PRICK AND DING #22:YELLOWIRE

THIS WEEK:YELLOWIRE Yellowire are an indie band working out of a boat in London. A few months ago they submitted a song called All Said & Done to our popular feature -The Listening Post. You, the lovely readership/listeners of FOTN, voted it into our Fresh Faves that week. I felt it, I liked it, I did strange (but bang-on-the-money) space dance moves around the living…

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PRICK AND DING #21:ROB MARR

THIS WEEK-ROB MARR Rob Marr is a singer/multi instrumentalist based in Brockley, South East London. What is it about Rob's music that is so damn listenable? Quirky offbeat beats,rhymes & vocals? Maybe but quirky is a tag that has a habit of following you around when you are not so easily defined as a musician so I won't put that one on Rob. Is it the…

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PRICK AND DING #20: CHRISTA VI

THIS WEEK:CHRISTA VI Christa Vi is an Australian / German Singer Songwriter, based in East London. Christa first came to my attention when her lovely song 'Small way through' (see below) was voted by you dear FOTN readers/listeners onto Batch 29 of the Fresh Faves. And put simply,what's not to like about this gorgeous piece of synth folk? As I put it in the Fresh…

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PRICK AND DING #19:THOMAS McCONNELL

THIS WEEK: THOMAS McCONNELL Thomas is a singer/songwriter from Liverpool. Thomas was chosen by you dear FOTN regulars for Fresh Faves week 16 with his song 'So long, Souvenirs'(see below) a blissed out Liverpool infused beaut of a song full of mouth clicks, reverbed-up organs and 60?s psychedelic overtures. Thomas wears his 60's influences on his sleeve,his Liverpool roots in his voice and his ties in…

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PRICK AND DING #18:JAY STANSFIELD

THIS WEEK: JAY STANSFIELD Jay Stansfield is a singer/musician from Lancashire making lovely left of centre music that seems to be neither pop, folk or rock but a little of each (and that's a good thing in my book). I was meant to see him play last month at one of Battery In Your Leg's fine gigs alongside The Big I Am and Port Isla but life wouldn't…

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PRICK AND DING #17a:MYLITTLEBROTHER

THIS WEEK : MYLITTLEBROTHER Based in Carlisle mylittlebrother is Will Harris (when recording) plus a group of interchanging people (when playing live). I've really liked the music Will and others make as mylittlebrother ever since early August - when NoseDive  was submitted to our Listening Post and subsequently voted by the public into that week's Fresh Faves. It was the initial echoes of Tunng that…

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PRICK & DING #17: Port Isla

THIS WEEK: PORT ISLA Port Isla are a folk-rock four-piece based in Norwich and London. They were formed by Will Bloomfield last year when he enlisted fellow UEA students Stanley Spilman and Henry Kilmisterand - and the lineup was finally completed with the arrival of Will Olenski. The band first came to our attention here at Fresh On The Net when they submitted their wonderful…

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PRICK AND DING #16:WIM OUDIJK

THIS WEEK: WIM OUDIJK Wim Oudijk is a singer, musician, composer and producer from The Netherlands. I've known Wim for a fair few years now; we met in the halycon days of MySpace and have continued to collaborate on all sorts of projects - although it always surprises people that we have yet to meet face to face. The power of the internet, eh! Wim…

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PRICK AND DING #15:ALEX HIGHTON

THIS WEEK:ALEX HIGHTON Alex Highton is a singer/songwriter originally from Liverpool,now decamped to rural Cambridgeshire. Alex first came my way a couple of weeks ago when an online friend(Ian Roberts-cheers mate) shared the video of Alex's sublime song 'Stupid'. I was instantly smitten,not just by his plentiful tache and beard or the cheeky shirt collar over soft sweater ensemble,those were items sent from the room above…

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PRICK & DING #14:JACK WALLEN

THIS WEEK: JACK WALLEN Jack Wallen is a singer/songwriter from Cornwall. A few weeks ago Jack submitted his live recorded song Sympathy For The Devil to the Fresh on the Net Listening post and the tone of his voice & the spirit of his song struck a chord with me as did the likes of Jamie T a few years ago so I was more than…

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