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Jan 29th

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Your first christmas song can be a dangerous stepping stone to horrible things. Thankfully, this is a collaboration with my good friends Fighting Kites so I can’t take all the blame. Have a good one. . .

Dec 23rd

November 2011 - The Album

It’s about time I posted something about this. After years of toiling and soiling, I finally have a real album out in a few weeks. It’s called “There’s Always Hope, There’s Always Cabernet”, a title I’ve had in mind for years, and it’s a bit of a mess really. I do like a mess though. Look, here’s the artwork: So, yes. I’m not really...

Nov 6th

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thesweep: Adventurously layered instrumental rock from North London’s Fighting Kites, freed from the build and release overwhelmingness that most of its kin cleaves to in favour of circulatory intricacy. Conquers is on a split EP with Broken Shoulder out on Audio Antihero in October.

Sep 3rd

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August 2011 - An album, and too many shows.

So, it has been a long time in coming, but I have an album out later this year on the arrogantly charitable Audio Antihero Records. It is not finished yet, but the release date is the 21st November. We’ll see about that. Also, in support of this, I have a million gigs coming up. Which is funny, because I don’t really like playing gigs. Joke’s on me, I suppose. Here are some of...

Aug 8th

Damnably All Day BBQ Gig

Jul 2nd

April 2011 ------ A Rund Up

HI READERS. A few things recently which I have sullenly neglected to talk about. Audio Antihero have been flying this year, releasing things all over the place, and it has been wonderful to watch and a be a part of. OK. Firstly, and probably most importantly, they did the Japan Relief Effort compilation Bob Hope Would. It was so full of stuff you couldn’t move, I added a new song for it,...

Apr 16th

Jan 2011 - EP :Track Of The Day by Jack Hayter

Out on Monday. It’s quite exciting. thewhiteboardproject: Jack Hayter Track by Track Sucky Tart E.P release Jan 31st 2011 on Audio AntiHero Just in case you didn’t figure it out; Sucky Tart is an anagram the name of of a famous sailing ship called the Cutty Sark that lies in dry dock in Greenwich. The Cutty Sark was a fast tea clipper; there was a need for speed in the tea trade...

Jan 26th

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December 2010 - Jack Hayter

Merry merry. In more important news, I had the honour of making some artwork for an EP being released by a hero of my youth, Jack Hayter, of the eternally wonderful band Hefner. Hefner were always good for making one feel slightly hopeful about being sad, odd and lonely. So it’s pretty ace for junior here. Also, Jack’s songs have become so heart-breakingly good, that it feels far from...

Dec 18th

New album, Rumfucker - October 31st 2010

For anyone that is at all interested, I made an album this month as part of the ‘International Album Making Month’ (write and record an album in the month of October). Really though, it was a good excuse to try and do something constructive with my time for once. Either way, here it is. Rumfucker. You can get it for free (or give me lots of money) at: http://benjaminshaw.bandcamp.com ...

Oct 31st

October 2010

The October album is nearly done. In your face, naysayers! http://soundcloud.com/groups/international-album-making-month/info ——-

Oct 21st

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audioantihero: I just uploaded “Audio Antihero’s “Never Say DIY! Radio” Vol.11” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!

Oct 2nd

26 Sep 2010 - Well Adjusted

If there was ever an evening to make your feelings known, tonight was it. It was cold and long, and full of it all. Nothing happened, we just drank. Ed won though. He’s a good thing. It’s gonna be ok.

Sep 26th

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Audio Antihero done this. It is nice. audioantihero: I just uploaded “Audio Antihero’s “Folk On, Kids!” Spectacular!” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now! . .

Aug 14th

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“SunnO))), more like BumhOle)))”

– Neil Debnam, Fighting Kites .

May 22nd

Stylish Summer-wear Limerick

There was a young oaf from Blackpool, Who long was in love with his Ka-goul, But when summer came, His strength it did wane, He passed out and drowned in a sweat-pool. Don’t die this summer without having bought one of the new range of stylish Benjamin Shaw T-shirts from Audio Antihero I would wear one myself, if I was wasn’t such an ugly, style-bereft wreck. . .

May 21st

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dead friends

So that feller from Sparklehorse pegged it. They’re dropping like flies. And straight after I wrote that daft, doey-eyed article on him. I think my next piece will be on David Cameron. The website is done and works, there are bits and bobs of old and new songs in the music section, and there is a Pavement tribute album out that I put a song on. It has this artwork: And you can get it for...

Mar 9th

A NEW BLOODY WEBSITE

20-odd pounds a year comes out of my bank account for the benjaminshaw.net domain, so i thought it high time I did something with it. This new found enthusiasm will not last however, but it’ll at least be nice for a short while. I’ve hopefully hooked up this tumblr blog to go straight through to the website, but we’ll see how that works out I suppose. Here comes the...

Feb 13th

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Who knows whether this thing works

Um, a little test.

Feb 9th