SAT 24TH OCT. THE UNTHANKS (formerly known as Rachel Unthank & Winterset) + kathryn edwards + support @ 12thC candle-lit Halifax Parish Church. Real ale bar in church. full info at www.doghouseuk.com
The Unthanks (previously known as Rachel Unthank & Winterset) @ candle-lit 12th century halifax parish church on Sat 24th Oct. + kathryn edwards + support real ale bar in church. pay on door or advanced from www.ticketweb.co.uk www.doghouseuk.com
"the Brownies could be Xerox Girls' attitudinal, imperiously cool nieces and nephews. Brilliantly out of step with current modish indie trends, full of heart-in-mouth moments and a hatred so finely tuned it's almost sexy, Means To An End is a handstand, a cartwheel and a kick in the nuts and it demands your immediate surrender." - THE GUARDIAN SINGLE OF THE WEEK
This is a huge scoop for us and definitely a gig not to be missed!!
Support for the evening comes from Anola Gray and I Saved Latin. Two of the areas finest up and coming bands.
6th March - 4th birthday gig. 4 bands. The NOUVELLES The TOMBOTS + Cool piano roll + the astral plain £5/4. 830 to late. + dj reg carlo set after www. doghouseuk. com for full info. sign up for the mailer!
Andy Votel is internationally respected amongst djs, record collectors and producers as a champion collector of obscure psych-folk-prog-hip hop-jazz-trash-kraut-fuzz-tropicalia and funk. He is co-owner (with badly drawn boy) of Manchester based label Twisted Nerve and has remixed tracks by Ian Brown, Death in Vegas, Lamb and The Avalanches.
The evening will also feature a special live performance from Jonjo Feather. With two highly acclaimed singles under his belt on Dead Young Records and his debut album due in April, this will be his first hometown show in over a year.
Additional dj sets come from Leeds Hi-fi Club’s Boogaloo residents (latin, funk, 60's beat, ska) and Laputa’s Johnny Boy (psych, funk, freakbeat).
“God bless Andy Votel.” David Holmes
"Raspy sensuality and buzzed up distorted swagger...the beats are off kilter and original...the Leeds scene has something to cheer again, go Jonjo, go." The Daily Mirror
For Advance tickets call 01422 845265 Email boxoffice@tradesclub.info
New EL CAMPELLO Venue - Now at the Puzzle Hall, Sowerby Bridge December - 11th - 2nd Thursday of the month FREE ENTRY! FIRST ACT 9PM - Puzzle Hall, Soweby Bridge Butler Williams + Dr Butler's Hatstand Medicine Band + Martin Gardiner Bultler Williams on stage 10.20pm Last date of 20 date UK tour
Butler - Williams released their limited edition EP 'Keep Your Head Down' on the 18th of August and have been on a national tour since. It was picked as 'Indie Record of the Week' at Piccadilly Records Manchester, and has recently found its way onto the shelves of Rough Trade Records, London.
"...Butler Williams continue to shine as one of Manchester's...more striking purveyors of lifting acoustica. In the case of "Keep Your Head Down", Chris Butler and Noel Williams again place gentle, life affirming vocals to the careful pick of acoustic guitar, the splash of some subtle electro loops and the causal sway of simple melodic ideas. As a result, their songs move from the realms of considered folk to ambling countrified narrations. There's always a faint touch of something affected by indie musings and it's hard not to sense that just a little bit of both Manchester own sounds and Britain's folk heritage seep through. When BW slow things down, they obtain a sound that's even more captivating and memorable, as their songs flutter amongst echoes and vivid painted dreams. Live, this duo actually sound even better and special, so what better recommendation?..." www. manchestermusic. co. uk
Dr Butler's Hatstand Medicine Band on stage 9.40pm Dr Butlers Hatstand Medicine Band, being a morally good medicine band, making music of merriment with tones of joy in celebration of the tonic, titillation and tuneful etiquette of life. Dr Butlers Hatstand Medicine Band present to you their good time rags and reels, show stoppers and sight stealers; music for foot stomping a
Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut, Spokes are embarking on an extensive UK headline tour scheduled for November.
The grand sound of their album People Like People Like You was compared to the likes of Arcade Fire by the music undergrounds most influential press.
Spokes will be captivating audiences with material from their forthcoming second album, sharing stages with Volcano! and Mogwai along the way.
"The emotional intensity and waves of melody heard in their songs sound like they come as naturally to the band as breathing." (Drowned In Sound)
"Spokes were next and could well be my new favourite band. This 5-piece had me absorbed from the second they stepped on stage to the second they finished. With all the vigour and natural emotion of say, a temperate Broken Social Scene, their poignant waves of unassuming melody and up-tempo variation was captivating.” (Narc Magazine)
www. myspace. com/spokesound
JUFFFAGE Juffage is a one-man-band of massive proportions from chicago, il. Fronted by area musician jeff t. smith. Performances are based around experimental live looping of drums, guitars, basses, vocals, clarinet and manipulated tapes. Jeff started juffage sometime around the time he was a fetus and has been making music under this title on and off ever since.
Influenced by everything from chopin to lightning bolt, his pieces evoke an obvious sense of uniqueness and immediacy, which leaves the listener always wondering what will happen next.
www. myspace. com/juffage
STRAYHORTS Strayhorts have been together since 2005 and have been gigging in Halifax,Huddersfield and Bradford for about 2 years.
Hi there, hope all is well. We have some new tracks up. If you have the time it would be great if you could have a listen. Any comments and feedback are very much welcomed. Cheers Anola Gray x
El Campello - acoustica, lo-fi n folky live music from the doghouse 1st Birthday October Gig - 9th - 2nd Thursday of the month FREE ENTRY! FIRST ACT 9PM - Puzzle Hall, Soweby Bridge Double Headliner: DENIS JONES + KATHRYN EDWARDS Denis Jones on stage 10pm "The debut album from Manchester's Denis Jones arrives after the man's grafted and pulled himself all over the place perfecting his working man blues. Comparisons with John Martyn, (arguably) the pioneer of the British blues-folk-rock tradition are not without warrant, while the no fear attitude of Tunng or Psapp in the use of electronics and sequencers makes for a surprising dovetail.
Comes in some of the most unique packaging we've ever seen. Fold-out plastic case with fabric inner and individually etched number of only 500.this week's thoughts...Hi,Your attention is needed for a new folk hero in the form of Manchester's Denis Jones. Drawing comparisons with the likes of John Martyn and Tunng this is set to have A&R hounds frothing at the mouth, so get on this early.
Oh and the packaging is just wonderful too!!"
Darryl_Piccadilly Records
"There's something about his willingness to experiment, his bravery and risk-taking that makes him stand slightly aside from the now dissolving world of folktronica, this music is left of centre and quite happily so – if Denis wants to make noise he will do, and if he wants to make your heart weep then that's okay too.
It's nice to hear a new generation of artists taking on so many different influences at the moment – I guess we can say that's the power of the internet? Maybe file sharing does have its place in the music scene eh? 'Humdrum Virtue' is a mighty promising start from an artist who we should be seeing a lot more from in future…"
Boomkat. com
"The sparest of slap basslines from Sly Stone-vintage funk pulsed underneath and a smattering of beatboxing (his own) draped over
The ABC Club (formerly the debuts)- Combining shoegaze guitars and ethereal vocals Halifax's ABC club recently featured as Steve Lamaq's radio1 demo of the week.
IConcur- Firm live favourites on the leeds scene, I Concur play The Vine as part of a uk tour promoting new single Oblige. 'Sounds like Interpol crossed with iliketrains'NME
Fri 17th Oct Vessels-With a scorching live reputation and their new album currently receiving rave reviews in the national press, Vessels are surely destined for big things in 2008. 'Tumbling drums, intertwined arpegios and massive blisters of heavy rock, Vessels are special enough to be all things to all fans of modern epic progressive music' Manchester Music
Brenda- 'With an Oceansize ear for melody, these guys are a stunning addition to the post rock genre, ones to watch!Subbacultcha single of the week
October 3rd - Friday Royal Oak, Clare Road, Halifax - 8.30 to 2pm Reg Carlo and the Squid taking us through till 2 £4/5 (frequent doggers) What a scoop! Destined never to play Halifax again!!
VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME + Modeliste + Ophelia
THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME DEBUT EP – TRADING THINGS IN RELEASED ON 21st JULY ON THE LOWEST LAYER OF THE TRIFLE RECORDINGS
A one-man assembly of bold and vibrant caricatures in sound; The Voluntary Butler Scheme makes its debut with the EP Trading Things In released on 21st July on The Lowest Layer Of The Trifle Recordings. The single has been picked as Steve Lamaq’s Single of the week and the release builds on recent sessions for BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1 & 2.
22-year-old Rob Jones aka The Voluntary Butler Scheme takes a wry look at life’s shortcomings and styles a plasticine pop of ruggedly organic and excitingly abstract songs. Opening track Trading Things In is lyrically vivid English-summer pop. With ambitiously realised harmonies, and pleasingly shabby arrangement, it recognises the truly defining symptoms of love and devotion; Broccoli, running shoes and bad MP3 playlists.
With The Eiffel Tower And The BT Tower, Rob welcomes a swinging, ska inflected Motown group into his Midland home, “The BT Tower is the first thing that catches your eye when you go into Birmingham. Some sort of warped Midlands’ pride made me want to put it in the title.” The apparent pop soul whimsy of Hot Air Balloon Heart, shares the eccentric gifts of Nilsson and more immediately Gruff Rhys, as it spins classic songwriting into new, surreal and otherworldly shapes - “I’ve been dreaming of you so often, makes my hot air balloon heart soften…”
Hailing from Stourbridge, Rob’s inauguration as a solo artist was inspired – albeit indirectly – by fellow mid-lander Pato Banton. Under the misapprehension that collaboration with the lyrical toaster might be on the cards, Rob wrote and recorded an album’s worth of songs. When the p
The return of the wonderful Loungs to fax! sept 5th the loungs + spirt of john (50s influenced rockabilly) + scuffers 830 till late. £4/5. happy half hour at the bar 830. djs reg carlo & the squid. biogs at www. doghouseuk. com or to watch the loungs:www. doghouseuk. com/content/view/45/88/
Easily one of our best catches to date, Wintermute are currently one of the most exciting acts on the Leeds scene. Fresh from a nationwide tour supporting Oceansize and with debut Ep 'Fun With Wizard Stencils' due to be released early August, Wintermute are surely set to make it big in 2008. Support for the evening comes from promising new Hebden electro-rock outfit Fires.
"A curious combo of At The Drive-In and Interpol, splashed with a bit of Foals-ian mathletics, tight and adventurous, Wintermute are cool." NME
"...punchy and pop-infected, akin to The Futureheads poising notes at sharper angles. Ditch the doubts at the door: expect to be impressed. " Rock Sound
