the hobopodcast by hobopop
here is a link to the hobopod-cast, which we've been running since last autumn through the itunes store. we started posting things like rough recordings of new songs and copies of radio sessions we had permissions for during the run-up to the 'no.5' recording, and we've been enjoying getting email feedback on the new material from our subscribers.
we've had a few technical issues - you can still see the podcast at the itunes store but you can't subscribe to it. all the episodes appear to have gone. we're working on that in the hope that we can restore it, but in the meantime we've uploaded the podcast to soundcloud and to our hoboshop. we'll carry on doing that in future, too, so that you can get it from your preferred source. the hoboshop offers an RSS feed that will tell you every time we upload a new track, too.
if you haven't already heard the podcasts we've put up over the last six months then please have a flick through - you'll find early versions of songs like 'omaha', 'stonefruit' (this latter has a whole verse that was cut later on), and 'the last to understand' with gabe minnikin on mandolin, from the rehearsals for 'No.5'. the recordings (at least the ones we didn't make in the RTE studios in dublin) are pretty raw - you can hear the traffic outside and the magpies lauging at us through the window - but the songs are all there...
this sudden activity on the podcasting front is due to a new episode finally being ready. we tried to upload it recently and that was when we discovered that the itunes thing had stopped working. the new song is called 'hummingbird', and it's at the top of the list above. It's a very rough recording but the performance seems right to us. please tell us what you think.
2010-06-18
2010-06-15
welcome to the hoboblog
we've changed the name and address of this blog. it was a tough call. if you were following in an RSS reader you may be somewhat annoyed with us right now, and we are sorry. in fact, our heads are hung already, so don't shout. we hope you'll have found us again from all those links on our website and on the social media bits (in fact if you're reading this that's a pretty safe bet), and you'll consider asking your google reader or whatever to subscribe to this one instead.
the reason for moving on (apart from it being the hobo way, naturally)?
well, things are moving on. you know how it is. until now we've been blogging news of the last album and how wonderful it is, blah, blah, but it's been out for a while now - we're still touring it and selling it and all the rest of it but we're also getting down to some new things and even thinking about the next project already, albeit in an 'early stages' sort of way.
we wanted to be able to blog about that kind of thing, too, and generally talk about whatever we felt like talking about, so the 'no.5' blog was beginning to feel a bit limited. welcome, therefore, to the hoboblog, which we hope will be more entertaining, informative and representative of day-to-day hoboland. tell us what you want to see here, why don't you...
we'll start soon. promise. we leave for the continent in a few weeks, where we'll be playing a handful of festival dates and a few indoor shows, too, in advance of our tour in october. the summer dates, and those of our scottish tour are up online already by the way - come and see us if you can. in the meantime we'll try and think of clever things to say here, and keep you posted about what we're up to.
did you know, by the way, that kirsty keeps a photo diary? there's interesting fact number one for the new blog. she's got a great eye for portraits and details - she posts one photo a day, often with commenatry, which you can subscribe to in a reader if you're so inclined. we often post extra shots to our twitter account, too. we're actually playing with the idea of expanding the flickr account we set up to host our web gallery to incorporate these pictures, too. if you're a flickr user and you know how we might do that well, why don't you give us a shout?
the reason for moving on (apart from it being the hobo way, naturally)?
well, things are moving on. you know how it is. until now we've been blogging news of the last album and how wonderful it is, blah, blah, but it's been out for a while now - we're still touring it and selling it and all the rest of it but we're also getting down to some new things and even thinking about the next project already, albeit in an 'early stages' sort of way.
we wanted to be able to blog about that kind of thing, too, and generally talk about whatever we felt like talking about, so the 'no.5' blog was beginning to feel a bit limited. welcome, therefore, to the hoboblog, which we hope will be more entertaining, informative and representative of day-to-day hoboland. tell us what you want to see here, why don't you...
we'll start soon. promise. we leave for the continent in a few weeks, where we'll be playing a handful of festival dates and a few indoor shows, too, in advance of our tour in october. the summer dates, and those of our scottish tour are up online already by the way - come and see us if you can. in the meantime we'll try and think of clever things to say here, and keep you posted about what we're up to.
did you know, by the way, that kirsty keeps a photo diary? there's interesting fact number one for the new blog. she's got a great eye for portraits and details - she posts one photo a day, often with commenatry, which you can subscribe to in a reader if you're so inclined. we often post extra shots to our twitter account, too. we're actually playing with the idea of expanding the flickr account we set up to host our web gallery to incorporate these pictures, too. if you're a flickr user and you know how we might do that well, why don't you give us a shout?
2010-05-25
being on the road...
our tour is over. we've made noises in over 30 different places since the album launch at the end of february, and driven more miles than all seven readers of this blog could shake sticks at. the early shows now already seem a long way off.
it's the nature of tours that you end up driving the same roads over and over again. we have got to know the M62 very well this time round. we have mixed feelings about the M62. it's quite a scary road. there's a whole house in the middle of it. it's full of trucks going all over it in every direction. but it has some great scenery. it's a feat of moorland engineering, apparently. and there's a really good lord of the rings bit between huddersfield and manchester (westbound), when the spiky tower thing comes out of the water.
(you also have a lot of time to think about these things when driving all day). our car is dirtier than is strictly decent, too, and it smells almost exactly as if two people had been living in it for weeks. a family of mice could live on the crumbs under the seats for months. we also have sunburn down one arm each now, one of the surest signs of having been sat alongside a car window for way too long.
a lot of sensible people wouldn't enjoy this sort of thing - we're actually a little sorry to be wrapping it up already. no more late night curries, no more cold hotel showers, no more traffic jams, no more afternoon radio documentaries about niche (to say the least) subjects such as traffic islands and roundabouts... at least not for a little while.
2010-05-19
special offers
do you fancy a free copy of our new album? you mean you don't already have one? well, the lovely folks at kirk originals, who ran a feature on us on their blog last year, as we were preparing to record the album, are offering 5 copies in a competition on their website. you have until may 31st to get over there and take part, and while you're there have a nose around their site and blog - there's loads of groovy animations and features on some great musicians.
as if that wasn't enough we're also going to share a magic word with you. if you live in manchester you'll be interested to know that we're using the space we made 'no.5' in to occasionally showcase musicians we really like, and that the first of these events is happening on june 5th, with kreg viesselman (who's song share croppers we covered on our hobopop e.p. - the only cover we have ever released) and james apollo.
tickets are officially £10 and £6, but if you book before may 31st and quote 'hobo' on the phone you'll be given a magic 20% off. sweet.
we can't rate these guys highly enough. do check them out. you can download james apollo's new single for free from his website. you can see more about the show at the facebook and last.fm pages, and if you aren't local then both of them are on tour around that time.
finally, if you missed the no.5 tour, you have two chances to see us this week, if you live in dorset, that is.
20.05.10 - centre stage, bournemouth - 01202 707498
21.05.10 - square & compass, worth matravers - 01929 439229
as if that wasn't enough we're also going to share a magic word with you. if you live in manchester you'll be interested to know that we're using the space we made 'no.5' in to occasionally showcase musicians we really like, and that the first of these events is happening on june 5th, with kreg viesselman (who's song share croppers we covered on our hobopop e.p. - the only cover we have ever released) and james apollo.
tickets are officially £10 and £6, but if you book before may 31st and quote 'hobo' on the phone you'll be given a magic 20% off. sweet.
we can't rate these guys highly enough. do check them out. you can download james apollo's new single for free from his website. you can see more about the show at the facebook and last.fm pages, and if you aren't local then both of them are on tour around that time.
finally, if you missed the no.5 tour, you have two chances to see us this week, if you live in dorset, that is.
20.05.10 - centre stage, bournemouth - 01202 707498
21.05.10 - square & compass, worth matravers - 01929 439229
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