Featured this week: Marmaduke Dando
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:
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The Enterprise – Turning Worm presents w/ Andrew Clarke | London, London and South East | ||
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The Treehouse Galleries – Power Down | Regents Park, London and South East | ||
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Windmill – Shot by Both Sides | Brixton, London and South East | ||
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Poetry Cafe w/ Monooka | London |
Three new artists on the playlist: Delays, The Hand & Michael Macri
Delays
Delays, who hail from Southampton, are somehow unsigned, but not for long as there is no doubt a long line of record labels queuing up to sign the hottest thing to come out of Southampton since Matt Le Tissier. Sounding like a cross between the Stone Roses and Fleetwood Mac (if you can imagine that), they’ve already caught the attention of the NME and The Guardian.
New album “Everything’s The Rush” is out now, and it’s bloody good, if you like proper soaring Indie music that’s a cut above the average. We do. That’s why we’ve added “Nearer Than Heaven” and “Valentine” to the Shed FM playlist.
The Hand
Bristol-based The Hand are the latest ukulele-inspired group to have wowed the Shed. Here’s what they say about themselves:
We met a couple of years ago, down Bristol harbour working on the ferry-boats, where we would sing songs on sunny days, and then suddenly it occured to us we should make some new songs and started to write together from scratch using banjo, kora, ukelele, piano, harmonium, autoharp and clarinet.
A lot of what we do is instrumental, and when we sing it is usually together and usually in harmony.
We spent two rainy weeks this summer recording in the Self-Build-Project (where our friends have built their own house) and our new album ‘Berries From The Rubble’ is now ready and available to buy.
We think they’re awesome – a mixture of ukulele, banjo, kora, harmonium, clarinet and whatever else they’ve learnt to play, it’s something completely unique on the Shed FM playlist. Go to the myspace site to hear more from them, and their album, Berries From The Rubble is available to buy there.
Michael Macri
If his website is a trip back to the 1990s, his music is a welcome trip back to the 70s and the down and dirty blues that us Shed types reminisce about. We can just imagine this one playing in this blues bar in Brussels – the type that has straw on the floor and unshaven types drinking cheap beer at the bar, looking at you as if you won’t leave the bar alive. Great stuff. Can’t wait to go back.
Anyway, we digress… we’ve added “I Can’t Drink With You” (great title) to the Shed FM playlist, and we didn’t hesitate a split second. It’s a buzzing, heady blues-filled anthem about the Melbourne Gang Wars (we didn’t even know…), and the video to go with it is just bloody brilliant.
Michael doesn’t stop with the 70s blues, he hits glam, 80s new wave, heavy metal and pop – but all with that voice (check out White Bearded Man). So Michael – welcome to the playlist, where you belong.
On the playlist this week: Cathleen & Sonic Ahmed
Cathleen
Cathleen
Here at Shed FM, we’re rather ashamed to admit that although we took A-level German, we don’t really understand much when it comes down to it.
We can ask the way to the Krankhaus and order a currywurst, but we get rather embarassed when asked to formulate more complicated sentences, or understand anything, really.
Which is why we’re rather embarassed to say that we don’t know much about Leipzig-based singer/songwriter Cathleen. We wish we did know more, and we don’t like to trust those automatic translators such as Babelfish because they just spew out nonsense. We think Cathleen is the next big thing in Germany, and you’ll find out why by listening to Shed FM, as she’s just joined the playlist.
We’re playing the brilliant “Hold Me” as much as we can, because we think Cathleen deserves to be heard by a wider audience. It’s rather unfair that every female singer, though, tends to be compared to the same voices – from Liz Phair to Heather Nova, Beth Orton and Patti Smith… it rather limits them, and Patti Smith sounds nothing like the other three, so it’s throwaway journalism of the worst kind. Cathleen reminds us of a female Nick Drake. Which is great stuff. Go visit her website, Deep Blue Voices.
Sonic Ahmed
Once more, we are ashamed to know very little about a German artists due to the fact that we just plain didn’t listen in German A-level classes. However, we gleaned this from his myspace page:
Since 1996 “Sonic Ahmed” ist the Solo-Project of Achim Rinderle (”A Glezele Vayn” and various other projects). He just moved to Berlin, looking for new inspiration (sticking to the harmonic-minor side of live). His main instruments are tenor-/bariton-/alto- sax and (bass-) clarinet. Apart from that he likes to blow into everything that sounds good but believes to be a drummer that has mischosen the right reincarnation last time. He also does radio drama and cooking. Past time projects: famous-freaky “!mahw” (the same song all night long in 14 versions), most weired “Kopffüßlerunion”, and died too young “Boogie Bollente” among other small nameless little tiny sonic-happenings
And you know what, we really like this fella. We went straight for his Balkan-tinged album, Balkenbraz, and picked out Mashkenka, which is now on rotation here on Shed FM Internet Radio. It’s one of the brightest, perkiest records we’ve heard in a long time and you can download it here:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/sonic-ahmed
So – two artists from Germany, and no Fantastischen Vier. Even better!
New to the playlist this week: Viola and Ruby Wood
There’s loads more new music on Shed FM Internet Radio this week, but we’re looking at two in particular, Finnish pop duo Viola and Huddersfield jazz singer Ruby Wood.
Viola
Viola
We like this Finnish duo, whose music can be found here: http://www.violamusicclub.com. Why? Well, it’s not just because their latest single, Shimmery Summery (Sha La La Love) has been spinning almost non-stop on the Shed FM turntable, it’s because all of their music is completely and utterly free. And here at Shed FM, we salute any band that puts their entire discography up for grabs, undoubtedly accepting the fact that selling CDs and mp3s is in the past and all your money’s in gigs and stuff like that.
So what of Viola themselves? They are, in their own words:
Two guys influenced by beautiful heartfelt music, ass-shaking beats, sub-par humor and hidden messages.
We’re the ones sitting in the corner of a hot discothèque, watching others have fun.
We make music to dance to – for people who seldom dance outside the dancefloor of their minds.
We’ll no doubt be hearing more from the poppy Finns in the months to come!
Ruby Wood
Ruby Wood
We didn’t think we’d have to go as far as Huddersfield to find a British jazz singer to rival the American greats, but we think we’ve done it. Ruby Wood (listen more here: http://www.myspace.com/rubywoodmusic) is a prolific singer-songwriter who works with the likes of Extra Curricular, Voicebox, Solaris and Wooden Ark, and travels as far afield as Croatia to get her music heard. Indeed, sometimes she goes as far as the Marsden Jazz Festival.
Ruby managed to turn the ear of legend Humphrey Lyttleton on BBC Radio 2, who appreciated the way she took old songs and made them her own.
An early starter, Ruby played in a West Indian steel band at the age of seven, learning different styles before settling on jazz. Perhaps jazz was pre-destined, though, as she was named after a Thelonious Monk classic, Ruby, My Dear by her jazz-mad parents.
Look out for Ruby on Shed.fm – and visit Ruby’s site. We think she’s awesome.
On the playlist this week
This week, we’ve got loads of great new music on the Shed.fm playlist, including the likes of Katzenjammer, The Cousins, Vincent Eden and Svita – with three new podcasts from the Shed, including Sophie Cappere’s brilliant live session, Johannes Hopfner’s unique brand of folk-rock, and an interview with Mike Stromme.
Monday
05:00 Non-stop music
19:00 Sophie Cappere live session
19:50 The New Music Show
20:50 A Comic History of Great Britain
22:25 Evening chill-out
Tuesday
05:00 Non-stop music
09:00 Dave Carroll and Marjolaine
10:10 30 minutes
10:40 Non-stop music
19:00 Johannes Hopfner live session
20:00 Dave and Marjolaine live session
21:10 A Comic History of Great Britain
21:45 Evening chill-out
Wednesday
05:00 Non-stop music
09:00 Johannes Hopfner live session
10:00 Non-stop music
12:00 The New Music Show
13:05 Non-stop music
18:55 Johaness Hopfner live session
19:55 Evening chill-out
21:30 Short stories
22:30 Non-stop music
Thursday
05:00 Non-stop music
06:55 The New Music Show
08:00 The New Music Show
09:00 Non-stop music
10:00 Sophie Cappere live session
10:50 Non-stop music
13:00 Dave Carroll and Marjolaine live session
14:10 Johannes Hopfner live session
15:10 Non-stop music
19:00 Mike Stromme interview in the Shed
19:50 Johannes Hopfner live session
20:50 A Comic History of Great Britain
21:50 Non-stop music
Friday
05:00 Non-stop music
06:30 The New Music Show
07:30 Non-stop music
09:00 Mike Stromme in the Shed interview
09:50 Johannes Hopfner live session
10:50 Non-stop music
16:50 The New Music Show
18:00 The Weekend Show
19:00 Sophie Cappere live session
20:00 Mike Stromme in the Shed interview
21:00 Non-stop music into the night
22:30 Non-stop music
New on rotation this week: Carrie Haber, Bidgie Reef, and Marmaduke Dando
Carrie Haber
Carrie Haber
London-based Carrie Haber won Paris Link magazine’s EuroVirtual song contest back in 2007, and has come on leaps and bounds since. From pop princess, she has matured into a singer of huge potential, along the lines of Fiona Apple, Bjork and Tori Amos.
Carrie’s latest song, “These 3 Words” is currently on rotation on Shed.fm, and if you want to see Carrie live in concert, then get yourself to London, or any of these venues:
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The Bedford | Balham, London | ||
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The Regal Room | Hammersmith, London | ||
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The Source Below | Soho, London | ||
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Wavelength @ the Regal Room | Hammersmith, London | ||
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Summer Fest @ The Tabernacle | Notting Hill, London | ||
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Cavendish Arms | Cavendish, London | ||
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Harpus Cellar Bar | Bedford | ||
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Blag Club | Notting Hill, London |
Marmaduke Dando
There’s a hint of the Neil Hannons about Marmaduke Dando, but that would be simplifying things – he’s a performer, a crooner, and a baritone with pirate heritage. “Odessa” is currently on the Shed.fm playlist, and it’s a great introduction to the world of Marmaduke and his band.
See him live here:
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The Swan at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre | Southbank, London and South East | ||
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The Camden Head w/ Andrew Clarke | Camden | ||
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The Camden Head w/ Andrew Clarke | Camden |
Bidgie Reef & The Gas
Bidgie Reef & The Gas
Ultra-cool Bidgie Reef & The Gas hail from Reading, which is not their fault. They’ve attracted the attention of the BBC, and the Guardian confirmed their ascendancy by claiming that they are “bidding for rock immortality”.
We agree – and we’ve put three of their songs on rotation here on Shed.fm, including the brilliant, epic “Umbrellas”.
If ever you have the fortune to be in Reading, make sure you catch them here:
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The Big Day Out, South Hill Park Arts Centre | Bracknell | ||
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The Big Untidy | Reading | ||
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Rising Sun Arts Centre | Reading, London and South East |
This week’s playlist
Marjolaine live in the Shed
Dave came with his violinist and eventually caved in to perform his hit “The Guest”, while Marjolaine stunned the Shed into silence with “Tais toi”, among others.
We’ve also got two editions of 30 minutes for you, with plenty of new music to get your ears around, and we’ve bulked up our playlist so that you’ve got non-stop music for the rest of the day.
After Dave and Marjolaine and the 30 Minutes Pods, we’ve also got a reading of “A Comic History of Great Britain”, from Librivox. This will be continuing throughout the week…
Monday
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part I
20:10 30 minutes
20:50 Short stories
Tuesday
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part II
19:55 30 minutes
21:00 A Comic History of Great Britain – Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2
21:30 Short stories
Wednesday
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part II
19:55 30 minutes
20:20 A Comic History of Great Britain – Chapters 3, 4 & 5
21:30 Evening chill-out
22:30 Short stories
Thursday
17:50 Dave and Marjolaine Part I
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part II
19:55 A Comic History of Great Britain – Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11
Friday
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part I
20:10 Dave and Marjolaine Part II
21:00 A Comic History of Great Britain – to a close
Next week, we’ll have more podcasts, including a live session from Shed favourite Sophie Cappere, and chat from Paris-based actor Mike Stromme…
Shed Radio… going live
We’re about to go live here on Shed.fm – over the next few days, you’ll hear nothing but non-stop music that we’ve hand-picked ourselves, with some great unsigned bands, indie acts you may not have heard of, and everything that we like.
These include the likes of Rosemary, Marmaduke Dando, Radiohead, Fit and the Conniptions, Dazie Mae, Amelie, Headphone, Loudog, Theou Mounoukou, The Sway, Robin Grey, Le Galago and many, many more… It’s a bit of a mish-mash at the moment – with pop, rock, jazz, dance and everything mixed in, but it’ll give you an idea of what we’ve got coming up here over the new few months!
On Monday, we’ll kick off the live sessions with Dave and Marjolaine’s brilliant podcast throughout the week, as well as spoken word, 30 Minutes (as advertised in previous posts), and much more. Heck, we’ll even throw in a few jingles.
So tune in to the Shed, kick your shoes off and enjoy what we enjoy. Awesome.