It took Mike Allan 10 years to release his debut album, The Let Go Road - a compilation of roughs, demos and recordings which grew up with him, from the age of 11, through school & college, emerging on his 21st birthday at his album launch party in 2005.
Once described by The Bean Scene as "Stevie Nicks doing Ryan Adams", Mike's distinctive voice draws the listener in and every song is sung with conviction.
Recorded, Engineered & Mastered by Dawn of the Replicants' Dave Little, "The Let Go Road" delivers strong hooks and textured harmonies, richened by beautiful vocal support from Rachel Duff & Lizi Trafford, with Jamie Smith on Piano giving magic to If I Loved You.
Mike's new album was released on 12th October. Produced by Andrew Taylor of Dropkick, "For What You Did" is richened with catchy guitar hooks and bright, sunny harmonies. A retro alt-country affair. You can buy it for £6.00 (including P&P) from Mike's website. It is also available from all good download sites including iTunes.
Mike has most recently played with the legendary Frank Usher & Queen of the Edinburgh acoustic scene, Lynsey Hutchinson.
New Single, "The Ghost Of My Old Man" will be released soon to coincide with the new film from JIP/Silenti Films entitled "The Slaughterhouse". (www.welcometotheslaughterhouse.com)
FRIDAY 6th JUNE IS THE LAST AMPBOX!! yep, its almost over.
we've played a lot of different takes on dance music over the months, but for the last one we wanted to book straight up party DJs that we knew would have the place jumping. we've been thinking about it a long time and done just that-
* ZOMBIE DISCO SQUAD (Get Rude, London) * PRO-VINYLIST-KARIM (Rub-A-Dub, Glasgow) * JOHN M. J. FARRUGIA (Big Toes HiFi, Edinburgh)
Expect Baltimore Club, Ballie Funk, Hip-Hop, Bassline, Dancehall, Booty Bass, Electro Crunk, Ghetto Gutter House and other made up genres; and if all this isn't enough we're rolling in the Big Toes, 15k, badboy sound system for the occasion. If you've been down before you'll know what to expect, if not, come before you miss the chance. This is going to be one mother of a party.
Hear ye, hear ye friends. Calling all ye faithful and faithless, the Big Hand debut album is finally here and set to dazzle upon the main stage of life! Yes, its set for release, and its gonna blow your socks off.........
............ 14 tracks of the finest sparkling soulful zorbic ska ever heard for just ten little pounds. Available now from www. thebighand. co. uk - it would be a crime to miss out! Get yourselves the remedy for the winter blues, reach out through the ether and get yourself one today. Go on, you know you want to!
After the success of our first night, we’re more than excited for this, and again, we’d love to see you there, let us know if you’ll be around… Sat 1st March 2008:Doors 8pm / £5 Pounds Sterling BRICOLAGE & ISOSCELES with dj set by Port Sulphur The Creeping Bent Organisation present a new pre-club evening at the Glasgow School of Art. On the first Saturday of each month NEW BREED aims to provide a platform for the most interesting neo-pop emerging from the underground. BRICOLAGE have been perfecting their louche pop over the past couple of years. Live dates have included sortes with an eclectic array (Fire Engines, Long Blondes, Sun Ra’s Arkestra, 1990s, Vic Godard & Subway Sect, Franz Ferdinand), whilst three singles have been recorded for esteemed labels (Creeping Bent, Fantastic Plastic, Memphis Industries). A new single (Footsteps Redux) is released on Memphis Industries on 17th March. ISOSCELES building an impressive rep since releasing their debut single, Get Your Hands Off, on the ever excellent Art Goes Pop label(Leeds). This release resulted in substantial radio support, which in turn brought Isosceles to the attention of Franz Ferdinand. Franz invited Isosceles to accompany them on tour, which created quite a stushie among the more turned – on members of the A&R community. A new single is currently in preparation. Here’s what you can expect to hear from our resident DJ’s, Port Sulphur: Sample artist setlist New Breed Feb08: BOWIE:FIRE ENGINES:SUN RA:JANE AIRE & THE BELVERDEREs:VOIDOIDS:BONDE DO ROLE:BRICOLAGE:POP GROUP:the SEXUAL OBJECTS:KLEENEX:WIZZARD:BOWIE:SHEILA B. DEVOTION:ORANGE JUICE:ROXY MUSIC:the WHISPERS:GARETH SAGER:SAHB: NB
The Boys will be playing an accoustic set tomorrow night in Beenscene in Cresswell Lane (off Byres Road)and on Friday they'll be in Beenscene in Shawlands, Glasgow - maybe see you at one of the venues!
Hope you're well.
Terry Funhouse Management
PS check out UnsungHero.com and search for us there, we're a featured band today, and watch out for next months Scotcampus where we are to be the Featured Band!
Just to let you know that Davie from the Garden Party is doing a solo accoustic gig tomorrow 3 November @ the Rio Cafe Bar, Hyndland Road, Glasgow with special guest Anna Meldrum. Hope to see you anytime from 9pm onwards.
Hey there, apologies for the shameless self-promotion (please delete if you wish), just in case you were interested:
...click the banner above to head to our page for a full list of stockists and for links to online stores where you can grab a copy (HMV is cheapest!).
You'll see above that Wednesdays Search for a 'Feature Artist' is Steph Macleod.
This decision was based many factors, namely originality and crowd response. When Steph started playing, the crowd stopped and listened. It was an honest performance that encapsulated the night and has set the standard for future weeks.
As yet my journalist associate has been too busy with other tasks to write up the reviews but these will be posted this weekend. Word has spread and all the feedback I have had has been extremely encouraging.
Spread the word and I want to see more acts next week.
Hi Mike! Long time no hear! Just dropped by for another wee listen to your fab songs! We're looking for moral support!! We're playing our first Edinburgh gig on June 10th in Bannermans - with Cartoon Coffee and Roy Henderson no less! - and we're a wee bit nervous! If you'd be up for coming and cheering us on a bit, we'd really appreciate it!
love,
Sandraspangle x x
Hey, hope you can make it along to the next gig! Take Care :)
