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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 

Current mood:  calm
Category: Music

Friend of The Wolfmen Daler Mehndi, has been bigging up the band his blog Bollywood Bhangra King Daler Mehndi .


We may not be familiar with Daler's name or work here in the west,  but in his home territory, Daler is a larger-than-life legend. A giant icon of popular music with multi-platinum album sales and a string of music awards to his name. Imagine an Elvis Presley/ Michael Jackson hybrid given a Bollywood a go-go make over and you're close to the towering scale of his stature and following. Internationally Daler’s Hindi-Pop  compositions draw a  edicated global audience, and has him regularly touring across the continents including Canada, the US and UK

Self composition, mixing and matching musical and cultural references are facets of Daler’s unique style, but his snappy fashion and eye catching oufits have also earned him 
Elle magazine’s "Most Stylish Person in Music" trophy.  


A dazzling example of Daler’s boundary-breaking, chart-topping, cross-pollinated pop is Two Eyes, a storming power house of Indie-Punk meets Hindi-Pop and a Mehndi-meets-The-Wolfmen collaboration,which, spent Four weeks at number one on the BBC Asian Network Chart  . But don't just take our word for how hot Two Eyes is.......

BBC Radio 1's Bobby Friction: “The greatest crossover song ever to
have come out of India.”
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Music Week: “The most infectious Asian crossover single since Punjabi MC’s Beware.

of the Boys.”....

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Big Cheese: “The shape of punk to come?”....

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The Guardian: "Things this single could soundtrack: Delhi street gangs squaring up

and backflipping across futuristic rooftops in cyberpunk parkour; camel-riding

insurgents outrunning fighter jets, missiles and Airwolf in a desertscape; 1977 punk....

rockers bogling, breakdancing and krumping in Bollywood; afterburners igniting.....

Daler Mehndi is one of India's biggest musicians, the Wolfmen were once Adam's Ants

and this fierce bhangra-rock crossover rules. Fire up!"


I If you haven’t heard it yet – taste test below. But be warned it is fast, furious and fiery.




You can catch Daler's thoughts on working with The Wolfmen here - see a gallery of the get-together hereAnd check out the official Daler Mehndi website
 


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Currently reading:
John Barleycorn: `Alcoholic Memoirs' (Oxford World's Classics)
By Jack London
Thursday, November 05, 2009 

Current mood:  awake

Jackie and Jonesy....

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Have you heard the news? Steve 'Sex Pistol' Jones has a limited edition show on BBC 6 Music. 'A Month of Sundays with Steve Jones', which, airs between 3:30 - 5:30 on Sundays. ....

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And guess who's made this week's show? The Wolfmen of course! Yes, Jonesy has playlisted Jackie, Is It My Birthday for a spin this coming sunday. ....

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Whatever you're doing this weekend tune in here and tell your friends......

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And if you're any sort of a Pistols fan you must see this.......

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Play In A Day The Steve Jones Way....

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Friday, October 23, 2009 

Category: Music

So You Wanna Hear Some New Tunes?....

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Friends of The Wolfmen The  Dandy Warhols have embeded the Courtney Taylor-Taylor mix of a minty new Wolf-tune Wam Bam JFK on the DW website. 'The record is fantastic'  - is  the official verdict from Courtney himself -  but click on the link to hear this galloping piece of pop-rock 'n' roll for  yourself....

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Wham Bam JFK - Courtney Taylor-Taylor mix....

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And if you haven't grabbed a listen of Cat  Green Eyes yet - set to be the second single, preceeding  Married To The Eiffel Tower's release -  check out the recent podcast Podrophenia from Piley and  Mondo - where Chris makes an appearance at 29:45  introducing  'Cat'  ....

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Podrophenia - Rock 'n' Roll Animals....

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Monday, October 12, 2009 

Category: Music

Jackie Is It My Birthday - Released On Vinyl And CD Today!....

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Possibly, in recent weeks, you've heard Jackie, Is It My Birthday? during repeat plays on a cross-section of BBC Radio formats : regional shows, 6 Music or perhaps Radio 2 - where last Saturday Dermot O Leary (also of Big Brother and X Factor fame) give Jackie a good plugging, describing the combined line up Chris Constantinou, Sinead O'Connor, Marco Pirroni and Courtney Taylor-Taylor as "a dream team" and "the Harlem Globe Trotters of the music scene"......

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Now, from today Jackie is yours to have and to hold as the single is released on hard-copy formats - vinyl and CD, both are available from Cargo Records......

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Jackie, Is It My Birthday? - CD single....

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Jackie, Is It My Birthday? - 7" single....

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Or a digital download is available via iTunes......

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And while your clicking around and about on the net, and if you're a Facebooker - why not come on over and join the The Wolfmen's offical Facebook page simpy click on the Wolf-widget at the top right of this page......

Friday, October 09, 2009 

Category: Music

Title – Plectrum Analyzer....

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There's a triple-whammy of Wolfmen goodies grabbable over at our favourite new webzine (and bi-monthly magazine) Plectrum -  The Cultural Pick....

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Plectrum is both a website and magazine keeping a contemporary eye on all areas of the arts - fashion, film, music, books, performance. A kaleidoscopic mix where Beatle Boots and Biba, Nigel Weymouth and The Wolfmen appear on the pop-culture playlist. So what was Plectrum's take on Jackie ?....

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'Surreal, transcendent, glamorous pop'....

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Is just one line from possibly the review of the year. It's a must-read and is viewable right here.....

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And, as a Bocca bonus, check out Plectrum's Guy Sangster Adams in-depth interview with Wolf-meisters Marco and Chris. A pitch perfect contextulisation, threading together and time-lining Ants history, Wolfmen formation and current collaborators and projects.....

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You can dig in here, and  watch the video interview via the Plectrum Broadcast Player....

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 

Category: Music

I Am A DJ, I Am What I play *....

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Radio plays for new and vintage Wolfmen tunes continue appear on domestic and worldwide radio shows.....

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On the UK's most listened to station -  BBC Radio 2, Jackie, Is It My Birthday? has been hand-picked by presenter Alex Lester for his inclusion in his exclusive Lester's Library collection.....

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While back in the USSA Little Steven's Underground Garage show have been hitting Needle in The Camel's Eye with a run of heavy rotation and officially labelling Needles  one of The Coolest Songs In The World....

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* It's a pop quiz - which Bowie song is this line lifted from?....

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 


Glowing web-whispers, internet interest and reviews for Jackie, is It My Birthday? continue to reverbarate around the interweb's hottest music sites.

 

Ataricoolkids 'The MTV of Blogs' - pitches in with a piece here

 

While Altsounds.com Describes Jackie as 'a spine- tingling duet' and 'the biggest, grittiest ballad you'll hear this year' along with some comments from Courtney Taylor-Taylor on The Wolfmen's output and influence - you can check the full feature here

 

And have you ever wondered why the name The Wolfmen was chosen (or what the alternatives were)? How about strange venues? What would they ask themselves in an interview? All this and more is revealed over at The Devil Has The Best Tuna

 

 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 

Current mood:  blah

It's no secret that The Wolfmen are lifelong fans of the uber-cool, endlessly influential Roxy Music - see here for Marco's Roxy related tale (he's even got a Phil Manzanera style Firebird stashed in the collection you know).

Typically Roxy rarely get the credit they deserve for their huge musical impact and influence - which stretches from proto-punks to eighties icons and Eno's work with Bowie and U2. But the balance is tipped in the correct direction with release of Take Refuge In Pleasure: The Songs of Roxy Music     Revisited

Take Refuge In Pleasure collects together a  catwalk quality set of cover versions from a rocking role call of acts and artists giving classic Roxy material a bespoke makeover and re-tailoring tunes to fit as slinkily as an Antony Price suit. Strutting and striding amongst the remake remodels you'll find The Wolfmen's heavy-level take of Eno's Needles In The Camel's Eye.

Brought to you by Burning Sky Records Take Refuge In Pleasure comes in two versions. The single disc release - or  the 3-disc, strictly limited Deluxe & Delightful Edition!

You can get your well manicured hands on both versions here

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiG5XSIFAGY

Directed by Paul Hills, this is the video for The Wolfmen's debut EP, released August 14 2006 on Damaged Goods Records.

Monday, September 14, 2009 

Current mood:  aggravated
Category: Music

Don Letts Digs The Wolfmen....

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Old punks don't die - they just get cooler. Take John Cale, the New York Dolls or Don Letts, legendary author, film-maker, musician, DJ and now resident of BBC Six Music with his own Saturday night shindig - Culture Clash Radio....

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Let's make this clear Don Letts has pedigree. Originally, resident DJ at the infamous hangout 'The Roxy' where he turned punky young raggamuffins onto reggae and roots rockers. The former writing partner of Mick Jones in Big Audio Dynamite -  knows how to turn a tune and maintains a refined ear for what rocks, rolls and rumbles.....

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So what made Don's most recent Culture Clash crate-digging playlist? A previously unheard cut from The Wolfmen titled July 20, a track taken from the upcoming album Married To The Eiffel Tower.....

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Believe us - July 20 is a scorcher of a summer sounding rock-pop nugget. Like the Velvet Underground bootleg remixed with the Beach Boys to make a space age sci-fi surf tune.....

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Turn on, tune in and bliss out here - July 20 is at 23:39....