FREEZE PUPPY & SJ ESAU - LIVE (13th March)

Two of my favourite Bristol boys! Every time time i see them they seem to get better and better. Both were amazing on the night! Freeze Puppy really makes me smile. I don't think there's anyone out there that's even remotely similar to him. As i've said before SJ Esau's new songs are soo good, they spin me round..baby right round, like a record baby, right round.

CLICK HERE to see the rest of this set of photos over on BEANSNAPS.

Here's a little Freeze Puppy video i filmed on the night..

* Freeze Puppy..

FREEZE PUPPY - LIVE (25th July)

It was a gig to celebrate his album launch. His album 'Animation' is brilliantly zonkers!! If i'm completely honest..i don't really recall much of the gig as we started drinking early in the day when recording the OLO director's commentary. I love Freeze Puppy so i'm guessing it was all all good.

CLICK HERE to see the rest of this set of photos over on BEANSNAPS.

> Previous Freeze Puppy posts

ARIEL PINK / FREEZE PUPPY - LIVE (17th May)

JOY! One of the most fun gigs so far this year. Freeze Puppy supported and was great as ever. Quite a different set to the times i've seen him before, more guitar solo's..which cracked me up! He's soo funny. It's odd cos i really can't work out whether he means to be funny or not. I've spoken to him quite a bit and he's pretty normal but when he gets up on stage he transforms into this odd wind-up pop puppet doing jolly tunes about naming babies. His album is soo good, i think it gets a proper release soon..you should check it out, it's unlike anything else. The last time i saw Ariel Pink (at Venn Festival '06) it was one of the biggest let downs ever! I wouldn't say i was a massive fan of his but i like his stuff and what he does and how he does it. This time he went all out! pulling pop star faces! ..and he even faced the crowd! He played aload of his best known tunes including my favourite 'For Kate I Wait'. People went mental and crowd surfed.

Below are some photos i nicked off someone on Facebook (can't remember who to credit? sorry)..

* Ariel Pink - 'Thespian City' live

> Previous Freeze Puppy posts

> Previous Ariel Pink posts

OLO RADIO - G16 / G17 - FREEZE PUPPY / EGLANTINE GOUZY - TEACHING PANDAS TO BE PARENTS / UNTITLED - 18/1/07

Our next guest mix comes from FREEZE PUPPY!

"Even if ideas-wise your average Freeze Puppy composition features everything including the kitchen sink (often with most of the plumbing dementedly ripped out and chucked in for good measure), there's always a big fat hummable snake of melody slithering irresistibly through its core".
- John Stevens, Venue Magazine

'Teaching Pandas To Be Parents' is the name of this EXCLUSIVE mix given to Olo Radio. Enjoy!

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Bjork - Pleasure Is All Mine
Owen & Leon Silvera And The Skatalite Band - Next Door Neighbour
Nathan Bettany - Me & The Rose
Kol Simcha - Mitzwe Tanzel
Regina Spektor - Prisoners
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - Doughnuts Town's Map
Elliott Smith - Waltz No.1
Jim Lauderdale / Ralph tanley & The Clinch Mountai Boys - She's Looking At Me
Paolo Angeli - Nita
Harry Partch - Unknown


Our next guest mix comes from EGLANTINE GOUZY!

"Eglantine Gouzy lives and works in Paris, France. She sings in both French and English and blends together a unique strain of electronic pop, mixing naive child like vocals with short electro pop vignettes. She started making music after leaving a former boyfriend. She took his Kaoss pad with her!".
- Eglantine Gouzy

This EXCLUSIVE untitled mix has been given to Olo Radio. Enjoy!

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Pipilotti Rist
Dorit Chrysler - My Sweat Chimera
Y Pants - Favourite Sweater
David Byrne - Glass, Concrete & Stone
Residents - Commercial Album
Tusia Beridze - Cuet
Holy Shit - Written All Over Your Face
Beach Boys - Little Pad
Silver Apples - Misty Mountains
The Smiths - Death Of A Disco Dancer
Pretty Things - The Good Mr Square
Pretty things - She Was Tall, She Was High
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Jonathan Richman - Egyptian Reggae
White Noise - Love Without Sound
Hulk - We Swam

THE JELAS / IRON CREASE / COLOUR OF THE SUN / FREEZE PUPPY / OLO RADIO DJS - LIVE (19th DEC)

A good night, marred slighty by me acting like a complete idiot and getting chucked out. Dancing with chairs, smashing chairs, and falling off chairs were not the reasons for my removal. Flashing my cheeks, and spinning on the pool table didn't work either. It was like i was on some kind of mission to completely rid myself of any respect i may have had for myself. Apparently (so i've been told) in the end i got thrown out for drinking cans of Fosters in front of the manager..i don't even like Fosters!! The weakest of all lagers! How embarrasing! I've since seen videos from the night, they're nearly enough for me to think about quitting (the drink). Once i pop i can't stop. I'll take it to another level next year..higher or lower? More or less? Open the box!!

I don't really remember DJing much, which probably means there were huge gaping holes where songs should have been. I can tell you a little about the bands though. Freeze Puppy (backed by Jan Safetyword on drums) was great, he played an acoustic set which was alot calmer than his usual thing, as nice as it was i don't think i prefer this acoustic Puppy..i miss the dancing and sign language. I've been listening to his new album 'Animation' alot recently which should get a release sometime next year. It's mad! Really good mad..mad. I'm excited because it looks like i might be making a video for him next year too. I have ideas! The Colour Of The Sun were up next, quite enjoyed the music, i don't know too much about these things but i'm pretty sure the sound could have been better for them. I really like what i've heard of them off their myspace. IRON CREASE! WOW! Really didn't know what to expect, but i got it! I got a big fat meaty slab of it! (i don't normally say this kind of thing nor do i like hearing people say it but here goes..) THEY ROCKED!! One of the best things i've seen this year. The Jelas i don't really remember. I think i liked them? I liked dancing afterwards..

Here's a list of the tunes i played (not sure if i wrote them all down?)..


CLICK HERE to see the rest of this set of photos over on BEANSNAPS.

All photos taken by G.Jones..

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Some of us or all of us will be DJing at this Christmas gig.

The Jela's / Iron Crease / The Colour Of The Sun / Freeze Puppy / OLO Radio
Friday 19th December
@ Mother's Ruin, Bristol
8pm

It's a great line up! Iron Crease is Steve from Safetyword's new project. None of us have seen The Jela's or Colour Of The Sun but i can confirm that Freeze Puppy is well worth coming along for! ..as will be our DJ sets.

Poster made by Ben Newman.

QUACK QUACK / FREEZE PUPPY / ROZI PLAIN - LIVE (3rd May)

Rozi & Freeze Puppy - always brilliant, tonight was no exception. Quack Quack..yeah alright, just alright.

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Great news!! King Kenny loves our new song! That's King Creosote don't cha know! Well chuffed. We spent most of the day trying to decide if we were gonna go with 'The Elastic (WAIST or WASTE) Band'? I wanted 'Waste', always have, it was me who came up with the name in the first place for god's sake! It went to the deadlock so we called on the King again and he voted for 'Waste!'. Big win for Hankins! I got some good gloating in later when the others found out.

Soundtrack
The Beta Band - 'The Beta Band' - my ALL TIME FAVOURITE ALBUM EVER!!
Boards Of Canada - 'Music Has The Right To Children' = heaven!
Freeze Puppy - 'Animation'

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With help from Freeze Puppy..

THE BEAN BURNER (July Part 3 / August Part 1)

Music featured..

Wild Beasts, The Gaslamp Killer, Zomby, The Gorlkeepers, Bullion, Clipse, Amanda Blank, Half Man Half Biscuit, Why?, Kode9, Cocknbullkid, The xx, Bradford Cox, Sly & Robbie, Hyperdub, Cornershop, Mary Anne Hobbs, Blue Daisy, Slow Club, F*** Buttons, Major Lazer, La Bionda, The Flaming Lips, At The Drive-In, Freeze Puppy, Gold Panda, Simian Mobile Disco, James Yorkston, Invada Records, Sly & The Family Stone, Arctic Monkeys, & Pavement.

Other things featured..

Booze Britian, Where The Wild Things Are, Squirrels, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Space Ghost, Chickens & Rabbits, Swamp Thing, Mexico '86, 'Wonky' blog, The Holy Mountain, Tokyo at night, NME future list, Monster Shark, Student Confidential, The Inbetweeners, & A Japanese Game Show.

Hot Highlight!..

The xx - 'Basic Space'..

CLICK HERE to visit THE BEAN BURNER.

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> worst farts ever!!
> we filmed the Gorlkeepers video and did the directors commentary for our HG live set. 1 of these was good, the other awful!
> Freeze Puppy's launch was awesome! Mother's Ruin party was fun (i think).i got thrown out. i wont get let into Mr Wolfs (cos the bouncers...).
> i had a pizza in a plastic bag that i lost. if anyone finds it please return it to me safely.
> J.Hankins (to a girl he liked): "you’ve got a mouth like an apple!"

B.O.B 2009 AWARDS - BEST GIG

BEANSONBREAD

2009 AWARDS
(Award # 6)

Best Gig of 2009

2008 Winner > Animal Collective & Atlas Sound @ Koko, London

Click HERE to see the full 2008 list.

2007 Winner > King Creosote & The Fence Collective @ Glastonbury Festival

Click HERE to see the full 2007 list.

There were quite a few i couldn't afford or get to as usual (Fever Ray in perticular).

Special mention to everyone who played at the Fence Collective's Homegame Festival. It was the best yet! Too many people to choose from, i can't pick favourites, so i won't (i copied this from last year i know, but hey..i mean it).

MY TOP 25 GIGS OF 2009..

(Click on date to see the original posts)

25) Poppy & Friends @ The Croft - 22/2/09

24) Ponytail @ Start The Bus - 8/3/09

23) Freeze Puppy @ The Cube - 13/3/09

22) Zun Zun Egui @ The Croft - 24/1/09

21) The Welcome Committee @ Start The Bus - 25/10/09

20) Micachu @ The Croft - 28/3/09

19) The Three Craws/Pictish Trail/Rozi Plain @ Green Man Festival - 21/8/09 >

18) Dirty Projectors @ The Arnolfini - 3/4/09

17) Pivot @ The Louisiana - 15/5/09

16) Ariel Pink @ The Loft? - 17/5/09

15) Late Of The Pier @ ?? , Bath - 23/2/09

14) Wild Beasts @ The Louisiana - 19/2/09 (2nd part)

13) SJ Esau @ The Croft - 24/1/09 / SJ Esau @ The Cube - 13/3/09

12) Slow Club/The Pictish Trail @ Union Chapel, London - 17/12/09

11) Francois @ The Croft - 24/10/09

10) Animal Collective @ Trinity Church - 22/3/09

9) Bon Iver @ Green Man Festival - 21/8/09 >

8) Flying Lotus @ Start The Bus - 4/5/09

7) Gang Gang Dance @ Green Man Festival - 21/8/09 >

6) Animal Collective @ Koko, London - 12/1/09

5) The XX @ The Thekla (top deck) - 23/5/09 / The XX @ The Cooler - 1/10/09

4) Grizzly Bear @ Green Man Festival - 21/8/09 >

3) F*** Buttons @ Colston Hall - 26/9/09

2) Joker @ Start The Bus - 19/9/09

1) Wild Beasts @ The Thekla - 3/10/09

B.O.B 2009 AWARDS (so far)

click link to view list/winner..

Worst Song

Best Running Track

Worst Film

Best Film

Best TV Moment

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> oh no. i cant get my tshirts today, no one's there. i'm gonna go have a poo instead. i'm hot.
> heeeeey!! i got a thank you ('for inspiration and support') credit on the new Freeze Puppy album! i'm listed a few lines down from the Field Music Brothers. as i've said before, its an amazing album.
> would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall the moment Jermaine Jackson decided to call his son Jermajesty Jackson.i never tire of that.
> going to the shop to get chicken breast and booze!
> eerrrrgh! raw chicken gunk all on my crotch! nearly a major accident with the chopping board, i saved the chicken but stained my shorts.
> dream last night involved me directing a film in a field. there was an old lady flying a helicopter, she kept mucking up the shoot.
> been thinking in German today after my dream last night. had a great idea for a video. i need a German now!
> this beer is not going down well after massive curry. too much STUFF in me! off out to see a mates band first gig.
> This is maybe my favourite website ever!!
> James Hankins has left..the ROCK ARENA.
> My mate's band THE UPHILLS were v good (bias) the next band were probably the worst thing i've ever seen. BNP music. There were a MASSIVE gang of nutters,physcos,thugs,BNP zombies hanging around. It were proper scary gettin a drink.dont look them in the eye. some random girl knew my name and laughed, it creeped me out. she had a banana skin in her hand & wouldnt tell me how she knew me.
> gonna have a celebrity style work-out / get fit DVD out for christmas. serious!!
> i've been asked to be interviewed by German TV!
* Wild Beasts 'Two Dancers' - a(nother) masterpiece. now OFFICIALLY a masterpiece in my books. somethings spooky underneath.
> gonna lose weight for the tour cos i aint gonna be fatty with mic dribbling carbs.

OLO RADIO - G31 - VENN FESTIVAL - VENN 07 - 21/5/07

Our next guest mix comes from VENN FESTIVAL!
Website / Myspace / Youtube

"This is 55 minutes of music from artists performing at Venn '07, Bristol's festival of musical overlap and kaleidoscopic identities, taking place at various venues in Bristol, UK, from 31 May > 3 June 2007. For more information on the artists featured, and full details of Venn '07, see www.vennfestival.com".
- John Stevens (Venn Festival)

'Venn 07' is the name of this EXCLUSIVE mix given to Olo Radio. Enjoy!

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Ghostigital – Not Clean
Faust – Sad Skinhead
Adrian Orange – I Don't Know You Anymore
A Hawk & A Hacksaw with The Hung Hangar Ensemble – Zozobra
Silver Pyre – Saline
Paavoharju – Valo Tikhuu Kaiken Lapi
SJ Esau – The Aerial Is
Thee, Stranded Horse – So Goes The Pulse
Vladislav Delay – Lumi
Lawrence – Swap
Bronnt Industries Kapital – Knights Of Vipco
The One Ensemble – Resonant Kings
My Two Toms – How To Draw Horses
Freeze Puppy – International Language

OLO LISTED IN MAGAZINES

In Venue Magazine last week. Listing for our gig with Wild Beasts..

A mention in a Freeze Puppy review..

The NME listing for the Wild Beasts gig..

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> just been forced into listening to the Lady Gaga album..shockingly bad.i prefer Gaga the celebrity.she should stick to wearing hotpants.
> had 2nd round of my amazing soup! BEAUTIFUL!
> I listen to the new Wild Beasts 'Hooting & Howling' about 10 times a day.
> i'm gonna get a BIG LOAD OF KARMA 1 of these days! i feel it. i'm a BIG sponge. i'm gonna be the 1st man to fly.
> Max Tundra is a genius. it's taken we a while to realize but he is out on his own. Freeze Puppy is next in line to the crown.
* Animal Collective 'MMP' - 1st time in weeks. its nice resting it from time to time.
> info on OLO Worms playing @ Bexhill festival.
> double kitkat chunky and fudge brownie milkshake should add a few pounds.
> recording session underway.we've re-camped into the living room and straight away we feel better! this is the way forward. neutral zone. WOW! NEW song within 20mins! gonna give it a name in a bit. we've taken marks electronic drums apart and its all hand held drums. its cosmic! OLO session going well. 3 new songs! 2 sound something off 'Mwng'. Matt's having 'veg bread'. Gareth will be back soon to add fuzz. another new song 'Sleep is your dessert'. thats 4 new one's created today. recording demos on tuesday. turns out 4th worm G.Jones has made a song too (while away in Devon). 5 alive!! just counted..we now have 22 songs to record for the OLO album. i'm guessing 2 of the 20 will make it onto the record. U know what..i did say 22 songs to record, make that 44! been watching loads of our demo vids and there's soo much to work with!
> RT BB10 - @boydhilton Lisa is hilariously bitter and bereft, post-Kris. Moany old bint.

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> dreamt i helped build an amazing high tech toy house in a forest.
> worst Mercury Music Award shortlist EVER!! La Roux to win.
> @maryannehobbs i've been lost with that word, i need it clearing up too.
> putting on my raincoat and heading out for milk and chocolate (milk chocolate)..but i did also mean milk (2 pints of).
* Freeze Puppy 'Animation'
* Safetyword - 2007 live recording. ahhh i miss them.
* Fever Ray 'Fever Ray'
> gonna make a curry!! when i say make i mean add sauce to pan and heat. kitkat chunky is my dessert.
> just ordered my first batch of t-shirts. worried. hope they turn out ok.
> BB10 - ha! that was great. Bea winding Kenneth up. she has power over him and he has no money in the house, hahaha! what u gonna do Ken?

NEW OLO REMIXES

We've been pulled apart! We have stuck up 6 NEW OLO Worms remixes for you to have a listen to..

> 'Don't Touch Baby' - Portmanteau Remix
> 'Tortoise Shell' - Freeze Puppy Remix
> 'I Shot Shrieff' - Jonnie Common Remix
> 'Germs Stand Up (Parts 3,26,5,23,9,14,10,8) Tephrochronological Doctorate (Chapters I-LXXXV; Addenda)' - Twocsinak Remix
> 'Guess Who Garden' - Mr Minimax Remix
> 'Concerning The Girls Of The World' - Thms Remix

CLICK HERE to listen to them.

There's still another 7 remixes which we're holding back and more in production. All of these plus the other 6 will be up on our new upcoming website for you to download for free. We'll also be compiling our favourite remixes for a future release of some sort.

*The image above isn't the finished artwork. We'll be posting that up on the new website.

If you still wanna remix us you can. Visit this webpage and download whatever you want. All the tracks are taken from 'Bare Foot' our mini album that came out on Fence Records. You can do whatever you like with them! Go crazy!! Please email any finished remixes to oloworms@gmail.com .

MAN'S NAME IS LEGION

SAFETYWORD'S debut album 'Man's Name Is Legion' is out now!! and its unbelievable! it's everything i expected and more. go visit the link above and buy it!



to celebrate the launch of the album they performed the whole thing live at the Cube Cinema at the weekend. the night couldn't have gone any better, Safetyword were on top form and seemed well chuffed with it all. Mike Seed and Freeze Puppy were great too. the OLO Radio team pitched in with some fizzy pop records inbetween acts. one of my favourite nights of the year i think. how can Safetyword top it?

SAFETYWORD ALBUM LAUNCH

To celebrate the completion of their debut album 'Man's Name Is Legion' Safetyword have hired out The Cube Cinema (Bristol) to play the album live. there's great support from Mike Seed (who did a OLO podcast the other day) & Freeze Puppy. to top the bill off..and over the edge..OLO Radio DJs shall be present pressing the GO & EJECT buttons. the album will be on sale on the night..i can't wait to hear it! a masterpeice i'm sure. poster made by Norbo.