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Saloon

About Me

Saloon 1998-2004
We were lucky enough to play with... American Analog Set, Billy Mahonie, Birdie, British Sea Power, Broken Family Band, Camera Obscura, Chemistry Experiment, Curtis Newton, Cyann And Ben, Dressy Bessy, Electrelane, Great Lakes, Herman Dune, Homescience, Kicker, Laika, Li-Lund, Mahogany, Movietone, Mum, Of Montreal, The Projects, Quickspace, Salako, Seesaw, Stereolab, Temple Temple, Tompaulin... and more.
Lo-Fi Sounds, Hi-Fi Heart
The Track & Field Organisation/Darla
A compilation of all singles and b-sides (including four John Peel Festive 50 smashes) plus rarities, exclusive tracks and a whole lot of lo-fi love.
Discography:
Matt now plays in The Leaf Library
Alison plays in The Left Outsides
Adam plays in Arthur and Martha
Le Weekend Track and Field
Dir. Martin Genius www.ageniusproduction.com
The Good Life live
Impact Glamourpuss 2001
Dir. Martin Genius www.ageniusproduction.com
The Good Life (single version) unreleased
Dir. Martin Genius www.ageniusproduction.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/02/2006
Band Members: It was...
Matt Ashton (guitar)
Alison Cotton (viola)
Adam Cresswell (bass, synth)
Amanda Gomez (vocals, guitar, synth)
Mike Smoughton (drums)
Record Label: The Track & Field Organisation
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Last.fm tags

Here is a selection of some the tags used on our Last.fm profile... Ladynoise, new york techno, mashup, progressive rock, stock ports finest, slowcore, funny grunge, brake core, 60s crooner, aaaaar ye...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Darla compilation

Hi folks, Saloon have a track on the new Darla Records compilation 'Little Darla Has A Treat For You Vol. 24'. The song is a remixed version of the lost classic 'Suivez La Piste'. We could never ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 May 2006 13:31:00 GMT

Treblezine review

http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/1262.html
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 05:45:00 GMT

PopNews interview (in English)

Lo-Fi Sounds, Hi Fi-Heart - Ruminations by Adam Cresswell and Matt AshtonFuturismo Adam - This one took ages to get right but it was worth the wait. We just threw a load of crazy ideas at it so it did...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:58:00 GMT

Some very nice words from an American

http://indieworkshop.com/music/2329/ PS If anyone has any bad reviews I might put them up.
Posted by on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:52:00 GMT

Erasing Clouds review

The chaps at Erasing Clouds have said this about the new record... http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk0606reviews.html#saloon Wasn't that nice of them?  
Posted by on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:00:00 GMT

German review (in English)

Hey kids, here's another review for the compilation. This was kindly translated by our friendly German language expert, Dan. Thanks. "Fairytales do not always come true. Why for heavens sake hasn't...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:00:00 GMT

Album reviews

Hello all, here are a couple of nice reviews of Saloon's new/old album: http://www.soundsxp.com/2746.shtml http://lunapark6.com/?p=84 Cheers, Matt
Posted by on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:16:00 GMT