Hello!
So, the Foxes and Convicts Christmas Special went out last week, and the acts were all brilliant! As a special thank you to everyone who’s listened in over the past year, here’s a special video version of the show – all the Christmassy songs in glorious high definition 
Both thursdays in the run up to Christmas, at 7pm, the Foxes and Convicts Christmas Special will be live on Leeds Indie Radio!
Featuring:
and
Also, in a first for Foxes, we’ll be releasing a YouTube playlist of 5 featured songs from the show too, so you can see the Christmassy magic. It’ll be out on Friday.
Till then, enjoy this wee preview trailer for the show!
Merry christmas! Xx
Over Christmas our beloved Hope House studios flooded, so we had to shift to the room next door. The silver lining with this was a great new studio for us to practice in, and record live sessions.
Photos by Louise Distrass
I’ve been running a Podcast with Jon from the Dimes, called Foxes and Convicts, for a while now. We’ve been bringing various different acts in to Hope House to record some sessions and have a bit of a chat, and we’ve been putting them out on podcasts. If I’m honest I have no idea how many people have actually been listening to them cos I screwed up a setting on the tracking software, but that’s by the by. Lots of people tell me they listen and like it, and that’s good enough for me.
To celebrate re-opening our studio, we got some of the finest acts we have worked with on the Foxes and Convicts night to all pop down on Saturday afternoon and record some songs for a brand new version of the podcast which will be premiered exclusively on Leeds Indie Radio. It’s a great privilige to turn our daft larking around into a proper show for LIR, who are celebrating a year doing amazing things for local music. Having heard the early mixes this will be a great part of their lineup.
So – coming soon to LIR, a brand new series of Foxes and Convicts, featuring:
March of Dimes - Photo by Louise Distrass
…and many more! I’ll post up when they’re finished and scheduled in!
Depending on how the various life-changing events pan out I’ll be looking to record the next series in the late Autumn… Keep in touch if you’d like to be part of it and get your live set on Leeds Indie Radio!
It’s the big Foxes and Convicts Christmas Bash!
Downstairs at Milo this month, it’s a big special Christmas do…
Sadly, this is going to be the LAST Foxes and Convicts for a good long while. We wanted to thank everyone who’s come down for Foxes for the past year and a half.
It’s been amazing.
So. To say thank you and goodbye, we’ve got a good ol party set on the go.
LOUISE DISTRAS
and
LIZ REYNOLDS
will all be getting their pop party on for our listening pleasure.
Come along, toast the last year and a half and enjoy the last Foxes and Convicts we’re doing like this.
Say you’re coming on Facebook, if you like.
8pm – Call Lane (opposite Blue Rinse) – FREE!
This month we have a real treat for you. A full interview and session from Yorkshire based “Living Bluesman” Tom Attah!
Listen in to hear how this ridiculously talented guitarist got started, and hear an exclusive Foxes and Convicts Session track of the first song he wrote: “How Long Has It Been?”
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If you like the podcast, be sure to subscribe in iTunes, and for goodness sake, tell your friends!
Want to hear more? Come along to Milo on Wednesday 17 Nov at 8pm – it’s free in, too
We’re back!
Sorry about the downtime there. We took a month off so we could get ourselves together and book in some incredible acts for the next few months.
I’m struggling to find enough superlatives to describe our headliner this month. Like a good bit of foot-stomping, bluesy riffs? Your jaw may well drop when you see
Grace the Foxes stage. Want a preview? Go on then:
Also playing are
HOT WAX RESERVE
LITTLE GIANTS
and
LUCA
4 bands? Absolutely free? What?! Oh go on then.
I can’t wait to see you all again. Milo, Call lane (Opposite Blue Rinse) at 8pm on Nov 17th. Let us know you’re coming on Facebook, and invite your chums!
Sean x
Hello all,
It’s all about the cuts today. Just in case you’re wondering about the lineup for this months Foxes, well, it’s been cut. We’re having a month off to get ourselves sorted out for the next, frankly wonderful, set of gigs.
If you’re heading to Milo anyway tonight, they’ll still have some bands on – always good value from them!
Next month we’ll have a bumper Foxes of exceptional quality, and you’ll get a nice invite about it very soon. I’m TRES excited about it. And you should be too.
Much love,
Sean & Jon
x
We got to play with the Hi and Lo in Manchester about a year and a half ago, and their humour and talent really impressed us.
So much so, that when we were given the monthly night at Milo we did all we could go get them to play… and not only did they play an amazing set, they brought the Water Tower Bucket Boys with them too for some out-of-this-world bluegrass fun.
You can hear more of the Hi and Lo at their myspace – http://www.myspace.com/thehiandlo – or have a wee look at this performance. It’ll be stuck in your ears for weeks. In a good way.
Last night at Foxes and Convicts we hosted the amazing Water Tower Bucket Boys! Thanks for the video, @Vahva!