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Sun 13th April Playing 12 Bar on Tue 15th 10pm. Acoustic show. Then Newcastle on Fri, then Scotland. Then we're gonna have a little break, with a couple folk shows in May, then we're playing a few shows in Europe including our first trip to Leeuwarden, Netherlands at a place called ONDERGRONDS on June 28th. Then then then then then. I fully expect my brain to be working again tomorrow, do drop by. |
Sat 12th April Er right then, where to start. Buffalo Bar show started with a huge surprise when old drummerboots Riley showed up out of nowhere, having lived in LA for the past goodness knows how long. He joined us on stage for a performance of For You The Day You Die which he played much better than us two as we have apparently completely forgotten it, was a blast though. Then last night was the Tea Tone Party, what can I say, the quality of the acts was astounding, I'm gonna start really promoting these beautiful bastards. Simon Golstein, Soviet Space Bat, Ben London, William Nein, Murdered Man, Joe Groke Gardner, Jack Derby.. has there ever been a display of such talent this side of Eurovision? Off to play a proper pub gig in Ealing now. I love my life but I'm not sure this can go on much longer, I'm zonkified. |
Thu 10th April Played a fantastic venue in Tooting last night, huge place with big ole chandeliers dongelling down & a great sound, highly recommended. Our set as a 2-piece has got really punky recently, it's freakin' great fun. Had a mad dash after the show to get to Shoreditch where Laura Stevenson was playing a solo show supported by our mortal enemies Colour Me Wednesday, who got the support slot over us.. and it was pretty awkward turning up with our guitars (we had to store them behind the merch stall during the show) & we were kindof in their way when we had to get our stuff & leave. But we'd just played a bigger venue anyway so fuck'em :p Buffalo Bar tonight, Tea Tone Party on Friday, weird show at the Star & Anchor in Ealing on Saturday, it's all mental as usual round here in Jeepsyland. Keep an eye on the Soundcloud/Spotify playlists, I keep adding to them, and new Podcast soon.. |
Wed 9th April Joe Gardner, author of The Life & Loves of Jet Tea and Tea Tone featured artist Groke, has a superb band called Winter Flowering Pansies and they are now on Soundcloud. Here's a choice track: |
Wed 9th April Here are posters (linking to events) for some Jeeps dates this week: 
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Sun 30th March Off to play the Sunday Social at the Old Queen's Head, Islington now, but dammit I just discovered this band & wanna go to sleep (and never come back): |
Fri 28th March Kindof wanna amend (totally change) what I just said there about there not being much quality art in the world these days. Truth is that there is still a very healthy amount of amazing music bubbling up from the depths, and that's what we're here for - to help innovative handicrafters rise to the moon, and in the absence of Uriel, shine down from "above the starry Sphear, Thir happie hours in joy and hymning spent. Mean while upon the firm opacous Globe Of this round World, whose first convex divides The luminous inferior Orbs, enclos'd From Chaos and th' inroad of Darkness old, Satan alighted walks: a Globe farr off It seem'd" ..so I've started making Tea Tone Playlists on the usual suspect soundsites. Here's the cloudy one: |
Fri 28th March I have written (no exaggeration) one hundred million songs in my happy thankless life, but this last couple years have produced very little brand new material. I'd hardly call it a writer's block, more that I rarely have a moment to sit & reflect these days. I honestly believe that the reason there's hardly any new quality art in the world is because of phones pinging notifications every half a moment, but artists are, more than ever before, expected to manage their own affairs in the digital realm, so turning away from technology is hardly a solution. In any case, I finally finished writing my most recent song which I started (and shared, incomplete) quite an age ago: Lifewish Windowsill sitting Still with your book bent back You could kill for a ghost of a chance with that Had to chose between the blackouts & the blues & the flat Got so used to the fallouts & the fuse we forgot The rain comes shining down as June spits 'pon our heads I feign surprise & tune our broomsticks Bright, brash, fled Fled Fled Bright, brash, fled And life reaches out to life As life reaches out to life And life reaches out to life As life reaches out to life again A beam of light, a gleam on unforeseen snow I haven't seemed the same since.. I don't know She purged the skies of their pride Submerged, the windows rise & they slide And rain comes shining down as June spits 'pon our heads I feign surprise & tune our broomsticks Bright, brash, fled Fled Fled Bright, brash, fled |
Thu 27th March The belljar collective masquerading as our digital distribution company has fucked up so royally with the Jeeps On release that I'm just gonna stick to promoting it on Bandcamp, even though is it up there on Spotify & iTunes etc (with the title 'On' - don't ask) so fuck it, that's that then. What else. We have a stand-in drummer for the weekend shows, who happens to be the same gent playing on the new single, so that's quite convenient after all. The upcoming Tea Tone Party poster is up on the Tea Tone Party Page:
But far more important than any of this is that I'm making a playable biotic chess garden: 
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Mon 24th March Rar, so another Tea Tone Party in the diary, Fri 11th April. There truly is no rest for the blatantly wicked maaaate. Two Jeeps shows this coming weekend, both big ole all-dayer events, check em: Sunday Social at the Old Queen's Head, Islington Band Bash 5, Alperton |
Mon 24th March Captain, one of our favourite bands, has had all kinds of trouble getting their music out in the past 5 years or so, due to label restrictions etc, but tracks from an unreleased 3rd album have been posted on their Facebook Page. It seems very strange to me that they have chosen such an inconvenient way of sharing their music, but it's fantastic material nonetheless, and I think I can embed a track or two here for you: |
