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Farewell to the Dharma Bums
Well, last night at the Cavendish Arms in Stockwell saw the last date in the Dharma Bums whirlwind London tour on which I had been drafted in to play bass. A couple of weeks ago front man Phil Void was in town for a weekend and we squeezed two gigs in, then he was back last Tuesday
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Official: we are SO rock
The people at Music-News.com rang us up on Tuesday night asking if we could fill in a slot the next day on a bill at The Last Days of Decadence in Shoreditch. I'd been there once before and had thought it might be a natural home for us so we said yes. It's not a huge venue (and the
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Strange Days
Played a curious gig last night at the Blag Club in Ladbroke Grove. It's a hard place to find (I drove past it a couple of times while searching) but inside it's stylishly decorated with eastern leanings. It's not really set up for live music but they had put up a small stage and
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Brick Lane Takeover
We were asked to play at the Brick Lane Takeover, a benefit gig in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, and I must say it was a hoot. Seven venues in and around Brick Lane, with live music from midday till midnight. It felt very much like a mini festival with a top vibe to it. We were on
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Purple Turtle Takes Its Pound of Flesh
We played a storming gig last night at the Purple Turtle, a splendid venue that I had not been to before. (And hats off in particular to headliners Arcs, who were quite splendid.)
Sadly, however, emanating such magisterial rock comes with a price—Alex managed to break his toe
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Glastonbury 2010?
Just heard that The Furbelows have been shortlisted in another competition: it's called Rockstar '09 and the ultimate winner gets to play at Glastonbury next year. (Doubtless it'll be first on at 11am on the Malarial Wheelie Bin Stage, but, hey, it's Glastonbury! Years ago I vowed,
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Good News and Bad News
Well, despite making it into the top 40 for the Benicassim contest, it seems we didn't quite make it into the top five finalists, so we won't be playing at the festival this year. The final is at the Pigalle Club on Tuesday if you're interested to see which strutting whelps beat us
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Thank You!
Many thanks to all who came along to Cirque de Crème Anglaise 4 last Saturday. Not only did we have a record turn-out but I think it was particularly successful in that the flavour of the evening for which we aim came across particularly well. The bands all seemed to enjoy themselves
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The Furbelows on the airwaves
Last Saturday we attended the Exposure Music Awards, where we were nominated for the Best Alternative Song category. Tragically we didn't win (that honour went to a band called Divine Secret who played later on and, I have to say, I rather liked them—and not just because they were
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Announcing Cirque de Crème Anglaise 4
The circus is coming to town again with another vaudevillean attempt to shoehorn the more theatrical end of guitar music together with much tomfoolery and tongue-in-cheekery, courtesy of your hosts The Furbelows. Custard for the soul!
Headlining this time are DAVID CRONENBERG'S
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And some remixes...
We've just added some remixed versions of existing recordings. The new version of Alexander was an attempt to tame the insane shrillness of Alex's guitar. I think it's better balanced all round. The new version of Turn To Fire was prompted by a feeling that the old one was a bit
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The Furbelows in the studio
Well, I say "studio" but it's really just my house. It happened on Sunday and as before we had Mark and his drums in the bedroom, Neil in an armchair in the living room, connected by a very long lead to his amplifier in the bathroom. Alex's amp was in another bedroom while he himself
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Hallelujah for the George Tavern
Halfway through the Furbethon and I'd just have to say what a fantastic gig we had at the George Tavern last night. We'd not played there before, so we didn't realise how fab it was. From the outside it looks like a tatty Victorian boozer; frankly it retains some of this impression
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An unexpected Furbethon
We are about to embark on a bizarrely busy fortnight here on Planet Furbelow*. Without intending to, we've ended up with a schedule of seven gigs in 16 days. They're all in London, but there is some variety as to whereabouts in Town, the times we're on, the days of the week and the
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Announcing Cirque de Crème Anglaise 3
We're proud and pleased as punch to be able to tell you about our next Cirque de Crème Anglaise, the special night we've been doing at the Cross Kings in King's Cross. It's a chance for us to present a complete bill of acts we really like, with a distinct flavour of fun, foppishness
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Happy New Year—and a happy NYE party
Just wanted to say a big thank you to the Cavendish Arms in Stockwell for putting us on at their New Year's Eve party last night. The place was rammed and the entertainment was top notch and wide-ranging: not just bands but comedy and even burlesque too. (Considering that the comics
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The Furbelows on Facebook
Hello, folks. Just to let you know you can now inspect The Furbelows on Facebook too. Have a gander at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Furbelows/31715909638 and why not become a "Fan"? It'll make us feel better about ourselves and it's not legally binding in any way. (Apart from
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The Furbelows under the microscope
We’ve been invited to take part in a showcase gig at the Carling Academy in Islington, put on by the JAR music group. I’d not actually heard of them but they seem to be a dark force behind all kinds of industry things. It seems kosher enough.
It’s on Tuesday 2nd December on the
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