Dirtblonde

DirtblondeDirtblonde. It is never ending excitement here at PlayFairNow.org. This week’s artist of the week feature is a few hours late as I’ve been listening to Dirtblonde’s White Noise, Rubber Heart { available on iTunes } and just punched a hole in the wall. Typing hurts.

Dirtblonde’s critically acclaimed 2005 free download single ‘The Hangmen’ is now available again, due to popular demand!

Since then, Dirtblonde has gathered more fans but the single itself, with the original artwork and the two scuzzy demos recorded in Toxteth, Liverpool (‘Superfan’ and ‘I’m Tired’) has not been available for a while, so most people don’t have it!

‘The Hangmen’ was recorded on one hazy night, back in 2004, in a recording studio in Leicester, of all places.

Released early 2005 when Dirtblonde returned from a tour in Brazil, ‘The Hangmen’ instantly became Dirtblonde’s key track, and was played on XFM, BBC Radio One and BBC Radio 6, being called “one of the loudest records of the year so far” by John Kennedy (XFM). Other legendary DJs who also played the single include Steve Lamacq and Nic Harcourt of KCRW in California.

Alan McGee of Creation Records fame, also played ‘The Hangmen’ on his BBC radio show, and compared Dirtblonde to The Jesus And Mary Chain.

Whereas other recent Liverpool bands may have been hyped up only to split up soon after, Dirtblonde have remained in the underground, and slowly but surely created a strong catalogue of exciting rock’n’roll songs that took them as far afield as Brazil, New York and Austin Texas (for South By Southwest)

Dirtblonde will release a new, double A side online single on 19th April 2010, featuring new songs ‘Brooklyn’ and ‘White Horses’. The single will also be available on a limited-edition cassette tape format, with exclusive extra songs.

For more songs, videos and live dates, visit www.dirtblonde.co.uk