Gillian Welch, Tom Waits, The Meat Purveyors, Smog, Merle Haggard, The Louvin Brothers, The Sadies, Will Oldham, Johnny Cash, Ralph Stanley, Gram Parsons, Handsome Family, Laura Cantrell, Townes Van Zandt, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Johnny Paycheck, Neko Case, Earl Scruggs, The Carter Family, Glen Campbell, Lambchop, Silver Jews, Patsy Cline, Sun Records and ZZ Top in Back to the Future 3.
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The dark corners of your psyche, a hoedown in your noggin and all places in between.
Silver Spurs have been wrenching the hearts of south Wales gig-goers since the autumn of 2006, using a special combination of banjo magic and three part vocal trickery. Influenced as much by the hardcore lifestyles of the country greats as by their music, Silver Spurs are genuinely living what they sing. Ellie even sleeps in her country-lady boots. A collective dictatorship of songwriters who sideline under silly names like Zumbar and The Gentle Good, the band mix up the best of Appalachian bluegrass, Bakersfield honkytonkin and sweet Nashville harmonies with a distinctive Cardiffian dark sense of humour. If you find yourself hosting an occasion that requires both hilarity and despair, or you just want the closest thing you’re going to get to a hoedown in the deep South (of Wales), we'll play for payment of any kind, as long as it either tastes nice or makes life more interesting.
Many Thanks for the friendship & support. Please click on the banner below to go to Evil Masquerade's page, where you can check out their music, including 4 songs from the new album. >
Delighted to be among the MySpace friends of such a talented group as Silver Spurs - check out my custom logo, poster and CD artwork at RecordSleeves. Net and who knows - you just might ask me to design your next album cover! Francis K.
HORSE FEATHERS are Justin Ringle, Peter Broderick (also a songwriter himself and in Efterklang), and collaborator Heather Broderick, Peter's sister, on cello and backing vocal, influenced by Nick Drake, Nebraska-era Springsteen, Bonnie 'Prince' Billie and Cat Power..'
Wowee Zowee! What a fab line-up we have for No.10 on THURSDAY 26TH FEBRUARY, 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 ***
HAIL! THE PLANES [Alternative / Experimental / Folk] "Hail! The Planes began in October 2007 when four friends got together and made a folky racket in a small room above an estate agents"
STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR [Alternative / Blues / Rock] "Like the White Stripes fisting Elvis Costello"
THE FUZZ BIRDS [Indie / Pop / Folk Rock] "The intense humming of evil and a very fucked up bi-lingual Fleetwood Mac"
SILENCE AT SEA [Alternative / Folk Rock / Indie] "Sappy folk music with sweet lady-singing, plinky plonky guitar and robot drums"
...plus DJ's for a good old dance!
Get the weekend started early ;~) Luv, [Thee alternative - EVERY month!]
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!]
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!]
I had a mongtastic time too El. Good to see y'all, though my spine and arse still kills. Why me. We were in mega posh shop Harvey Nichols today and their food bit has lots of hot sauce, get on the case good fellows.
THE AUTUMN DEFENSE (two members of WILCO) + PLUSH (Liam Hayes) + CHARLOTTE GREIG Sunday 7th September @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
The Autumn Defense is a collaboration between Wilco/Uncle Tupelo bassist John Stirratt and Wilco multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone who has also produced records for the likes of Andrew Bird and Joseph Arthur. They have released 3 albums of beautifully arranged, organic, wispy folk-rock and singer-songwriter musings.
"Comfort music for the soul...” UNCUT **** "never less than utterly gorgeous" THE WORD "reference points include Nick Drake and CSN, Bread, Big Star and the essence of Love, Steely Dan and a dozen others" MOJO **** "edifying and beautifully textured" DAILY MIRROR **** "soft rock at it's most elegant." TIME OUT "Soft, dreamy and bittersweet” WASHINGTON POST "Warming, gorgeous and delightful” DAVID FRICKE, SENIOR EDITOR, ROLLING STONE
Liam Hayes appeared as himself in High Fidelity and his band Plush's long lost masterpiece 'Fed' is currently receiving rave reviews across the music press including 5/5 in Uncut, 4/5 in Mojo, Q, Plan B, NME 8/10 etc. A regular collaborator, he has also worked with Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy), appearing on keyboards across the Palace era output, and also played on records by Royal Trux.
"Fed is beautifully excessive, ornamented with dazzling soul/pop arrangements. And the songs are glorious..." UNCUT ***** "A banquet of sonic gorgeousness" NME 8/10 "Fed is something of a lost classic" MOJO **** "Fed can be finally heard as a testament to Hayes's widescreen obsessions" Q **** "Perfect takes time" PLAN B “a soulful symphonic masterpiece” ROLLING STONE
A pretty decent amount of superlatives there for just £9 (adv.) Get your tickets from www. clwb. net, Spillers (Cardiff) or Diverse (Newport)
Hiya! Really hope you can get down to No.6 on THURSDAY 21st AUGUST for 4 great bands...
THE ASH & THE OAK "Lovely Songs and Lush Harmonies" KITES "truly epic, Kites' seven band members create an impressive wall of sound" THE PAGAN WANDERER LU "Strongly worded letters from a road safety fascist set to bedroom electro indie pop tunes" FEBRIA "harmonious rock n' roll quintet"
and a good old dance! Get the weekend started early ;~)
Take care, [Thee alternative - 3rd Thursday of EVERY month!]
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