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Heresy and hearsay

In Humbug, Rabble-rousing, Shameless self-promotion on April 3, 2013 at 1:43 pm

Boxcar Aldous Huxley have been hard at work recording their second album, finally putting to record tales of heroic structural engineering, tragic town combustion and radical temperance. Overtly curious audiences can gain an insight into the recording process through the following video:

We have two upcoming performances: the first is at the Grain Barge in Bristol, on Friday 5 April, with support from fine fiddler Ottersgear.

Boxcar Aldous Huxley + Ottersgear at the Grain Barge poster

The second is a Folk Rising night at Cecil Sharp House in London, the home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. It’s an honour to be invited to infiltrate the headquarters of English folk music, where we will humbly try to avoid desecrating tradition. See you there on Thursday 11 April!

Folk Rising poster

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A vowel, please, Carol

In Uncategorized on May 11, 2012 at 1:32 pm

With an official tour report by percussionist and scribe Mike Britton still pending, we can at least report that the Bandstands, Caravans and Charabancs tour was a resounding success. Tall tales of giant breakfasts, mating frogs, audience combustion and Tudor kings will soon follow.

Boxcar Aldous Huxley playing at Lost Voices in Liverpool

Lost Voices bears the full brunt of Boxcar Aldous Huxley

Our next two strongly W-themed shows are Waltz on the Wye, on Friday the 18th May, and Weirdlore, on Sunday 10th June. Both have given us the honour of opening their festivals.

In Chepstow, we’ll be performing on the bandstand on Friday evening, with Gaudy Orde and Rogora Khart to follow. Tickets still appear to be available, start at £10, and include free entry to Chepstow Castle. Bargain! Waltz on the Wye is a celebration of all things steampunk; thus, we have been gluing cogs on to everything and ardently watching Wild Wild West* in anticipation.

On June 8th we’ll be hopping on the cliff railway to play at Lynton & Lynmouth Arts & Music Festival. The sea air will be restorative, and Boxcar Aldous Huxley cannot wait to spend time with each other under canvas.

Weirdlore looks to be an exciting collaboration between all sorts of strange musicians (and it is yet to be determined if we will be the most demented). An ex-NME writer in the Guardian has already turned it into a genre, but it’s in their blood, I suppose. We’ll be playing very soon after the doors open at 1pm, with fourteen other acts to follow, including the incredible Mary Hampton Cotillion. It’s at the very pleasant Folk House on Park St, and the £30 tickets work out at two pounds per band. Incredible value.

*of course it’s a joke, come on.

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Bandstands, Caravans and Charabancs

In Rabble-rousing, Shameless self-promotion on March 6, 2012 at 1:06 pm

The Bandstands, Caravans and Charabancs Tour

Boxcar Aldous Huxley are getting prepared to ride the rails this spring, embarking for the first time on a tour of the UK (admittedly, mostly in Yorkshire). We are currently packing our trunks with snuff, ephemera and bric-a-brac in order to keep ourselves well-supplied for the journey. We’ll end with a triumphant finale in the capital, at the unparalleled Old St Mary’s chuch.

23rd March – Grain Barge, Bristol. With Poppy & Friends + Jason Steel.
24th March – Mello Mello, Liverpool.
25th March – The Broomhall Centre, Sheffield.
26th March – Taylor John’s House, Coventry. With Abie’s Miracle Tonic + Delightful Young Mothers.
27th March – The Black Swan, York.
28th March – The Adelphi, Hull.
30th March – Old St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington. With Rozi Plain.

Please do come and see us as we clatter through your city!

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