Last minute notice ….. Timo Ellis @ Arlene’s Grocery Tonight!
For those in the NYC area, do you know where Arlene’s Grocery is? Of course, you do (psst…. it’s 95 Stanton Street). And that is exactly where you should be tonight at 8:00. Why? Because it’s free, you should get out more often, and because Timo Ellis, the newest member of Spacehog will be performing there!!!
In his own words (lifted shamelessly from the Facebook event page) it will be..
“27 minutes of glory, featuring live furniture, improvised blanket, and music spanning my (vast) oeuvre (including some straight-up punk rock, some ballads, a caustic disco song, + a bit of The Jacksons and Helen Reddy thrown in fer good measure/ to great effect..!) With the incredible Alexicalibur following at 9pm; a more entertaining and by turns confrontational, clever and ruminative/ earnest show you will not see ANY other time soon!! And it’s fukin’ f-reeeeeeeeeee!!!”
Have a great time tonight New Yorkers!!
~ Yours stuck with bad t.v. on the West Coast and trying very hard not to sulk, Charlotte x
SPACEHOG dot COM
Photo: spacehog.com
Spacehog’s official website has been completely reworked and includes the name of the upcoming album, “As It Is On Earth”.
Check it out here.
Upcoming Spacehog Live Dates
Thursday, Feburary 16th, 2012 at Rockwood Music Hall, New York City, NY
http://www.rockwoodmusichall.com/
and
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 2012 at Rockwood Music Hall, New York City, NY
http://www.rockwoodmusichall.com/
Happy New Year from Space Oddities!
Space Oddities interview w/ Biggles
Photo: Tabea Hüberli
In 2008, the Swiss musician Biggles released his third album, “Oh My God, It’s Full of Stars” which featured Spacehog’s Royston Langdon on bass, Jonny Cragg on drums and Bryce Goggin producing.
This April 1st, Biggles will release his latest album, “Beauty Knows No Pain” on the Swiss label, Chop Records and internationally on iTunes.
Biggles, Grüezi! Please introduce yourself, and don’t be modest.
Grüetzi Captain, thanks for that nice welcome. It seems you’ve done some research there! I’m a Swiss singer and guitarist who is very much into 70s Glamrock, Krautrock and many other Rocks. Writing and performing my songs I try to keep a tradition alive – the tradition of making music for human beings. These days I think too much music is being made only for the charts. I always wanted to keep the listening experience not too easy and still have everything simple and full of melodies.
The charts have certainly become a very dreary place for music lovers. The music made for the masses has become very sterile, safe and disposable. The music industry has completely lost touch with its customers and is completely floundering right now. How does an artist such as yourself survive in today’s musical climate?
You have to be flexible and keep things simple and small. For example: Having a degree in photography and art I design a lot of the visual items myself. I enjoy taking care of covers and flyers and so on. At the moment I am even cutting the first video clip for my next album on my iMac. That’s a luxury people in the 80s simply didn’t have. For me it’s nice that I don’t have to do those things out of necessity but because it’s fun. For me it’s a way to complete the picture and it helps to keep check of the finances.
MTV Wakes-Up to Some Spacehog
Here is a link to the MTV website, in which the MTV Newsroom is enjoying Spacehog for no particular reason but to reflect upon their music. No complaints here.
Whether your own reasons are particular or not, click on over and not only will you find a version of the In The Meantime video that differs a bit from the one that we’ve been watching on Youtube, but also you can find the Cruel to Be Kind and Mungo City videos! Yes!! For realz!! Go!!!
And while you’re watching, repeat these optimistic words “new album in the works” to yourself. Fingers crossed that 2011 will bring us the even better words “from the recently released album.” A girl can dream, yes?
Wishing anyone who may still be reading this, a very happy New Year. ~ Charlotte x