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Member Since: 26/05/2006
Band Members: Martin Thompson - Voice, Blues Harp, Guitars, Piano

T S Spencer - Voice, Guitar, Banjo, Perc, Production

T J Fairs - Banjo, Electric Guitar, Bass, Xylophone, Perc

Photos courtesy Jack Bacon of Club Ugly / Tuck Shop Community Radio

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Hungamunga
In Like a Lion
The Indoor Picnic
The Moonshine Jamboree
Club Ugly

Dark Captain Light Captain
Jess Bryant
Nadine Khouri
Hexa
Thee Intolerable Kidd
Antony Elvin
Little Ray
Adam Gnade
KateGoes
The Zetland Players
Citizen Helene & The Racists
The Budda Cakes
The Grave Architects
Whole Schebang
Man & The Vertebrates
The Boycott Coca-Cola Experience
You and Me
Eoin O'Ruainigh

Silver Jews / Neil Young / Don Delillo / Ivor Cutler / Bukka White / Pulp / Will Oldham / Animal Collective / King Creosote / Nicholas Roeg / Herman Dune / Grizzly Bear / TV On The Radio / Jonathan Richman / The Smiths / Bob Log III / Dennis Potter / Low / Washington Phillips / Plants & Animals / U.N.P.O.C / The Wave Pictures / Neville Marcano / Kate Bush / Harold Pinter / The Pictish Trail / New Pornographers / Ali Farka Toure / Ann Peebles / Lord Invader / The Decemberists / M Ward / Akron/Family / Robert Altman / Townes Van Zandt / Bill Drummond / Smog / Muddy Waters / Of Montreal / Jeffrey Lewis / Robert Wyatt / Vic Godard / Harmony Korine / Kimya Dawson / The Fall / Radar Brothers / Phillip Larkin / Tenor Saw / Chad Vangaalen / Jake Thackray / John Fahey / Captain Beefheart / Raymond Carver / Adam Curtis / Velvet Underground / Graham Greene / Daniel Farson / Arab Strap / Michael Haneke / Belle & Sebastian / D+ / Laura Veirs / Television / David Sedaris / The Kinks
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My Blog

looking for a drummer and multi-instrumentalist

hellowe're looking for a brilliant drummer and a bassist / multi-instrumentalist. we're based in archway and stoke newington. we've got some good shows coming up. the demos on this page are old, youtu...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:38:00 GMT

nice bbc words

Here's a nice review of the Hedge night we played at in Manchester which endorses us in passing - HERE
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:48:00 GMT

Live footage of us from the DCLC album launch

We supporrted our old friends Dark Captain Light Captain at their 'Miracle Kicker' album launch at Praxis, along with Eoin O Ruainigh. Our friend Beany was there with some kind of motion capturing dev...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:35:00 GMT

Martian Thompsons Pantheon

Here are the names (in no particular order) of the songwriters I love and admire the most, and identify with most strongly in terms of what I am trying to do in music. (They all seem to be male and wh...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:59:00 GMT

songs, shows, wrongs, blows

We have a couple of new bedroom demos up, we have got fresh material.Look at our upcoming gigs, look at them!THIS Fri 20th June we are playing an early, FREE stripped down set at the Haggerston, or Un...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:59:00 GMT

f***book page fandom

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Posted by on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:41:00 GMT

Monday 18th Show and more

Our extensive tour of North and East London is commencing on Monday after our Llama Devon warm-up with a self-curated show at the Old Queens Head, Essex Rd, Islington on Monday night, with delicate Je...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:55:00 GMT

Friday, 29 October

Up at 7 with Bev to London on the 8.36. To Kensington, walked to the Registry Office. There was John Wood & Sylvia Glory & Peter (Earl of Faversham), Michael Abrahams, Bev and Gayden Collins. ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 May 2007 05:35:00 GMT

Much to your viral disgust

In response to martians' previous concerns for whoring the nations beloved woolen monkey, we have decided to try and distract your pretty eyes from such horrors, and instead can feast your eyes on a v...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:21:00 GMT

interchangeable heads

the current pg tea campaign which is being virally disseminated features 'monkey' the loveable knitted monkey from the digital television campaign (that has entered advertising folklore). this follows...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:17:00 GMT