We have new jingles

It’s hardly the most exciting news in the world, but we’ve just uploaded a bunch of new jingles that you’ll be hearing on Shed FM over the next few days. Farah on the Breakfast show has got her own, and you’ll hear loads more new music as we’re adding to the playlist heavily…

That includes the likes of I Am Not Lefthanded, Jim Guittard, Eleni Mandell, The East Down and Morning Light, among others. As always, if you’re in a band and you think we should be playing your music – write to us at dj@shed.fm!

Shed likes: Eleni Mandell

Eleni Mandell has just joined the Shed playlist and we’re listening to her latest album, Artificial Fire, non-stop here in the Shed. You’ll see why…

A veteran of the LA rock scene, Eleni can be found in a number of musical guises, but it is here in her solo project that she really has developed. In fact, Artificial Fire is her most mature project yet. Gone is the angst and the anguish, and in its place is a much more well-adjusted album. In fact, Eleni Mandell is probably the artist Liz Phair could have become if she hadn’t got caught up in the hype.

She’s on V2 records over here in Europe, and you can get her latest album here: buy album

Watch Artificial Fire here:

Featured this week: Marmaduke Dando

There’s one artist on the Shed playlist who deserves his very own page and that’s London-based showman Marmaduke Dando. This week, two Marmaduke songs have gone on to the Shed.fm Internet Radio playlist: Who Would Have Thought, and All of Me – two songs that encapsulate the music of Marmaduke Dando and his eclectic band. So where does it all come from?

There’s hints of early Scott Walker, yes, hints of Brel and hints of Bowie, with a bit of Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon in there, too… with a strong baritone. Among his influences, he lists Portsmouth and Prefab Sprout, but we sense a little more than that.

So, hats off to Marmaduke Dando – playing live at the following venues on the following dates:

3 Sep 2009 20:00	The Enterprise – Turning Worm presents w/ Andrew Clarke	London, London and South East
6 Sep 2009 15:00	The Treehouse Galleries – Power Down	Regents Park, London and South East
17 Sep 2009 20:00	Windmill – Shot by Both Sides	Brixton, London and South East
12 Oct 2009 20:00	Poetry Cafe w/ Monooka	London