The Fiery Furnaces, Pulp, Belle & Sebastian, Kurt Vonnegut, Aphex Twin, Bright Eyes, Bill Drummond, Pavement, Will Oldham, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, The Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, Animal Collective, Daniel Johnston.
This is what I've listened to recently:
My 'Top Weekly Artists':
Sounds Like
Strongly worded letters from a road safety fascist set to bedroom electro indie pop tunes.
Pagan Wanderer Lu is a Cardiff based songwriter with an iconoclastic take on classic british songwriting, setting wryly witty lyrics to playfully experimental electro-pop tunes.
'In the world of big bland bands and groups trying so hard to sound like each other, artists like Pagan Wanderer Lu are a breath of fresh air.' - Huw Stephens - BBC Radio One
'Whether its Nintendo-folk, folktronica or Casio-coustic, it sounds like someone gleefully hammering together two pieces of a jigsaw that arent supposed to fit.' - Drowned In Sound
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The debut album "Fight My Battles For Me" is available now.
Buy it on CD for £10
'A warped genius, like Hans Christian Andersen as sung by Mark E Smith.'
'A man with a musical brain quite unlike any other' - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
'If, like us, you've got a soft spot for a bit of satirical genius backed by a damn good pop song, look no further.' - This Is Fake DIY
'Taking the art school dramatic of TV On The Radio and giving it a death march stomp, Pagan Wanderer Lu again astounds us with his vision, promise and sonic ability - never has something so miserable sounded so vital… ' - Subba Cultcha
'In a parallel universe somewhere (where there is less war and more wonky electronic pop), Repetition 2 has been number 1 for 8 weeks.' - Single of The Year - The Console
'The stinging guitar, crashing keyboards and freaky, mutated effects, all sound like the product of a number of wide eyed, e-number ridden children re-writing some mouthy folk songs.' - MapsMagazine.co.uk
'Like Graham Coxon's earlier and stranger solo material as covered by the Aphex Twin using only stuff he's found at car boot sales' - ManchesterMusic.co.uk
'Electro-tinged folk with a heavy pop heart at its core, with each beat another heart is broken.' - Subba Cultcha
'Wryly seething lyrics are married to lo-fi keyboards that smash up pop melodies and attempt to wire them back together in a skewiff fashion.' - Sweeping The Nation
hi! this is the flyer for your gig this friday at the dog house with paul hawkins & thee awkward silences, and dig for fire. will be fun! remember to tell your mates! xxx
You are cordially invited to a special house show we are throwing, as a warm-up for our show with Crocodiles at Old Blue Last the following day. Places are strictly limited. Also playing is the wonderful Stairs To Korea.
THIS SATURDAY - a night of girl groups playing fun bubblegum pop with a naughty sense of humour - for fans of Moldy Peaches, Heavenly, Tullycraft, Vivian Girls, Dressy Bessy, All Girl Summer Fun Band!
This year Meltdown is proud to offer you 2 completely contrasting seasonal specials!
Sun Dec 14th Mr & Mrs Clark present a Christmas Cabba Hey! Milgis Lounge Bar, City Rd, Cardiff. FREE! Exorcise the ghosts of everything that’s excruciating about Xmas. A surreal, funny journey into all our festive fears featuring the globally renowned performance duo, the magic of the Milgis YURT, plus Satellite City star Boyd Clack and more surprise special guests. “like Terry and June on crack”. Amy Stackhouse www. mrandmrsclark. co. uk
Sat Dec 20th Meltdown & Secret Garden Christmas Cavalacade A snow-Globe of sumptuous seasonal shennanigans in aid of award winning mental health charity Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan brought to you by two of Cardiff's most adventurous promoters - Meltdown and Secret Garden Soundsystem and including a a 20-piece jazz/ska wall-of-horns, sassy cabaret, top DJs, a seductively bizarre Mancunian collision of hip-hop, folk and scat, and Santa.
Acts include: Gideon Conn, Wonderbrass, Radio 1’s DJ Huw Stephens, Lilywhitesass Dancers, Kareoke Carols with the Helium Choir, and much more. All in a splendid new 350 capacity venue: The Globe, Albany Rd, Roath, Cardiff. £8. All the fun of the annual Secret Garden Xmas Bash with added Meltdownery.
Oh my Lord! What a cracking line-up we have for No.9 on THURSDAY 15TH JANUARY, check it out! NOW UPSTAIRS AT THE BUFFALO BAR, Windsor Place, Cardiff - 8pm till Late! - £4.00 *** Drink offers include £2 a pint and £2 for a spirit + mixer ***
CHRISTOPHER REES [Blues / Soul / Country] "Intense and absolutely mesmerizing" Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1)
CONVOI EXCEPTIONNEL [Minimalist / Rock / Hip Hop] "Convoi Exceptionnel are a Welsh rock and hiphop duo from the mean streets of Aberystwyth. Despite now living 300 miles apart and armed with only an SM58, a Mac and a twenty pound guitar from Argos they've managed to knock up some tunes for your enjoyment and get played on national radio"
DRAW ME STORIES [Alternative / Folk Rock / Indie] "A dark and raw yet perfectly polished and professional performance that will surely lead to bigger things...No doubt helped along by the fact lead singer Carl Hodgetts has the kind of Ian Curtis/ Paul Banks voice that makes girls go weak at knees!"
VALLEY LINES [Electronica / Dub / Psychedelic] "Valley Lines is the main musical project of Cardiff based electronic producer and sound artist Christian Gates, his musical output shifts from simplistic electro to densely layered electronica, often incorporating sound recordings from the natural environment with complex beats and synthesised noise"
...plus DJ's for a good old dance!
Get the weekend started early ;~) Luv, [Thee alternative - EVERY month!]
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RON GRAINER theme from 'the prisoner' AKIRA THE DON back in the day FUTURE OF THE LEFT the hope that house built BLANKETS FOR WINTER ducks COLORAMA sound SOLUTIONS [sesion track] to die a pioneer THE BINARY KIDS she loves it THE JOY FORMIDABLE [Mold] the last drop THE JOY FORMIDABLE [Mold] cradle THE BYSTANDERS [Merthyr Tydfil[ cave of clear light DIRTY GOODS honest PULCO summer sotry ba ba ba PAGAN WANDERER LU you and me and winston churchill COSMO vs FLAPSANDWICH george bush rip VALLEUM dream rubble BEEFCORE theme for kidnap HENRY'S FUNERAL SHOE Maria Maria BROTHERJUNKIERAT saint johns wort SOLUTIONS [session track] i turned to knife crime CAT STEVENS portobello road THE LOVES the ex-gurlfriend SIBRYDION femme mentale TORI BRAGG fine EGG fugue in d minor KZSS never change SPIDER KITTEN burdened LEUCINE We Thought That We Could Fly HOMESPUN 100 nations SWEET BABOO codi'n gynnar THREATMANTICS james lemain THREATMANTICS little bird SOLUTIONS [session track] the rest will follow EGG a visit to newport hospital
It is the Spencer McGarry Season Album Launch this Wednesday in Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff (I play Bass in this band)
I, Sweet Baboo, am then playing in Northampton this Saturday, then in Caernarfon (North Wales) week Friday and Llanfrothen (North Wales) a week Staurday
If this doesn't break your computer please spread the vibes of love and tell your friends.
Oh my Lord! What a cracking line-up we have for No.7 on THURSDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER, check it out! Be there or be square ;~)
CYMBIENT [Indie / Experimental / Surf] "...from lavish psychedelia to valve crunching riffs to structured beauty...rich backing tracks and lush harmonies...Stuff Brian Wilson into a split screen camper van with some retro valve amps, a first edition stylophone, Beefheart’s ’Clear Spot’ on the stereo and head for the welsh surf breaks with cymbient..."
STRAY BORDERS [Alternative / Experimental / Rock] "...current essential new Welsh tunes include a demo by Stray Borders which could give Mogwai a run for their money..." [Huw Stevens]
DRONE [Electronica / Indie / Pop] "F!?&ing Godly" [A friend] "As much fun to listen to as Dylan" [Another friend]
...plus DJ's for a good old dance!
Upstairs at 10 Feet Tall, Church St, Cardiff - 8 till Late - £4. 00
Luv, [Thee alternative - 3rd Thursday of EVERY month!]
Record launch party for Agaskodo's second album Psycho Goulash at CATCH on Thursday September the 18th...
Live music from Agaskodo Teliverek, Le Couteau Jaune, Wang Wang Gou & DJ sets from Neon Skullz, Loves Tru Flavour, Barely Legal & Shintaro Taketani...
Entry is free, arrive early for stinky Hungarian sausage..
Psycho Goulash will be released on September the 29th & is available from our new digital distributer IODA, physical copies can be ordered at the ADAADAT SHOP, or through CARGO RECORDS.
Check out the latest review from Plan B magazine here.
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