Paul Liddell

Wednesday 26th May 2010 – Grapevine at Bedfords, Norwich

Thursday 27th May 2010 – Folking Live at The Cellar Bracknell, Greater London

Friday 4th June 2010 – The Smugglers, Sunderland

Wednesday 9th June 2010 – Stage 2 at The Stables, Milton Keynes

Thursday 10th June – The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Friday 11th June 2010 – RNCM Studio Theatre, Manchester

Saturday 12th June 2010 – Great Driffield Festival, Driffield, East Yorkshire

Sunday 13th June 2010 – The Black Horse, West Boldon, North East

Friday 18th June – Wolfson College, Cambridge

Sunday 20th June 2010 Beverley Folk Festival, Beverley, East Yorkshire

Thursday 24th June 2010 – The London Bar, Driffield, East Yorkshire

Friday 25th June 2010 – The Smugglers, Sunderland

Sunday 27th June 2010 – The Tap & Spile, Hexham, Northumberland

Thursday 1st July 2010 – Acoustic Club, Half Moon, Bishops Stortford

Saturday 3rd July 2010 – Private House Gig, Herefordshire

Sunday 4th July 2010 – The Schooner, Seahouses, Northumberland

Tuesday 6th July 2010 – The Processed Pea at The Light Dragoon, Etton, East
Yorkshire

Friday 9th July 2010 – Kontra Roots at Kennedys, Finedon, Northamptonshire

Saturday 10th July 2010 – The Moonbeams Festival, The Wold Top Brewery,
Hummanby, East Yorkshire

Sunday 11th July 2010 – The Black Horse, West Boldon, Tyne & Wear

Friday 16th July 2010 – Loosely Acoustic at The Georgian Theatre, Stockton,
Teeside

Sunday 18th July 2010 – Don Paddys, Uppingham, Rutland

Thursday 22nd July 2010 – Rothbury Roots at The Queens Head, Rothbury,
Northumberland

Friday 23rd July 2010 – The Secret Garden Party, Cambridgeshire

Jon and Lynn

The Watercolor Café June 2^nd – that’s this coming Wednesday, 7:30 PM. They’re on the main drag in Larchmont, which is a nice town, and the food is excellent. They suggest reservations at (914) 834-2213.

The East Side, to the Orchard House Café at 58^th and 1^st Ave, on June 11- a Friday – at 8 PM. The “suggested contribution” there is $10, and they suggest reservations as well: 212-371-1170.

Then, back to Larchmont on Sunday June 27^th for a brunch-hour performance at Anna Maria’s Restaurant. Try the Polenta with Sausage or the Mussels in white wine and garlic… awesome! (914) 833-0555

Ambershift

Another middle of the rock band on the site, you may wonder why, but just taken a closer listen… Ambershift, are cranking the noise with an electronic keyboard. Taking a slightly different chart to the norm, they are able to produce something of real value. It may not be a whole new sound, but it is a genuine attempt to try something a little different and far more importantly it does work.

I could spend more space waffling to no real end, Ambershift are a band you can either give credit or roll up in the waste. I think they are worth a listen, as they take high tempo beats and control the sound superbly, while delivering a sound worthy of listening time.

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The See See | Mary Soul

I wrote about the band a while ago,since when their plans and direction has changed, so I will be getting a new band review up pretty soon, I am also planning on getting along to see them this month while they are on their tour.

The single opens with Mary Soul, Opening with the swirl of echoed guitar which harks backs to ’60s psychedelia, The See See merge their guitars to great effect as their psychedelic influences wash around the ears. They control the output superbly as the track continues in a recognizable direction, avoiding the dead end spokes which could so easily be followed.

Big Wheels whilst in no way sounding like her, made me think of Janis Joplin, with the narrative and musicality pitched on a fine balance. This is an atmospheric piece which is a real credit to both their song writing and composition skills.

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Missing Andy

Missing Andy, provide straight-forward indie rock, with lyric based on personal perceptions of the UK. The five members of the band have created a sound which is far more than the stark press releases. While the lyric provides an un-compromising message, the strength of the band is in their ability to switch between back-drops with cleverly arranged music.

I have been aware of Missing Andy for some time now and become ever increasingly impressed with their visualisations and story-book approach.

They are, in my opinion, very easy to dismiss with their over hyped message, which held me back from getting round to writing about the band. Time has progressed, their self-belief remains as ever, but I would counsel if you are put off, as I was by the packaging, take a look behind the scene and open up your ears to a great sounding band, who manage to add humour and depth of musical ability to back-up their approach.

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Spending much of their time out on the road, they have recently released their debut single, The Way We’re Made (M.I.E). *

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The Reactors

1. The Reactors England (re-entry)
   
2. The Steepwater Band USA  (unchanged)
   
3. The XX England (+ 11 places)
4. Elephantom USA (unchanged)
   
5. The Heartbreaks England (new entry)
   
6. The Supernovas England (+ 10 places)
   
7. Kabul Dreams Afghanistan (+ 5 places)
   
8. Coin Greece (New entry)
   
9. Moxine Brazil (new entry)
   
10. Storybooks for Small Dogs Ireland (new entry)
    
11. The Paraffins Scotland (new entry)
    
12. The Brassic England (- 7 places)
    
13. Galapaghost USA (re-entry)
    
14. Junkstar England (-13 places)
    
15. Let Her Dive Italy (+ 4 places)
    
16. Gaoler’s Daughter England (- 9 places)
    
17. The Exhibition England (new entry)
    
18. The Drums USA (- 10 places)
    
19. Divorce Scotland (- 9 places)
    
20. Readers Wives Ireland (- 14 places)

The Reactors have come back in to the chart this month, heading straight to the top. While still looking for a new bass player, their output is attracting considerable interest.

Oh No Its Pok

Having just released their 6 track EP Messicos, they are developing a presence both in Italy and the North London club circuit.

The Post Punk electro scene as readers of the site will know, made me smile hugely, and Oh NO ITs POk even have a band name based on a pastiche on Devo. If you can sit through this band without raising a shoulder at the very least, you are reading the wrong web-site.

This is fun, good feeling and ‘I want to be there’, rolled in to bursts of creative energy. Electro-synth bands far too often fail, as they attempt to out-compete Kraftwerk, Oh NO ITs POk, take a new strand and I can feel the essential un-bent string clarity of post punk, blended with speed, with the essential vocoder and sequencer.

Messicos EP – Preview by Oh NO ITs POk
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The Brassic

1. The Brassic England (re-entry)
2. Roses Kings Castles England (new entry)
3. The Paraffins Scotland (unchanged)
4. Storybooks for Small Dogs Ireland (- 3 places)
5. Elephantom USA (+ 4 places)
6. The Gadsdens England (- 2 places)
7. Gaoler’s Daughter England (re-entry)
8. The XX England (- 4 places)
9. Kabul Dreams Afghanistan (re-entry)
10. The Steepwater Band USA (- 3 places)

The Brassic continue with the high octane energetic sound and are growing an ever stronger and wider fan-base.

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The band of the month is a top twenty chart and the top thirty bands, using the internal statistics which help make up the chart are:

The Brassic
Coin
Divorce
The Drums
Elephantom
The Exhibition
The Gadsdens
Galapaghost
Gaoler’s Daughter
The Heartbreaks
Junkstar
Krakatoa
Kabul Dreams
The Legendary Pink Dots
Let Her Dive
Moxine
My Girlfriend is Better Than Yours
OfeliaDrome
Papercuts
The Paraffins
Paul Liddell
Psychic TV (PTV3)
The Reactors
Red Vellum Razorblades
Roses Kings Castles
The Soft Pack
The Steepwater Band
Storybooks for Small Dogs
The Supernovas
The XX

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The Pocket Gods

Once again, The Pocket Gods have done what they are so easily able to do.

This sits alongside the National Anthem v Anarchy in the UK mix, which sits as staple diet of my regular music. Rule Britannia juxtaposed against Come on England by The Pocket Gods, hits my senses perfectly.

Superb lyric, great humour and the requisite dash of cynicism.

Come on England (no nookie or playstation) The Pocket Gods

I was meant to see The Pocket Gods last week, but as readers of the newsletter know, all is not as it should be for me at the moment.

Turn up the volume, open the windows and sing to the real Anthem for 2010 South Africa.