Joan Armatrading, Prince, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Jackson, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Lauren Hill, Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, Bjork, Tim Buckley, Yes, The Police, Annie Lennox...are just a few
HIS:
Seu Jorge, Dominic Miller, Matthew Reynolds, Andrew Bird, Justice, The E4 Band, Beastie Boys, RX Bandits, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Manu Chao, Les Rhythm Digitales.
'...Hella Cholla make unashamed fun, spirited music and their sparkle is absolutely infectious. Combining a sense of humour with more serious topics is a great feat and, as the lyrical content to "Apostrophe" - which is less a song about punctuation, more a droll extended metaphor - shows, Hella Cholla do it so well. Musically, they have much the same ethic: instrumental intelligence mixed with pure pop goodness. A very nice balance.'
Frontwoman Hannah Yadi is a skilled vocalist with some powerful and soulful pipes to her name. The band are extremely tight and together; Will Betts, Yadi's creative ally, contributes some great punchy acoustic guitar chordal work as well as occasional vocals which compliment Yadi's style
Kate Zezulka, Leeds Music Scene
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'Skiffle imbued jazz boho acoustics get strumming slickly as a cool chick does a warmly warblesome neo Winehouse thing most admirably with her vocal chords. Actually she has a lot more of Nelly Furtado about her singing voice than La Beehive, but it's a markedly soulful instrument any which way. ...this here Hella Cholla vibe is a jazz vibe fo sho Daddio...Carmel, could be a reference point- she did this kind of thing back in the 1980s. Contemporariliy you could relate this to Kooks/ Macabees territory....ironic indie pop lears tunefully outta the swingin' sass.... All this from a mere duo! Fabulous.'
Bugbear Promotions - acoustic review
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'...timeless and universally endearing. Yadi's voice is infectious, to the point of jealousy. And Bett's competency on the guitar strings the soulful voice onto a jazzy and catchy thread. Hella Cholla write and perform songs that you can sing along to by the final chorus on the first listen. And silly dancing is unavoidable....expect the size of the venue to grow fast, with their impending popularity...'
Henry Smith, The Sanctuary
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'Hannah certainly captivates and is a little firecracker as she constantly bops about the small stage utilising the microphone prop to its full advantage'
Ria Wilkinson, dalliance.co.uk
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'Like drinking a chilled umbongo on a desert island'
Monto Water Rats
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'...playing indie as if it was a form of music primarily associated with beaches and cocktails, rather than dodgy pubs and lager'
Well, we're not actually from Hawaii. We live in an undisclosed location in South America. But yes, we do enjoy your music very much. What we have on our Myspace is a very rough boring thing that we'll soon be getting rid of. Tune in next time!
Join us next WEDNESDAY at The Macbeth for our biggest night to date! With The Brownies, Islington boys' club and The Palpitations all playing w/DJS Touching Cloth and IMP spinning.
Doors 8pm/£5/£4 with flyer. (live music from 8:30)
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Click on the flyer above to visit the facebook event page. (if not seen do just visit the Club.The.Mammoth myspace)
Greetings from the dirty oul town. really liking your tunes ,in your sleep is fantastic .if you get a chance check out our new songs . good luck with everything and cheers.
Congrats, you've made it into our top ten tunes for May. Check out our blog for other runners and ryders!
NEW - we'll also be DJing the best new tracks (as picked by Daisy and Hot) at our club nights in Oxford. Get yourself down to hear some crackin new tunes at our next gig on the 9th July!
definitely do you have anywhere that you guys play regularly that yopu might be able to put us on with you at? And we'll obviously do the same at one of ours!
Cheers, I did it in my bedroom on a rainy day! I'm glad you like it, what about yours?x
Hey! Me and my friends absolutely love your band and we were wondering if you have any 14+ gigs during the summer that we could go to in and around Kent?
Ellie (by the way i dont know if you will remember us but we met you on the train las year!)
Hi Han...caught you guys at Camden Crawl actually and really liked what I heard! I'd certainly be interested in having you guys play Aug/ Sept although haven't go round to thinking that far ahead just yet but I'll be in touch!
Feel free to pop by any of our upcoming gigs, it would be good to say hi!
We organise a wicked, monthly gig night called GET WANTED, featuring the best up and coming indie/ rock bands at 333 Mother Bar, Shoreditch. Come and check us out. GW Team x
NEXT GETWANTED GIG: Weds 10th June @ Mother Bar, Shoreditch – The Worldonfire + The First + The Debut + Fighting Fiction
Click on the flyer to join our brand new Facebook Fanpage…oooooooh!
someone should be snapping you up.
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