Zappa
Screamin`Jay Hawkins
Prince
Tom Waits
Funkadelic
Primus
Mr. Bungle
Martin Denny
Ennio Morricone
Henry Mancini
Gypsy
Swing
Cartoon music
They love perfect pop songs,
but haven't heard many lately.
"Allow Come Back to cast its spell on you and you'll be forever humming.
The latest release from lounge-metal advocates 12 Stone Toddler builds on previous release Candles on the Cake and revisits the themes of getting older and the desire to maintain the innocence of youth. Like a laid back Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster, the band delightfully combine straightforward rock swagger with eerie and disquieting musical nuances. Whilst not as immediately likeable as 2006's The Rabbit, it perfectly fuses their myriad of influences, ranging from Nick Cave at his most brooding, to Frank Zappa at his wackiest. Allow Come Back to cast its spell on you and you'll be forever humming."
Written by Neal Parsons - TheSkinnyMag.co.uk
"Having bagged themselves what may prove to be the last great name for a band, 12 Stone Toddler can get on with their one-band assault on that most neglected of genres, that of lounge metal. Simultaneously magnificently louche and uncomplicatedly ROCK, Candles On The Cake takes a wry song about our culture's obsession with age or the lack thereof, and makes it sound so sleazy that it would be right at home underpinning the latest carnal exertions of Jenna Jameson. She's a porn star, as if you didn't know, and 12 Stone Toddler may end up dating her if they continue on their fine trajectory."
hi 12 stone av included yous - well your myspace gif of ben and cards - in this video mash up of cool characters people music films etc. does it scare you is both sounding good and looking good spinning round (the spiral on the cd) in cd jukebox here btw - nice1.
Hello! its that time of the month! In the Cella this time we have a lyrical feast from Millie Watts, haunting folk from Caroline Weeks & the soothing soul of Faye Houston! come check it, all proceeds go to the Cambodia trust. X
'cooee' :] how yoo guys doin?...omg i <3 your music...i've been a fan for ages and ages...its soo awesome...your song 'candles on the cake' got played on mtv...twas awesome!...but whats new wiv yoo guys?...xoxo
...if anyone fancies it we're making video at Audio on Thursday - anybody want to come down -free booze and refreshments upstairs at Audio. Involves paint thowing, catapaulting and vomiting, general messing around and free dvd of the finished thing to anyone who shows. day starts 10, if you can get there at 12 brilliant. anytime, welcome. and if you do your hair mad then free entrance to Audio that night. what can you say to that!? and bring as many people as you can. Cheers The Splendour aka Kingsomniac.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarg. We need a new name can anybody help? Yupknuckle and the Baskets is stooooopid, and the other alternative is too rude for the lucrative children's party circuit. We need YOU!
We were called "Big Daddy Brown" back in the early days. That was stupid. So we changed it to Yupknuckle and the Baskets. Duurh. We had some ideas. We were going to be "Waf waf" (which is apparently what french dogs say). Then we realised that was even more stupid than Yupknuckle and the Baskets. Then we were going to be "The Misfit Orchestra"...
Come on what have you got? The winner gets a date with Jack Splats, our tripe-gnawing trombonist, at the Offal Bar of your choice and free tickets to our next gig. Come on!
Hi, Welcome aboard! Thanks for being "friends" with Roamin Gabriels. Check out the tunes and videos more coming soon. I hope to meet you in person at a show. Till then... Groove On, Len Mooney Keep in Touch!!! If you like Roamin Gabriels please tell your friends
