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HAPPY NEW YEAR! |
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| Raise a glass to 2008!
We would like to thank everyone for their support in our first year, and let you know that there are even better things to come in the coming year.. first and foremost of these will be the release of Jonny Alford's debut album next month - More details of which will be revealed here very soon!
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Keep those resolutions! |
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| MENIAL MONKEY PRESENTS... HALLOWEEN SPECIAL...REPORT! |
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Spooky goings on at the oakford |
Reading about Reading!
The Oakford in Reading played host to our latest party on wed 31st october and was a classic night for us. A great crowd including many of Readings finest acts & bands (dan le sac, christopher d ashley, my luminaires, the defeat and more) piled in to see three great sets of acoustic and electronic greatness.
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Local Talent!
First on the pumkpin adorned stage was the Kay Chapman whose stunning voice gained her a reception usually reserved for headliners. Accompanying Kaye was guitarist Quinn who pulled out all the stops for halloween and even wore an impressive werewolf mask for one song...a man after the MMonkeys hearts! See her myspace page for a taster. |
Kay Chapman - photo © Genericguy |
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Jonny Alford at the oakford |
Jonny's Everywhere
Next up was Jonny Alford who, despite having to glue his guitar together a few hours before the gig, played a fantastic stripped down solo set. Last at the Oakford to support Polly Paulisma, Jonny ended his set with a cover of 'Maybe Tomorrow' from The Littlest Hobo and set things up nicely for our much anticipated headliner.
For more info on Jonny, click on the artist pages above, or visit his myspace page here |
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Yuill be sorry you missed him !
Found through myspace but clearly destined for a much bigger profile, James Yuill took to he stage with a guitar strapped to his back and a laptop to his side. His combination of gorgeous acoustic singer songwriting and full-on Ed Banger influenced electro worked incredibly and blew away all comers. James' songs started as simple melodies and ended as a wall of filtered electronics and hypnotic bleeps as he took tracks from his album 'Turning Down Water For Air' to a new level. Particularly effextive was his closing medley of 'Sweet Love' and 'No Suprise' with a frenzied reprise of the first track bringing our live music to a spectacular end.
Have a look at his myspace page and you’ll see why this one can’t be missed. |
James Yuill - photo © Alan Butterworth |
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| See what you missed : Have a look at his wonderful "No suprise" promo video, by clicking play below (or click here to see it full screen) |
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Great Carving |
Thank you
Menial Monkey thanks everyone who made night so damn memorable...special mention goes to Mouks and Kay Chapman for their impressive pumpkin carving, the Oakford staff for their impressive outfits, Jon for the sound, James R for the photos and all the fine artists involved. Our next Oakford party will be an xmas special on 12th December and despite some serious bar raising for the halloween party, we're sure its going to be a blinder. |
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| Monkey Mondays at Nags Head, High Wycombe... |
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| “Do you like monkeys but not Mondays, everyone loves a ‘Monkey Monday’!! We like you & we want you to come down and play on a Monkey Monday. Acoustic, unplugged, post modern-alternative-left-field-folk-electro-chill-out or just good live music. |
Call it what ever you want it’s better than a kick in the nads, and fun too. Dont let sundays get u down..... now u can look forward to Monkey Monday!! We know there be a lot music out there, so let us park it in front of ya face.”
Starting this Monday (8th October) we’re proud to be involved in a weekly live music night taking place at The Nags Head in High Wycombe.
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The Nags Head in Hig Wycombe |
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| This infamous venue is best known for playing host to Sex Pistols, The Who, Fleetwood Mac and The Clash and now those pesky MMonkeys are taking over! For all the info on the night or if you wanna play, check the myspace page here . |
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| Click here to see our MySpace music profile for Monkey Mondays with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more |
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| DEBUT SINGLE BY JONNY ALFORD RELEASED! |
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| Yes, we're chuffed as anything to announced that the first single on Menial Monkey Records is yours now to download on iTunes or most other big download sites. |
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Jonny Alford, our favourite singer songwriter ever to use a tub of Bisto gravy as an instrument, has now released 'It Won't be Long'. It will be the first single to be taken from his forthcoming album 'Escape from the Requiem' and is back by the song 'Now and Then'. |
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| Click the iTunes icon to buy this single now! we hope you love the tracks as much as we do. All Monkey support is much appreciated! :) |
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| MESSY SUCCESS... |
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Big thanks to everyone who have been down to our gigs at Oakford and made them such a great nights...photos from the various nights can be found on here
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If you haven't heard Jonnys other tunes yet, you can have a listen here
If you haven't been to a Menial Monkey night, click here to see some pics from our launch party. And finally if you want to see what other people think, or to add your own thoughts, see our comments page here
Want to see what we are up to? find us on facebook here |
Monkey Madeness! |
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Thats the latest from us now but plenty more to come soon (releases, mixes, parties etc from all genres of music). Please help spread the word about Menial Monkey and who knows what can happen!
Cheers to all
More news soon
MMRx
For more infomation mail us at info@menialmonkey.com!
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