Kiran Leonard’s Bowler Hat Soup – Streaming at NME.com
http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/kiran-leonard-bowler-hat-soup-exclusive-album-stream See above for an exclusive track by track explanation of Kiran’s masterful debut album.
The Guardian – New Band Of The Day – Kiran Leonard
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/28/kiran-leonard-new-band “Kiran Leonard (No 1,520) He’s 17 and supremely, eclectically gifted – meet the Manc mutha of invention” Hometown: Dobcross, Oldham. The lineup: Kiran Leonard (vocals, instruments). The background: Kiran Leonard is a singer-songwriter from near Manchester, but another kid busker with a soulful voice he ain’t. Record companies searching for the next Ed Sheeran can probably […]
Mary Epworth at SXSW
Hand Of Glory are off to Austin TX tomorrow, with Mary Epworth, for SXSW. Mary’s show timings are below:
Godley-Creme Gizmotron
Stumbled across this amazing bit of seventies techno today, the ‘Godley Creme Gizmotron’. Designed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme towards the end of their time in 10cc, it’s pretty much a ‘hurdy gurdy’ add on for electric guitar, consisting of a series of spinning rubber wheels that bow each string. Here’s a news feature […]
Mary Kent- Lost Generation
Discovered this mindmelting version of the Jimmy Webb song yesterday. What a killer arrangement! This has jumped straight to the top of my 45 wantslist. Anyone got a copy they’d part with? Mary Kent – Lost Generation
The Tokens, Association and Turtles
Here at HOG, we’ve got a bit of a thing for albums made after a hit bands supposed peak. What we’ve come to term the ‘fuckit’ albums. The point where a band is still stretching out and growing, often artistically surpassing their earlier work, but has little hope of an audience of a size they […]
Jobriath
I’m a rather big fan of Jobriath, AKA Jobriath Boone, born Bruce Wayne Campbell. A couple of times I’ve mentioned this to people who share 99% of the same taste in music as me, who are happy to evangelise about most pop music, glam, folk, psych, whatever, only to find that they think I am […]
Free Joy
Here’s a rip of a record I found. I think it’s from Hong Kong, it’s a ten inch, and the only words on it in English are ‘Happy Birthday’. 3 of the 4 tracks are trad sounding- not really my bag, but the last is what I imagine is also a folk melody, but played […]
Karen Carpenter ripping it up on the drums at 17
Karen Carpenter beat John Bonham in a Playboy Magazine ‘top drummers’ poll one year. This is why. Especially 2:25 onwards…!!!
Greek Beat Girl Action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a56e8WwBdUw&feature=related
One thing I truly love: That ‘LA Teen Movie circa 1966’ kept happening way into the seventies, but all round the world. Amazing scene from this early seventies Greek movie. Love the shiny Vox Phantom bass knockoff!