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About Me

..ALEX ONE IS LEAD GUITARIST IN CONIL AND PLAYED ON THE NEW CONIL ALBUM "STRANGE PART OF THE COUNTRY" THE ALBUM FEATURES THE LEGENDARY DANNY THOMPSON ON STAND UP BASS AND WAS MIXED BY TOM WAITES PRODUCER TCHAD BLAKE. DO YOUR EARHOLES A FAVOUR AND CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CONILMUSIC WHERE THE NEW SINGLE "STRANGE PART OF THE COUNTRY IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD. TASTY JOHN, VERY TASTY. THE MUSIC ON THIS SITE IS ME PISSING AROUND WITH LOGIC WHEN I'VE GOT NOTHING BETTER TO DO. KEEPS YOU OFF THE STREETS INNIT.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/22/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/conilmusic
Band Members:
Influences: Everything that was ever said or done by anybody or anything, on this or any other planet, from the beginning of time right up until now. More specifically, Rock 'n' Roll, Punk Rock, Jimi, the Stooges, the Clash, the Pistols, the Velvets, the Dolls, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Prodigy, Crass, Ramones, Television, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, The Voidoids, Neu, Captain Beefheart, Pixies, Tom Waites, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Who, The Smiths, The Fall, Public Image Limited, The Cramps, Henry Rollins, The Kinks, Robert Johnson, William Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, The Birthday Party, Cave, Cohen, The Vietnam war, Chernobyl, Zippy The Pinhead, Michael Herr, The Good Reverend D. Wayne Love, Thatcher, Bush, the old war, the new war, the next war, and so on and so forth, you know the shit.
Sounds Like: weirdo funtime
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Record Label: GREAT HARE RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CONIL SUPPORT JOSEPH ARTHUR ON UK TOUR

US singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur returns to the UK this summer to promote 4 EP's and full length album 'Temporary People' out September 16.Conil have been confirmed as support for the entire tour af...
Posted by ALEX ONE on Sat, 24 May 2008 02:41:00 PST

Q MAGAZINE ALBUM REVIEW ****

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Posted by ALEX ONE on Tue, 13 May 2008 04:10:00 PST

RAVE MAGAZINE REVIEW ****

EDITOR'S PICK ****Wow. Conil has been getting rave reviews in the British press of late, and this album shows why. He's got a voice that falls somewhere between Tom Waits and the drunk guy shouting in...
Posted by ALEX ONE on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:12:00 PST

SUBBA CULCHA REVIEW

Subba Cultcha reviewSmoke-voiced London bluesman emotes every beautiful low you've ever experienced, and then some..I've not heard anything quite like this before, and that's no hyperbole. Conil and h...
Posted by ALEX ONE on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:09:00 PST

LOBSTER QUADRILLE MAGAZINE REVIEW

Lobster Quadrille Magazine reviewPunctuated by references to London's landmarks, watering holes and drunken, drugged underbelly Conil's Strange Part of the Country is like a dark and dirty back street...
Posted by ALEX ONE on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:07:00 PST

SINGLE REVIEW, ALTERNATIVE NATION

Single: Conil - Strange Part Of The CountryHere it is. A single by an artist unknown to me that is just different and interesting enough to make reviewing it a pleasure. This is a track of soulful bea...
Posted by ALEX ONE on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:01:00 PST

ALBUM REVIEW, DAILY MUSIC GUIDE, 4/5

Conil - Strange Part Of The Country (Great Hare)Strange Part Of The Country (May 12) is the debut album from London based solo artist Conil. There doesn't seem to be that much information available ab...
Posted by ALEX ONE on Sat, 10 May 2008 04:48:00 PST

ALBUM REVIEW, THE NEWS, 8/10

In a nutshell& Soulful, earthy late-night folk. What's it all about? Strange Part Of The Country is the debut album from London four-piece Conil, a weathered bunch of troubadours led by singer/songwri...
Posted by ALEX ONE on Sat, 10 May 2008 04:56:00 PST