fuzzystar & the malfunctioning androids: General Info
Member Since
11/8/2005
Band Members
Wanted! more people to play music with! feel free to message :(])
fuzzystar = Andy Thomson ~ vocals, guitar, bad jokes, tea and cake making.
The Malfunctioning Androids are:
Nello Wright ~
guitar, harmonica, and all round magical tootle-age including egg! Much in demand by musicians all over Edinburgh. Composes and performs his own material, some of which is played in public with the mighty Flowers For Algernon. He is currently working on a solo ep whilst increasing his drinking capacity copiously. Very admirable.
Andy Thom{withaP}son
~ One of Edinburgh's other musical maestro's and a one time singer/songwriter/shclunk box player in the now on hiatus gingergreen Sings, plays guitar, harmonica, glockenspiel and pretty much any other instrument you could throw at him! (not to mention a few you couldn't). It's a lesser know fact that he's also a fairly committed {sic} member of the musically and litigously interesting pop combo The Regular Bastards. His personal myspace page can be found here.
Influences
Some music that i like.... in a mostly alphabetical order:
Aimee Mann. Al Green.
Alistair McErlain + Mairi Black.
Ben Kweller - everything, including things like The Bens.
Ben Lee. Big Star. Bjork. Bob Dylan. Bonnie Prince Billy. Cloudland Blue Quartet. Cobweb Lawns.
Curtis Mayfield - especially the 8:53 version of move on up. The Czars/John Grant - to me so badly under appreciated they deserve bold. dEUS.
Dinosaur Jr/J.Mascis & The Fog. Divine Comedy. Dj Shadow. Ed Harcourt.
Eels. Elliott Smith. Ephemera. Evan Dando/Lemonheads - One of my life changers. The Flaming Lips.
Frank Sinatra. French Kicks. gingergreen. The Go! Team. Hobotalk. James Jamieson. Jim Bryson. John Martyn - My other life changer for albums like Solid Air + Bless The Weather. Jon Brion -songs, film scores and production. Johnny Cash.
Joni Mitchell. Jose Gonzalez. Josh Rouse. Joy Zipper.
Kathleen Edwards. Kat Flint. The Killers.
Kings of Leon. Laura Cantrell. Lemon Jelly.
Lindsay West. Little Pebble. Love. Lowgold. Lucinda Williams. M.Craft.
Mark Kozelek/Red House Painters. The Magnetic Fields. Marvin Gaye/& Tammi Terrell. Mathew Jay.
Mazzy Star. Modest Mouse. My Morning Jacket.
The National. Neil Young.
Pavement. Pixies. Pj Harvey. R.E.M. Radiohead. The Ramones. Regina Spektor.
The Replacements. Rilo Kiley. Ron Sexsmith. Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown. Sigur Ros.
The Smiths. Soltero. Sparklehorse. Stina Nordenstam. Sufjan Stevens - pretty much anything and everything. Sun Kil Moon - absolutely everything. Teenage
Fanclub - likewise. Tom McRae. White Stripes. Wilco. William Douglas & The Wheel.
This week I have been mostly listening to.....
The last stuff I listened to on my computer.....
Stats/geek info courtesy of the nice people at last.fm
Sounds Like
Quirky melodic pop, at times personal, at times sad, and at times (hopefully less often) - just downright bad!
Names brought to mind at gigs have included Sebadoh/Lou Barlow, Neutral Milk Hotel, Evan Dando/The Lemonheads and Ben Folds Five {without a piano!?}.
I STILL need to fill this bit in! Most of the people on here I know, I'm not averse to new friends but if I don't know you please message when you add, it's nice to at least say hello, and if you post giant gig posters all over the page I will cry... that is all.
News and {occasional} Updates etc.
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fuzzystar & the malfunctioning androids's Friend Space (Top 7)
fuzzystar & the malfunctioning androids has 254 friends.
How's things with you? This is an account for film and video stuff. The annoying thing is that I can't upload most of the stuff I've made due to flagrant breach of copyright. I should make a music video for you.
Hello Fuzzystar We must definitely get a Fuzzy Danger collaboration on the go - it would be great to do a gig in London and one in Glasgow. Promise we won't spit on you.
And it had definitely not be a year before we see your fuzzy face once again, that would just be silly!
Oh poor Andy, how did it all work out with your water-tent? Was lovely to have a bit part in your weekend. Hope you are back home and not buried alive under some mud on the West coast. Anyway, I'm sure you weren't down about it, even if you were a little grubby from just bein' around. Miss your big gay heart, xxxx
euchrid eucrow are an alt.folk three-piece from Brighton, featuring members of both Bat for Lashes and British Sea Power. They create sparse soundscapes that flit between harmony and dissonance - at once yearning and wholly captivating.
Two highlights from the recent Retreat! festival complete the bill - Emily Scott (who also featured on the line-up at this year's Connect festival), and the Wee Rogue.
Manchester's Amida have been compared to both the Pixies and the Magnetic Fields - due in part to their ability to wrench catchy pop from dark subject matter. This is exemplified on their debut mini-album 'Arts and Crafts' which, rattling through six tracks in under 13 minutes, has been described as "a masterclass in pop economy".
Pushing shiny pop hooks to a lo-fi aesthetic, the Just Joans create tales of heartache and teenage longing in small town Caledonia. Is This Music described their debut album (Last Tango In Motherwell) as "frankly staggering", and probably the best album of that year. This was followed by two mini-albums on the rather lovely Wee POP label: Virgin Lips and Hey Boy, You're So Sensitive.
The Occasional Flickers' main songwriter Giorgos Bouras recorded debut album 'Scattered Songs' in his native Greece. But it wasn't until he relocated to Greece and put together a new live band that the music truly felt at home. Imbued with the lyrical wit of Belle and Sebastian, but delivered in the off hand style of the Pastels - they're the best Scottish pop band to ever come out of Greece. Or maybe the best Greek pop band in Scotland. Either way, they're not to be missed.
Fuzzystar at THE FETE DE LA MUSIQUE in Edinburgh Saturday 21st June, From 5pm to midnight, more than 28 wonderful bands, all music genres, COME AND ENJOY!!! FREE!!!
hey there!! long time buster!!! i know you dont use this mode of communication much but ive no credit and thus no others means of doing so at the min... ... so how have you been/ still workin hard at the radio station?...nothing strange or startlin' going on????.... i ment to ask you were you phoning the other day/ mite have been sunday,cant remember exactly coz the last weeks been a bit of a blur...are you coming back to edinburgh then, have to have a nite out like! catch you soon!take care, be good, bye bye.
I just checked and it was sold out anyhow. It was a special ATP gig. You should keep up to date with their page cos they've always got amazing special gigs happening in London. We might have to trot down for some of them. I'm afraid I have my Mam, sister, brother and Alistair at my flat over christmas, but on either side of that it's free! We're beginning to make plans for next year's ATP. Thinking ATP vs Pitchfork at Camber Sands - Sebadoh, Of Montreal, Les Savy Fav, fancy it? (That's not a band name) Mxo
I miss you too. Is London being kind to you? We have a free bedroom from Monday til at least February, if you're coming up visiting you're more than welcome to stay. The ghost was a cryptic homage to the new Band of Horses - amazing! They're playing in a theatre near you tonight! we just got tickets for the Glasgow gig in Feb. The dog is gone........Mxo
