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Trembling Bells are a A Glasgow folk rock four piece enjoying widespread plaudits since last May’s release of their critically acclaimed, Belle & Sebastien produced, second album Abandoned Love.
Songwriter and percussionist Alex Neilson comes from a Jazz background, has been in a million bands on the Glasgow music scene and used to drum for Bonnie Prince Billy. Vocalist Lavinia Blackwall is a classi cally trained soprano. Her vocal style is almost medieval which lends a uniqueness to this classic 60s-folk-garage-rock band.
Their third offering The Constant Pageant, was released last week on Honest Jon records, superfan The Duke of Catford might do us a litle review if we ask him nicely! We are delighted they have decided to come and play for us at the fox on 23rd April Tickets are £8 and available here

“they take the antic forms, loosen them and make them arresting and new once more” The Observer
“one of the best new British bands of any genre” Uncut Brilliant, concise, deeply romantic, totally orignal **** Mojo
freewheeling and delightfully quirky **** the Guardian

Well, we’re back. We  were  generally having our heads buried in gigs and quizzes and foxfests and book fests (Jane met Margaret Attwood dont you know!!)

Expect to see lots more shiny and new stuff soon. We’ll keep you posted.

At twobob towers we listen to lots of new music. Sadly (this is no exaggeration) most of it emulates Pantera, Slipknot, Muse, Editors or Paul Weller. Our new favourite bands show none of this lack of creative imagination. Just listen to Breton and Two Wounded Birds who we predict big things for this year. Sure you can grab snippets of influences here and there, they’re not creating new genres or breaking down the fabric of music as we know it, but they are at least blending styles in an interesting way.  Our latest breath of fresh air is a band from the west country called Port Erin.

This three-piece blend folk jazz and funk while anchoring it to rock and even ska rhythms. However I have a sneaking suspicion that ‘These Wounds’ is more indicative of where this band are headed. There’s a maturity and a delicacy that seems to have its roots in folk yet this track would still tempt fans of Radiohead. The eponymously titled glitchy opener is a tease of the highest order and I for one would like to know if there’s more of this in store. They have been tucked away working on new tunes and I’m expecting them to be weilding a few when we see them at the fox & firkin this saturday (8th). Come along its a mere £3 before 8pm and you can catch Robert Rorison too.

carl twobob

twobob are massive fans of Special Benny and we have all been playing their debut album Toys to death since it was released this summer. If you’ve spent anytime in the Fox & Firkin this year you will have heard the single ‘Airfilter’ as Carl has been rinsing it ever since he got his hands on it. You can listen to the album here and then buy it from the same place!

These tasty little morsels are remixes of tracks from Toys done by friends of Special Benny such as the excellent Hong Kong in the 60s who we think have done the best work on this ep which is available for free download.