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Tom Robinson plays 'God Is Dead...' on BBC Introducing for a second time.
'God Is Dead...' on national German radio.
'God Is Dead...' has been played twice on national Estonian radio. Is no part of the planet safe from that song?
A Scumbag interviewed by Hotrod Hector on Norwich's Future FM.
'It Means Nothing...' is at number 10 in this German equivalent of 6 Music's albums of the week.
'God Is Dead...' played by Tom Robinson on '6 Music Introducing'.
The video for 'Social Networking Site' seems to be getting passed around a lot on social networking sites. Which is maybe how this French music site got to hear of it.
Scumbag Philosopher: as approved of by the ghost of Joe Strummer...
"Tickbox Exercise" is at number 10 in this German equivalent of 6 Music's tracks of the week.
"Tickbox Exercise" played by the Swiss John Peel, DJ Leo.
At-bloody-last someone from daytime BBC 6 Music has finally played a song by us: 'God is Dead...' on Steve Lamacq's afternoon show.
And in more news from Der Vaterland... three Scumbag tracks in a row on this programme on the German equivalent of Dandelion radio.
On rotation at Munich's premier indie station: Björk, Drugstore, Guillemots, Khazi Chefs, Ol' Dirty Bastard and... Scumbag P.
'God Is Dead...' on influential German indie radio show.
Nuno Calado who does a weekly show on national Portuguese radio, has played "God Is Dead..." every week for the last three weeks.
We're 'Thing of the Day' on UK site Organ again. Apparently Scumbags are "awkwardly good, they sound a little geeky, like they might spend their time cataloguing their vinyl record collection and sing songs about simple trigonometry and mathematical shapes."
"God Is Dead..." on L'altra Cara De la Lluna.
Or album "It Means Nothing..." finds its way to Venezuela.
We're shit - but apparently that's a good thing according to Joel (who must therefore be a twat).
Along with the latest LPs by The Horrors, Bon Iver and Sons And Daughters, "It Means Nothing..." is one of the albums of the month on this influential Greek music site.
"I can see why Mark E. Smith chose them" says this blogger of Scumbag Philosopher reviewing our Manchester gig with The Fall.
"God Is Dead..." is now on Portuguese national radio.
Another 'John Peel' that digs our oeuvre. This time it's the Australian one - Tim Ritchie.
Artrocker review our London gig with The Fall. Apparently we provided "a great appetiser". You wouldn't believe how difficult it is making prawn cocktail for over a thousand Fall fans...
More John Peels! And now it's the 'Latvian John Peel' Toms Grēviņš who's playing 'God Is Dead..' on national radio. In Latvia, natch.
Julio Ruiz - aka the "Spanish John Peel" - has played three tracks from 'It Means Nothing...' on his programme 'Disco Grande' which is broadcast on Spanish national state radio.
Les Inrocks - a sort of French equivalent of Q/Mojo etc - has 'God Is Dead..." as one of its videos of the week.
We're 'Thing of the day' on organart.com. Tomorrow: another thing (maybe an eggcup?)
Adam (bass), Anne (two drums), Nietzsche (moustache).
On Gimme Indie - a national indie radio station.
Now this is interesting. This Bulgarian blog (with a really fab name) has us in a massive list of Radiohead songs.
"God is Dead..." tune of the day on TunaAtheDay. These fish must like us - previous single "Scumbag Philosopher" was tune of the day too.
"It’s an album that harks back to a time when indie actually meant something." says Besttuna
'It Means Nothing..." gets 9/10 on this Belgian website.
"Your Heroes at Home" & "Sunshine Corporation" from the album on WWUH radio in Hertford, USA.
"Heroes at Home" from the album on the radio in New Jersey. That's in the United States of America.
'God is Dead..." on WNMC radio in Michigan, USA
'It Means Nothing..." is the album of the day on Swiss national radio show 'Sounds'.
Our KOKO London gig with The Fall last night was pretty good. Photographic evidence from KOKO courtesy of john michael vettese. Same again at Manchester MOHO Live tomorrow (Friday)
This scary looking thing says "God Is Dead..." is song of the day.
My favourite review of the "God Is Dead..." single thus far: "This what Jez from Peep Show’s music would sound like if he joined an indie band and..you know, wasn’t shit at making music."
This Italian music site is very fond of our soon to be released debut album.
And it really is rather bueno.
"Your Heroes at Home" from the album has found its way to Hungary. Wow.
"God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead" is a "Hit!" according to this popular Polish music blog.
Tickets for our June gigs with The Fall are now available online here....
Weds 1st June, London KOKO & Fri 3rd June, Manchester Moho Live.
'Scumbag Philosopher' single out now. You can buy it here....
"He’s telling you what’s wrong with the world. He’s telling you the problem with your generation. He is a Scumbag Philosopher."
A bit like sex-with-your-ex this review from Stereoboard starts off as a slagging and ends up sucking us off.
We are "Stakhanovist scoundrels from Norwich" according to this French music blog.
Current single on Stuart Maconie's even more obscure show on 6 Music.
Mandolina, oh ma corazon.
And another spin for our 'Scumbag Philosopher' single on John Kennedy's X-posure show on XFM London.
says this blog written in German, Arabic and English
according to this Greek music site that seems to be doing a videography of Scumbag Philosopher.
"So fickle is the world of pop, so disposable are the thoughts of men and women that we'd quite forgotten about the band we love more than any other...it's great to rediscover that acid wit, post-Fall rant n rail is alive, well and providing employment for the clever n cross."
"So fickle is the world of pop, so disposable are the thoughts of men and women that we'd quite forgotten about the band we love more than any other...it's great to rediscover that acid wit, post-Fall rant n rail is alive, well and providing employment for the clever n cross."
And here's the video for 'Scumbag..." again - this time on This Is Fake DIY.
And in today's news from your 'Isn't it a small world" editor: our current single on influential US music site AltSounds.
I Like Sums (track two on our debut album It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing) played on the Artrocker Radio Show.
Are they going to play the whole album one track every week?
Respected and long established American alt music site The Big Takeover are the first to review our debut album 'It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing'. They like it.
The album is released April in the US and mid June in the UK.
John Kennedy of Xfm's new music programme X-posure has played 'Scumbag Philosopher' on the show.
Scumbag P - the confirmed favourite band of the fish-pun music journalism community: this fishy sounding blog says that we are "proudly alternative railing at the world from the other side of the mainstream".
Tickbox Exercise (track one on our debut album It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing) played on the Artrocker Radio Show.
Scumbag Philosopher is tune of the day on TunAtheDay....
So say Losing Today of 'Scumbag Philosopher'. They also say many other words too...
John Peel bothering alternative music site Unpeeled has made their (understandably gushing) review of Scumbag Philosopher the lead item on their front page. Full details in Current Release over there --->
This is better than being hidden amongst screeds of reviews of singles by John Peel type bands called things like The Parma Violets, Wank the Cats and The Custard Monkeys. Actually I (or rather bandnamr.com) made those up.
Photos from a Wombat Wombat Norwich Arts Centre gig with Bearsuit and Brothers Dec 2010. Thanks to Nigel Nudds.
In response to our Christmas song 'Ding Dong Ding Dong Fucking Ding Dong' Losing Today say:
Scumbag Philosopher's ‘Dingdong Dingdong’ - captures our mood perfectly - found this ‘un hiding in our neglected inbox - a note warned of drumming turkeys, jay-z and a little baby Jesus….oh yea and swearing - those with humour bypasses and an intolerance to bad language can fuck off now…..ooops….
Future Radio Norwich DJ Hotrod Hector has discovered Scumbag Philosopher. Hear his gushing (but deserved praise) for us on the podcast for his show below.
Not so much a review of the single as some kind of stream of conciousness attack on the evils of the modern music industry. Quite right too.
Die englische Band Scumbag Philosopher haben ein Musikvideo abgedreht, das unbedingt geguckt werden muss. Der Songtitel sagt schon alles aus. Social Networking Site. Die Single stammt vom Debüt It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing, welches dieses Jahr noch das Licht der Welt erblicken wird. Veröffentlicht wird das Stück über das amerikanische Label Words On Music.
Says this Zu Wenig Zeit blog about the Social Networking Site vid....
Minnesota (US) based label Words On Music and Scumbag Philosopher love each other (true).
The debut single (God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead) and album (It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing) will be released later on this year.
The album will be available as a very swish digipack style creation and large, black round vinyl album.
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