Joe Innes has finally managed to record his debut and we are extremely happy about it. What increases our excitement even further is that he has employed the help of a group of talented musicians and created Joe Innes and the Calvacade, creating a fuller more rounded sound and offering a fresh perspective to Joe’s talents.
We have long been a fan of Mr Innes and his incredible song writing skills and aren’t surprised that we have had his debut album ‘The Frighteners’ on constant play since its release last Monday. …

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It is estimated by experts (ie. people with an awful lot of time to waste) that there are around 1 billion bicycles present on this planet. According to the Huffington Post (these people are paid to look into this kind of thing), there is a similar number of motor vehicles tearing up planet earth. These are not insignificant numbers I’m sure you’ll agree. There are of course just over 7 billion pedestrians on this mortal coil, which should make you think that they would …

It’s been a while since we have given you any mixtapes but this week we have a really great one from our good friend and super talented songsmith ‘Joe Innes’. Hot off the back of just releasing his mightily impressive debut album entitled ‘ The Frighteners’ (which you can check out on bandcamp here) this is a brilliant short mix, exclusively made for our Tuckshop Faithful. Be sure to have a listen and send Joe some love, his album is awesome so once you’ve heard the mixtape, head over …

Teens are a rowdy foursome who I believe are from Idaho. I’m yet to find out whether they are in fact teenagers but that really does not matter as their debut self titled record released through the label ‘Barn Owl Records’ is a wonderfully raucous, trashy surf affair full of perfectly executed rawness. It’s the sort of stuff that inspires you to stick a finger to your folks, slam your bedroom door and sneak out the window when they are asleep.
Go get hold of a copy right now through …

Into The Dim from Dear Winesburg on Vimeo.
Anyone who has spent anytime hanging out with us will know that we are big fans of Dear Winesburg. We have filmed a few sessions with them and even got them to contribute a track to our now infamous Leg Guitar V Tuckshop EP Club project. The great news is that they are about to release another EP and with that in mind they have put together this very good video for you to enjoy.
To check out more of the fabulous Dear …