"Magnificent...a timeless melancholy masterpiece" - The Fly
"inspired by the darker side of the street, the one Will Oldham lives on, and where Nick Cave wrote The Boatman's Call" - Americana UK
"Drawing inspration from those maverick, musicians - Nick cave, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Bonnie Prince Billy - creators of intelligent, timeless music - James Macgregor has emerged with his own original, timeless sound. --Clare Robinson - The Herald
"They create simple, stripped down music, melancholy songs akin to Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy, Tindersticks, Nick Cave or Neil Young......songs are immersed in a bath of Americana and Alt-Country with a sad undertone, a fine debut" --Rootstime Magazine
"It's better than Bon Iver" -- Tasty Fanzine
"The Magnetic South is nothing short of magnificent. Showcasing MacGregor's breathtakingly beautiful songwriting talents to the full,this mini album is quite simply one of the finest CD's you'll hear all year" -- GO2 Magazine
Head Of Programmes is essentially the alias of James MacGregor, a singer/songwriter based in South West England, who writes simple songs that wander the same paths of love, joy and failure profered by Smog or Sun Kill Moon, producing a beautiful sad alt-country meets indie rock sound.
He sometimes plays with a band, and sometimes alone.
He has played shows with Mount Eerie/The Microphones, The Low Lows, Alasdair Roberts, Joe Lally of Fugazi, WeVsDeath, J Mascis an The Fog and Seth Lakeman amongst others. Head Of Programmes debut release, The Magnetic South was released in Dec 2008 on FoundObjective. An new LP will follow in Spring 2010 released thru UPR Records.
The Magnetic South was offically released on Dec 8th 2009, you can currently buy it on-line at AMAZON.CO.UK and is also available on I-Tunes. follow the link below to The Genepool Distribution site, it's available there too
yeah def. man, i only just got this, does myspace sometimes not tell you that you have comments? rubbish. we will do a few more shows sometimes, hopefully i'll play a bit better. thomas
yo jim, we sure should! i gotta work on my set abit first, i wana try not to play too many venues aswell, just do as many house shows and bookstores and such as pos.
oh yea, i'm recording some more songs soon, i wanted to ask you if you'd like to do some slide guitars on one of the tracks, and some quest vocals!! :D it would be just super!
Twas a blast last night, lovely to see and play alongside you lovely folks again. I'm loving the all new and improved Programmes! Sorry I can't make it tonight, have a good one.
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"Neil Rose's debut album maintains a core feeling of oppression and unease layered with moments of bliss, skillfully achieved through doom laden, minimalist sound and creeping drones." TAPC
Based in Plymouth, UK, electroacoustic composer Neil Rose delivers a concept album that is absorbed and intertwined with the dark and twisted work of HP Lovecraft. It is dark and brooding and, at times, yields results no recording should produce.
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