Brett & Rennie are set to return to the UK in May, along with some brand new Handsome Family tunes. For a little taster of the new material, make sure you download the free Loose Sampler, which contains an exclusive of the fantastic Come Outside And See.
We strongly advise you to snap up some tickets sharpish as they will sell out! Here are your options :-
MAY 2012
16/05 LEEDS, Brudenell Social Club
17/05 GLASGOW, St Andrews In The Square
19/05 BELFAST, Spring & Airbrake
21/05 BRISTOL, The Fleece
23/05 LIVERPOOL, Leaf
24/05 MANCHESTER, St. Clement’s Church
25/05 OXFORD, Bullingdon Arms
27/05 LONDON, 100 Club
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Fancy some free music? Well, you’re in the right place. Instant gratification can be sought via the free download widget, which you will find HERE.
Alternatively, you can either head down to your local indie record shop or pay a visit to the Loose Shop to acquire a physical CD version of the This Is Loose sampler with any purchase. What’s more, all CD albums in the Loose Shop have been reduced to £6 and vinyl LPs to £13. And that even includes the beautiful new Dawes double vinyls.
This Is Loose includes tracks taken from the latest Felice Brothers, Dawes, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Jim White, plus an exclusive new song from The Handsome Family. Here’s how the track listing looks:-
1. THE FELICE BROTHERS – Fire At The Pageant
2. HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF – Take Me
3. DAWES – Time Spent In Los Angeles
4. JIM WHITE – Rambler
5. THE FELICE BROTHERS – Ponzi
6. JIM WHITE – Speeding Motorcycle
7. THE HANDSOME FAMILY – Come Outside And See
8. DAWES – Million Dollar Bill
9. HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF – Too Much Of A Good Thing
The Handsome Family touch down in the UK today, beginning their tour with a sold out show at Sheffield’s Greystone and ending on May 17th at London’s Tabernacle. Here’s the full list of dates:
09 SHEFFIELD Greystone
10 MANCHESTER Band On The Wall
11 GATESHEAD Sage
13 NORWICH Arts Centre
14 READING South Street Arts Centre
15 EXETER Phoenix
16 BRISTOL Fleece & Firkin
17 LONDON Tabernacle
Sad news that country legend Charlie Louvin passed away on Wednesday, aged 83.
Loose were fortunate enough to meet Charlie when he played the BBC Electric Proms back in 2007, along with both The Handsome Family and Blanche. A proper character.
We went in search of a some evidence of this event and were rather thrilled to find that the BBC had done a “minute by minute report” of the gig, along with a few photos.
You may find the Charlie Louvin / Handsome Family report over HERE. Example: “21.49 – The Handsome Family have joined Charlie on stage. Renee says they’re so honoured, one of them may burst into flames.”
Fortunately, as far as we are aware, no spontaneous human combustion did occur on this particular night.
And you may find the Blanche part over HERE. Example: “21.16 – Oh my goodness Feeny just danced on a table in the audience!”
Fortunately, as far as we are aware, no members of Blanche fell off a table and broke their legs, on this particular night.
We made a playlist to celebrate the music of Charlie Louvin as there is much music to celebrate. You can’t go wrong with a few Louvin Brothers songs. Head on over HERE to give it a listen.
Albuquerque’s finest are in the UK and this Wednesday they played a session for Marc Riley on BBC6 Music.
You can listen again to the session for the next 5 days;
Listen again here
Their tour can be found in the LIVE section here
