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29/08/10 - Summer's almost gone and finally Lyndon finishes his diary for the past 3 months, covering Port Eliot, Folk In A Box and all the other bits. And have you bought your ticket for the King's Place show yet? It's going to be a really special 'Evening with Songdog' (no support, just us and lots of songs old and new) and they've now told us there's even a discount if you book in advance online - check Live for details!

1/8/10 - Port Eliot Festival was a gorgeous experience and no doubt Lyndon will be telling you all about it soon. In the meantime, don't forget tickets are already on sale for our Friday 24 September show for the Spitz at Kings Place (part of the 'Folk Union' season) - we do hope you'll all come, and it would be lovely if you'd buy your ticket in advance :-) - here's the Kings Place ticket link.

Before that, we're off to Japan for the Kansai Music Conference in Osaka and for any Japanese fans we now have a Songdog site over at Top Music Japan plus a downloadable biog in Japanese here.

13/6/10 - There's been lots happening at Songdog HQ lately and Lyndon will be writing a new diary soon. Live shows coming up in the next few months include Lyndon's solo show as part of the Arctic Circle/Folk In A Box series at the One-On-One Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, two appearances at the gorgeous Port Eliot Festival (follow the link to download the full programme), a trip to Japan to play at the Kansai Music Conference in Osaka in September, and on Friday 24 September we are very pleased to join The Spitz in their new home at Kings Place for a special show as part of the 'Folk Union' season - tickets are already on sale, so don't miss out!

9/5/10 - Check out the latest reviews for 'A Life Eroding' -- have you got your copy yet? There's a new video, for 'Obediah's Waltz' on YouTube, have a look and let us know what you think. And don't forget, we're doing some more live dates in the next month or so, supporting Johnny Dowd at the end of May at Norwich Arts centre, Leicester Musician and Borderline London. Plus we're part of Louis Eliot's Summer Pageant at the Borderline again on 7 June and then headlining in Newport at Le Pub on 12 June!

7/05/10 - If you happen to be in the Swansea area, don't forget we're playing at the Chattery in Uplands tomorrow (Sat 8th) - around 9.15pm - details from the Chattery website.

26/4/10 - The new Songdog album 'A Life Eroding' is released TODAY on One Little Indian so please demand a copy from your local record emporium!! Or order the album from HMV, Amazon and One Little Indian. And if you're in Cardiff on Tue 27th April, do come down and see us at 10 Feet Tall.

16/4/10 - Lyndon's new diary is here - on what he's been doing for the first quarter of the year, American Songbook, and the true cost of a hamburger. Don't forget Songdog's album launch show is at Peter Parker's Rock n Roll Club, 4 Denmark St, WC2 on Thu 22 April - advance tickets are available from Wegottickets. This is your first chance to hear A Life Eroding played with full band, plus support from the lovely Hannah Peel and sounds from DJ Lenny George. It's only a 150 capacity venue so don't miss out! Check the press page for great new reviews including the Mirror, Mojo, Aesthetica, Clash, Channel 24 in S. Africa - there are clips to listen to as well - AND you can order the album from HMV, Amazon and One Little Indian.

08/02/10 - Not quite a Valentine's date, but come and join us on Sun 21 Feb at The Spitz's new night at King's Cross Social Club. Plus Joe Wilkes, Jason McNiff and our very own DJ Lenny George. Doors 5pm tbc, free entry, stage times tbc.

21/01/10 - Lyndon's first diary for 2010

07/01/10 - Happy 2010 everyone! To herald in the new year we have two nice acoustic gigs coming up, one at Brixton Windmill on Sun 17 Jan and then for Cool As Folk at Upstairs at the Brixton Ritzy on Wed 27 Jan. Plus in the Gallery there are some fab new pix taken in preparation for our next album launch in April...

24/11/09 - Lyndon's latest diary is up on the site - on pop-up gigs, Sting and True Blood among other things. And don't forget to come and see us on 3rd December, if you can, opening for Louis Eliot at the Windmill Brixton! More gigs to come, watch this space....

14/11/09 - We'll be popping up to do little acoustic gigs in various places over the coming months, so keep an eye on the Songdog sites for details. This Tuesday 17th we'll be doing a short acoustic set at 8pm (free entry) at the Library bar, 235 Upper Street, Islington N1 (2 mins walk from Highbury & Islington tube). Then on 3rd December we're opening for Louis Eliot (ex-Rialto) at the Windmill Brixton, followed by our first Welsh gig for ages, The Dark Heart of Country at Le Pub, Newport, on 5 December (details for all on the Live page).

5/10/09 - Don't forget our Daylight Music evening session with our Arctic Circle friends at the Union Chapel (bar), Islington, next Sunday 1st November - doors open 5.30pm, joined by Dom Coyote & Arch Garrison plus DJ sets throughout the evening from our own Lenny George. Entry £6.

15/10/09 - The band did a few songs at an open-mic night last night and loved the experience so much that when they were invited back to a full set next Wednesday (October 21st) they jumped at it --- they'll be performing with just acoustic guitar, mandolin and accordion. The Easycome Acoustic Club is run by the great Andy Allen of the Hankdogs (Joe Boyd produced them and signed them to his label) and ex-the Professionals, the post-Pistols Cook and Jones band. The venue is upstairs at the Old Nun's Head, 15 Nunhead Green, London SE15 3QQ, the music starts at 9pm and Songdog will play a set sometime after 10pm.
Oh, and the next album "A Life Eroding" should be out around March 2010 .....Check out Lyndon's latest diary here

26/8/09 - Psst - want a taste of the next album? Our very own DJ Lenny George has been asked to do a mix for Arctic Circle Radio and he's included an acoustic version of the track 'So Much Sorrow' -- you can download this rather fine mix podcast from the Arctic Circle site: Lenny George (Camper-Van Of Love mix)

15/8/09 - Just in time for the holidays, here's a new diary from Lyndon.

3/5/09 - We're working hard on the next album, but thought you'd like to hear this latest demo (which we now decided won't be on the album, but is a little taster of what's to come): 'Writer's Block'. You can have a listen on either Myspace or Reverbnation -- hope you enjoy it! Oh, and see you at the Borderline on 3rd June? xx

24/4/09 - Latest report from Lyndon -- the next album, G20, wolves....Gig news - we're playing as guests of 'Band of Heathens' at the Borderline, Wed 3 June. More dates to come soon

14/2/09 - Lyndon's first diary of 2009: On Pinter, Brown and bankers...

8/12/08 - The Songdog Christmas single "I'm Still Waiting To Start Hurting" (One Little Indian Records) is released as a download only track on iTunes! Click here to buy! Rather than a Yuletide knees-up, the song is a sad little winter song, in the tradition of, say, Joni Mitchell's "River": another Christmas is coming and a man looks back a year to when he ended a relationship, relieved that it's over but still half in love with the woman he left behind. Please help spread the word -- ask your favourite DJs to play it, and you never know, Songdog could end up jostling 'Merry Christmas Everybody' for space on the airwaves! Lyndon's Winter diary is up and tickets for our show on Wed 18 Feb at the Soho Revue Bar are now on sale here.

17/10/08 - New video on Songdog TV (and YouTube) - a rare live version of 'Jezebel' (from the first album 'The Way Of The World'), recorded along with 'A Prayer To Old Idols' at the Roundhouse show back in March

2/10/08 - Lyndon's latest diary. Lyndon on the credit crunch, his new songs, Philip Larkin and more...

09/09/08 - Check out the latest videos on Songdog TV - Lyndon's take on the classic Jimmy Webb song 'MacArthur Park' (recorded at home in Wales) and an exclusive preview of his newest song 'The Rain Is Falling On The Old Cat's Grave'. (For those outside UK and Eire, they're also on YouTube.) Let us know what you think! (And while we're on the subject, if anyone else out there has made any videos of Songdog songs, we'd love to see them).

25/07/08 - Lyndon's diary of the trip to Dublin for the Analog Festival plus the free download of 'The Likes of You and Me' which the label has just released (to download the track rightclick and hit 'save as')

10/07/08 - Songdog are off to Dublin soon! We're very excited to be playing our first-ever Irish gig on Friday 18th July, at the Analog Festival (our show is curated by the lovely Arctic Circle people and we are joined by our friends Dollboy and The Sleeping Years. Other acts appearing at Analog include Lou Reed, Neil Hannon, Waterson: Carthy, Teddy Thompson, David Thomas (Pere Ubu) and more -- so if you're in Dublin, come and see us! Tickets and venue details here

28/5/08 - Lyndon's latest report from the world of Songdog

4/5/08 - Amazing 5-star review of the album from Rock'n'Reel!

3/4/08 - We release the first single ‘Pilgrim Hill’ from the new album, ‘A Wretched Sinner's Song’ (One Little Indian) on 14th April 2008. It's available from i-Tunes and comes with downloadable artwork and 'B' side (the previously unreleased 'She Said I Kind of Looked Like Strindberg'.
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Lyndon describes ‘Pilgrim Hill’ as: ‘a list of things I like - dusk, snow, glam-rock, NME in its 70s heyday, pigeons, second-hand bookshops, ‘Like A Rolling Stone’. It's a sad song because that's how I felt when I wrote it (sometimes it makes me happy to walk the city streets feeling sad) but all those things I like are in there to offset all the sad stuff like the dead foxes and so on. It's Happy and Sad facing up to each other, slugging it out one snowy day.’

Plus you can download the first-ever Songdog Podcast for free here!

In case you haven't heard, we launched our guerrilla book club in March, at the Roundhouse Studio show, where we gave away numerous copies of our favourite books -- we're also leaving them in public places all over London (and beyond, when we get a chance!). Each book has a personal recommendation from us written inside and a message for the finder to take the book, read it, keep it or pass it onto their friends! Look out for copies of Kerouac, Kafka, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence and others on a tube train near you…and if you find one, let us know. We've set up a forum for that very purpose, so come on, let's get a dialogue going!

If you're having any trouble finding the album in the shops it's also available to buy online at these sites: Amazon and One Little Indian and downloadable at iTunes, eMusic and TuneTribe

Older news....

1/4/08 Lyndon's report on the Roundhouse gig (belatedly celebrating the release of the album and the launch of the Songdog guerrilla bookclub -- have you found one of the books we've left lying round London yet?)

26/3/08 Fab review of the album from Maverick magazine plus new French review here. Hope we're going to see you tomorrow at the Roundhouse FreeDM Studio gig (Chalk Farm Rd NW1) -- a groovy evening is promised, and you might even pick up a free book!

22/2/08 New reviews (including one from South Africa's The Citizen here) plus live review of Bristol show

21/1/08 Lyndon's first diary for 2008 PLUS Songdog are Download of the Week on HMV's site (with free track) here.