May 2012
3 posts
Thank you so much...
….to the delightful Irish and non-Irish(!) lads and lasses who came to see us last night at The Warren. What a charming audience. We hope to see you again soon!
And thank you to Peanut Albinos and everyone behind the scenes who made it all possible.
April 2012
2 posts
Brighton Fringe Festival Performance!
Our next show will be on Monday 7th of May supporting the most excellent Peanut Albinos.
It’s a late night Fringe Festival special taking place at The Warren.
“Resident house band, Peanut Albinos, curate a programme of sublime sounds featuring the finest music, cabaret and comedy from the best acts.”
Tickets
Facebook Event
Laish on tour with a new EP
The brilliant and charming LAISH are just about to embark on a headlining tour around the UK. They begin with a show in Bath on the 19th April. Go watch them!
Click here for dates / venues.
They have also released a new EP - which I urge you to listen to. It’s totally awesome. You can hear myself and Animal Magic Tricks making guest vocal appearances on track 3, ‘Leave me to lie...
March 2012
3 posts
Marlborough Theatre show...
We enjoyed it very much!
February 2012
5 posts
Drawings...
I started a new blog today. Finally made a home for my drawings!
It’s called ANATOMY FOR BEGINNERS.
Last night
Thank you to those who braved the Arctic weather to be there with us last night.
Watching and listening to Gannets was an utterly unique experience. Completely captivating. Crazy. I loved it.
Jools and I were joined by the wonderful Martha Rose and Jakob Jonsson towards the end of our set. They added violin and trumpet harmonies to our very new cover of Duran Duran’s “Ordinary...
January 2012
1 post
First show of 2012
Well hello!
I’ll be supporting GANNETS on the 5th FEBRUARY at the Blind Tiger Club in Brighton. Hooray!
More info and tickets on the Melting Vinyl website.
Interesting fact: Chris Cundy (from Gannets and much more) plays bass clarinet on our forthcoming début album.
December 2011
2 posts
Next show!
I’m very excited to be playing with the extraordinary Hamilton Yarns at The Needlemakers in Lewes on Tuesday 20th of December.
I’ll be joined once more by the most excellent Julian Owen on drums.
Come on down!
November 2011
3 posts
Glacier Top Hat
Another Photochrom Travel View from the Library of Congress.
Crevasse formation in Illecillewaet Glacier, Selkirk Mountains (1902)
Note on a gig
On Wednesday 9th of November I supported the triumphant, heart warming Dancehalls and had the pleasure of hearing the eccentric, joy inducing Bunty for the first time.
The downstairs chamber of The Caxton Arms is pretty cosy.
In the spirit of Willkommen’s collaborative nature I asked the very talented Julian Owen (of Dancehalls and much more) to play drums with me.
I messed up a little. But...
October 2011
5 posts
Intuition
Jeff Buckley seems to be in the air this autumn, perhaps because we are approaching his birth date, 17th November.
I’ve been watching hazy, flickering videotape interviews with him during the 90’s on YouTube.
He spoke many truths in a voice so soft. One thing he said is echoing in my head today. This is it, roughly:
“The flow, the understanding, the intuition… not like...
Willkommen Collective Map
An excellent new design by Joe Collins connecting the dots in the Willkommen labyrinth.
12th October: Radio23 & ErrorFm Radio Play
It’s independent, it’s continent hopping, and I like it!
Ola’s Kool Kitchen will be playing one of the songs from my homemade EP during her show. Thanks Ola!
It will be broadcast today at 9pm GMT on Radio23.
And repeated on ErrorFM this Saturday 15th at 6pm and the following Wednesday 19th at 5am.
Photochrom Travel Views
There’s something very special about these prints from the Library of Congress.
Folgefond Glacier, Hardanger Fjord, Norway (1890 - 1900)
“The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches.”
September 2011
4 posts
Watch
Willkommen Foxswap
A brief note of explanation, from Danny Green, Willkommen Collective: What better way to feel honoured as a songwriter than to have a respected co-conspirator sing one of your songs? I asked everyone I could possibly think of to choose a song by someone else in the collective and record it before Willkommen Foxtrot, the festival in Brighton on 11th September. I only gave them 3 weeks. The...
