Western Soul

I went to an awesome Northern Soul/Funk night on a visit to Bristol this weekend. I heard a couple of little treasures played by (we think) John Stapleton. The biggest surprise being that my favourite song from the evening was sung by Paul Nicholson. Yep!, if you remember the curly haired blonde from those horrific eighties sitcoms you'd be thinking of the right chap. He covered the Richie Havens song 'Run Shaker Life' as a B-side of the single 'Freedon City' in 1970. Amazing! Other highlights by CAN and White Denim along with this track are posted below.

Paul Nicholas – Run Shaker Life
CAN – I Want More
White Denim – I Start To Run

Cloth ears

I saw White denim last night and it was hamazing! My ears still aren't right. The Texas boys did a split set of Work Out Holiday tracks and about 4-5 new ones that I assume will be on their forthcoming album 'Fits' on June 22nd. It's gonna be huge judging to the psychodelic auditory delights. You really have to go and see the Austin three if you can. I have to say it was the best gig I've seen for a couple of years, despite the shit soundsystem in the Old Blue Last. Best crowd reaction was for this...

White Denim – Shake Shake Shake
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Stone washed

Today is and ace day. I've just discovered White Denim have got a new single and album on the way! Yessss! The new track Mirrored and Reversed is a bit more laid back and psychedelic than what we've heard from them before, but it's a cracking track. It's fronting up a new summer release called Fits apparently. Very good news indeed. I couldn't put down last years Work Out Holiday. Great album. I hope the new release brings as many different styles as before. Can't wait to check 'em out at Stag & Dagger in a couple of weeks. Will fill you in if they do some new material at the gig. Push this in your ear pipes...

White Denim – Mirrored and Reversed
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