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Oli 'n' Clive

The end!

About Me


Cello, drums, ukuleles, saw, cornet and harmonica are just some of the instruments the headlining duo employ to make their alt.country/folk. Time Out
"Oli ‘n’ Clive are lovely – they remind me of another band with two names and an ampersand." Sam, Rare FM Hall & Oates perhaps?
"...it could catch on who knows!" The Beat Surrender
"...charming slab..." Ragged Words
"I caught sight of one of the girls in the group playing..." Biz Buzz
Click the logo below to go to the Trial & Error Shop to buy our single plus other stuff!
OLI 'N' CLIVE RELEASED THEIR DEBUT SINGLE ON 3RD SEPTEMBER 2007!
Those lovely people at Trial & Error Recordings released Excuse Me. AVAILABLE NOW!
Stemming from the green pastures of the West Country, Oli 'n' Clive met on the road to London carrying drums, cello, ukuleles, bass, cornet, harmonica, musical saw, guitar, violins, autoharp and eggs. Oli is the singer, and Clive is the rest of the band. Sometimes sounding like the raw end of Dolly Parton and sometimes the blithe end of Tom Waits, it’s hard to pinpoint their main influences but they’d definitely include, as well as Dolly and Tom, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and Evan Dando. Perhaps more influential, perhaps, would be beer, strange east-European alcoholic spirits, dogs and Larry David…

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/7/2006
Band Website: olinclive.com
Band Members:
Oli - Acoustic guitar, singing and wailing.
Ruby - Musical saw and ukulele.
Sanjay - Violin and bass guitar.
Clare - Violin.
Pottsy - Ukulele, autoharp and eggs.
William - Bass guitar and percussion.
Melinda - Drums

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Watch the video to our debut single, Excuse Me, out 3rd September 2007!

Influences: Colleen Nolan, Tesco, curry gewurz ketchup, dogs, Bert Jansch, Breaking Away, radio helsinki, Tom Waits, grammar, Take the Lead, sky plus, Gorkys, gold 159 routemasters, escape from colditz, Larry David, Independent cryptic crosswords, beer, hot water, Springsteen, seven stars cigarettes, evan dando, film triple bills, a hearty soup...
Sounds Like:

THERE ARE TWO LIVE VIDEOS IN OUR VIDEOS PAGE!!!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Thanks Douchebags

Dear Oli 'n' Clivers, I know Sanj already wrote to tell you that we have decided to disband our gaggle of slack-jawed yokels, but I thought I would follow up with a quick thank you of my own. We a...
Posted by Oli 'n' Clive on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:01:00 PST

Free song download - Online Advent Calendar!

Teetering on the periphery of the season to be merry, Maps has a veryspecial festive treat in store for you all.(well many, many treats infact - no less than 24!) We have an exceptional advent calenda...
Posted by Oli 'n' Clive on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:34:00 PST

The Stool Pigeon and stuff

So, we've got ourselves in the December issue of The Stool Pigeon. It's scanned in below at 300dpi. Not sure how well it's going to look yet, but if it looks rubbish then it'll have to be done again w...
Posted by Oli 'n' Clive on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:44:00 PST

A few things really

Hey allAt the moment we've got Excuse Me, Plasters, A Bubble A Balloon and Song E up on our player. Big warm hugs and hand shakes to Daniel Frazer (sound, Rumble Strips) for recording Excuse Me and Pl...
Posted by Oli 'n' Clive on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:01:00 PST

New recordings (at last)

Yep, we've only gone and recorded three new songs!They still need to be mixed and stuff but they're sounding great we think.Keep checking back, they'll be up on our page in about three weeks!Oh, not ...
Posted by Oli 'n' Clive on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:36:00 PST

My word! It's Oli 'n' Clive's first newsletter!

Hello Scumbags,Firstly, thank you for signing up to the Oli 'n' Clive mailing list. I hope all three of you will enjoy the (hopefully quite) regular mails, and see us through good times and bad with y...
Posted by Oli 'n' Clive on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:30:00 PST