David Okumu - Guitar/Vocals;
Tom Herbert - Bass/Vocals;
Tom Skinner - Drums/Vocals;
Nick Ramm - Piano/Keys
Etkilendikleri
Talking Heads, Arthur Russell, D'Angelo, Queens of the Stone Age, Can, Eugene McDaniels, Miles Davis, Radiohead, Me'shell Ndege Ocello, J Dilla, Gramme, Steve Coleman, Tom Waits, Outkast, The Band, Zongamin, Prince, David Bowie, Neil Young, Fela Kuti, Parliament Funkadelic, The Police, Charles Mingus, Sonic Youth, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Bjork, Deerhoof, Melt-Banana, Woody Allen, Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Joni Mitchell, Ren & Stimpy, The Beatles, Django Bates, The Roots, Royal Tenenbaum, The Electric Vagabond, The Highlander
Well, it has happened. We probably should have written this a while ago, but for those of you didn't already know, we have decided to call it a day as a fully functioning band. A hard thing to do, but for the best we believe. But what happens in the future remains to be seen. Is Jade Fox dead or is it just sleeping? All will be revealed... or will it? Do you really care? In the mean time, thanks to anyone who has supported us in any way over the years and to all the Foxes and Foxettes out there. You know who you are.
For those of you who are interested to know what else we're doing Dave and I have a new band called The Invisible with our friend Leo Taylor. We have recorded an album with the great Matthew Herbert which is due out on his label Accidental in September. Check out our myspace page for gigging information and other news.
Skinner has been busy working on the new Elmore Judd album Insect Funk, in both a writing and playing capacity. It's due out in the summer. I've heard most of it and it's brilliant.
Nick has been touring with the Cinematic Orchestra and also organising and writing for the F-IRE Collective big band. If you haven't heard his own band Clown Revisited then you can discover their unique and amazing music on their album Flashes of a Normal World.
I am also playing on the new Polar Bear album which will be out some time this year.
That's all for now. Tom
4-7 of June - FINDAMORALE FESTIVAL 2009, HOXTON, LONDON.
with SUPER double bills from Paris on 5th and 6th of June featuring
1) - HADRIEN FERAUD (Bireli Lagrene, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea) and RUMEURS
2) - LINLEY MARTHE ( Joe Zawinul, Mino Cinelu, Dave Liebman, Trilok Gurtu, Richard Galliano) Project. You will have a rare chance to see these two bands on one night for the price of one!
Only at CHARLIE WRIGHT'S INTERNATIONAL (45 Pitfield Street, N1 6DA). For more info call 07918635328 or go www.myspace.com/charliewrights
Please check out our new music video about the "Vampire Bankers". The guy who directed Madonna's first video directed this, too. We think it's a pretty funny tune and vid. Thanks for being our friend!
Smoke Feathers have been invited to play at the INDY Music Awards media launch and short list announcement party on Wednesday April 2nd 7pm at the Rock Garden, Covent Garden, London.
It’s no guarantee that we have been shortlisted for the final, but we hope it is a good sign....
Needleandthread presents... {yet another series of} dirty great big nights out.. @ JAMM bar, 261 Brixton road.. {nearest tube : oval / brixton} {buses: 159,N59,333,133,N3} running 8pm-4am, £4 before 9pm, (afterwards its £6 / £5 with flyer, or NUS)..
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its the night out you've been waiting for! so far, on friday march 14th, we have experimental lectronics, live bands, hiphop crews, artists, bizarre performances, live visuals, singer/songwriters, dj's playing funk, hiphop, reggae, soul, rock n roll, gypsy breaks, ragga, dubstep, breakbeat, jungle, drum n bass, dancehall, glitchcore, and generally good stuffness..
LIVE ROOM
DJ TENDRAW {gluerooms} VS. INFINITE LIVEZ {bigdada} -twisted toycore with vocal oddities.. FRAZER KING - Mancunian psych-rock, harmonic rebels.. QUEENS ENGLISH -lyrical hiphop, bouncing bass.. BUNTY - self-looping vocal beats.. GREETINGS - new lancastrian cross curiosities..
DJ’s
D-CYFER - junglist classics, and vintage drum and bass.. SUNMONKEY - eclectic party blend..
with appearances from the tealeaf collective, surreal musings of a goliath frog, decor by cafe cairo, an animated depa, and the ink-stained scratchings of illegal guff.. beleive me, it all makes sense on www.needleandthread.org
The first of a monthly gig night at the Buffalo Bar hosted by Big City Redneck... You coming? Should be rather swellegant!
Buffalo Bar 259 Upper Street Nr. tube: Highbury and Islington 21st February £6/£5 concessions Doors: 8.30pm – 1am
The Chap http://www.myspace.com/thechap “Like Underworld if they’d decided to be a lo-fi rock and roll combo instead of a stadium-selling dance act. Stunning, it’s ridiculous, but in a great way.” Vice Mag
The Guillotines http://www.myspace.com/headswillrockandroll “Snarling spunk-punkers The Guillotines come across like Gallows meeting the Rat Pack, with a flame-haired Lauren Bacall wielding a bass, outside a Brighton S&M shop psyching themselves up to buy leather gimp masks. Wanton sax appeal, voodoo rock'n'roll magnetism and growling dirty lounge” NME
Creepy Morons http://www.myspace.com/thecreepymorons “The thunderous blues crunch of The Creepy Morons first materialised in 2005 having risen from the ashes of Hot Tradition and The Beatings. I know its rubbish when I merely regurgitate information from a myspace, but when a band describes its influences as ‘Women, Drinking and Death’, and their sound as ‘Drunken monkeys assembling an Ikea butchers block’, I’d be daft not to.” Jon Hillcock, XFM
DJ: Dirty Omar http://www.myspace.com/dirtyomar
Interviews with all these bands available at www.bigcityredneck.co.uk
check this! this friday, 31st of aug, we're having a mad one at the jamm bar.. live performances from Chik Budo, King Porter Stomp, Zingaro and the Tempest, Bunty, Joey Herzfeld, Randomoidz, Uncle Smutfist, Mike Cupcake, DjDark, and many others.. live art, wierd performance, good vibes.. check mindspazz.com /needleandthreaddotorg for more info, and full lineup.. only £5 on the door, £3 BEFORE NINE!! 8pm-5am.. @JAMM bar, 261 Brixton road..
