00058 // 14/06/13

i was back at the railway hotel last night playing the following songs:

let's do this

wwf

i wanna be r stevie moore too!

chelsea hotel #2

i told him it was wrong

e for effort

the outdoor type

tell me what to do

island in the sun

it's all for you

it was the first time i've played live for a while but it was all pretty relaxed and i enjoyed it. also on the bill were cusack, lost harbours and boss caine so thanks to those people for letting me share their bill. thanks also to tom, lance & graham for joining me in shoop shoops and handclaps on tell me what to do, it was a job well done on their part.

download all my music for free from bandcamp while you're at a computer, there's more to come by the end of this year. follow me on twitter for updates why not. peace out x

00057 // 25/04/13

on the eighth of this month i did my first show on ship full of bombs radio station. it was a bit last minute so i hadn't prepared much for it, but it was nice to get to grips with it all and it's a privilege to be asked to get involved with the station. here's the playlist:

true love leaves no traces | leonard cohen

voice like thunder | the babies

kiss | scout niblett & will oldham

pop music | r. stevie moore

mature themes | ariel pink's haunted graffiti

tropical hot dog night | captain beefheart & his magic band

philosophy of the world | the shaggs

there is a light that never goes out | dum dum girls

sister midnight | iggy pop

breaking glass | david bowie

i'll come running | brian eno

uncontrollable urge | devo

spaace girls | spaace girl

take it as it comes | vivian girls

true love will find you in the end | beck

like a monkey in a zoo | daniel johnston

i'm wrong | sharon van etten

the lyre of orpheus | nick cave & the bad seeds

mellow my mind | neil young

lexicon devil | germs

kill the poor | dead kennedys

viet nam | minutemen

moving to florida | butthole surfers

the talking horse | melvins

academy fight song | mission of burma

lake of fire | meat puppets

i need somebody | iggy & the stooges

how do you do | euros childs

some kind of wonderful | keel her

big train | mike watt

it's cos of you | greg kiss

pink triangle | weezer

mountain trip to japan, 1959 | trachtenburg family slideshow players

my head is my only house unless it rains | captain beefheart & his magic band

my show will be on a monday night once a month. i hope to have guests on once in a while to break up the sound of my own voice and to make it a bit more varied, plus i like playing good records so it's well worth tuning in for the music. you can listen via the ship full of bombs website which is sfob.co.uk - please do, it's nice to know people are listening.

it's been a bit quiet in terms of tumbledryer babies news lately but i still plan to put out some more music by the end of this year so keep an eye on this blog and on twitter for updates.

00056 // 08/03/13

i made a record last month as part of the rpm challenge, which is where you write and record an album entirely within the month of february. it is my fourth year of doing this, having made simulacra (2010), nondomesticity (2011) and i make melodies (2012) previously. this year's effort, well, is available to download for free from here. i've never written anything particularly good as a result of the rpm challenge, but it's a good way to stretch yourself and i think it's as good an exercise in writing as any. not that i've improved as a result of making an album in twenty-eight days, i mean i work pretty quickly anyway, but at the very least i end up with a few more albums in the can for posterity. and hopefully at least one of you thinks the rpm albums are worth a listen.

last night i opened for my first tooth at the railway hotel. after tom burgess played a handful of songs, i played:

let's do this

first song on the setlist

happy birthday richard hell

it's all for you

chelsea hotel #2

i told him it was wrong

just like pigpen

my body the temple and i the iconoclast

the outdoor type

marty feldman eyes

wwf

island in the sun

thanks to tom and lance for booking me for shangri-la once again. i've got one or two more tumbledryer releases planned for this year, but i am really going to concentrate on (among other things) making a record with my other band, red sails. i had hoped to make a tumbledryer collaborations type album this year, but when i finally do get round to it i want to make sure it is good, so i will wait until i can commit to it properly. in the mean time, you can download every tumbledryer babies release for free from thetumbledryerbabies.com, and if you want to help me pay for more drum machines and  other instruments i don't know how to use then buy my 7"s and cds from here. peace out x

00055 // 25/01/13

it was a pleasure to play at shangri-la last night. tom burgess played a few songs to open the night, then came a set from little penguin (great visuals) who over the last couple of years has had quite some influence on me, not least by introducing me to the thingamagoop which you can hear on pretty much all my records since 2010. i forgot the words to the outdoor type and dinosaur egg which was quite pathetic, but being joined on stage by tom on guitar for wwf and graham on vocals for island in the sun made up for that. i was followed by my old friend greg kiss who played a new song of his as well as some old favourites which made be very happy. it was a good night. i played these songs:

first song on the setlist

wwf

i wanna be r stevie moore too!

chelsea hotel #2

just like pigpen

e for effort

the outdoor type

island in the sun

i think we might be weirdos

marty feldman eyes

dinosaur egg

if you see her, give her hell

thanks to everyone who didn't heckle and to everyone who bought a cd.

next month is february which means i'll be undertaking the rpm challenge. this is where you have to make an album of ten songs or thirty-five minutes of music (i know which of those i'm aiming for) from start to finish in the month of february. it's my fourth year of doing this - you can download my 2010, 2011 and 2012 efforts for free. i urge you to join in too. my rpm2013 album will be available on the first of march, after which i'm hoping to have some live dates lined up so i can debut some of the new songs. see you in march.