Steve 'style' Jones - drums, vocals:
James 'he's got a thatched roof on his head' Goodwin - vocals, guitar, keyboards:
Matt 'boris johnson'' Goodwin - guitar, keyboards, bongos, flute:
John 'chavtastic' Etterly - bass:
Influences
bill withers, stevie wonder, marvin gaye, the stone roses, jack johnson, ALO, jeff buckley, stray, james brown, air, st. germain, morcheeba, curtis mayfield, jamiriquai, happy mondays, jj cale, terry callier, madeleine peyroux, miles davis, john coltrane, george benson, louis armstrong, charlie parker, primal scream, supergrass, 4 hero, james, badly drawn boy, super furry animals, paul weller, red hot chilli peppers, paul simon, led zeppelin, gil scott-heron, jose gonzalez, george clinton, funkadelic, the brand new heavies, herbie hancock, doves, Greyboy Allstars, Incognito, Steeley Dan
Sounds Like
A REVIEW ON MR PARKER'S LATEST EP FROM THE TALK MAGAZINE JAN 2008
Mr Parker : Room With A View EP
Hmmmmm, nice. There is music of a certain persuasion that cannot help but inspire a Fast Show style desire to kick back and avoid over analysis. York based four piece Mr Parker are not purveyors of the kind of academic jazz that inspired such silliness but their funky soulful lounge songs are the true inheritors of this mood. "Just My Way" makes us crack a smile and root out our sunglasses with its up tempo acoustic guitar and sing along chorus. The band's adept musical ability comes to the fore, they are clearly an able bunch but they aren't trying so hard as to spoil the relaxed mood. The piano heavy "Come Back To My Life" sends us in search of a cocktail or two to go with this smooth number, backing vocals increasing the sass quotient to an agreeable level. "Passengers" sees some funky bass entering the bar with a keyboard solo on his arm. They, of course, look great together. "Killing Me" rounds things off with a fun hook fuelled dance tune, and confirms Mr Parker as an excellent host. It's all a perfectly pleasant way to spend a sunday afternoon in the summer time, with Mr Parker's breezy and stylish music ensuring that your troubles disappear and that you come to appreciate that good vibes, a spot of pleasant weather and a decent piece of music make life worth living. At other times? But now I'm thinking too hard. Hmmmmmm, nice indeed. martin cordiner
Welcome friends.
Following their release of their second Ep "room with a view" Mr Parker will play the local venues around York to promote what has been a great success so far. You can download the ep on itunes, emusic.com where they recently reached the dizzy heights of 56 on the acid jazz charts! Rhapsody, napster and mtraks in the US and Canada. You can keep track of the band through the local music mags and on their website and myspace. Many thanks to Bright Pink Music and our close friends Mr Nick Wiseman and sound Engineer Martin Frankish for their constant support, cheers guys!
Watch this space for more details, See you all soon, MrP
Let's just start by apologising for this "automatic comment" thing. We know it's annoying when bands you've never heard of spam your myspace.
However, this isn't meant to be spam. This is just a humble invite for you to come to our myspace, have a listen to the music and leave us some feedback? We'd really appreciate it, and we'll always reply to you.
Hope to hear from you soon (if we haven't already)
Hilarious two piece free-noise instigators from NYC. Kevin and Matt. Together they make Mavin or Kett. Relentless mezmorizing drums and synths that anticipate each other. A free roaming cacophony of dense aural matter from which a storm brews and rhythms pour down, but in the end the sun shines through. http://www. myspace. com/talibam
Very creative and smashing lads who make nice challenging music. View their myspace to see why they are 'smashing'. http://www. myspace. com/stignoise
BILBAO SYNDROME Jagged rocks and perverted Mr Wimpy's going for a burton with unwieldy claymores on bracken. Death Metal Funk. http://www. myspace. com/bilbaosyndrome
THE FEDERALS ARE HEADLINING FIBBERS (YORK) ON FRIDAY 18TH APRIL. TICKETS CAN BE BOUGHT FROM THE VENUE, BY CLICKING ON THE FLYER ABOVE OR BY CALLING 08700 600 100. TICKETS ARE £3 ADVANCE OR WITH THE ABOVE FLYER, £4 OTHERWISE. TICKET ALSO INCLUDES FREE ENTRY TO UP THE RACKET INDIE CLUB NIGHT!
Now then fellas, hows it going? Im coming over to York on Sat 29th, gonna be spending some time with Somer. Free for drinks and what ave ya on Sat and Wed though. Might need a sofa for a night or 2...any offers? C ya all soon
Also coming soon at The Junction, York... 27th Mar - MAKE MODEL 6th Apr - CHRIS T-T 8th Apr - YOAV 10th Apr - KOBE vs THE STORY SO FAR 15th Apr - ELLE MILANO 16th Apr - GRAMMATICS 17th Apr - STATION CLUB 18th Apr - DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP 21st Apr - THIS ET AL 22nd Apr - CAPTAIN 23rd Apr - FANDANGLE 24th Apr - PARKA 28th Apr - WILD BEASTS 30th Apr - ANTIPRODUCT
Plus DOUG WALKER / SPUNGE / SKY LARKIN / THE THIRST / SHAM 69 / THE RESEARCH / MIDDLEMAN / MY PASSION / BLOOD OR WHISKEY all still to come!
Hey, just heard that theatrikals tent isn't happening at Cambridge this year.. sorry guys looks like this stage manager is with owt stage like a canoeist wiv no paddel up s*** creake? oh well there's more fests.. summers not 4 wasting but oneself! take it easy.. xx
thanx 4 the add guys... where's the CD u promised me? :) Been in touch with the Cambridge guys. Watch this space... keep watching... keep watching... speak soon! luv j x
Aye up mate. In Hamburg right now (hungover!), on the home leg of the last ever Mission tour, gonna be in London from the 26th for about a week, then back to my lovely lady in Ireland. I'll speak to ya all soon. Prost!
Bands at Zone Wakefield - Friday 25th Jan 2008 - Chewin Druids, Friday 1st Feb - Twelve Hours Tuesday! Bands on from 10pm. Get your £1 admission + Free drink at www.kinkiindie.com
New night at Ziggys York every Saturday – Indie, alternative + 80's pop! Get your free admission offers from Kinkiindie.com
It seems like years since the last Moorfest happened and to be honest I think the weather was very much a factor in whether people enjoyed themselves or not. Some thrived in the mud whilst others wept until their dads could pick them up. Moorfest is still carving an identity for itself and in the three years that it has been established I think I can say that the one thing that most people love about it is the friendly atmosphere, and this gig is a good opportunity to meet up with friends that perhaps you haven't seen since the festival, to make new friends, enjoy quality music, get a flavour of Moorfest if you haven't already been and also to talk to the organisers in order to give your opinions on how to improve the festival. We'll also be projecting your favourite photos that you've taken from previous Moorfests to create a live mashup that will adorn the walls of the Brudenell so please send them to bandsformoorfest@yahoo.co.uk and make sure that everyone in the picture is cool for you to use them like this.
There'll be much more to boot like gorgeous organic food, t-shirt stall, films and raffles to win tickets to Moorfest 4 which we're working on right now and aim to make it the best yet.
We really appreciate your continued support in making Moorfest what it is and hope to see you all there.
SATURDAY 12TH JAN, The Little Num Num Club @ City Screen Basement, York. Starring: Chris Helme, Adrian Byron Burns, Mike Newsham, Fragile, Jonny Dobbs and Tom Euesden and with DJ Andy Gaines inbetween and after!
Cheap advanced tickets now on sale from the venue!
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I would like to wish all my friends a very merry christmas and a healthy, peaceful, successful and happy new year. The link below opens a page that plays my exclusive x-mas track for this year, and it’s a german traditional, like last year - enjoy!
