phosphorescent JOTD m ward conor oberst cat power beirut low british sea power the silver jews and malkmus mountain goats jeffrey lewis K records Drag City elliott smith animal collective panda bear leilamusic grandaddy iron &wine sebadoh max richter joanna newsom mt eerie pavement microphones my morning jacket brushes pg six bonnie prince billy explosions in the sky jenny lewis mike mogis neil young micah p hinson mark lanegan clinic buddy holly midlake calexico snakes and muddy waters tom waits cocorosie messrs bill brandt and brassai of the camera lense lcohen smog psychiatric image making and the art of the insane leadbelly woodcutting mr gustav klimt the room the vestal virgins thee single choir ms lusted and her papier mache washing line, ms gautier for her love and her polaroid fetish ms fowler for her board treading.
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bang bang thud thud boom boom strum strum hmm hmm end.
"You're such a Tim Burton band, aren't you?" Conceived on a midnight journey through the south of England, THEE SINGLE SPY is one man backed by a band of seven; a lone singer or a thumping, howling, melodica-touting band of rhythm afficionados. It's arthouse gothic-folk and clarinet-fuelled rioting. Songs about drowning towns, lyrical Christian campfire traditions and the smoking of herbal anxiety medications prevail, drawing comparisons with Tom Waits, Smog, Bright Eyes and Beirut. Thee Single Spy is the spirit of older, cracklier times and rhymes throughout.
Thee Single Spy live @ The Social, London - Photography by Lucy(LovesToDance) - www.myspace.com/lucylovestodance
hee hee! mattinson, you cheeky monkey... are you coming out for me birthday next week? come on. it's tradition. no surprises this year though, please...
& have you booked an appointment with mix master pickles?
i can't come out tonight cos have early start in barnes, ne'er mind...
Good evening! I'l be touring England next week, and play the Half Moon Putney on Sunday, June 1st.
I would love it if you came down. We will play some of the Buddy Holly songs that i played on so many years ago, and a few more! I might even sing a couple.
I hope you can make it?
Best,
Tommy Allsup
Alex, Thanks for tonight, it was really great and the songs are so good without the backing, still I can't wait to hear them with full band, if not next month then lets plan for first weds of the month - thanks again- Rob
Ha! Sheffield the city of dreams :-) i love it mate... Im looking forward to Sunday, although i will be honest i have been a bit to o busy to learn any songs, sorry matey we will take to the stage together soon though i promise! xX
Amazing, that sounds Amazing. If you have second thoughts about it can I have it?!
Uncannily (is that a word) a boy/man in a cap asked me if I wanted my shoes cleaned this morning outside the library and I thought what a good life I'd have as a cockeny shoe cleaner. He was eastern European though.
the next song i'm force-feeding you and the rest of the spies is entitled "I'm Just a Birmingham-Based Barrow Boy, But Blimey I Can Clean Your Chimney Too For The Right Price"... it imagines Benjamin Brunel as a Dickensian street urchin cum-fruit seller who makes his fortune as a sweep, chim-chiminny fashion... 'stahn va crows, guv'nor, if it ain't me old mucker Thee Single Spy. Ahs abaat a chimney clean, eh?' etc.. etc.. Your emotional barefooted midnight strolls around the immediate area of the Bull Ring, plucking rhyming couplets from the air like apples from a tree, arejuxtaposed perfectly with the ultimate sadness that the relationship you have with your wicked aunt brings - 'Whe-e-e-e-e-re is my UNCLE? I-i--i-i-i am useless as a carbuncle' you moan as you stagger soot-faced and liquorice stained around the cobbled streets of Brum... And then, FIN. CURTAIN.
The line 'we're just friends" is referring to Paris Hilton, my muse!
You've clearly thought about a lot. But seeing as we were only 7 by the end of the 80's, I imagine you as a child dressed in neon lycra, flock of seagulls hair, perhaps not the cocaine though.
After 18 months of songwriting thrills, spills, chilled drinks and temperamental strange beautiful mentalist Shelley like waif and stray musicians baring their warm hearted souls at weekly music night ’Myspace or Yours’. The folks from SONGWRITERS ANONYMOUS are kickstarting a monthly residency at The Vibe Live with a showcase for the acts they’ve nominated for this years Indy Music Awards.
Heey alex, i got that facebook messsagee... and yeahh dont worry, oh and aha idonno why i put it to 1983 aha anywayss what you been up to? playedd any goood gigs recently? kl
An orchestra of sound! Matt says "It certainly quantifies MY intersubjectivity! A technicolour blast of oomph", i reckon it's alright too :-). We will have to get you back in the Steel city soon if your up for it!?
