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New album preview: Upturned

January 11th, 2010 · Songs

Upturned New song preview friends!
Check out “Upturned” in the soundcloud player, right. (or go here)
There was a point, marked clearly in one of my notebooks early on, where this song was going to be called “cover her upturned face in burning kisses – part III” … but saner and wiser heads prevailed. The story is still a story though – kind of a fairytale… inspired part by Murakami and part by Wodehouse.

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It’s that time of year..!

December 25th, 2009 · Songs

A Very Magistery Christmas Yes, insert uptempo comment about snow, crampons, yuletidings and the whole sherry mid-afternoon in front of Roger Moore thing. Whilst the egg nog simmers on the stove, here’s a revisit from the AFH tune bunker… Click on “Silent Nites” on the new player, right… Kind of inspired by Kay Starr and the possibility of a Christmas gone awry…
Happy holidaze! AFH x

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Escaping the labyrinth!

November 28th, 2009 · Playing Records in Sequences

Well, what a well dressed peacocking and friendly bunch were the assembled throng at the Curzon Midnight Movie showing of Labyrinth last night… Afh judged the mood as requiring a blend of scritti politti, Ryan Paris, human league and by the end the 14th consecutive 80s revival was definitely in full swing ;-) thanks to Nadia and all you pretty things… X

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Get lost in the Labyrinth! AFH DJ-set vs Curzon Soho!

November 18th, 2009 · Playing Records in Sequences, Uncategorized

afh-masquerade Aloha team, time to put on your mask, fluff your mullet (!?) and get yourselves tickets to the midnight Masquerade at the Curzon Soho! AFH will be playing a DJ set of classical-madness-and-80s-Bowie-baiting hitz to follow the screeny goodness. Friday 27th November is the date. Click the image for more details! Or go here to find out more and book tickets…

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Thanks… and next…

October 26th, 2009 · Live shows, Playing Records in Sequences

AFH playing at Beyond Retro / Steve Brummel © 2009 Thanks to everyone who came to AFH’s show at Beyond Retro on Saturday… Resisted the urge to butcher Bowie’s “Fashion”, and the warm coat selection was exemplary so a win all round we think. More pics from the talented Steve Brummel in the Gallery

Enter the Labyrinth!
Next live show to be scheduled but AFH will be DJing at the Soho Curzon Cinema’s “Late nights” on 27th November, which is (reads from card) “Labyrinth Masquerade” themed… More details will be up soon on the Curzon’s facebook page: link

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AFH next live show: Beyond Retro Shoreditch Oct 24th…

October 9th, 2009 · Live shows

beyond2 Come see AFH play amid the frocks, pantaloons and assorted yesteryear accessories at Beyond Retro’s ubershoppe of vintage goodies on Cheshire Street, just off Brick Lane… 3pm, October 24th 2009.

Update: Facebook Event Link

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AFH live on BalconyTV: video now up!

October 8th, 2009 · Live shows, Songs, Video

balconytv-preview250 Hey team, here in all its raintastic and chilly glory is our acoustic rendering of “I’m gonna get married” live on BalconyTV. Simon from Vatican Cellars helping out on guitar, Will Byers from BeeStings on Cello and Clare Younis providing the vocal heartbreak. Watch now!. (PS If you look very carefully you’ll see us being pelted with confetti amid the raindrops… x)

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AFH plays BalconyTV.com

September 15th, 2009 · Live shows, Video

balconytvMost exciting! AFH will be playing a little acoustic, single-song set (nano-gig? ach, whatever…) for BalconyTV, on the LockLounge balcony on Tuesday 15th September. It’s the end of the summer but there’s still time for a wedding song we think…
Link: BalconyTV. We’ll post the video up here once the nice people at BalconyTV have put it up… For now here’s what it was like singing to a month’s rain in a single nacht! Pictures by the superbly waterproof slash diligently dry Nicholas Tucker!
© Nicholas Tucker 2009
Alexander and Clare... shot by Nicholas Tucker amid the deluge...

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Playing six strings for Miss Piney Gir

September 12th, 2009 · Fake DIY, Live shows, Piney Gir, Video

afh-piney-fakediy Nice little performance of some Piney Gir tracks from the Yearling album which AFH produced and played on, here acoustified in the Ol’ Blue Last in darkest Shoreditch…

Watch “Miss Havisham”…

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The Yearling gets 4**** in Q magazine!

August 31st, 2009 · AFH produces..., review

Good news everyone!
header-mag The AFH-produced/arranged new Piney Gir album “The Yearling” gets **** out of 5* in the Sept. 2009 issue of Q magazine. Hooray! The record hits the shops on 14th of the month too, for which “woo!”. (UK, released in USA mid October on Grey Day Records/Warner).

More great reviews from the web’n'blogosphere:
Musoguide: http://musosguide.com/…
Music Fix: http://www.themusicfix.co.uk…/
Gigwise: http://www.gigwise.com/…
Adequacy.Net: http://www.adequacy.net/…
ALayerOfChips: http://alayerofchips.blogspot.com/…
SubbaCultcha: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/…”
IndieHandbook: http://theindiehandbook.wordpress.com/…

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