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The Mules: Tasty Fanzine review of 'Grab Your Musket'.
Apr 14, 2005
Do not listen to this with a hang over. The Mules would seem to be pretty deranged, which is probably a good thing for a rock band. A bizarre mix of keys, Moog, harmonica and even frantic fiddling are all thrown in to the mix. Some highly energetic vocals have the added charm of descending into Reevesian pub singer mode at times - completely incomprehensible and brilliant. The Mules are the product you would get if you locked Blind Jackson and The Pogues up in a recording studio with a bucket full of crack cocaine.

Written by Shane Blanchard for Tasty Fanzine (www.tastyfanzine.org.uk), April 2005.

The Mules: Oxford Student live review. - 12/11/04
This was going to be easy. You were ...
Pontiak: Tiny Mix Tapes.com review of a 6 track demo, Autumn 2003. (N.B. Letter written by reviewer) - 12/11/04

Dear A.M.R.,
I'm in a three-piece band with my two ...

Fireworks Night: Hybrid magazine review of 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea'. - 10/03/05

Godzilla: Somewhere between 16 Horsepower and Pink Floyd - ...

Fireworks Night: Vanity Project magazine review of 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea'. - 10/03/05

‘The Gold Leaves’, oh, ‘The Gold Leaves’, it’s only ...

The Mules: Indie Disco webzine review of 'Grab Your Musket'. - 16/03/05
The Mules are in the house and they want to date your sister -- on ...
Fireworks Night: Diskant webzine review of 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea'. - 17/03/05
In all fields of entertainment, there's much to be said for the carefully planned opening ...
Fireworks Night: Friends of the Heroes webzine review of 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea'. - 13/04/05
Sometimes, music that at first seems unpenetrably dark can turn out to be more uplifting ...
The Mules: Losing Today magazine review of 'Grab Your Musket'. - 23/05/05
So how would you like your head sir – scrambled or poached? This corking 6 ...
Fireworks Night: Russell Barker's review of 'It's a Wide, Wide Sea'. - 09/06/05
"It's A Wide, Wide Sea" the debut album from Fireworks Night is a lush, dreamscaping ...
The Mules: Russell Barker's review of 'Grab Your Musket'. - 09/06/05
This, the first EP by the Mules, is a delightfully oddball bundle of fun. The ...
Acousticwoodlands website on Organ Grinder. - 09/06/05
Apparently, Organ Grinder Records is this site's favourite label (for the meantime) - that's just ...
Pontiak: Tiny Mix Tapes webzine review of 'White Buffalo'. - 24/06/05
White Buffalo EP Organ Grinder, 2005 rating: 4/5 reviewer: tamec

When we last heard from Pontiak, ...
The Mules: Opposition T webzine live review. - 05/07/05
The Mules aim to put the (blue) grass firmly back into good time music. The ...
Fireworks Night: Speakers Push The Air webzine review of 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea'. - 18/07/05
Flash bang wallop bosh! Guy Fawkes has a lot to answer for. The Osama Bin ...
Fireworks Night: Whisperin and Hollerin webzine review of 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea'. - 18/07/05
Our Rating: 8/10          

Organ Grinder are a new, British-based label who are keen to put ...

The Mules: Fringe Report webzine live review. - 29/07/05
Verdict: Music and mayhem

Last Tuesday I saw The Mules play West London. It is ...

Fireworks Night: Nunuworld Music webzine review of 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea'. - 15/08/05
This is a beautiful album. Built up from simple acoustic songs, Fireworks Night have ended ...
The Mules: Dripfed Ezine review of 'Grab Your Musket'. - 29/09/05
Some things grow on you, some things dawn on you, and some things just dig ...
The Mules: Music Truth webzine live review. - 16/11/05
93 Feet East, London, 7/11/2005.

It has only been a few weeks since I last saw ...

The Mules: Gigwise webzine live review. - 25/11/05
The Pleasure Unit, London,  21/11/2005.

The Mules claim to have invented their own form of music. ...

The Mules: Gigwise webzine review of 'Polly-O/Misprint' 7". - 02/12/05
Sweet, sweet joy - a single plucked from the obscurity of the pile which actually ...
The Mules: Time Out review of 'Polly-O/Misprint' 7". - 13/12/05
Another herky-jerky kick in the nuts comes from Oxford's The Mules whose debut, 'Polly-O', is ...
The Mules: Sound of Violence webzine review of 'Polly-O/Misprint' 7". - 03/01/06
This review was originally written in French and has been translated by Mr. Timothy Burke. ...
The Mules: Sounds XP webzine review of 'Polly-O/Misprint' 7". - 13/01/06
They call it “electrobilly”, a mutant strain of country music that fuses rockabilly and punk ...
The Mules: Artrocker live reviews. - 21/02/06
Below are two very different reviews of the same gig. Needless to say, we tend ...
The Mules: Oxfordbands.com live review. - 17/03/06
The Mules at Port Mahon with Male and Shooting at Unarmed Men, 9/3/2006.

There’s this saying ...

Fireworks Night: Contactmusic webzine review of 'When We Fell Through The Ice'/'Echo's Swing'. - 27/04/06
This double A-side single mirrors a refreshing kick in the backside to a stagnant U.S. ...
Fireworks Night: Musicweek review of 'When We Fell Through The Ice'/'Echo's Swing'. - 02/05/06
Issued in advance of their July-released second album, this duet between James Lesslie and Briony ...
Fireworks Night: Beatmusic Webzine review of 'When We Fell Through The Ice'/Echo's Swing'. - 10/05/06
The other contender for Single of the Month and it was a close run thing. ...
Fireworks Night: Glasswerk webzine review of 'When We Fell Through The Ice' / 'Echo's Swing'. - 16/05/06
This single is the first to be released from the forthcoming second album by Devon ...
The Mules: Guardian review of 'Here to Help'. - 03/07/06
Single of the week.

Peculiar, intriguing offering from musically and lyrically hyperactive outfit from Oxford. Here ...

The Mules: Unpeeled magazine review of 'Here to Help'. - 06/07/06
Country-punking as might have been attempted by Xtc, if you’d slipped them sufficient mandies. I ...
Nuclear missile-powered Pontiak - 24/08/06
Pontiak
The thunderous trio from Rappahannock are primed to drop their first album on new label ...
The Mules: National Student magazine review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
What’s this then? Another new CD, another new band and another press release containing the ...
The Mules: Music News webzine review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
Have a hearty breakfast and hold on tight for the craziest musical ride of the ...
The Mules: Twisted Ear webzine review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
Bewildering debut from inimitable Oxford five-piece

So here’s the rub: debut album; singing drummer who ...

The Mules: Notion magazine reivew of 'Save Your Face.' - 29/08/06
This is great. It’s indie but not quite as we know it. Forget all the ...
The Mules: CMU Music Network review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
The Mules' debut album, 'Save Your Face', follows the release of single 'Polly-O' back in ...
The Mules: The Fly magazine review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
Whether The Mules met in a public toilet or not, their debut is spunky and ...
The Mules: Uncut magazine review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
Clever, cacophonous debut from London-based quintet.

Coldplay might have ...

The Mules: Time Out London magazine review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
Forget (Baby)shambolic tales of charlie, model chicks and chokey or of industrial doses of ‘prang’ ...
The Mules: The Guardian newspaper review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
Like a slapdash Picasso or Marilyn Monroe, Save Your Face is a charming, beautiful mess. ...
Fireworks Night: Brain Love webzine review of 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea'. - 17/03/05

Last, but not least, is It's A Wide,

The Mules: Angry Ape webzine review of 'Grab Your Musket'. - 16/04/05
Oxford’s The Mules may well have a name that resembles yet another batch processed garage ...
The Mules: Glasswerk webzine review of 'Here to Help'. - 06/07/06
The Mules are an intriguing and refreshing prospect: an absolute gift for a weary reviewer ...
The Mules: Neon Buzz magazine review of 'Save Your Face'. - 29/08/06
Save your Face is a 38 minute whirlwind of genre crashing, boundary bashing songs that ...
The Mules: London Lite newspaper live review. - 19/10/06
6/9/2006, Islington Bar Academy.

"Er, we're having technical difficulties," announced Mules bassist Jim Leslie [sic] 15 ...

The Mules: Drowned in Sound website review of 'Save Your Face'. - 19/10/06
If post-punk is the bandwagon, then The Mules are the guys behind the cactus waiting ...
Pontiak: Tiny Mix Tapes "Valley of Cats Review" - 03/11/06
4.5/5 RIFFS. Yeah, son. Big fuckin' riffs. Where before I had described Pontiak as "loungey" without ...
Fireworks Night: Losing Today webzine review of 'As Fools We Are'. - 18/04/07
A richly dark beautified persona walks silently amid the grooves of the second full ...
Fireworks Night: Aesthetica magazine review of 'As Fools We Are'. - 01/05/07

This album is quite simply breathtaking in ...

Fireworks Night: Gigwise website review of 'As Fools We Are'. - 11/05/07

'As Fools We Are,’ the second album from Fireworks Night, is a dark collection of ...

Pontiak: Indie Intune website review of 'Valley of Cats'. - 07/06/07
Pontiak is a band that offers something to the music world that has been lacking ...
Fireworks Night: Sounds XP website review of 'As Fools We Are'. - 20/06/07

Some bands' influences are obvious, their make up predictable. By contrast Fireworks Night, formed by ...

Pontiak "Sun on Sun" review in Julian Cope's Head Heritage - 02/08/07
Julian Cope has posted an awesome review of Pontiak's upcoming album Sun on Sun
Fireworks Night: Contactmusic webzine review of 'As Fools We Are'. - 18/08/07

'As Fools We Are' is a wonderfully ...

Fireworks Night: Nightshift Magazine live review. - 26/03/08

Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit / Fireworks Night - The Jericho Tavern, Oxford, ...

Fireworks Night: Sounds XP website live review. - 26/03/08

My Sad Captains/Fireworks Night/Gold Sounds - Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, London, 18/2/2008

Fireworks Night: Subba Cultcha Webzine live review. - 19/06/08

22/5/2008 - The Luminaire, London

The Luminaire in Kilburn is the perfect venue for Sunset ...

Left With Pictures: Drowned in Sound review of 'Secretly' E.P. - 20/01/09
I interviewed Left With Pictures some time ago for DiS, and was very struck by ...
Left With Pictures: Line of Best Fit review of 'Secretly' E.P. - 20/01/09
Secretly’, the title track from this interesting little EP, is one of my favourite songs ...
Left With Pictures: Guardian review of 'Professional Help' single. - 20/01/09
How great is this? More bands should go for the whole heart-warming-scene-from-Last-of-the-Summer-Wine vibe. This comes ...
Left With Pictures: Music News review of 'Secretly' E.P. - 20/01/09
One of the great pleasures of reviewing music is that sometimes you get to hear ...
The Monroe Transfer: Daily Growl review of 'I dreamt I was a hammer & everything was glass'. - 24/06/09
Here’s a trailer for a new piece of music that laughs in the face of ...
The Monroe Transfer: Subba Cultcha review of 'I dreamt I was a hammer and everything was glass'. - 24/06/09
Instrumental magic that will leave you on cloud nine

The music that accompanies the skill and ...

The Monroe Transfer: Line of Best Fit review of 'I dreamt I was a hammer and everything was glass'. - 24/06/09
London is a funny old place. It’s a true cultural melting pot of greedy bankers ...
The Monroe Transfer: Drowned in Sound review of 'I dreamt I was a hammer and everything was glass'. - 24/06/09
The Monroe Transfer's 15 minute post-rock epic 'I Dreamt I Was a Hammer and Everything ...
Left With Pictures: Culture Deluxe review of 'Every Stitch, Every Line'. - 24/06/09
As exponents of woollen-clad, posh-voiced folk, I was more than sceptical about the possible merits ...
Left With Pictures: Pop Musicology review of 'Every Stitch, Every LIne'. - 24/06/09
If there’s one thing you mightn’t level at Left With Pictures, it’s that they have ...
Left With Pictures: Musos Guide review of 'Every Stitch, Every Line'. - 24/06/09
Every now and then, I get told to listen to a band and do it ...
Left With Pictures: Line of Best Fit review of 'Every Stitch, Every Line'. - 24/06/09
More Left With Pictures! The very suggestion of this is enough to arouse significant excitement ...
The Mules: Tasty Fanzine review of 'Grab Your Musket'. - 14/04/05
Do not listen to this with a hang over. The Mules would seem to be ...
The Mules: Vanity Project magazine review of 'Grab Your Musket'. - 16/04/05
Alternative or mainstream, we all love a ceilidh. Indie kid or townie, nothing beats a ...
Pontiak: ADD Reviews on 'White Buffalo'. - 15/07/05
Check out the nice things the good people at ADD Reviews had to say about ...
The Mules: Glasswerk webzine review of 'Grab Your Musket'. - 01/08/05
This Mule...is a wonky three legged beast............it staggers about wildy making collapsing look like dancing ...
The Mules: Ragged Words live review. - 13/04/06
Jeremy Warmsley, The Mules, Captain Phoenix, Playground, Joel Cox (Goodshoes)
Tatty Bogle, London
06/04/06

Five bands for a ...

Fireworks Night: Metro review of 'When We Fell Through The Ice' / 'Echo's Swing'. - 15/05/06
Drifting harmonies layered over the slow-building theme from a tragic gypsy muscial doesn't scream 'FM ...
Left With Pictures: Drowned in Sound review of 'Every Stitch, Every Line'. - 24/06/09
Enormously perky and twinklesome, this has shades of Dog on Wheels-era Belle and Sebastian and ...
Pontiak in Independent Clauses - 02/09/05
Hand-numbered releases reveal a lot about a band’s character. If a band is daring enough ...
Fireworks Night: Time Out London review of 'When We Fell Through The Ice'/'Echo's Swing'. - 14/05/06
Noël Coward-y boy/girl duet with added klezmer-style violins and a cantering percussive backdrop. Hold on ...
Fireworks Night: Tunetribe website review of 'As Fools We Are'. - 03/05/07

Fireworks Night's second full-length 'As Fools We Are' is ...

The Mules: Ragged Words webzine review of 'Here to Help' Single. - 02/06/06
It’s taken almost a year and a half for The Mules to follow up their ...
The Mules: Sounds XP webzine review of 'Here to Help'. - 12/07/06
‘Here To Help’ is the tale of a shop assistant told Specials-style with a manic ...

 
 
 
     
 
 
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