Myself on Broken acoustic guitars, cheap Dobros, americanised vocals nad songs about girls in C.
Influences
Townes Van Zandt, Steve earle, Rory Gallagher, Blind Boy Fuller, The Stones, Keith Richards crooked hands, Drive by Truckers, Guy Clarke, Son House, John Spencers Blues Explosion, Soledad Brothers, The Federals, THe Supersuckers, Big Bill Broonzy, THe Clash, Missippi Fred Mcdowell, Guy Davis, Hank Williams, Ryan Adams, Chuck Berry.
Acoustic country blues and junk like that.
Being knocking about for years in a number of different bands including Boss Caine, The Ventlators, Hijak Oscar, The Runaway Sons and other half arsed acoustic problems.
Currentley in the process of learning to spell leicester and forming a death country acoustic duo tentatively under the name The Wayfaring Strangers
Not sure if the names any good but it'll do probably better than Bored shitless, the cuban eels or one man and his beard.
Recording a few new things in the imminent future and then sussing as many gigs as we can fit in september october and november. And for the rest of time.
Wednesday 20th August Some Kind of Signal presents...
Loudmouth Soup + The Lazy Darlings + Kasima + The Vile Darling Set
(a little bit folk, a little bit rock, a little bit narcotic country pop)
Loudmouth Soup are a wonderful gumbo of Country, Folk, Psychedelia, Vaudeville and various other unlikely sounds. The 'Soup have recently headlined Alan Tyler's 'Come Down and Meet the Folks' nights in London and their 2005 single 'Skydiver' was picked up by Channel 4 as the title music for 'A Bears Tail' (Bo Selecta) series. The Lazy Darlings are a loose collective of muscians, some from other Leeds outfits (I Concur, The Lodger, Ali Whitton and BrokenRecord Players) some are not. This is narcotic country pop where Spiritualized meets Hank Williams. It's loose, bright and probably very good for you. Kasima is a four-piece indie/blues group with a flair for harmonic writing and instrumental devilry. The Vile Darling Set is a blend of acoustic folkyness that sounds like hopeless romance in the wrong hands.
Doors 8pm Basement, City Screen York Tickets: £5/£4 adv/NUS Tickets: 0871 704 2054 / www. picturehouses. co. uk
Hi The band are still on holiday but we’ve got a few bits of news for you. We are planning a September mini tour along with the recording of our first EP which will have a limited FREE download release on MySpace, also watch out for some live recordings coming from the tour.
Off The Rack radio show on www. chungaRadio. com an Internet radio show in Arizona USA are playing 2 of our songs in rotation, the show is on Monday to Friday 5:45pm until 8pm UK time or 10:45 until 1pm MST (US Mountain Standard Time) give them a listen their cool.
The Runaway Sons return to York on Friday 8th August Featuring ex-members of Black Night Crash and Cardboard Radio, the band are playing a one off York show in advance of their appearance at this years V Festival. Supports tbc
The Duchess, Stonebow, York Friday 8th August tickets £4 adv/with flyer. £5 otd doors 7:30pm
On Thursday 31st July Hessian brings you our most exciting gig yet:
RATATAT at the newly opened Duchess, York - a fantastic underground lair of a venue.
Support comes from Leeds' awesome Wintermute, and with DJing from Grim Beeper, Tim Prudames and Ollie Harvey to look forward to it should be a great night.
Oh and one more thank you for the other night, it was awesome thank you! I'm sorry if my bass was not walking good enough for you in some places but next time my friend...it will be better.x.
Another fine gig brought to you by us schemers at basement!
Tuesday 8 July, 8.00
Apollo 15 & Giddy Equations presents The Federals + Swim Team + The Devil In + Ramshackles
The Federals are precocious garage punk legends. Having recently toured with Jo Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, this is one of their few York gigs this Summer, so miss them at your peril!!
Devon’s contributions to rock music thus far include Muse and Coldplay. So while the home of cream teas doesn’t rock out too often, when it does it makes sure its bands go on to be the biggest in the world. Whether the same will happen to Swim Team remains to be seen, but they’ve certainly got a sound big enough to take them well beyond Devon’s borders if not all the way to Wembley.
Drawing from a wide array of influences to create something all of their own, the songs of The Devil In are predominantly rock yet merged with elements of numerous other genres to create something truly original yet at the same time full of passion and emotion. Their sound echoes aspects of indie, hardcore, punk, electronica and post-rock. Guitars jump from being jangly and upbeat to delicate and beautiful, whilst the dual vocals move from melodic choruses to full blown shouting in the blink of an eye.
Ramshackles are blissfull piano layered pop perfection. Brother and Sister combo James and Sphie Ramm craft elegant harmonious and fluid songs that will elevate your spirits without a trace of sentinmentality.
You are invited to Katie & the Questions first gig at the Junction Leeman Road, York on the 9th July. Only £4 on the door.
Katie & The Questions were formed out the prefabs of North Yorkshire in June 2008, when Katie met guitar playing keyboardist ‘E’ after he advertised for someone to play ‘shove halfpenny’ with. They clicked over their love of guitar based music and decided to form a band.
Katie and the band play a pulsating brand of powerpop, new wave punkpop check them out at their myspace site
as if yr newly cut odd hair n jack skellington legs.. come trotting round to my house in the late hours??
i just wonder what happend between u n mark when i went to bed..... humm im thinking ur ramdom visit had a secret meaning behind it....ouu laaa u n mark.. what are ya like?? xxxx
"Struggles & Lulls", the brand new album from Joan Coffey, is available now on ITunes
'a voice that can enchant. Coffey's vocal chords deliver liquid gold with a divine Irish lilt.' FATEA Records 'charming and honest'. Time Out 'Joan's music exudes a warmth, humility and truth that is rare to find in singer-songwriters these days'. Thea Gilmore
GET YOURSELF DOWN TO THE BASEMENT THIS FRIDAY!!!! CAKE, DJING, BOOZE AND THE FEDERALS PLUS DJS ALL NIGHT, GONNA BE A RIGHT PARTY DON'T MISS OUT!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME COLOR - this Thursday - but you already know about this one. I bet my David Hasslehoff-signed speedos on this gig being the one to make you scream....
Yet there be more....
Wednesday 25th June, 8pm, £5/£4 flyer/NUS
Apollo 15 & Giddy Equations presents Lady Fortune + Just Handshakes + The Locals + You Are The Proles
In "The Prince", Machiavelli says Lady Fortune only rules one half of a mans fate, the other half being his own will. By the end of the show I'd bet all will. With art-rock and indie-punk bases all covered by this hugely talented band that takes influence from The Strokes via Belle and Sebastian they quickly began support slots with the likes of The Pigeon Detectives, The Young Knives and The Paddingtons.
Thursday 26th June, 8pm, £5/£4 flyer/ NUS
Apollo 15 presents Mugstar + Celebrity Love Crisis + Thrive + Jono
Sea Record’s Mugstar are the sound of 10,000 suns exploding, pulsing with repetitive beauty, pounding like a supersonic mantra. They set sail for the sun in 2002 and have completed numerous voyages with the likes of Mogwai, Melt Banana, Onieda, Acid Mothers Temple and Part Chimp. The band recorded one of the last sessions for the late great John Peel and featured in his festive 50.
Celebrity Love Crisis have emerged from the ashes of National Grid HVRP to produce progtastic metallic juicy riff filled scientifantastic bon bombs.
Then come watch these crazy loons reek havoc in The Basement on Wednesday Jun 18th. Double keyboard and double drumer assault that defies belief. Drowned In Sound faves, one of few northern dates, only a fiver!
The mighty Fist Full Of Yen and Steve Watson in support.
Hi everybody, We've finally moved the repair workshop from Jamaica Street to Otago Street in Glasgow's West End. We'll be open for business again on the 21st of June. Check the website for more details.Thanks for all the support,
Sat 14th June The Little Num Num Club @ City Screen Basement, York Starring: Chris Helme, The Sorry Kisses, The Wayfaring Strangers, Holly Taymar, Thom Piddock, Sarah Stabler and Andy'dj'Gaines Cheap advanced tickets now available from the venue. Hope to see you there!
Hello folks! Couple of exciting shows to tell you about next week.
Three fab Yorkshire bands. Both The Lodger and Slow Down Tallahassee are supporting their new albums. The ABC Club is the newly christened Debuts, a fab band to round off a fab bill. Proper treat one!
First full UK tour from a Nashville bunch that everyone's been raving about. Two really lovely acoustic supports. Proper treat two!
