Tallulah? in Avalanche and Action!

If you happen to live or be holidaying in Edinburgh or Preston, did you know you can now support your local independent record shop and line my gaunt coffers by buying Tallulah? from two iconic and long-running establishments: Avalanche Records and Action Records.

Avalanche in Edinburgh has just moved from their tiny cobbled home on Cockburn Street to the vibrant musical hub of the Grassmarket (see related interview with owner Kevin Buckle here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2010/oct/05/edinburgh-avalanche-moving-to-grassmarket)

Action Records is where it's been for the past 30 years on Church Street in Preston.

Action Records http://www.actionrecords.co.uk/

Avalanche Records http://www.avalancherecords.co.uk/

Go FORTH! x

Lamacq & Radio 2

A boyhood dream came true last saturday with Steve Lamacq giving 'Tallulah?' a spin on his Saturday evening radio 2 show. Check it out:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tysvd

p.s. It's the Barnbox Alldayer this Saturday as part of Lancaster Music Festival - get on down to the Park Hotel, Bowerham, starts at 4pm!

Gig Dates

Some forthcoming dates:

Edinburgh - Sat September 25th @ the Espy, Portobello

Lancaster - Sat October 9th @ The Barnbox Alldayer, the Park Hotel

Manchester - Fri October 15th - Guided by Voices tribute at the Ducie Bridge Hotel

Launch Party

Wot with starting a new job in Workington, Cumbria, there's been no mention on these pages about the release party for my single that happened a week last Friday. Taking place in a crammed Music Spot, a good time was hopefully had by all, a lot of booze was drunk with portable barmaid Andy Paylor dishing out some generous measures, plus there was music from Paul Rhodes, Ponies and myself. and free Haribo. check out the pics.

Tallulah Single Released!

My debut single is now available! It features the tracks:

Tallulah?
Everyone's Cheating
She Smells Better than Petrol

It was recorded above the music shop where I used to work Saturdays and features Tom Diffenthal on drums & bass, Lily Whitfield on trumpet and Emma Dawson on backing vocals.

It's available in a special limited edition run of 100 CDRs with nifty handmade cases and you can buy it here:

	Destination (inc p&p)
	UK £3.60 Europe £4.00 Rest of World £4.20

or download it from...
stephenhudson.bandcamp.com

Amazon mp3

Image by Matt Johnston.

Trip to London

Got back from my trip to play the Good Ship in Kilburn yesterday. London is always a hoot and now turning into a bi-annual affair, every time i visit at least six more people I knew from school seem to now be living there so it is nice to catch up with people. I'm sure I bored everyone rigid moaning about how long it takes to travel 5 miles in one of the world's greatest cities, but I'm back where I belong now, feeding whippets, riding penny-farthings and marvelling at the impressive collection of dirty black London bogies I managed to cultivate on such a whistle-stop trip.

Print the below off to get in a bit cheaper to my gig tomorrow x

Saturday 17th July

Peace In The City presents a night of leftfield pop treats, with a touch of folk and shoegaze. Live music from 8 til 1130 and DJs after til 4am.

At The Good Ship, a smart yet unpretentious and very friendly venue on the Kilburn High Road with proper drinks; tons of stuff on draught and in bottles plus real ale and wine you can drink at non rip off prices.

The Amber Herd
http://www.theamberherd.com/
".... both blissfully melancholic indie and uplifting stripped-back folk and comes to a sprawling, open-mouthed finish with an almost Velvet Underground-esque wall of sound, acoustics flitting between prog keyboard stabs and all buried under Neil Beards's darkly overdriven Mary Chain guitar. Nottingham's best kept secret?" www.thiscitymagazine.co.uk

Broken Stars
http://www.myspace.com/brokenstarsuk
Broken Stars sincerely believe that the creative act is generous one, and it is within this spirit that they are pleased to present their work. Their music is powerful, bold and beautiful. Broken Stars' primary concern is to serve their songs so that they may be experienced in all their glory. Expect magnificent songs of love, death, loss, hope and fear. Their music is universal.

Bright Spark Destroyer
http://www.myspace.com/brightsparkdestroyer
Avant garde rocknrollers with a fine line in melody and delicacy.

The Mercers
http://www.myspace.com/mercers
Alternative energy-laden 'indie', in the original sense of the word

Uncle Jeff
http://www.myspace.com/unclejeffmusic
Uncle Jeff are a band from Lancaster who play bombastic jangly pop music. Acoustic outing tonight from frontman Stephen.

After DJ Maurice playing a mix of electro, pop, rocknroll and old and new school dancefloor smashes.

Doors 730pm. Entry £5 (£4 with print out of this)

The Good Ship, 289 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR
07949 008253
Sandwiched in between and 30 seconds from The Luminaire and The Tricycle.
1 minute from Brondesbury train station. (North London line)
5 minutes from Kilburn tube station. (Jubilee)

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