This week we are listening to
Sad Day For Puppets: Unknown Colours (2009)*
The Monochrome Set: Volume Brilliance Contrast (1983)*
Valerie Francis: Slow Dynamo (2009)*
The Velvet Undergroud. VU (1968-1969)*
Pig: Do You Like Smack Rock? (2009)*
The Damned: Machine Gun Etiquette (1978)*
Jenny Lewis and Rilo Kiley (2001-09)*
The Carpenters: Gold (1970s)*
The Duckworth Lewis Method (2009)*
In 1794 there were rumours that an attempt was about to be made on the life of the British monarch George III. The event was called The Popgun Plot and it's where this musical project got its name. The conspirators, it was claimed, planned to shoot the king in the neck with a poisoned dart from a pop-gun while he sat in the royal box of a theatre. However, the threat to the thone was invented by a group loyal to the king who wanted to arrest and imprison the alleged conspirators, who were people they just didn't like. Imagine a State inventing a threat in order to justify violence? It just wouldn't happen today would it?
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The Popgun Plot's debut album, Breath Of The Numen, is out later this year. The musicians who play on the album are Martin Mackie, (vocals, guitar, songs), Ali Donnelly (guitar and drums), Joe Craig (bass), Grania Hyde-Smith and Clare Griffiths (backing vocals), Dave Rose (keyboards), Kess Burns (mandolin and flute) and Grainne Gilmore (violin). It was recorded at Siren Studios, Shoreditch, London, and produced by Martin Burns and Alex Hyde-Smith. Additional songs are now being recorded with Myles O'Reilly, Orla Nolan from House of Cosy Cushions provides backing vocals on The Lemonade Man. Jacob Quist plays bass on Intellectual Supermodel.
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The band's debut four-track EP, Mr Debussy, is now available for free if you send us a piece of art work that we like.
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We hope you enjoy your time in our world.
hellooo!im thinking you haven't been receiving my txts over da past few days?everyone has been gettin on to me bout my frickin fone. Neway, Really liking the new track...Really..its a lovely feel for summer.old and new and freshly cut grass! hope alls well..mwah mwah.x
If you look at the picture beside the comment it's hilarious. I hands on hips want bloody cake I'm Martin. I'm gonna make raspberry and natural yoghurt muffins this weekend. If you call them cake you can have some. Now I'm Martin I'm happy?
i shudda followed ya to that gig last monday. i heard school of seven bells were brillllllllllllll. do u agree? enjoy the U.S of A. keep yer trunks on like! mic x
Hey Martin, thanks for that. The Cake Song goes down very well live...and apart from the diabetes, it's all true! I'm bopping away to the Popgun tunes, they're great!
Hello There Marty..just dropping by to say hello and to let you all know how much I love your music! Blessings and love from North Carolina..USA! ~Slainte~ Elizabeth
ballad of christy moore is wonderful and my mohicaned 15 year old son loves it too! As for biscuit, you are a great songwriter and have some great musicians. I'll hang up my banjo
