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Kevin Tuffy

beaucoup d'amour

About Me

Kevin Tuffy - 'To be. To begin...' The debut EP
Is now sold out! If you've already ordered, yours are on the way - sorry for the delay! Second press is on it's way and Rough Trade still have some left... Also, coming to iTunes VERY SOON!
Tracklist:
1. 'To be. To Begin. To Be Free. To Be Nothing.' feat. Thom Stone & Laura Marling
2. 'Clouds' feat. Sway
3. 'Oh Dearest Daughter' feat. Laura Marling
4. 'Valium Fuelled Blues'
5. 'This Love Song It Just Keeps Repeating Over and Over Again'
= REVIEWS =
With an entire generation of new songwriters uncaring about traditional musical pigeon holes, we have music that proudly swings from mosh pit to dancefloor to backroom of folkie pub and still sounds mighty fine. Here aspirant Londoner Tuffy wields a banjo and harmonica on one track and has grime MC Sway guesting on another. Not only does he get away with it, he proves himself a creditable songwriter on this all too brief EP.
His tangled lyrical tumble evokes thoughts of Mike Skinner before he got distracted and bored and Alex Turner minus the smugness. There’s a sweet domestic turn to the scenes he carves out but you get the feeling from Tuffy’s fondness for a laconic melody that he’s just a dreamer at heart. Let’s hope for more. Soon.
4/5 STARS - Mark Robertson, The List Magazine, Scotland
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/30/2006
Band Website: w5.co.uk
Band Members: If you would like us to play a show or for anything else please email: [email protected]

Dave Northmore (RIP 1987-2007) the best guitarist ever and the best friend anyone could have ever asked for, always loved and never forgotten

I wish Murray would manage us...

Influences: Dave Northmore - Always gonna be my rock star.
The OC: standards.
Damn Sly, Bob Dylan, Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, John Cash, Pavement, Bright Eyes, Sway Dasafo, The Shins, Beirut, Elliot Smith, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, The Cure, The Pixies, Arcade Fire, Nick Drake, The Smiths, Eminem, Big L, Jay Z, The Pogues, Iain Banks, Haruki Murakami, Philip Larkin, Vladimir Nabokov, Hubert Selby Jr, Thom Stone, Laura Marling, Why Whiskey Why?
Sounds Like: What other musicians have said about me:
Dave Northmore: 'You, my friend, are a batty'
Thom Stone: 'Kevin Tuffy is a man, Sings his songs guitar in hand, Wears his heart upon his sleeve, He is the Adam to my Eve.'
Sway Dasafo: 'Amazing'
The Turncoat: 'tuffy is like cigarettes, no matter what anyone says they ARE cool and they do impress people.'
Laura Marling: 'Leggy like Jessica Rabbit'
Jamie T: 'Good'
Jay Jay Pistolet: 'I love you'
Andrew Davie: 'The most dynamic man in folk'
Jon McClure (Reverend & The Makers): 'I think you've got a pretty cool haircut'
Will Street: 'I am so proud of you, you skinny white boy'
Josie (Why Whiskey Why?): 'Your face IS disgusting'
Siân (Why Whiskey Why?): 'Are you magic?'
Beans on Toast: 'You are my hip-hop'
DJ Turkish: 'You look like Chris Evans'
Chiefer: 'You're Seth from the OC!'
Terror Danjah: 'I think MC Happiness is a good name for you'
Charlie (Noah and the Whale): 'If this goes wrong then it's all Kevin Tuffy's fault'
Record Label: Dcypha Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

When the air chills cold let this warm your heart...

My fellow libertarians, existentialists, thinkers, dreamers and friendsHow is everybody? I'm not the once responsive chap I was and I apologise for this (moreso to those with whom I used to rally litt...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:15:00 PST

Sway feat. $tush ’F Ur X’ Music Video

Some of you have noticed, and yes it is me busking in the new Sway video (feat. $tush for 'F Ur X')It was a real fun day doing it with the cast of 'AdULTHOOD' the new movie sequel to KIdULTHOOD, Bashy...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:20:00 PST

It’s a hard knock life...

Dudes and dudesses,I have not written one of these in a long time.It kinda seems like forever since I've recorded anything (of my own writing) and some of you have noticed the dry spell in live shows....
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:38:00 PST

...On londonkicks.com radio

Yo yo peeps,I did an hour long radio show with Flash Louis for londonkicks.com go visit the site now if you'd like to hear me talking shit, spinning records and a live session acoustic track of the pr...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:41:00 PST

TO BE. TO BEGIN... THE DEBUT EP

Captain K Tuff's Log - 30th October 2007My lovely sponges,I have now copies of the EP 'To Be. To Begin...'We here at Dcypha Productions realise there has been a delay from its original release date of...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:19:00 PST

Ian Brown - Illegal Attacks

Safe peepsLast week (17th Sept I think?), Ian Brown feat. Sinead O'Connor 'Illegal Attacks' came out. Massive tunes. You gotta love ol king monkey.On the b-side my friend Sway did a remix of the track...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:37:00 PST

review the reviewer

Here is a bad review of me at the GoodBooks show:'Other support, singer songwriter Kevin Tuffy, would probably call himself an urban poet, I'd call him misguided' - Neil W soundsxp.comTo be honest i f...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:33:00 PST

A mid-2007 UPDATE

yo yo peeps,i have been a bit slack with the old myspace as of late. this is because i work too hard and like my local pub too much (see the photo on my page of me cotching with my posse). it's been a...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:38:00 PST

platformsmagazine.com/

i/we am/are featured in this months platforms magazine. it is online and interactive so they've kindly put up oh dearest daughter and to be. to begin. to be free. to be nothing.there's some fantastic ...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:49:00 PST

Howdy Do? Was wickedgood

Thank you to all of you who came... Seriously i love my ealing boys and girls. Thank you especially to Emma and Carina for starting an amazing night (and the beers!). The manager for helping my drunk ...
Posted by Kevin Tuffy on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:01:00 PST