When I stood under the shower this morning, naked save for my golden delegate wristband, mildly hungover and wrung-out from a full day of conferences and gigs, I wondered how I could have so easily developed a completely irrational adoration for a band whom I had only heard a few hours previously, the formidable Warpaint. To say that I love them somehow understates it. I want to learn how to sculpt, so I that can build statues to them. This stupendous band overwhelmed my unsuspecting consciousness with a sudden potency, like a spiked drink.

To begin a description by ...

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We're playing our first ever gig tonight at the Bridge House 2 in Canning Town, London. In true rock and roll fashion, we've replaced the entire rhythm section a couple of weeks before the show.

Gig info:

http://www.herc-rock.com/fr_gigs.cfm
http://www.dangarland.me.uk/groups/hercules-rockafella/events/first-gig

I've posted a couple of recordings from last nights rehearsal to get you in the mood... spread the word and come along and show your support!

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And press play on the buttons below the picture!

UPDATE: The gig was a success and we all survived. Some pictures below!

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Slowly catching up with events, now for what happened with Burning Desire this time last month!

The first adventure for Alison Jones and her bunch of merry musicans had been postponed, following an injury to her bowing arm, but she recovered well before we had forgot all of the chords and we piled into Dalston's premier music squat, the Passing Clouds. Squeezing our seven-piece onto the stage, we begin a quick soundcheck, hampered by a couple of technical issues that somewhat baffle our Portugeuse sound engineer.

We were preceded by a terrific Fado group, with an authentic and traditional Portugeuse ...

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Our first demo 'Perfect Storm' was featured on the Ravenous Raven song writing community website yesterday as the 'Song for Comment'.

http://songwritinglab.com/song4comment/song4comment-24th-february-2011/

In case you haven't already listened, please do so and leave a comment! You can also download the track free from this website.

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