Music:
Member Since: 11/29/2005
Band Website: uglynephew.com
Band Members: Southern Tenant Folk Union
Mohanski
The Zetland Players
Case Hardin
Schuman the Human
William Nein
Influences:
Southern Tenant Folk Union - Southern Tenant Folk Union
UNR004...
£8 from UglyNephew.com
"Bringing a thoroughly modern perspective to banjo, mandolin and fiddle tunes sounding old as the
Appalachians and kicking up a whirl of harmonized soul-searching along the way, STFU know that
bad times can lead to good."
Plan B Magazine
"A compelling mix of bluegrass, gospel, old time and celtic swing that is memorably embellished with warm and richly woven harmonies,"
The Irish Times
"A brilliant debut."
Rock N' Reel Magazine
"bar-hopping ballads stuffed with fiddles and banjo."
Uncut Magazine
"This work deserves to escape the niche into which it has been born as it is a piece which contains both soul and beauty."
Americana UK
"The smoothest, bluegrass tinged, measured acoustic country singing and playing you could wish for this side of the Atlantic."
Maverick
"If your thing is clawhammered banjo picking and vocal harmonies... then you'll probably be a fan of these songs as well."
Songs: Illnois
"Everything sounds so deceivingly effortless,"
Insurgent Country
"upbeat and talented… a soothing, mellow nod towards gospelly folk."
Hub Listings
"The Southern Tenant Folk Union is perhaps the nearest thing to a supergroup in the growing UK Americana scene."
Bearded Magazine
Making Friends With... The Zetland Players
£5 from UglyNephew.com
UNR005
"There really aren't any weak tracks on this (thankfully) very long EP"
Lobster Quadrille
"With influences stemming from Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, The Zetland Players are filled with potential."
Obscure Sound
"It makes your eyes open a little more than usual."
NothingButGreenLights
"Swinging like a world war two big band and happier than a barrel full of cockatoos."
New-Noise
"a traditional sounding record that is anything but traditional."
Quick Before It Melts
"This is infectious folk... one doesn't have to know these songs to enjoy them from the outset."
Hub Listings
"They appear to be enjoying themselves,"
Americana UK
These boys are funny, in a Paul Simon kind of way, swinging like a world war two big band and happier than a barrel full of cockatoos.'
New-Noise.net
Cocaine / Who Is Going To Love You Now - Southern Tenant Folk Union
£4 from UglyNephew.com
UNR006
"A gorgeously conceived lazily spun slice of breezily celebratory melancholic Americana"
Losing Today
Sailors and Strongmen / DC-13 - The Zetland Players / The Sliding Rule
UNR007
“By far and away the most adventurous Zetland Players song
to date, this is a typically knees up folk song with a personal touch.†-
Dogs Can Drive
“The Zetland Players it seems can do no wrong. It’s like
they’ve invented a hit song writing machine and cranked
The bugger to ‘full steam ahead’.â€
Lobster Quadrille
“This is a gem of a swashbuckling song,â€
Hidden Fruit
“Essentialâ€
Losing Today
Showtime for Schuman - Schuman the Human
£8 from UglyNephew.com
UNR008
"Schuman the Human is an alt-country band unafraid to experiment... Tow the Line I like for its reverberating guitar, elliptical vocals, let's-all-hold-hands protest, and hints of mournfulness giving way to joyous hoedown."
Tuwa's Shanty
"music merry and coloured, perfect to brighten the morose winter days"
No Surprises
"Schuman sings along with his rippling banjo, like he's gathered round the 'old Joanna' in an East End pub, blasting away those It's-a-long-way-to-Tipperary war-time-blues,"
Maverick
"The album is a damn good way to start the year - the sort of album that helps work through winter, stick to resolutions and make you realise rain isn’t all that bad."
Nothing But Green Lights
"'Showtime For Schuman' is an enjoyable and diversified country-ish romp. Chilli's voice is pure elegance, harmonizing beautifully with Foster's laid back vocal demeanor."
It's Not The Band I Hate It's Their Fans
"This is one of those records that comes out of nowhere and just hits you between the eyes, partly because it's so different to everything else I've been listened to, and partly because it's so perfectly formed. Everything's where it's supposed to be. Everything follows just as it should, lyrically, vocally musically, and it's one of those very few things to which the word perfect can be confidently applied"
Dandelion Radio
Hotdog Chihuahua - Mohanski
£8 from UglyNephew.com
UNR009
"‘Hotdog Chihuahua’ sounds like nothing currently about in record world, so relaxed, chilled and lazy its almost horizontal, to describe it as mellow is to hugely understated it’s mercurial sleekness, these softly stirred radiating spectres whistle alluringly in the breeze both affectionately and infectiously despatching their lilting countrified love notes.
In truth perhaps the best thing we’ve heard since Hot Chip’s debut ‘Mexico’ EP"
Losing Today
"Enjoyably hard to pin down, the band are at their best with the chilled harmonies of Back Home and psychedelic, Dodgy-esque 5 Year Plan. 7/10"
Teletext
"The band throw everything at us on this one"
ComfortComes
"....an unlikely sounding combo that manage to combine the sounds Amnesiac Radiohead with Arthur Lee's Love."
Pointy Records
"When I hear a band like Mohanski it almost makes me want to get back into radio so I can play them on the air and rave about how much I love their music. Mohanski have a unique sound that honors a wide swath of influences. Their songs are pretty, haunting, cerebral, clever, rhythmic, non-danceable and danceable."
www.deaconlight.com/mohanski
"Mohanski remind me of the qualities I used to love about Blur and Radiohead... but more consistently. They are releasing a little 7 inch sometime in the next few months, and I definitely plan on getting one. So shouldyou."
www.whoneedsradio.com
"If The Stone Roses had a child with Gomez, and then said child was adopted for two years by Massive Attack and Zero 7, and then returned to the land of Ian Brown post Stone Roses as a teenager - the fully functional adult before you would be Mohanski"
Aoife Mc of The Indie
"Mohanski really had a buzz about them. Lovely people and top musicians. They are the rare breed that arent desperately looking for a deal but a label like Rough Trade should check these out..."
The Tube Club
"Atmospheric Hackney four-piece whose lo-fi ballads employ harmonica, melodica, xylophone, Casiotone and have been compared to Blur, Radiohead, Stone Roses, Portishead and Hot Chip."
Time Out recommended gig
"Unlikely but engaging blend of Love, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Beck and 'Amnesiac'-era radiohead from the headlining London quartet"
Time Out
"Wonderfully different pop music.......Like the Super Furries but never moving out of 1st gear"
Shut Up & Sshshh
"Grooving harmony laden popsters"
What's On
"...a strange-and-beautiful London Band. Their mixture of Lo-Fi, Folk, Swing, Indie-Pop and R' n B is quite something. Best listen for yourself!"
Music of the Moment Blogspot
"There's something very soothing about this. The vocals float above the gentle guitar strains, the drums have a nice syncopation, and there's a lovely space lying between the different musical elements that you don't hear all that often these days."
Lost In Your Inbox
"a pretty smart album"
New-Noise
Revivals, Rituals and Union Songs - Southern Tenant Folk Union
£8 from UglyNephew.com
UNR011
"An excellent new album a real leap forward for them"
Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2
"Roots music that knows few boundaries"
The List
"This music is easy to love"
The Word
"Great singers and excellent songwriters to boot (5/5)"
Rock N' Reel
"A delicate, bruised collection of bluegrass, country & gospel"
Uncut
"The musicianship is faultless... I am so proud that it emanates from Britain (four stars)"
Country Music People
"This is a great album which would be done a disservice by being labelled 'Bluegrass' so don't stick it in a category, stick it on your shopping list. (9 out of 10)"
AmericanaUK
"Southern Tenant Folk Union has something interesting, something quite different to offer, (4/5)"
Maverick
"The sound is tight, and whilst the production is overly smooth at times, their abilities are clear for all to see"
Line of Best Fit
"it doesn't matter what box you try to stuff them into, the STFU have enough verve, songwriting nous and musical chops to waft straight back out again."
Is This Music?
"They may not be from the Appalachians, but their music is as genuine as the seas, flowers, skiers and rains"
Morning Star
"'Cocaine' is a sing-along standout reminder that the devil can still make a stiff bargain for handing out all the best tunes"
Plan B
"another genre-defying collection of original songs"
UKBluegrass.com
"This tight, 40-minute record does what every second album strives to do; it surpasses the achievements of its predecessor and should ensure easy passage for Southern Tenant Folk Union on to the next level in terms of their artistic and commercial potential."
Xanakse
"Revivals, Rituals & Union Songs has a robust personality and a foot-tapping style that, no doubt, makes them a pleasing live act."
South Wales Evening Post
"It would take a soul of considerable restraint to keep from leaping up and dancing around the room,"
Austinist
"The quality and consistency of the album holds firm from start to finish."
East Bank
"It's not totally unexpected that Revivals, Rituals & Folk Songs is as good as the title somehow suggests it would be, Southern Tenant Folk Union promised much, they delivered more."
NetRhythms
Sounds Like: The Virgin Mary snoring.
Record Label: Ugly Nephew Records
Type of Label: Indie
