Smoke Fairies - Brighton - 4 June 2014

Words won't do justice to the final leg gig of the 2014 Smoke Fairies tour at Sticky Mike's Frog Bar - Brighton - last night (4 June). So here's the pics...

Suffice to say that the fifth time of seeing this very talented duo from Chichester, West Sussex didn't  disappoint. Tunes old and new from all four albums plus a couple of new ones. Roll on visit six - we'll be there.

New Moon Party - The Haunt - Brighton - 31 May 2014

It'd been several months in the making but it was well worth the wait. The venue - Brighton's 'The Haunt'; the date - 31st May 2014; the event - New Moon Party headlined by Mok and supported by Arc, the Fuses and Don Komodo.

First up - Arc. Like them on FaceBook or email Arcbanduk@gmail.co.uk

Next up - The Fuses. Describing themselves as 'dirty garage rock n roll', Brighton based The Fuses have a new self-released EP out featuring the rather excellent 'See you next Tuesday'. Like them on FaceBook, check them out on soundcloud.com/thefuses or email them at the fuses@live.co.uk 

Main support 'Don Komodo'. Indie rock based and also from Brighton, you can find out more about them and listen to a couple of tracks here - http://www.reverbnation.com/donkomodo?page_view_source=facebook_app

And headlining - need I say more? - the ever-building talents of Mok. Brighton based, you can find out more about the band from a variety of sources. Like them on FaceBook. Tweet @MOK_UK. Check out 'THEMOKSHOW' on YouTube, or listen to the singles 'Rufio' and 'Hey' at https://soundcloud.com/mokuk

If you want to catch Mok live. No brainer - of course you do! Here's how...

Friday 20 June: Bar42 - Worthing - 10pm

Saturday 21 June: Beach Dreams Festival - Shoreham-by-Sea - 6.30pm

Saturday 21 June: Camden Crawl - Camden Eye - London - 11.30pm

Mok busk Brighton

Friday 9 May 2014 dawned with bright sunshine. Just as well really, as this was the first of Mok's two days of Brighton busking as an alternative to the Alternative Great Escape music festival.

Featuring a varied selection of both back-catalogue remixes and new material, Mok wowed the crowds at a selection of unplanned street locations across Brighton. Excellent stuff.

Catch Mok live at The Haunt, Brighton, 31st May 2014. Tickets still available but selling fast. £6 on the door or £5 in advance from www.wegottickets.com.

Whole Lotta Led

Whole Lotta Led - the Barn - Southwick - 26 April 2014. Superb musicians playing Led Zep songs, not a bunch of lookalikes with mediocre talent. The music tells the story. Listen and make up your own mind. Mine's already there...

Wry's dry eye: Interview with Lee from Mok

Wry's dry eye: Interview with Lee from Mok: A while ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Lee Jones from Mok. What was originally intended as a simple Q&am...

MacDogs the 2nd

Hot on the heels of what is without a doubt my favourite album of the year so far - Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey - Going back home (Chess-March 2014), here's my latest compilation/playlist - MacDogs the 2nd.

1. Wilko & Roger - Sneaking Suspicion
2. The Deep End - What's Up
3. Aynsley Lister - Upside Down
4. Albany Down - Travellin Blues
5. Texas Radio - Too hot to handle
6. Hoax - Talk is cheap
7. Union - Sawtooth mountain/You're my Jesus
8. Canned Heat - On the road again
9. Wilko & Roger - Ice on the motorway
10. Anders Osborne - Had my reasons
11. Eric Steckell - Funky C funky do
12. The Moops - Dust my broom

Should keep the pants shaking on my Shuffle this week. Clip above is the Wilko original of my opening track - the Roger D collaboration is totally faithful to it!

The King

Probably one of my oldest popular records - Elvis Presley's 'Teddy Bear' released in July 1957 on 78rpm on the RCA record label. This was a US No.1 and a UK top 10 hit spending a total of 19 weeks in the charts. 

Not too sure where this particular copy spent the first 25 years of its life, but it's been with me for the last 32!