pixies, faith no more... infact anything patton touches, the police, beck, frank black, the strokes, shellac, eels, at the drive in/rest of its family tree, ozomatli, mclusky, sir cash, janes addiction, ben qweller, pearl jam, people under the stairs, weezer, esp, combustible edison, stereo mc's, dino jnr, fugazi, interpol, nirvana, old metalica (nae the new stuff mind), ol blue eyes, qotsa, the who, j5, the breeders, blues explosion, ben folds, the roots, brakes, everlast, stp, david homes, dj shadow, bobby mcferrin, tom petty, pavement.... could go on but you get the jist..... OH! radiohead!
NEW SINGLE OUT NOW WOODY WOODPECKER / BOWL OF CHERRIES
“Raucous - a sonic fit of standing on your toes and singing right in to your face” Organ Magazine (Single-of-the-Week)
“...will induce all sorts of compulsive body movements on the dance-floor. 2009 - The Year Of The Shark! 5/5” Is This Music?
“...this is proper Glaswegian art school hillbilly punk with a razor edge. Excellent with a Pixies like donkey kick.” New Noise
“...like Victor Meldrew bellowing “Donald! Where’s you’re FUCKING troosers now, eh??” whilst dancing off his face to Duane Eddy on New Year’s Eve, and ends up with a riff other bands would suck their own managers dry for.” DSD Magazine
ALSO AVAILABLE THE PUNISHER OF IV30
“Arty and angular, Cuddly Shark possess some sharp hooks and a dark post-punkintensity - like Birthday Party being thrown down some stairs with Wire” Subba-Cultcha (Single-of-the-Month)
“…they have the punk strut of The Stooges, The Cure and The Cramps ... the musical expanse of Fugazi and the humour of early Roxy Music.” Daily Record
“Cuddly Shark sound like a cross between the 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster and a bear-baiting mountie.” Gigwise
“…a likeable, quirky diversion from the serious world of mass-market music.” The Skinny
A Shark's Tale...
Cuddly Shark is a do-it-yourself, plug in and play Rock McCombo. Idiosyncratic lyricism and odd anti-melodies combined with foot down pedal-to-the-metal performances.
Forming in early 2006 Cuddly Shark consists of two boys and one girl, Colin Reid on guitar and vocals, Jason Sinclair on drums and vocals and Ruth Forsyth on bass guitar. Born and bred in the bonnie highlands of Scotland the band found themselves magnetically drawn to the rain-soaked musical hotspot that is Glasgow to hone their sound. Things seemed to twitter along very quickly and in March 2008 Cuddly Shark released their debut single, ‘The Punisher of IV30’, referring to the Elgin post-code where the band members grew up and possibly the source of of their unruly aggression! If you’ve ever been there you’ll understand. The single picked up a host of glowing reviews and national airplay giving the band the premise to record their debut longplayer, due for release in 2009.
In the meantime Cuddly Shark are set to release their new double A-side single 'Woody Woodpecker' and 'Bowl of Cherries'. The single will be released on Monday 12th January on Armellodie Records and will be available from all digital download shops. The single will also be available on CD exclusively from the band at shows. As well as the two A-sides there is an exclusive non-album track in the form of 'A Nod to =W=' just for all you collectors out there! You gotta have it... you gotta!
Cuddly Shark will never have an ounce of pretentious hip fat on them and their live shows have seen favourable comparisons made to Husker Du, Minor Threat, Ween, Fugazi and The Presidents of the USA.
Hey Sharks! At long last I've gotten round to reproducing the article we did for Artrocker Magazine. A copy has now been posted to my website at LOUD HORIZON MUSIC, so anyone who was too skint - or just too plain miserable - to shell out a measly £3.25, can now read the whole kaboona by simply clicking on the banner below, which take them directly to the site.
Hello!
We have just released T-SHIRTS!!!.. please check them out at our online
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there has only been fifty made so get them while they last!
Have you ever heard a single violinist sound like 12?
Recently, I added a new song to my music player called, "Always" which might be one of the best songs I've written so far. Since I love strings, the chorus was scored for an entire violin section. However, in studio, I had one violinist, Jan "Yes I Can" Sullins. I asked her to single handedly create the sound of a "Hollywood style" string section. This is almost like telling someone, "Please jump rope one handed 10 times while monkeys nip at your feet."
Lucky for me, Jan worked some magic and now you can hear it for yourself. So can you do me a favor? For the sake of Jan and her "can do" attitude, please check out "Always," track 1 in my music player. It's from my upcoming album, "Awakening," which will be released June 16th.
Better yet, add it to your playlist if you like it.
Thanks for the friendship, its rocks that you like my music! please spread the word, we have great gigs coming up and would love to see you there :) also email kenelis@mac.com for a free album track xxxxx
North Atlantic Oscillation's "Hollywood Has Ended", from the forthcoming album Grappling Hooks, is featured in this month's Police Box compilation from TenTracks. It's here:
In case you haven't heard, TenTracks is a new music delivery service where you can buy exclusive 10-track compilations for £1, i.e. a mere 10p per track.
This month NAO are in the illustrious company of the excellent Found, Orkestra Del Sol, Fence Collective luminaries James Yorkston and King Creosote and exactly 5 others. Once again, that's £1 for ALL TEN TRACKS. Not bad, really.
Cuddly Shark, Please note the new RecordScout.com website is live! We have so many new features all aimed at unsigned, and signed bands looking for valuable exposure. Previously it was just a directory for unsigned bands but our new launch includes MP3 and Video exposure as well as photo galleries. Encourage your fans to sign up and vote for you. When we go live with our national radio coverage the charts will be announced weekly! Unfortunately previous bands and artists will have to set up an new account from scratch but it is worth it!
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