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Here's a Toad Session with eagleowl that you should watch because it is just bloody lovely, yeah. eagleowl Toad Session on Vimeo

Lovely review, courtesy of Drowned in Sound. (in case you missed it over on the other forum) Review / Tune-Yards @ Tunnels, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 14/06/11 / Gigs // Drowned In Sound

Brilliant - thanks Neil!

Here's a nice review, with pics. Thanks Flares n Seagulls! Copy Haho June 2011 | Flares n Seagulls

Some nice comments here, thanks folks. It really was a lot of fun. I don't think I've ever smiled so much throughout a gig. Hopefully everyone will come back and play another time...

some pretty cool live tUnE-yArDs vids from KEXP in Seattle Pitchfork: Watch: tUnE-yArDs on KEXP

Tonight. Yes!

Thought you only wore grandad shirts?

And so you should... well looking forward to this gig. Really strong line-up.

interesting music promotions and vocoustics present No More Soundchecks - the latest in a series of unplugged shows featuring... WOODPIGEON + EAGLEOWL + ROB ST JOHN Saturday, 25 June 2011 Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen AB11 5BQ. Phone 01224 639539 Doors 8pm Entry 6 on door http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.vocoustics.com http://www.peacockvisualarts.com WOODPIGEON - is more than just the most beautiful word in the English language, although thats precisely why it was chosen by songwriter Mark Hamilton as the moniker for his pretty-pretty-pop project. Encompassing a kind of ersatz collective orchestra, dispersed across a couple continents, rising and falling in number with the demands of song life and real life, Woodpigeon creates music much the same way a bowerbird crafts a lovenest: the right space is chosen and the bower goes up twig by twig, berry by berry, embellishing a basic construction thats already sound and lovely. Occasionally, when all goes well, a mate is attracted. Woodpigeons preferred habitat is slightly spooky places (friendly ghosts only) with natural reverb, with nearby vintage mellotrons and echoing stairwells, and perhaps a gaggle of singing children when feeling maudlin. They rock out on harpsichords and wrench tears out of guitars before playing them damp. Bells, whistles, handclaps all the aural tchotchkes are enlisted to serve the song, wherever they can brighten a melody or limn a mournful line. Girlish voices become instruments, while Marks lonely choirboy vocals somehow, impossibly, lodged in a lumberjack-ish bear of a man sound uncannily like theyre being sung directly into your ear. You can almost feel his warm minty breath. Mark mostly sings about the Unbearable Mark-ness of Being: secret love ninjas, imaginary segregated private schools, stolen kisses, confounded passion, windy days and city streets, thoughtful walking, the kind of longing that is wonderful, and the kind of longing that is sorrowful. He pushes aside the fabric of reality to create a fantastic musical realm where truth is found in fiction, and fiction is found in song. Long live music. Long live Woodpigeon. http://www.woodpigeon-songbook.com http://www.myspace.com/woodpigeon EAGLEOWL are a lo-fi post-folk ensemble from Edinburgh. The Scotsman said they sound like "the soundtrack to the saddest, most beautiful art-house film you've never seen." The List once described them as "simply beautiful". Song, By Toad described them as being "torturously slow" which they regard as a huge compliment, as they believe in doing things right, rather than doing things fast. Described as sounding like Hood, the Dirty Three, Spiritualized, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Tindersticks, John Cale, Sigur Ros, Sparklehorse, Mogwai, Graham Coxon, Low, "The White Stripes without the tits", "like the Jesus and Mary Chain had wandered into a folk club", "proof that you can cross Nirvana with the Proclaimers", "70s bastard grandchildren of doom" and "really atmospheric. Like Braveheart". http://www.eagleowlattack.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack ROB ST JOHN - is an awesome chap, according to Song, by Toad Records. And with his debut album due to drop later this year on the Edinburgh-based label, who are we to disagree? As well as playing with eagleowl, Rob has recently joined Meursault and describes his sound as folk-based songs using interesting and unusual acoustic instruments (saw, harmonium, autoharp etc), highly influenced by minimalist, ambient and post-rock music, citing his musical influences as Bill Callahan, Will Oldham and Leonard Cohen, as well as the orchestration of Nina Nastasias records and the minimalism of Steve Reich, Boards of Canada or Amiina, though I couldnt ever claim we get anywhere near any of that! http://onbonfirenight.tumblr.com http://www.myspace.com/robstjohn

interesting music promotions and vocoustics present No More Soundchecks - the latest in a series of unplugged shows featuring... WOODPIGEON + EAGLEOWL + ROB ST JOHN Saturday, 25 June 2011 Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen AB11 5BQ. Phone 01224 639539 Doors 8pm Entry 6 on door http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.vocoustics.com http://www.peacockvisualarts.com WOODPIGEON - is more than just the most beautiful word in the English language, although thats precisely why it was chosen by songwriter Mark Hamilton as the moniker for his pretty-pretty-pop project. Encompassing a kind of ersatz collective orchestra, dispersed across a couple continents, rising and falling in number with the demands of song life and real life, Woodpigeon creates music much the same way a bowerbird crafts a lovenest: the right space is chosen and the bower goes up twig by twig, berry by berry, embellishing a basic construction thats already sound and lovely. Occasionally, when all goes well, a mate is attracted. Woodpigeons preferred habitat is slightly spooky places (friendly ghosts only) with natural reverb, with nearby vintage mellotrons and echoing stairwells, and perhaps a gaggle of singing children when feeling maudlin. They rock out on harpsichords and wrench tears out of guitars before playing them damp. Bells, whistles, handclaps all the aural tchotchkes are enlisted to serve the song, wherever they can brighten a melody or limn a mournful line. Girlish voices become instruments, while Marks lonely choirboy vocals somehow, impossibly, lodged in a lumberjack-ish bear of a man sound uncannily like theyre being sung directly into your ear. You can almost feel his warm minty breath. Mark mostly sings about the Unbearable Mark-ness of Being: secret love ninjas, imaginary segregated private schools, stolen kisses, confounded passion, windy days and city streets, thoughtful walking, the kind of longing that is wonderful, and the kind of longing that is sorrowful. He pushes aside the fabric of reality to create a fantastic musical realm where truth is found in fiction, and fiction is found in song. Long live music. Long live Woodpigeon. http://www.woodpigeon-songbook.com http://www.myspace.com/woodpigeon EAGLEOWL are a lo-fi post-folk ensemble from Edinburgh. The Scotsman said they sound like "the soundtrack to the saddest, most beautiful art-house film you've never seen." The List once described them as "simply beautiful". Song, By Toad described them as being "torturously slow" which they regard as a huge compliment, as they believe in doing things right, rather than doing things fast. Described as sounding like Hood, the Dirty Three, Spiritualized, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Tindersticks, John Cale, Sigur Ros, Sparklehorse, Mogwai, Graham Coxon, Low, "The White Stripes without the tits", "like the Jesus and Mary Chain had wandered into a folk club", "proof that you can cross Nirvana with the Proclaimers", "70s bastard grandchildren of doom" and "really atmospheric. Like Braveheart". http://www.eagleowlattack.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack ROB ST JOHN - is an awesome chap, according to Song, by Toad Records. And with his debut album due to drop later this year on the Edinburgh-based label, who are we to disagree? As well as playing with eagleowl, Rob has recently joined Meursault and describes his sound as folk-based songs using interesting and unusual acoustic instruments (saw, harmonium, autoharp etc), highly influenced by minimalist, ambient and post-rock music, citing his musical influences as Bill Callahan, Will Oldham and Leonard Cohen, as well as the orchestration of Nina Nastasias records and the minimalism of Steve Reich, Boards of Canada or Amiina, though I couldnt ever claim we get anywhere near any of that! http://onbonfirenight.tumblr.com http://www.myspace.com/robstjohn

interesting music promotions present THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND + RM HUBBERT + THE LAST BATTLE Saturday, 2 July 2011 Caf Drummond, Belmont Street, Aberdeen AB10 1JR, Phone 01224 619930 Doors 8pm Tickets 6+bf in adv / 8 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.myspace.com/cafedrummonds THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND The Second Hand Marching Band are a group of 16+ members from Glasgow and around about. They play untraditional folk with a mixture of dance, pop and post-rock influences on a variety of instruments including brass, woodwind, accordion, guitar and drum. They started performing in December 2007 and have been up and down Scotland playing venues, tea houses, parks, festivals and fields and now make a very welcome return to Aberdeen. http://www.myspace.com/thesecondhandmarchingband RM HUBBERT Following the demise of the highly respected El Hombre Trajeado, RM Hubbert stopped playing live and started studying different musical forms: more specifically flamenco, samba and taiko. The outcome was a series of guitar compositions which are based around flamenco rhythms and structures, but which are simultaneously melodically traceable to both his previous work and more contemporary styles. Recently picked up by our friends at the wonderful Chemikal Underground records. http://www.rmhubbert.com THE LAST BATTLE Formed in the summer of 2009, The Last Battle, named after the novel by C.S. Lewis, play low key folk pop. Featuring one pair of sisters, two couples and three school friends, they sing songs of love, death and longing. So far theyve shared stages with the likes of The Unwinding Hours, First Aid Kit, Peggy Sue, Dawn Landes, Meursault and Eagleowl. Vic Galloway made their debut single Ruins one of his future anthems on his BBC Radio Scotland show in June 2010. Debut album Heart Of The Land is now available through Scottish indie label 17 Seconds Records. http://www.thelastbattleuk.co.uk Jenny Soep (poster image credit) Graeme - "I first encountered the drawings of Jenny Soep while searching the internet for pictures of The Second Hand Marching Band to use in a poster to advertise a forthcoming gig in Aberdeen. I was immediatley taken with the pictures I found, not only of The Second Hand Marching Band but many other of my Scottish Music favourites. Her drawings capture an intimacy of the artists she draws in a unique and colourful way." http://www.facebook.com/jennysoep

interesting music promotions present THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND + RM HUBBERT + THE LAST BATTLE Saturday, 2 July 2011 Caf Drummond, Belmont Street, Aberdeen AB10 1JR, Phone 01224 619930 Doors 8pm Tickets 6+bf in adv / 8 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.myspace.com/cafedrummonds THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND The Second Hand Marching Band are a group of 16+ members from Glasgow and around about. They play untraditional folk with a mixture of dance, pop and post-rock influences on a variety of instruments including brass, woodwind, accordion, guitar and drum. They started performing in December 2007 and have been up and down Scotland playing venues, tea houses, parks, festivals and fields and now make a very welcome return to Aberdeen. http://www.myspace.com/thesecondhandmarchingband RM HUBBERT Following the demise of the highly respected El Hombre Trajeado, RM Hubbert stopped playing live and started studying different musical forms: more specifically flamenco, samba and taiko. The outcome was a series of guitar compositions which are based around flamenco rhythms and structures, but which are simultaneously melodically traceable to both his previous work and more contemporary styles. Recently picked up by our friends at the wonderful Chemikal Underground records. http://www.rmhubbert.com THE LAST BATTLE Formed in the summer of 2009, The Last Battle, named after the novel by C.S. Lewis, play low key folk pop. Featuring one pair of sisters, two couples and three school friends, they sing songs of love, death and longing. So far theyve shared stages with the likes of The Unwinding Hours, First Aid Kit, Peggy Sue, Dawn Landes, Meursault and Eagleowl. Vic Galloway made their debut single Ruins one of his future anthems on his BBC Radio Scotland show in June 2010. Debut album Heart Of The Land is now available through Scottish indie label 17 Seconds Records. http://www.thelastbattleuk.co.uk Jenny Soep (poster image credit) Graeme - "I first encountered the drawings of Jenny Soep while searching the internet for pictures of The Second Hand Marching Band to use in a poster to advertise a forthcoming gig in Aberdeen. I was immediatley taken with the pictures I found, not only of The Second Hand Marching Band but many other of my Scottish Music favourites. Her drawings capture an intimacy of the artists she draws in a unique and colourful way." http://www.facebook.com/jennysoep

interesting music promotions present TWO WINGS + ARBOREA + THE KITCHEN CYNICS Thursday, 23 June 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF, Phone 01224 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 6+bf in adv / 8 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk TWO WINGS Expect vocals spanning Kate Bush, Grace Slick and Stevie Nicks, guitar solos spanning Richard Thompson, Peter Green and Lindsey Buckingham, harmonies a la Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Wings, and a rhythm section which may be the missing link between Steeleye Span and Led Zeppelin. Borne of a song-writing collaboration between singer/multi-instrumentalist/visual artist Hanna Tuulikki (Nalle, Scatter, The Family Elan) and guitarist/singer Ben Reynolds (Baby Dee, Trembling Bells, Alasdair Roberts, Tompkins Square Records), Two Wings draws upon both musicians' thematic fixation with love, death, spirituality, as well as a passion for the song-writing craft in its myriad forms from its roots in folk tradition, forward to the advent of rock'n'roll and beyond.??Two Wings' line-up is completed by vocalist Lucy Duncombe, bassist Kenny Wilson and drummer David Hayward. In this form (with the addition of a brass section) the band have recorded an album produced with John Cavanagh, songs from which are available for listening here - http://twowings.bandcamp.com ARBOREA Alt Folk Rock duo from Maine. Formed in the summer of 2005 by husband and wife team Buck and Shanti Curran, their music follows in the progressive folk rock tradition of artists Led Zeppelin, Tim Buckley, Chris Whitley, and The Doors. Buck plays guitar, slide guitars, bowed strings, flutes, banjo, and vocals. Shanti provides lead vocals, banjo, ukulele, bowed strings, harmonium, and percussion. Arborea is often joined by Helena Espvall on cello. Their songs are, as described by George Parsons of Dream Magazine, "Low key intimate spellcasting affairs; the fact that they are a couple might help to explain the seamless organic blending of their music together. Conjuring truly transportational magic out of the simplest ingredients. Their songs might be a hundreds of years old, and theres little here to lock them into any moment other than forever. Since 2006, Arborea has released 3 CDs, performed shows and festivals in the U.S., U.K, and Europe...including a session for the BBC World on 3 program in London in 2009. Their 4th album 'Red Planet' was released on April 26th by the Oregon label Strange Attractors Audio House. Equal parts psychedelic and backwater folk, inspired by Smithsonian field recordings, Arborea succeeds in creating a new folk form of breathtaking originality. http://www.myspace.com/arborea2 THE KITCHEN CYNICS "The Kitchen Cynics isnt so much a band to enjoy, as a member of the family you havent visited for a while. The charming, eccentric cousin you are amused, beguiled and often moved by. Dont wait to visit so long next time." http://www.myspace.com/kitchencynics

interesting music promotions present TWO WINGS + ARBOREA + THE KITCHEN CYNICS Thursday, 23 June 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF, Phone 01224 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 6+bf in adv / 8 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk TWO WINGS Expect vocals spanning Kate Bush, Grace Slick and Stevie Nicks, guitar solos spanning Richard Thompson, Peter Green and Lindsey Buckingham, harmonies a la Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Wings, and a rhythm section which may be the missing link between Steeleye Span and Led Zeppelin. Borne of a song-writing collaboration between singer/multi-instrumentalist/visual artist Hanna Tuulikki (Nalle, Scatter, The Family Elan) and guitarist/singer Ben Reynolds (Baby Dee, Trembling Bells, Alasdair Roberts, Tompkins Square Records), Two Wings draws upon both musicians' thematic fixation with love, death, spirituality, as well as a passion for the song-writing craft in its myriad forms from its roots in folk tradition, forward to the advent of rock'n'roll and beyond.??Two Wings' line-up is completed by vocalist Lucy Duncombe, bassist Kenny Wilson and drummer David Hayward. In this form (with the addition of a brass section) the band have recorded an album produced with John Cavanagh, songs from which are available for listening here - http://twowings.bandcamp.com ARBOREA Alt Folk Rock duo from Maine. Formed in the summer of 2005 by husband and wife team Buck and Shanti Curran, their music follows in the progressive folk rock tradition of artists Led Zeppelin, Tim Buckley, Chris Whitley, and The Doors. Buck plays guitar, slide guitars, bowed strings, flutes, banjo, and vocals. Shanti provides lead vocals, banjo, ukulele, bowed strings, harmonium, and percussion. Arborea is often joined by Helena Espvall on cello. Their songs are, as described by George Parsons of Dream Magazine, "Low key intimate spellcasting affairs; the fact that they are a couple might help to explain the seamless organic blending of their music together. Conjuring truly transportational magic out of the simplest ingredients. Their songs might be a hundreds of years old, and theres little here to lock them into any moment other than forever. Since 2006, Arborea has released 3 CDs, performed shows and festivals in the U.S., U.K, and Europe...including a session for the BBC World on 3 program in London in 2009. Their 4th album 'Red Planet' was released on April 26th by the Oregon label Strange Attractors Audio House. Equal parts psychedelic and backwater folk, inspired by Smithsonian field recordings, Arborea succeeds in creating a new folk form of breathtaking originality. http://www.myspace.com/arborea2 THE KITCHEN CYNICS "The Kitchen Cynics isnt so much a band to enjoy, as a member of the family you havent visited for a while. The charming, eccentric cousin you are amused, beguiled and often moved by. Dont wait to visit so long next time." http://www.myspace.com/kitchencynics

OK, I will.

It was (first was at The Venue if my memory serves me correctly - need to check my ticket stubs). And aye it would have been much better at The Tunnels.

Next imp show is a wee while away, but let's keep on top of it eh? 8-) Latest Julian Lynch review from Pitchfork >> http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15307-terra/

And imp! Link below...

I spoke to Gordon about The Aliens. They didn't play Aberdeen on the last tour due to what he perceived was a poor response at their previous show. I think that was their very first run of shows which included Moshulu and wasn't well attended at all.

Good to meet you milners. Yeah, I really enjoyed that. All three acts were great.

I see where idol_wild is coming from, but I'd pretty much agree with this, in this instance. I reckon this festival really needs to concentrate on getting good numbers behind it in the first year, in order to perhaps have more scope for growth (and possibly more niche stages) in future. I don't really see the need for local showcases as I'm pretty sure the guys running the festival will know who is most suitable. We could all easily come up with 5 or 6 local names who would fit the bill and I'm sure there would not be many in disagreement. Anyway. Well done everyone in getting this far. Big thumbs up.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15321-w-h-o-k-i-l-l/ 8.8 from Pitchfork

One Up now sold out.

This is tonight! One ticket left in One Up. Cash sales on door. Yas.