Listen to the title track from The Knife's opera about Charles Darwin. Yes, really.
Your New Favourite Band!: Part 15 – Broken Records
They may evoke the moody, overcast skies of autumn hurtling towards winter, but Broken Records look set to be the band of the summer.
Your New Favourite Band!: Part 14 – Mawkin:Causley
Together, Mawkin:Causley provide the ultimate folkie's dream - cracking tunes and a voice to give some of the oldest songs in the tradition a new interpretation.
Video Of The Moment: Eels return…in monochrome…with beards
Give it up now! Motel readers across the interweb sea, rejoice! Eels are returning with a dozen new songs in the form of their forthcoming album entitled Hombre Loco, due for release in a couple of months' time. They have put together a short promotional video to this effect in glorious, er, monochrome.
Your New Favourite Band! Part 13 – Xavier Rudd
Although he brings some tremendously innovative slide guitar playing to the table, along with more conventional upright methods, it’s Rudd’s use of the didgeridoo that attracts attention.
Watch the video to “Cliffer” by The Answering Machine
Roll up, roll up for the speaker-rattling new single from The Answering Machine! And about time too! The first single to be taken from the band's debut album, lovingly recorded in Yorkshire at the back end of 2008 and produced by Dave Eringa, the video features the rise (and fall) of a terrifying ventriloquist's dummy. [...]
Happy new year from us!
Happy new year from The Fugitive Motel! Motelville officially 'opens' again on January 5th, and many many changes - both cosmetic and organisational - are planned and will be gradually introduced over the next six months. Hopefully, they'll make the site easier to navigate for you. We also hope they will make it easier for [...]
Watch the video to “No Surprise” by James Yuill
Hear ye, hear ye! The Fugitive Motel Review of the Year 2008 is complete! 32 lovely little A5 pages rolled out of the Motel Towers printer last night and they are going to be whisked off to a newsagent's for photocopying this afternoon with distribution starting this week. In the meantime, please enjoy this lovely [...]
Watch the video to “Heartbeat” by Late of the Pier
Heartbeat may have been out for a good old while now, but why not celebrate the second of the Fugitive Motel Review of the Year's featured artists, Late Of The Pier, with a reprise of one of the tunes of the summer? A slow grower, Heartbeat blends stadium rock riffs with insistent electro beats. Marvellous. [...]
