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THE DAILY STAR - APRIL 2008

"Oozing testosterone, it sounds like it's been marinated in JD and soaked in Marlborough smoke along the way..... Imagine Shaun Ryder-meets Bob Dylan with a big injection of off-your-face techno and you're almost there."

THE SUN - APRIL 2008 - ** 4 STARS OUT 5 **

"Dirge-like blues rock that's part Primal's XTRMNTR through its harsh beats and part Sisters Of Mercy with gloomy guitars."

CLASH Magazine - Blaggers & Liars EP Review - May 2008

.. Kav seems to have been surviving on a staple diet of barbituates and sleazy, sunset strip Rock ‘n’ Roll. Deciding to roll the dice and go it alone, songs from forthcoming EP such as Lizard King’ (which sounds suitably like it was written after a Mescal binge in the desert) and the pulsing glitch-pop of ‘Blaggers And Liars’ sees the London-based Kav let loose the demons that presumably come with partying with Shaun Ryder for half a decade (yikes!). The result of meeting satan at the crossroads every month is a low-slung, blues –indebted rock ‘n’ roll outing seeped in whisky-soaked saloon brawls and murder ballad gusto.”

THE GUARDIAN - New Band of The Day - 15th March 2008

".... On his forthcoming Blaggers & Liars EP, (Kav) touts the sort of electronically enhanced, krautrock-inflected riff rock and high-energy mescal-blues purveyed by Primal Scream on their Vanishing Point and XTRMNTR albums. His EP is an eclectic case in point: the title track has the speed and attack of the Scream in chugging, charging Neu! mode.

Lizard King starts off slow and swaggering and features bluesy slide guitar before transforming into a Led Zep-ish riff monster, like The Stone Roses circa Second Coming. Easy is a blues-soaked missive about life's "chancers"

And Satanic Circus Mask makes you think of The Stone's 'Sympathy For The Devil' hauled into the digital age by Death In Vegas. Lyrically, Kav veers between the lysergic dementia of Shaun Ryder and the insurrectionary fervour of Bobby Gillespie".... " (Paul Lester)

Clash Magazine – One’s to Watch – May 2008

"Reminiscent of The Stone Roses when they swapped Frankie Knuckles for John Bonham, Kav’s debut is a bluesy, swaggering affair, with the singer refusing to pull his punches... ‘Blaggers & Liars’ he may detest, but Kav can rest easy as on this evidence he’s got the goods to match his boasting."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KAV BIOG

Kav has just unleashed his new release, the ‘Blaggers & Liars’ EP, coinciding with his first live UK appearances since guesting with Datarock at last year’s Reading and Leed’s festivals. Kav has recently returned from LA after shooting his 'Lizard King' video & doing some key shows, including The Key Club, The Troubadour & 'The Whisky A Go Go', where he teamed up with Josh Ostranger from Eastern Conference Champions on bass/keys.

After teenage stints forming bands, which brought notable performances at the Astoria and Glastonbury with Sonic Audio, Kav created the infamous ;'Get Loaded'; nights. While co-promoting the 20,000 capacity festival on Clapham Common that grew from the night’s success, he was invited by Shaun Ryder to join the 'Happy Mondays', and subsequently has spent the past few years travelling the world as their guitarist and co-writer on the band’s much heralded comeback album.

Following tours with James Brown, playing on line-ups with Guns & Roses and Bob Dylan, and events like Coachella and Fuji Rocks, Kav left the Mondays last summer, having had his fill of exhaustive world gigging, and spurred on by a longing to return to London to restart his solo career.

He’s spent the past 6 months writing and recording new material. Showing a lyrical nous to match its hooky guitar lines, the ‘Blaggers & Liars EP’ is brimming with mescal slugging, bluesy psyche-rock.

‘Lizard King’, is the swaggering, riff-filled opener, followed by the three minutes of vitriolic speed pop that is ‘Blaggers & Liars’. ‘Easy’ is a blues-soaked missive about life’s ‘chancers’, while ‘Satanic Circus Mask’ closes the EP with a double-dipped psychedelic ride circa 2008.

Born of a mind that at 28 has already been opened as wide as the Watford Gap and come out fighting (you don’t tour with Shaun Ryder and return an innocent), the ‘Blaggers & Liars EP’ is the first hint of Kav’s adventures this year; with another single and his debut album to follow.

And if the music wasn’t enough, Kav’s now on a mission to get Carnaby Street swinging again with his Electric Dirt Junkie night at Studio Valbonne; a mix of hot new talent and the best of second-generation rock royalty join him each week (while letting in the right famous bods as he deems fit). Guests include Leah Wood, Rumblestrips, and more.

OTHER STUFF Kav has guested with indie hipsters DATAROCK several times this summer 2007, including Reading & Leeds Festivals, and has recorded a track with dance legend TALL PAUL.

KAV DJ

As a DJ KAV has been on a continuous 3 year tour, filling dance floors Worldwide with his Indie/electro remixes. In the past few years he has played on line ups with the likes of BOB DYLAN & Guns N’ Roses and even toured Australia on the same line-up as the Godfather of Soul ‘James Brown’ !