Third/Sister Lovers es uno de los álbumes más populares de la banda norteamericana Big Star . Lanzado en 1978 con muchas dificultades de por medio, ha sido un disco esencial y de gran influencia para una cantidad enorme de bandas y artistas. Es a raíz de esta relevancia musical, que varios artistas se reunirán para recrear en vivo Third/Sister Lovers . El próximo 28 de mayo en el Barbican Hall de Londres, Jody Stephens (integrante original de Big Star) junto con Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Alex Taylor (Hot Chip), Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), [...]
Counterintuitive it may be for Teenage Fanclub bassist Gerard Love's long-awaited, tenderly cultivated full-length to be entitled Electric Cables given that it is an exercise in organic – or more precisely quite acoustic – excellence although wire it into your heart and sparks will surely fly. Under the guise of Lightships , whilst the moniker may be more congenial to search engine workings than Norman Blake and Euros Childs' project Jonny it's stylistically highly comparable to the pair's eponymous one of yesteryear as it's carried along unhurriedly by mellow lullabies which, quite compellingly, are oft devoid of [...]
Norman Blake is a well-known name to people who love their power pop. As a founding member of Teenage Fanclub, he's spent more than the 20 years creating a body of work as catchy as it is gorgeous. Recently, Blake teamed up with former Gorky's Zygotic Mynci frontman Euros Childs to create a project under [...]
photos by Lori Baily & Ted Barron DOWNLOAD: Tift Merritt & Norman Blake - Thirteen (Big Star) (MP3) Tift Merritt w/ Matthew Sweet & friends @ the Big Star Tribute in March (by Lori) Tift Merritt 's is now on tour with Stephen Kellogg , and though tickets are unfotunately sold-out for their show at City Winery [...]
Filed under: Exclusive , Spinner Interview Kirsten Mcternan Back in early January, some weeks before its release date, the first review of Jonny 's much-buzzed-about debut album appeared on the web. It was, it's fair to say, a somewhat ambivalent appraisal. The critic bemoaned the LP's frequent whimsical flourishes -- opener 'Wich is Wich,' for instance, with its glam-pop approach to the vexed question of sorceress identification ('Has she got a green nose? Well, [...]
Jonny is a new project put together by Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake and and Euros Childs of defunct Welsh indie rock outfit Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, and they go together like melted cheese on tortilla chips. Their debut album is self titled and, as you'd imagine, this partnership produces quirky, psychedelic pop. What was always cool about Teenage Fanlclub was the way they were secretly Status Quo and no-one ever noticed - I'd never admit as a teenager that I liked Quo but I could listen to 'Star Sign' to get my fix while [...]
A record entitled Jonny, by a duo entitled Jonny is about as inconspicuous as Bradford Cox at Primavera Sound . And despite Jonny (the LP) being the first release proper from Jonny (the band) featuring Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake and ex-Gorky's Zygotic Mynci minstrel Euros Childs, it's a rather inconspicuous affair. In a rather wonderful little way of its own, as psychedelia meets deadpan 90s indie, Scotland meets Wales, were their respective flags splattered in Orange Juice and Super Furry Animal excrement by way of Pete Fowler respectively. From pop nuggets refracting ale-stained bravado (Goldmine) to unassuming [...]
In this bizarre musical landscape that has given us a league of eyelash batters, banjo breakdowns and gushing folksy 'wisdom' it's hard to imagine any artist being truly capable of conjuring up tunes of a sweet nature that are not cloying, semi-religious or down right embarrassing. Thankfully two stalwarts of melody drenched pop Euros Childs of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub have managed to do just that, teaming up to give birth, in a musical fashion, to Jonny a hybrid of intoxicating sunshine pop and '70s stomp. From the [...]
One of the most super groups to sit themselves in the doldrums of the Shoreditch Strongroom, Jonny , comprised of Teenage Fanclub man Norman Blake and ex-Gorky's daydreamer Euros Childs , conjure nostalgic, sepia-stained odes to bread and candyfloss effortlessly. Bonding over Dungeons and Dragons-themed Top Trumps and the benefits of becoming a plumber, besides plotting an ascent in the Google listings, it'd be advisable not to dub the duo a "side-project" it seems... Dots: Right, how did your two paths cross? Euros: Gosh, I [...]
Norman Blake från Teenage Fanclub och forne Gorky's Zygotic Mynci frontmannen Euros Childs (var inte orolig, jag vet inte heller riktigt vad det betyder) har fått ett litet kärleksbarn ihop: Jonny. Eller rättare sagt, de har gått samman och startat ett band med det fantastiska namnet. Och det är lite lustigt kan man tycka, efter den smått förvirrande första meningen av den här recensionen, att det är ett band vars självbetitlade debut innehåller den enklaste av musik. De rakaste av melodier. Ja, ska vi kalla det pop? För där Teenage Fanclub stundtals vågar sväva ut i sin i [...]
El Guincho - "Bombay" (NSFW) Directed by Nicolás Méndez. A NSFW, nonsensical video featuring Spanish bewbs. You're welcome. Their debut album "Pop Negro" is out now on Young Turks Records. Jonny - "Candyfloss" Directed by Ryan Owen. New project from Scottish/Welsh music old schoolers Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) and Euros Childs (Gorky's Zygotic Mynci). Their self-titled debut comes out January 31st on Alsatian [...]
A band comprising Euros Childs from Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake sounds like a pretty wonderful proposition, doesn't it? Well such a band now exists! They're called Jonny and they sound every bit as accomplished and effortlessly melodic as you'd expect a combo featuring this pair of indiepop luminaries, to sound. Jonny's self-titled debut album will be released on the 31st of January, with lead single Candyfloss appearing two weeks before that. (Warning: watching the following video may well make you crave a certain kind of spun sugar confection.) [...]
Norman Blake , vocalista y guitarrista de la banda oriunda de Glasgow, unió fuerzas con Euro Childs en un nuevo proyecto musical bajo el nombre de Jonny . El integrante de Teenage Fanclub y el ex líder de la banda galesa Gorky's Zygotic Mynci ya tienen todo listo para lanzar su álbum debut y homónimo, que llegará al mercado digital el 31 de enero y a las tiendas el 12 de abril. [...]
Norman Blaken (Teenage Fanclub) ja Euros Childsin (Gorky's Zygotic Mynci) muodostama Jonny -duo saa debyyttilevynsä ihmisten ilmoille tammikuun lopussa. Sitä ennen voi nauttia hattaroista ja yhtyeen sulosävelistä oheisen Candyfloss -videon tahdissa. Myös aikaisemmin suositeltu ilmainen EP on edelleen ladattavissa.
Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) ja Euros Childs (Gorky's Zygotic Mynci) muodostavat yhdessä Jonny -duon, jonka klassisessa ja simppelissä popmusiikissa on mukana myös häivähdys psykedeliaa. Yhtyeen nimeä kantava debyyttilevy ilmestyy 31. tammikuuta. Sitä ennen Jonnyn makuun pääsee ilmaisen, neljän kappaleen EP:n avulla, jonka voi pyytää itselleen oheisen widgetin avulla. Kolmen originaalin lisäksi levyltä löytyy mainio 23rd Turnoff -cover Michael Angelo . Alkuperäinen löytyy sekä Spotifysta että YouTubesta . Yhtyeen nimellä on huvittava tausta: The album artwork is [...]
One of my favourite Blogs, Lonesome Music , has awoken from a longish summer slumber, which is very good news indeed. I've always enjoyed his determinedly old-school approach to Country music and his ability to dig up records I've not heard of. Jonny Today's post concerned the free release of an EP by Jonny and started me off on a bit of a search through my hard drive. Jonny is the name of a project that Euros Childs and Norman Blake have been putting together for some time now, and I was fortunate enough to [...]
Randolph's Leap In case some of you missed my post a couple of weeks back, myself and Halina from the Glasgow Podcart have decided to team up together to set up our own we label, Olive Grove Records. Our first release is going to be with the fabulous Randolph's Leap, who's EP 'Battelships & Kettle Chips' comes out a week on Monday (15th). As a wee taster of what you can expect, the band have posted all of their back catalogue to date up for free download on their Bandcamp page. You can also stream the [...]
Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) and Euros Childs have today revealed that they're to work together under the guise of Jonny . An album is pencilled in for January via Alsatian Records (Turnstile) The first fruit of their loins will be a free EP called Free EP on 10th November... Free EP track listing: 1.Gloria 2.Beach Party 3.Continental 4.Michael Angelo (by Twenty Third Turnoff) The two-piece will tour the UK at the beginning of next year, tickets go on sale on Friday [...]
Teenage Fanclub Shadows June 8, 2010 Merge Records Tracklist: 01. Sometimes I Don't Need to Believe in Anything 02. Baby Lee 03. The Fall 04. Into the City 05. Dark Clouds 06. The Past 07. Shock and Awe 08. When I Still Have Thee 09. Live With the Seasons 10. Sweet Days Waiting 11. The Back of My Mind 12. Today Never Ends Official Website MySpace Facebook Twitter What kind of Power Pop aficionado can I [...]
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