No, no Snuggles 

I said Tom Elias sounded 
 like Tom Waits but without 
  the cigs and whisky not that 
    he should drink and smoke....

OK bands you know the score by now....

the more hits your blog gets by the fans, the higher up the chart you go.....so Tweet it, Facebook it.....and generally expose yourself.....

Top spot this week for Hollywood sound tracked 'TheAlphabet Song' fae Fife it's.....


1. Panda Su

With the news they're playing Audio Glasgow in November, what a difference a re-blog makes......


2. We Came From the Sea

Loads of interest this week due to their big gig in London tomorrow with ex Stone Roses guitarist Aziz Ibrahim.....



3. The Cornerstones

Top spot last week but down three places it's popular Manchester band.....


4. Stolen Haven

Down one place for another Manchester band.....


5. Transition Baby

News of their being Surface Festival finalists is spreading, up from last weeks Number 8 spot.....


6. a41

Staying put this week and becoming a real chart favourite.....


7. Whispery Club

A Liverpool band that won the Houses of Parliament Rock the House competition.....


8. The Verdict

Another Liverpool band still popular with their song Don't Buy The Sun.....


9. The New Caldera

Only just blogged this morning but with news of his first album released in October.....


10. Tom Elias

Tom Elias.....Tom Waits meets Paulo Nutini?

T.G Elias is a prolific writer and performer whose distinctive, subtle and powerful voice holds audiences spellbound with his mesmerizing performances. Drawing from his deeply rooted relationship with Gospel, Country and Blues, the result is a collection of candid tales and life stories, served up by a journeyman with an understated raw emotion.

OK now obviously as a Jack Russell I didn't write that but apart from the fact it uses a lot of big words in a music journo stylee it pretty much sums up what this young man's music is about.  His voice is Tom Waits with less bourbon and cigarettes mixed up with a bit of Paulo Nutini in a Neil Young and Jim James way.  

Ball and Chain is a bluesy, mournful, pluck at your heart strings track written and sung by a young man reaching way beyond his years to make the listener feel his pain.

It's on his debut album T.G.Elias and the good news is you wont have to wait long to grab yourself some of this musical niceness.

He releases the album 'T.G.Elias' through Liverpool based Viper Label/SRD Distribution on the 22nd October 2012 and will be gigging accordingly.  

First off on Thursday 11th October he's playing The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, quickly followed by an album launch on Friday 19th October in the intimate surroundings of The Black Room in the Ducie Bridge, Manchester followed by Sunday 21st October at The Shipping Forecast in Liverpool.

The Dulcie Bridge.....
Home of The Black Room

Finally he's doing 'Pull Up Roots' at The Slaughtered Lamb in London on the 22nd October.  3rd November he's in Bangor at a venue to be confirmed and finally on the 17th November it's The Blue Rooms, Huddersfield. 

" We don't normally review 'Folk', but this isn't just Folk'. It's something devastatingly refreshing. T.G. Elias is creating quite a stir. Listen to his record now!- fRoots

Now I'm guessing I've not heard of this young man previously because he's not what you'd consider 'mainstream' but if the contents of this album are anything to go by everyone will be hearing a lot more of him very soon.  I for one will be pointing those lovely people at Folk Radio UK his direction and I suggest you do the same.....