New Energimolla Posters

Latest set of posters for the Energimolla venue in Kongsberg, Norway. This time we opted to make a virtue out of the press photos that agents send promoters for their acts. I reduced the press shots to high contrast black and white and then added a single bold colour to give the set a uniform feel and make them stand out among the countless gig posters that use a promo photo of the band concerned. That's the plan anyway.

Savoy Grand Tour Poster

A2 sized poster for the upcoming Savoy Grand European dates. They're listed here: http://www.myspace.com/savoygrand
Savoy Grand are in the midst of what rock biographers will retrospectively call their "Pig Period": Glitterhouse Records.

NO SHAME!

Ladies and Gents, my "No-Shame-1990s-Indie-Rock-You-Tube-Playlist":



Remember, no shame. No Smashing Pumpkins either, you've got to have standards.

Artwork for Fire Chief 5 CD

Some new illustration and layout work I've just completed for the band Fire Chief 5. They gave me a brief to come up with something that had the feel of the future, albeit 30 years ago. They sent me a series of images to give an indication of feel that included some early computer ads, the old BBC2 logo and some road sign fonts. Somehow this translated as a loose tribute to the awesome Russian packaging design of the 1960s and 1970s. The camera images are ink drawings converted to single colours and they broke my brain but I think the final thing hangs together very nicely. If I say so myself.

Baker Street

Christmas Covers 2009 was splendid fun all round. When I get chance I'll upload many videos to You Tube but in the meantime here's something to mist your eyes:

O HAI

"I TOOKD A MESSUG FOR U"

Don't Trust Brainwashed

Brainwashed's End Of Year Poll results are in here: Clickety-click

Not only does the this-is-pretty-good-but-I-really-wish-it-was-better-I-mean-how-hard-can-it-be? Om record God Is Good make it to number 4 in the Top 10 Albums Of 2009 but Brainwashed reader Anthony D'Amico has this to say about Bellini's The Precious Prize Of Gravity:

"All I remember about this album is that I put it on for a couple minutes, shrugged, and turned it off."

Thanks for that Anthony.

The Horse Loom - February 7 2010

FEBRUARY 7TH 2010
CLIQUE CLACK & DAMN YOU! PRESENT:
THE HORSE LOOM
KOGUMAZA
NICK JONAH DAVIS
@ Lee Rosy's Tea Rooms, Broad St, Nottingham
Doors 8pm / £4

THE HORSE LOOM
http://www.myspace.com/horseloom
Northumbrian guitarist and singer Steve Malley would doubtless be extremely embarrassed to read that anyone had called him a 'genius'. That says a lot. It's also one of the reasons why he might well be one. Steve played guitar in Crane in the early 90s, whose post-Husker Du take on The Byrds-meets-DC hardcore earned them a deserving reputation as one of the UK's finest live bands. He would go on to play in Kodiak, Four Frame and then most notably The Unit Ama. The Unit Ama's deconstructed take on rock music was extremely impassioned and almost spiritual at times in direct contrast to the more cold and calculated approach of peers indebted to the USA bands of the time. The Horse Loom sees Steve take this free and beautiful approach and apply to it to his love of British folk music to create wonderful acoustic songs that interweave his surprisingly tender vocals with his truly incredible guitar style that recalls Davy Graham or Bert Jansch at their finest. He's someone who has never stopped amazing us with his output and we think he'll amaze you too.

News Report: The World Just Ended

BE AFRAID!

Genuine headlines from the first issues of the Daily Mail and the Daily Express after Christmas Day. Everyone stay calm!

• BEWARE THE BOXING DAY PARKING LOTTERY
• NEW ICE BLAST ON THE WAY
• "YES, HE HAD HIS FAILINGS - NOT LEAST HIS OBSESSION WITH FALLEN WOMEN - BUT HOW BRITAIN NEEDS A LEADER OF GLADSTONE'S STATURE NOW"
• COMPENSATION CULTURE MAKES LOSERS OF US ALL
• BIN BULLIES' SECRET PLAN TO END WEEKLY RUBBISH COLLECTIONS
• OUTRAGE ON £250 TAX ON MOBILITY SCOOTERS
• SNOWBALL MURDER CHARGE
• REALITY TV GHOULS TARGET INJURED SOLDIERS
• VAT RISE COULD JEAPORDISE THE RECOVERY
• XMAS TRUCE? NO CHANCE...BUT EVEN THE TALIBAN CAN'T STOP US ENJOYING OUR TURKEY DINNER
• SEX ATTACKER, 11, SECRETLY SENT TO PRIMARY SCHOOL
• HEADS ENJOY 32K TRIP DOWN UNDER AND WE PAY
• A VERY YOBBY CHRISTMAS

RSH

Rowland Howard hangs up his guitar for keeps