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SSSSssssssssswwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaampy!

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:25:29 -0400

SSSSssssssssswwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaampy!

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Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:35:55 -0400

Sweeeeeeeet soul BIG ass summertime swampyness!

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:41:59 -0400

Sweeeeeeeet soul BIG ass summertime swampyness!

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SWAMP HITS RADIO

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:40:19 -0400

SWAMP HITS RADIO:

A bunch of swamp ready blues, jazz and rock n roll records played by McQuaid on London Fields Radio. Listen to the crackles!

The start of Willis Earl Beal’s set from earlier this...

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:37:46 -0400

The start of Willis Earl Beal’s set from earlier this year. When I stop being such a lazy sod I’ll upload more.

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Joining us this month are beautiful folk duo DEAD FLAMINGOES,...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:51:46 -0400

Joining us this month are beautiful folk duo DEAD FLAMINGOES, here’s what ‘Kill Your Friends’ author John Niven has to say about them—

Late 2011, and in a north London recording studio two people - James Walbourne and Kami Thompson: a girl and a boy in their twenties - sing songs with and at each other. Songs of love, rage, loss and, well, there’s no getting away from it, redemption. There’s a little country, some rock and roll and a lot of folk. But, mostly, there’s the most precious, the heaviest of the musical elements, soul. And the affect - on, say, Bonnie Portmore - is the strangest thing: music simultaneously fresh as milk and old as bones.
In the wrong hands a song like Jealous Sailor might come across as recherché. However it’s attacked with such confidence and ferocity - fingers flying from frets as the floor tom thrums - that the accusation is rendered petty. Idiotic. You will not hear the ragged glory of I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight channelled as well this year. Hell, any year.
On Hold Your Fire Thompson looks at romance from the unlikeliest of vantage points, the POV of a lover left stranded and bereft by suicide, in the process conjuring herself a dark, spiked lyric worthy of Cave or Cohen: ‘Before you fed your neck through the noose - did you fashion one for me?’
And then, just when it’s dark as can be, the pair’s voices come coiling up together like spiralling, joyous DNA on Got Me in the Habit. When Walbourne’s guitar break staggers off at 1.47 - a drunken sailor who knows exactly what he’s doing - it’s simply impossible not to lurch with it.
‘The price of love is dangerous.’ God yes. There will be heartbreak. And we need it. To keep us alive, to keep us human. Anyway, whether you need it or not, you’re certainly going to get it. Here’s the antidote - fresh as milk and old as bones. Yeah, like all the really good stuff.
John Niven

As ever your hosts McQuaid & Mitchell will be on hand to spin the finest crackling soul filled music to enrich the spirit… see you there..!

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Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:43:21 -0500

Swampy GRIS-gris!

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:42:11 -0500

Swampy GRIS-gris!

psych pagan swampy elflin’s -Stealing...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:36:00 -0500

psych pagan swampy elflin’s -Stealing Sheep!

stealingsheep.co.uk
heavenlyrecordings.com

A SWAMP GAWN BY … Check out Crushed...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:32:43 -0500

A SWAMP GAWN BY … Check out Crushed Beaks:

crushedbeaks.bandcamp.com/

crushedbeaks on facebook

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Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:29:22 -0500

S W A M P D A N C E FRIDAY MARCH 9TH THE VICTORIA 451...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:24:47 -0500

S W A M P D A N C E

FRIDAY MARCH 9TH

THE VICTORIA
451 QUEENSBRIDGE RD
DALSTON
LONDON E8 3AS
TUBE: DALSTON JUNCTION/ DALSTON KINGSLAND
9PM TIL 2AM
£5 ALL NIGHT

WILLIS EARL BEAL (XL Recordings) LIVE
CHARLES BOYER (Blank Editions/ Electricity in our Homes) LIVE
McQUAID & MITCHELL DJ

Imagine yourself deep in the swamp, in the heart of the bayou, shacked up far from the tawdry drag of everyday living…. Grab a Whiskey Mac and head into the wild sounds of Swamp Dance, where we twist and shout to delta blues, raucous roadhouse rock, deep sea dream pop and hellbound soul.

For this extra special Swamp Dance we’ll be hosting one of the first ever UK shows from WILLIS EARL BEAL. Wilis is the legendary XL Recordings newest signing, this is his first time in the UK, and this is his only London weekend gig…! His raw blues and wild junkyard boogie has earned comparisons to everyone from Howlin Wolf to Tom Waits… Check him out on his website here; www.willisearlbeal.com

Supporting Willis will be CHARLES BOYER moonlighting from Electricity in our Homes with his new solo project. Described as ‘a sexed up Bo Diddley’ Boyer’s recent live shows have thrown rock n roll in the blender and come out with a kaleidoscopic RnB swirl, part Eddie Cochran, part Spiritualised. Tonight Boyer will be launching his debut 7” on the limited Blank Editions label… Definitely one to watch.

Charlie’s debut solo single DUCKS / YOU HAVEN’T GOT A CHANCE is out now on Blank Editions. He is also performing an in-store/single launch at at Kristina Records, Dalston, beforehand on stage 8pm sharp.
http://blankeditions.tumblr.com/

As ever the Swamp Dance DJs McQUAID (Off Modern) & MITCHELL (HVNLY Jukebox), will be keeping the fire burning with their foot stompin, casbah rockin, wolf whistling, shack shakers- guaranteed to make you holler.. Every song a heartbreaker…

Advance tickets £5 available from:
http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/London/The-Victoria-In-Dalston-/Swamp-Dance/11598956

Date for your diaries:
SWAMP DANCE / MARCH 31st @ Servant Jazz Quarters