW REPUBLIC from 1st February. Check out both their One Little Indian page for further info and the Dan Sartain Tour Page for more info, pics, videos and mp3's.

PLATE SIX

are David Hickox [vocals, guitar and permanent Dan Sartain bass player] 29, Darryl Jacks [guitars] 30, and Brad Davis [drums] 31. All three are natives from Birmingham Alabama. The band met each other and Dan Sartain while they were all at high school. The band started here. Over the years they flirted around with four different bass players before deciding for a few years that 'bass players were worthless and it was no advantage to put up with them any longer' and became the three-piece line-up they are now: vocals, two guitars and a drummer. The band was influenced in the early days by bands such as Fugazi to do the most they could with just a guitar and an amp and not to use effects, and also by way of the wandering guitar work of [Southern/ Touch & Go's] Polvo and the noise and chaos of Sonic Youth. By relentlessly playing in the hardcore punk scene in small key venues, headlining or opening for bands such as Boris and Fugazi they were able to create a solid fan base for themselves in this burgeoning Alabama scene.

The Bent Rail Foundation

All three artists on this tour had initial releases on The Bent Rail Foundation: a Birmingham Alabama label started by Hickox, Jacks, and Jacks’ brother from a zine much the same way as Seattle's stalwart Sub-pop label. The band wanted to put out a 7" but with nobody around to help, Darryl suggested they use his brother's Bent Rail Foundation zine name since he already had the all-important PO box number. After putting out two 7"s and an early album, they decided they had enough connections to help and release other bands. The band shared work duties at their new label; David Hickox stood at the helm of the art and creative side and Darryl Jacks handled the more business related side of things.

Dan Sartain

Initially David Hickox and Dan Sartain worked together a recording called 'Who's Sorry Now'. This later became the b-side to his Walk Among the Cobra's single. This was before Swami signed Dan and this 7" became on of The Bent Rail Foundation's key releases. David and Brad frequently backed Dan in his live shows and they are also about to hit the road playing in his band again as the support band for Gogol Bordello on a 3 week US tour. Brad was in a band with Dan Sartain called the Glowing Swords and Darryl has also played guitars for Dan live. Dan Sartain also took on the guise of A&R rep when he brought the first Two Tears record to The Bent Rail Foundation for them to sign.