Peg Leg Love EP - Out Now

The latest EP to arrive through our digital letter box is yet another representative from the streets of Los Angeles. Peg Leg love's 4 track far far away E.P is a mixture of jangly surf riffs with head nodding bass and driving drums, It's the kind of sound that reminds me being shaken about by a slightly mischevious wave, it takes you by surprise, leaving you slightly disorientated, but also with an ecstatic adrenaline rush that immediately gets you duck diving under the next incoming set. Expect plenty more from Peg Leg Love and go get yourself a copy of that EP right now.

Signs of the times part 1

I saw this excellent drawing at an organic bakery in Oslo last year. It was near Christmas time and according to my native Norwegian friend Benedikte, means something like "eating bread gives you strong teeth". Something you're not going to doubt when faced with that smile.

Totally random James Bond Drawings

I wouldn't say I was a massive fan of the James Bond Films. I've yet to see either of the two latest offerings, however growing up in England as a boy it was impossible not to escape the smooth moves of Sean Connery or the charismatic capers of Roger Moore. Whilst patientely waiting for a train late on a Saturday night at a desolate country station in Dorset (Sherbourne to be exact) I noticed these amazing Bond pictures. Painted straight onto wood, they were mounted along the side of the platform. I have no idea who the artist is but thought they were worth sharing. My particular favourite is Goldfinger.

William the Conkerer

The Hampstead Heath annual conker championships consisted yet again of a most deadly, unsociable tribe. As the finest Conker players from all of the lands congregated by the Hampstead Heath bandstand, ready to pick battles with their arch nemesis . Players with a wide range of styles, backgrounds and age groups, fought it out in a sudden death affair. The stakes were high and the atmosphere was intense. Bloodied knuckles withstood every crack and smack thrown at them, as conkers danced wildly on the ends of old shoe laces. Soon the floor was littered with the organic matter of shattered conker skins as many a warrior met their peril.

For those of you that missed it, training for next years event has already started, below are the frightening pictures of some of this years contenders...

Filmed Living Room Session with Melodica, Melody and Me

The second recording of the soon to be aired "Living Room" took part last weekend at The Tuckshop HQ. It was yet again another rip roarer of a day and due to the size of the band took a little longer than originally thought. Melodica, Melody and me entertained us all with the usual laid back panache that we've all come accustomed to, practicing on my very cramped balcony beforehand their melodies drifted down my terrace, prompting quite a few neighbours to sit out in their own balconies enjoying the Autumnal sunshine and listen with a cup of tea in hand.

Yet again everyone worked liked trojans to get everything perfect and we were all rewarded later in the day with a home made cream tea made by my good hands (sadly the scones didn't rise, but the home made jam was pretty tasty).

It'll of course all be online for you to view in January, but in the mean time here are a few pics and if you want to see more then visit us on Facebook here and myspace here...

Awesome Autumnal Club Ugly

Those of you that made it to the last Club Ugly are probably wondering why it has taken me so long to get this post up. It was yet again an absolute blinder and everyone at Club Ugly are incredibly grateful for the bands and the good honest punters that came down to say hello.













Admittedly things were a little delayed. The incredibly laid back Jake Beattie ,who pulled out all the stops by providing drums at the last minute, nearly forgot his drummer, however once on stage the crowd cheered and whooped which in all honesty set the precedent for the whole evening.















Kinzli and the Killowatts kept their large score of fans and other revellers very happy with a wonderful set, a fine band bridging the gap between Jake and the Stars of Sunday League in a wonderfully harmonious fashion, a heady mix of many different genre's resulting in a stupendous set.
















As to be expected, Stars of Sunday League left behind any notions of hard tackling full backs catching a fag at half time and delivered a silky set of skills more familiar with the company at the camp nou than the local park. Having literally got back from performing at the end of the road festival, we were all mesmerised by their scintillating performance with melodies smoother than any Mourinho press conference.


Thanks also to Jarred whose Derren Brown style mind tricks kept us all guessing, Here are a few more pics








































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