June 2008
37 posts
Volume Control.
Funny old world, innit.
Only yesterday, I was talking about the lack of input from Hand & Face Records on here recently, and then today I get some exciting news. At the start of the month, I emailed founder and musician of AceKing, Peter Hill. Peg, as he is known, is the bassist for welsh band, Marshal Plan, but he had projects of his own.
AceKing was one of those projects, and although the...
Shakes To Take.
Hello all. How are you? Work is good, therefore progress is slow. As you can see, I had no time to post a decent blog on tuesday, so I just pushed another image up. It’s a scribble I did for a college portfolio. I had possibly the best brief out of the entire class (and still managed to mess it up!) but I liked this drawing, so it’s been displayed as an attempt to address the lack of...
Trampolines.
So, I’m back. Dorset was nice. It rained a lot and I went to a wedding, so I didn’t get the chance to take as many artistic photos as I would’ve liked. The one above was one of a very few. There was some really nice professional graffiti on a wall by a car park in Bournemouth, but my camera battery died. Typical. So, I don’t have a lot for you, and this week may be slow as...
That Sitting Mode.
Hand & Face will be offline until Sunday. No one will be at home until then but I am bringing two cameras with me and will hopefully be taking a few snaps of the Dorset sights and sounds.
See you soon,
Thom @ Hand & Face
Jeans.
Any budding musicians, young and old, who make music in their bedrooms will be interested to know that you can get professional masters of your songs, with full control and input from Black Beans music promotion. Instead of booking out studio time to work with engineers, you simply book slots in which some fully qualified and extremely good producers work on your already pre-recorded tracks for...
“1234” (Feist Cover) by Bikini
Crestfallen.
I decided my bin needed a new gimmick, other than just a place to put nasty, old things. It was looking woefully dull in the corner of my kitchen.
I bought an album called Lágrima a while back. The artwork for the album is by Soo Hong, a Japanese UK-based artist and illustrator. It’s a beautiful package, which is well worth checking out for both the art and the music, but Hong’s work...
Listening Post for 15/6/2008.
This is the Hand & Face listening post for the week 8-15 June, 2008.
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
Athlete – Vehicles & Animals
Elbow - Cast of Thousands
Super Furry Animals – Guerilla
Kings Of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
Love Of Diagrams – Mosaic
Death Cab For Cutie – The Photo Album
John Mayer Trio – Try!
Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Constant Delay.
The most observant of you will have realised that when you log on to today’s blog, we are now hosted by the domain name ‘hand and face dot co dot uk’. Phase two of the ‘make-hand-&-face-a-real-living-breathing-thing’ masterplan has come to fruition; phase one being ‘start a blog’. But I did have a job working the IP addresses, so I feel that this is...
See more Hand & Face photos →
Hand & Face is a simple idea, so it’s best to keep it’s description that way. However, there are so many more sides to Hand & Face Design than meets the eye. Eg. Sewing, would you believe, has become a huge labour of love over the last year and our Flickr provides the space to let ideas sit, be and evolve. View the photos, artwork, drawings, scribbles and creations; the digital...
My last two days.
…have been filled with thousands of the above. Sorry about the short interruption in what has been so far a very productive blog for me, by my standards. Podbop has loads of free mp3s by hundreds of bands, given willingly. You may find a couple of songs by artists you like but you can discover so much more for no cost. I picked up this ‘cat & mouse print’ by Luke Drodz for...
Indie Pop Rocks! →
Soma FM run an indie-pop radio show from San Francisco, CA. They play new, upcoming songs and classic college radio tracks, mixed seemlessly. Loads of praise has to go to Soma and DJ Elise, as the music is always challenging and entertaining.
Quiet Houses.
Today’s been very quiet. Nothing gone on much here. And I don’t just want to blog for blog’s sake, but I really don’t have that much to do. Plus, in a few weeks when I have other things on, I will most likely revert back to neglecting this particular duty, so its better to get a few blogs in now when I still have the drive. I found a really cool new band, ticking all my...
Dip in the sea, anyone? →
Kaimana Surf Company are a surfboard repair shop, brand and surf school based nr. Freshwater West, St. Davids in Pembrokeshire. Whether you need a board fixing, some surf lessons or just a cool new t-shirt, make sure you have a look at Kaimana. Plus, Tom and Pip are really awesome people.
Sounds of the Appletree →
Appletree Records is a dutch label concerned with everything that is new in the worlds of jazz, hip-hop, funk, soul, breaks and downtempo, often setting the very high standards for everyone else to follow. Check out the smoothies volumes for total relaxation.
A Lack of Color.
I debated putting the ‘U’ back in the word ‘color’, but since I was listening to Death Cab For Cutie and it was relevant, I left it out. But there has indeed been a lack of colour around this place of late. All of the photographs that I’ve been working on for my postcard series were in black and white, as are all of the photos I’ve posted on here so far. Today,...
He is Homegrown →
A lot of people already know my friend Loop, and his website We Are Homegrown, but just in case you don’t, please click on the link provided. You can also check out his tumblr.
Listening Post for 8/6/2008.
This is the Hand & Face listening post for the week 1-8 June, 2008.
Hot Club De Paris - Drop It ‘Til It Pops
Mystery Jets – Twenty One
R.E.M. - Murmur
The Spinto Band – Nice and Nicely Done
The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St.
Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now Youngster…
Cajun Dance Party – The Colourful Life
Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
Architecture in Helsinki –...
Hand & Face Listening Posts.
I’ve always wanted to write reviews for artists and albums, but there’s always been something holding me back. The biggest two problems in writing reviews are hatred and pretention. I dislike both of these seemingly often used character traits by certain reviewers and critics. So, I could skip all that. But, I also don’t like it when avid fans list off track by track opinions,...
Welcome.
Hello. Welcome to Hand & Face.
Hand & Face is an online cluster of companies, based solely online for the time being. The plan is to branch into design, culture and the arts, using a variation of different mediums. At the moment, there are two parts to Hand & Face:
Music (Hand & Face Records)
Design (Hand & Face Design)
Based out of a bedroom in South-west Wales, Hand...