DUTY FREE - SL RECORDS NIGHT W/ PAUL VIKCERS & THE LEG :: WITHERED HAND :: LORDS OF BASTARD
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SL Records Night – Paul Vickers & The Leg, Withered Hand, Lords of Bastard
An eclectic mix of local talent courtesy of Edinburgh’s SL label.
Paul Vickers & The Leg
A seasoned veteran as the lead singer of "Dawn of the Replicants" Paul Vickers has recorded five peel sessions, appeared on MTV, played Glastonbury, Reading, T in the park and South by South West. The Replicants have toured around Britain many times sharing bills with Clinic, Spiritualized and Arab Strap over the years. "much of the magic stems from frontman Paul Vickers, a lovable gonk/da vinci of lyrical invention" Mojo Magazine. The Leg is the latest project showcasing the song writing talents of chameleon fire breed Dan Mutch. Previous umbrella organizations for Dan's talents have included 'Khaya' and 'Desc'. The accolades of The Leg/Desc/Khaya include being championed by Steve Lamacq, John Peel and Jo Whiley. Recording two sessions for John Peel and playing live on Radio Scotland and BBC TV. The band Khaya produced three highly acclaimed albums and in more recent times Desc recorded an album with Steve Albini the world famous producer behind seminal recordings by Nirvana, The Pixies and P.J Harvey. Dan’s trusted shipmate and fellow Legite cellist Pete Harvey is the only true survivor apart from Dan to feature in all three bands. Pete is a classically trained cellist and at a moment’s notice can perform anything from "The Marriage of Figaro" to "West Side Story", in fact that’s exactly what he does as part of the Rose Street Quartet. Pete has also worked with the legendary Damo Suzuki, lyricist with German pioneers Can. The third member of the leg is the hard working percussionist / drummer Alun Thomas, a local character and true one off in every sense of the word. Alun has also played with Thomas Truax and Ballboy. Together they are an exotic some would say almost tropical mix.
"…all the madness of King George garnished with trashy, boisterous guitars" Mojo “Sonic alchemists with pop magic dancing from their fingertips” NME
Withered Hand
Solo musician and artist Dan Wilson, previously of Peanut and The Love Gestures. How can you expect to be happy, when you listen to death metal bands?' beseeches Edinburgh versifier and DIY renaissance man Dan Wilson, aka the fantastical Withered Hand, on his recent Religious Songs EP. It's a scratchy, grassroots unification of alt-pop, skewed folk and punk intention, released on heroic local imprint Bear Scotland: a bedroom enterprise so audacious it has its own (excellent) coat of arms.
“Raging eccentric Withered Hand – a fantastically flaky, tiny-voiced Edinburgh strummer reminiscent of alt-folk loon Daniel Johnston – climaxed with the spectacle of a low-slung banjo being raked with a violin bow, Jimmy Page-style, in a kind of elemental fusion of folk, punk and hard rock” Malcolm Jack, The Scotsman
Lords of Bastard
"Nine tracks of impressive and sometimes oppressive din, with vocals buried deep in the mix, somewhere alongside the drums, under layers of bass and six string thrumming. Sometimes the whole machine gets stuck on a single note or feedback pulse, and at others it careers along like an out of control pantechnicon, Gloriously dumb-and it knows it." The Herald
