Our new
single 'S6 Girls' is officially out on March 9. It's the story of a group of
girls having a night out in Sheffield and the B side 'S6 Sunday Morning'
continues the story the next day. It's available as a 40 page comic book, with
the lyrics illustrated by Julia Homersham, with free CD-R in a PVC wallet, on
sale at shows and at the Blang shop.
Both tracks are available now at the Blang shop (A side is at all online stores
now and B side will be there on March 12).
Here is
the brand new video which is basically the comic book
The album
is released on Easter Monday, April 6. There's a London launch party with the
whole band, which will be a special free show (more details next month) and Joe
is playing a bunch of shows in the Scilly Isles, Ireland, Leicester, Sheffield
and Liverpool.
Oh and
there's a very early review of the album here
Dates are
on the Gigs page.
Shows outside London are Joe solo.
2 London shows this week/12 Bar Club closure
Monday, 15 December 2014
Sergeant Buzfuz finish the year with a show at the Stag's
Head in Hoxton this Friday (onstage 9.15)where all seven of us will be bringing
festive cheer to the urchins of east London. Before that Joe and Polly (AKA
Murphy MacLean) play at the Under The Influence Alternative Christmas Service at
the Boogaloo in Highgate tonight, playing two of our songs and a Xmas spin on a
Talking Heads song.
Monday December 15th
Under The Influence Alternative Christmas Service with Sergeant Buzfuz, The
Antipoet, Simon Cleary, Lee Nelson and more.
3 entry.
Doors 7 30 pm. Music 8 pm.
Friday December 19
Broken Light VI at Stag's Head, 55 Orsman Road, N1 5RA
Also playing: Rotifer (with Ian on drums),Solid States (Thee Intolerable Kidd's
new band) and more.
5 entry
12 Bar Club Closure.
Some of you may have heard of the forced closure of the 12
Bar Club by property developers on January 16th. Not just the 12 Bar but the
whole musical history of Denmark Street is to be destroyed to make way for a
yuppie development. The original Tin Pan Alley, notable worldwide for it's
music shops and it's history of recordings by the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix,
etc and the Pistols' rehearsal space (I'm guessing the graffiti covered wall there
is also doomed). If Denmark Street existed in say Paris there is no way such
cultural heritage would be allowed to be sold. Indescribably sad. Another
example of this city going down the pan. There is talk of me putting on a final
Blang night in the next month. I'll let you know.
It's been a year of very mixed blessings for me. I hope
your's has been more peaceful. Have a great Christmas and New Year everyone.
Joe X
Gold Feelings video, 6 Music play
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Our new album, finished over a year ago, is out in the new
year. In the meantime there's a new single (Gold Feelings / Cuckoo Boogie) and
video.
BBC 6 MUSIC
Last night Gideon Coe played the B side Cuckoo Boogie. If you want a listen
it's at 54 mins, uncomfortably sandwiched between Georgie Fame and Johnny
Moped. The show also features Steven James Adams, Alex Highton and The Wave
Pictures who all used to play at Blang nights at the 12 Bar Club.
Here's us (sans Stu) frolicking on Hampstead Heath in June
making the video for Gold Feelings, directed by Susanna Hellden:
GOLD FEELINGS/CUCKOO BOOGIE
Is a download single, on all online platforms on Friday
November 14. You can pre-order it at Amazon here
September Newsroom
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
New album should be in shops either November or January. Artwork being finalised.
Video being made for next single "Gold Feelings".
Joe playing various solo shows in meantime. See Gigs page.
New short film featuring Joe/Sgt Buzfuz
Thursday, 15 May 2014
A new short film by Susanna Hellden about four London-based musical acts and their relationship with the city was premiered at the BFI recently. It's now on YouTube here It features a couple of short interviews with Joe and a video for 'Danny's Room' from upcoming album 'Balloons For Thin Linda'.
February Newsroom
Tuesday, 05 February 2013
Our 2010 Tom Robinson session was repeated the other night on BBC 6Music. You can catch it for another 5 days here
We've started work on recording our new album which should be out later this year if we can afford to keep booking the studio twice a month. It features our new bassist George Brufton.
Joe is playing his first dates in Germany and Holland in April, for this and other band/solo gigs see Gigs
'Sur Le Pontiff D'Avignon' from the last album is featured on the covermount CD of the latest issue of R2 magazine, available at larger branches of W H Smith and discerning newsagents.
'Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself' was included by Ian Rankin in his top albums of 2012
Joe on new Band Of Holy Joy album
Monday, 25 June 2012
The new Band Of Holy Joy mini-album The North
Is Another Land is out now. As with all this splendid bands output its a
great album. It seems to be a collection of rarities and curiosities and
features It Is Written On The Wind, a track Joe played lead guitar on in 2004. The mini-album/maxi-EP is beautifully packaged and heres a review
from Mudkiss
Gideon Coe played us again on Tuesday night on BBC 6 Music. That's six times in seven weeks. Thanks Mr Coe. Due to the kind of technical hitch/bad luck that seems to follow us around the album's shop release has been put back a week to Monday April 16. But you can order it now from the Blang Records shop and as a download from all digital stores. The first review is in at FolkWords and they're going to interview us next week.
Arts Desk radio
Monday, 02 April 2012
The Arts Desk radio show gave 'Here Come The Popes Part 4' a spin. It left them in hysterics. “I find myself almost lost for words...absolutely glorious” said Peter Muggs. About 50 mins in here
Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6 spin
Saturday, 24 March 2012
A track from the new album was played for the fifth week in a row on Gideon Coe's BBC 6Music show on Thursday. Tom Ravenscroft was standing in for him this week. "It's a peculair record. I think I rather like it though" he said. Then he announced the album is called "Go To The Evil And Shake Yourself" which we quite like."Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself is out April 9th.
More radio play
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Gideon Coe played 'Here Come The Popes Parts 2 and 3' on Monday on 6Music. That's 4 weeks in a row he's played the new album. We'll have news of an April gig in London very soon.
BBC 6Music
Thursday, 08 March 2012
Gideon Coe played "A Hole In The Wall" from the forthcoming "Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself" LP again last night, he's played tracks from the album three weeks in a row.
More radio/Brixton gig Friday
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Gideon Coe played another track from the new LP last week: "Here Come The Popes Part 4". We're onstage at 11 30 on Friday night at the Prince Albert on Coldharbour Lane, London SW2. Free entry.
Radio play, new album
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Gideon Coe played "A Hole In The Wall" from our forthcoming "Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself" album on BBC 6Music. The album is due out on Easter Monday April 9.
Radio session Friday
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
This Friday night at 11 30 Joe brings his Holloway tales event to Johny Brown's Mining For Gold show on Resonance 104.4 FM. Joe and 8 or 9 other songwriters perform their songs inspired by an afternoon down the Holloway Road. It follows the live session by the full Buzfuz band on last Saturday's Hello Goodbye show, also on Resonance.
Molly's Bar on radio tonight
Saturday, 09 July 2011
Tom Robinson's playing Molly's Bar tonight on BBC 6 about 1.40 am
"Danny's Room/Molly's Bar" single out now
Saturday, 04 June 2011
Our new double A side single “Danny’s Room/Molly’s Bar” (BLANG 33) is out now in all download shops.
We’re promoting the single live here: Tuesday June 7 12 Bar Club LONDON (see below) Friday June 17 The Grain Barge BRISTOL
And we’re part of this recent feature on “Post-Folk” on the news website of London Metropolitan University’s journalism students.
Ray Davies night
Monday, 23 May 2011
I'm playing Ray Davies pre-Meltdown tribute at Boogaloo tonight. I'm
playing 'I'm Not Like Everybody Else', plus two of mine, and then
playing the pub joanna for the mass singalong finale of 'Lola'. Only £3
entry. Joe
Danny's Room/Molly's Bar single
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Our next single is a double A side download release. Danny’s Room/Molly’s Bar is out on May 30th.
Don Letts plays 'Wake Up Brixton'
Monday, 24 January 2011
Don Letts played 'Wake Up Brixton, Eat Your Breakfast' on his BBC 6Music show on Saturday night/Sunday morning. It's the 4th track on our forthcoming 'Knock Knock Knock' EP and is an Oculus III Remix of 'Knock Knock Knock' You can hear it here at the 43 minute mark.
Knock Knock Knock on Sky Sports
Friday, 14 January 2011
If you have Sky Sports on your TV you can hear our new single ‘Knock Knock Knock’ this Saturday (tomorrow) on Sky Sports 2’s ‘Soccer AM’ show (10 am to 12). Apparently it’s going to be the theme music for some hot goal action as various footballers knock knock knock the ball into the back of the net.
End Of Year Report
Friday, 24 December 2010
2010: We released ‘Here Come The Popes Part 4’, the last single from ‘High Slang’ and promoted it with a live session for Tom Robinson on BBC 6Music. We said goodbye to John Paul Jones and Kate Arnold. Said hello briefly to Steve Gilchrist who played bass for several months. Then said hello to our new bassist (and banjo player!) Andy Crowe. We recorded our next two singles, ‘Knock Knock Knock’ and Molly’s Bar’ and carried on work on the next album ‘Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself’ which is about 80% done.
2011: We’re going to release these records at last. Rough schedule: February 21: Knock Knock Knock EP (4 tracks) May: Molly’s Bar single Summer: Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself album (the history of the papacy up to early 1400s). And we’ve got loads of other new songs we’ll be playing live.
Good luck for 2011 Sergeant Buzfuz
Summer newsroom
Sunday, 25 July 2010
It's summer. And we're all buggering off on various holidays. Mine's a slightly working holiday as I'm playing at the Edinburgh Festival and no doubt a few folk nights in Banffshire. We'll be back in September starting with the first 12 Bar Club Blang night in its new first-Tuesday-of-the-month slot on September 7th. This one should see all 6 of us playing, including our new bassist Mr Andy Crowe. Then we play three London gigs in October. I'm currently putting finishing touches to EP due in October and playing accordion on Kinkajou's forthcoming album. Have a good summer. Joe
July Newsroom: new video, Edinburgh Festival etc
Monday, 05 July 2010
Here’s a video of us playing ‘Knock Knock Knock’ at our recent BBC 6 session for Tom Robinson. Featuring Steve ‘Stuffy’ Gilchrist guesting on bass. Stuffy’s last gig with us will be the Blang night at the 12 Bar Club this Monday July 12th. And then we’re auditioning new bassists. We’re still busy in studio here and there working on the Popes album and new EP. I’m playing solo at the Edinburgh festival at Lach’s late night Antihoot (12 30 to 2 30) at the Gilded Balloon Teviot on August 7 and 8. Joe
June Newsroom
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
We've started recording our next record, the"Knock Knock Knock" EP. It'll be "Knock Knock Knock" and 3 B sides including a remix by Oculus III. We've also been recording for the next album which'll be the first 'Popes' album. We're hoping to finish that by the end of the year. We play a gig of entirely new songs on Monday July 12 at the 12 Bar Club. And I'm playing 3 songs at a Leonard Cohen "Under The Influence" night at the Boogaloo in Highgate on June 21st. One Cohen song and two of mine. Stay buzzed up! Joe
BBC 6 Session Repeat
Saturday, 01 May 2010
BBC 6 SESSION REPEAT Two tracks from the session we recorded for Tom Robinson's show in March are broadcast again on Tom's show this Sunday night/Monday morning from 1 to 3 am. 'Here Come The Popes Part 4' and 'Knock Knock Knock' are slated for airplay.
RECORDING NEXT WEEK We're back in the studio on Tuesday night to start recording 'Knock Knock Knock' and B sides for a 4 track download EP.
JOE SOLO IN LEEDS/SHEFFIELD I'm playing solo in Leeds and Sheffield over the Bank Holiday at the end of the month. They're both Blang nights, other acts to be confirmed soon. Details here Joe
BBC 6Music session this Friday
Monday, 22 March 2010
We’re playing a live session for Tom Robinson on BBC 6Music this Friday March 26th. The show airs from 7 to 9 pm. We’re starting with recent single Here Come The Popes Part 4. This will be the last emission from the High Slang album. Then we’ll play 2 new songs to kick off the next phase of Buzfuz. Listen in on DAB radio or online here
SAVE 6 MUSIC Here’s what you can do to save the only national radio station playing decent music:
TOM ROBINSON’S 60TH BIRTHDAY BASH Tom Robinson, our biggest supporter on the radio, celebrates his 60th birthday with a Glad To Be Grey gig at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Tuesday June 1st. Tickets are £15 here Let’s try and sell the night out for one of the country’s biggest champions of underground music. Please make the effort to come along if you can.
'Popes 4 Cops 1' single launch
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Our new double A sided download single ‘Popes 4 Cops 1’ (BLANG 26) is out this Monday 8th March. The A side is a shorter version of ‘Here Come The Popes Part 4’ from ‘High Slang’. The AA side is ‘Here Come The Cops’ an instrumental remix by Oculus III (my remixing alias) dedicated to Vatican priest Cesare Burgazzi who led police on a high-speed car chase through Rome last October after being stopped in a red-light district. When caught after 20 minutes Burgazzi said ‘”You have no idea who I am. You don’t know who you’re messing with.”
We’re playing with guest bassist Stuffy, AKA solo artist Stephen Evens, ex-singing drummer in Stuffy/The Fuses and ex-drummer with Graham Coxon. Stuffy is also joining us for a BBC 6Music (God save them) live session on Tom Robinson’s show on Friday March 26th.
I’m also playing solo at a night I’ve arranged at the Elixir Bar on Eversholt Street, near Mornington Crescent tube, on Wednesday March 10th, I’m on early at 8 and am followed by my guests Lucy’s Diary, Reipas, Kinkajou and Corporal Machine and the Bombers.
This is the last single from High Slang and then we’ll be releasing new stuff.
Joe
BBC 6 airplay
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Tom Robinson played forthcoming single A side 'Here Come The Popes Part 4' last week on BBC 6Music