Festival Mixtapes season for 2012 kicks off at Motel Towers with six of the best from the Camden Crawl lineup...
Eugene McGuinness with Fránçois & the Atlas Mountains and Trailer Trash Tracys
Camden Barfly, London
Friday February 3, 2012
You know you've stumbled across someone with a truly great voice when they make singing look like the easiest thing to do in the world.
Eugene McGuinness – Moscow State Circus (Domino Records)
October 27th, 2008
5.2/6.0
With a frantic music hall piano leading the way for most of the song, it’s a showcase for his songwriting talent, including odd lyrical nods to hammerhead sharks, service stations, an Alice In Wonderland-style world of falling down rabbit holes and quintessentially English idioms such as # did you drop a clanger? # that would leave Altavista with its knickers in a twist.
Our neighbours are having a very loud phone conversation. A particularly vocal lady is going on holiday with her other half to Egypt soon, where you can get a decent steak for £5, apparently.
