Jenners Field

Ben Shermaniacs

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:05:31 +0100

Hey everyone, just thought I’d do a quick blog post to let ya’ll know about our next show, which is on thursday at the Ben Sherman store on Camden Walk. It’s the first time they’ve done it aaand it’s acoustic! (oooh!), so yeah, if you wanna be one of the first people to hear our stuff played in a new way (bar my housemate the other day, he had no choice as we were practicing in my living room), then come check it out.

Here’s a link to the facebook event;

Jenners Field @ Ben Sherman In-store

Grant x

Totally got this stuck in my head at the moment… sharing...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:31:24 +0000

Totally got this stuck in my head at the moment… sharing is the first step for letting go… so here we are.

BIZ...AAY

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:43:32 +0000

Hello Ladies and gents,

Thanks to all of you lovely people who came to a packed and snowy 93 feet east!

It was a really good gig…short and snappy, and packed full of bands, from a peculiar megamorphic mutation that was the Bangers & Mash and Call The Landlord promotional team. Bang up job guys!

With snow building up outside, and me getting drunk inside if it weren’t nearing the middle of February, I would have definitely said that there was that ‘Christmas feeling in the air’!

But I saw this sign on a train the other day, a bit strange, but a bit like us at the moment, as since our last post, we have had some new mix’s of tracks (soon to be available) and are gonna be filming the video for 1980’s….boooyah.

On another note, I have been listening to this classic album the other day…

If I may be so bold as to critique David Bowie….I would say, great music dude….but seriously why did you pick such a bad front cover!… your a style icon!…I mean COME ON, you look like a REALLY shit boxer…… tut tut.

Much Love,

Danilo - JF

New Blog, New Tunes.

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:17:10 +0000

Hello all and welcome to the brand-spanking-new JF Blog! Hopefully if you’ve been visiting the old one you should have been whisked away to our new site, complete with music and videos and stuff! So yeah, from now on all of our Jenners Field news and general adventures will be documented on here, exciting eh?

As I write, Laurie’s just laying down some vocals for some brand new recordings and Jed and Nilo are tucking into some sandwiches which are roughly the size of their own heads.. slackers. I’ll be sure to get the recordings up on here as soon as they’re mixed, we’re all super excited about the way they’re sounding, we’ve spent all morning listening to Nilo laying down about 6,000 guitar tracks on Brave

Managed to get a cheeky snap during one of the final takes

We’d like to give a big thankyou to Mr Liam Nolan for his expertise at the controls, whata guy.

Anywhoo! We have a gig this weekend, which we’re hoping to see you all at (addressed to the entire population of the internet). It’s at 93 feet east on brick lane, and it’s a welcome return of our good friends at Call the Landlord, apparently Vs Bangers and Mash, so I’m expecting some sort of fight to the death involving gravy.

This is a link to the facebook event

Catch Y’all soon!

Grant, JF.

Photo

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:10:56 +0000

Making a Stand

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:38:00 +0000

As a band is it most definitely expected of us that we should be political and stand up for the under dog.

(or ‘fight for the right to party’… we’re unsure which is morally more worthy)

Therefore after recently agreeing to donate a generous £1 a month to Wikipedia,
only to discover that they’re having a Wiki-Black Out as a protest against US web piracy,

I wondered what would happen if JF joined the protest… and did a 24/hr Blog blackout!

I posted the below.

… in all truth the response wasn’t as dramatic as I’d hoped

We failed to make the METRO front page or even the South London Press.
Sorry Wikipedia you’re on your own.

Jenners Field, Making a stand!… a small unnoticed one.

Jed
-JF- x

Still sober

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:03:00 +0000

So I think a happy new year is in order….maybe a merry Christmas. Or whatever…either way…we find ourselves in January..its getting colder… and for some reason ..hollywood has decided to love up Maggy Thatcher (thats Maggy Fatbitch to you and me)…well …having said that…i haven’t aaactually seen the movie myself….But have watched the trailors and read some reviews so I feel I am pretty well informed….
Infact….. I thought Streep can’t fill in the yawning gaps in her character as written, and so she doesn’t even reach the level of her work in Julie and Julia *Cough* … aaaaaaaaaand I TOTALLY and agree with Jamie Thomas 22, of Claypool Court, South Shields when he said “I thought Meryl Streep was fantastic in Mama Mia”….*COUGH COUGH*

But now to something which I did see….The other day when we played the wonderful Paris is Burning (thanks to all of those who came, it was a really good night) this girl Dede opened the show, and she was REALLY good….cant wait to see more of her. This song is great!!!!

Still sober by thisisdede

we have a couple of new songs in pipeline which we are very excited about……aaand are at the last step in completing…..1.9.8.0.s!!!!….here is a visual representation of what it should sound like

Candy to your ears!!!!

Danilo - JF -

Christmas Eve'nin all.

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:52:00 +0000

Hello Christmas Critters!

This is blog is coming at you from a very very tired man, so as I write this I am peering over the top of a cup of coffee similar to this;

(that guy’s super happy about that coffee, and so am I)

So I’ll keep this one short and sweet.

Over here at JFHQ we feel as though we have achieved a hell of a lot this year, and we, at this time of festivities, want to thank you guys for supporting us. This year we released a single(!) from which we received some great feedback and reviews, played some gigs in some pretty weird places (my personal favourite was the empty room in oxford), and generally had a great time being a band. But if nobody was listening to the music, coming to the gigs or generally being the best bunch of people on the planet there’d be no point in doing it, so thank you, have a great christmas and we’ll see you in the new year for what we hope is going to be our most exciting yet.

Now I must go and lay down, otherwise tomorrow I’m gonna end up looking like this guy tomorrow.

Thanks!

Grant, JF.

JF hit the Studio

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:07:00 +0000

Dearest wonderful people,

I write this whilst sitting in the studio watching laurie ‘cut’ vocals in the studio for our next single (…though im not really sure people actually say ‘cut vocals’ anymore except in bad films).

cue pretty picture of Laurie in headphones… ta da!

Ill add more photos later but right now i have to dash… im on tea duty

Jed x -JF-

Meant to Mention.

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:47:00 +0000

Totally meant to mention…

We have a show coming up at the fabulous Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley.

Not only is this very close to that which we call home, but is also one of the few remaining traditional ballrooms in London.

It. is. Amazing.

The show is a ‘Masquerade Ball’ for Goldsmiths University Design Course… any excuse to dress up and we’re there.

Anyway… if you’re bored this week you know where we’ll be!

Jedx -JF-

No need to thank me.

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:03:00 +0000

Recently reintroduced to this and now i’ll listen to nothing else…

Warming Winter Wonders

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:53:00 +0000

Alright lovely JF followers,

The weather’s just taken a turn for the worse and therefore we’ve concocted a series of exciting events to get you through the winter months…

First on our list of extravaganzas we have a JF show at The Globe Inn (Portsmouth) on 29th November.

This will be our 3rd show in Portsmouth and we’re yet to not enjoy every moment!

Up next for your delight…

a headline show at the infamous club night ‘Paris Is Burning’ at The Lexington (Angel, LDN) on Sat 10th December.

We literally couldnt be more excited about this show!

You should therefore all come and warm yourselves in the glow of loud music + drink.

Finally before i dash off to buy stage worthy gloves and a scarf…

As of this weekend we’ll be back in the studio recording our next single and it will be awesome!
We’ll keep you updated with pictures and footage of how this pans out.

speak soon

Jedx
-JF-

World News

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:14:00 +0100

Hey,

I was doing some research the other day, research into what people listen to around the world, more specifically what the well informed, interesting sexy people listen to around the world. After extensive scouring through the web, I discovered some interesting results.

Apparently in Australia, they ONLY listen to Kylie, seriously, they think Dannii Minogue is a shoddy transvestite impersonator from Quebec.

And, in India they ONLY listen to Bubba Sparxxx,

According to reliable sources, in Istanbul they only listen to Coolio.

AAAAAND, somehow, in Indonesia they ONLY listen to the one and only JENNERS FIELD, well we got played on Memora FM.

Memora FM, we love those guys here at JF, we are glad they picked our last single as suitable ear candy for its listeners. Apparently they are the 3^rd largest radio station in Indonesia… I say apparently because I just made that up.

Strangely, JENNERS FIELD are not only popular in Indonesia, but also in Brooklyn, because according to this blog if you are a resident of Jay Z’s hometown we are to be your new weekly obsession!

http://100-down.com/2011/10/07/a-weekly-guide-to-your-new-obsession-19/

On other news, we are really looking forward to going to rehearse with producer Steve Lyon this weekend, gotta get our next single down for your listening pleasure. And I couldn’t think of a better place to do it than in a studio on this strange island in the murky waters of the Thames, (if you didn’t know the Thames had islands, don’t feel guilty, nor did we).

We are VERY excited!

In keeping with my theme I leave you with this great band from Japan, or maybe they’re Aliens, I am not quite sure. But either way, this tune seems to be doing pretty well in my bedroom.

Goodbye,

Danilo – JF – x

Brooklyn, Beards & Red Rum

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:38:00 +0100

Afternoon lovely JF fans (and all you ‘Not fans but just nosey’),

We have just received word someone’s giving our Brooklyn NYC status a boost on thier blog.

I’ve posted it below, for those of you who simply cant bring themselves to follow a link…

alternatively you may have Interphobia in which case i applaude you for simply getting this far and wouldnt dare ask you to open another page.

http://100-down.com/2011/10/07/a-weekly-guide-to-your-new-obsession-19/

On another note we took our manager and favourite bearded Engineer (Sam Wheat) to the races…

We expected to leave rich (possibly with new horse in tow), however may have misunderstood the concept…

Therefore this is the moment me and Laurie lost all our money, whilst (now not favourite Engineer) won it all.

… we’ll not be going back.

Jed x
-JF-

Busy busy bees.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:06:00 +0100

Hello world wide web, as we’ve got some pretty cool stuff coming up, I thought I’d do a quick post just to let you all know about the happenings over the next couple of weeks.

Firstly, on Sept 27th, we will be playing at camden’s Proud Galleries, as party of the awesome ‘Call the Landlord’ club night. Last time we played this event I stumbled across a pretty large guy pole-dancing in one of the booths. And that was before we went on.
click HERE to go to the Facebook event page.

and then, only a few days later we are thrilled to announce we’re supporting the absolutely insane and fantastic David Goo Variety Band at their ‘World Domination’ album launch at The Bowery on New Oxford Street on the 1st October.

Here’s a video of David getting slapped and sung about.

In other news, Camberwell Grove is now available for your auditory pleasure on our myspace and Facebook profiles, so go have a listen and let us know what you think.

Until the next time, stay classy, internet.
Grant, -JF- x

JF in Briefs

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:38:00 +0100

Hi one and all,

Just thought i’d say something brief to let you know what’s being going on with us & thus keep your worlds bright and colourful.

First of all i’ll mention that following the fun and frolicks from our first single, ‘Drunk Drive’, we’re now sorting the recording of the 2nd (…cue rapturous applause).

I wont mention which track it’ll be, but its going to be a bigger and more exciting JF than ever before.

Oooh also talking of our previous debut single, we did recieve some great coverage recently from ITV on thier new ‘London Music Review’ feature

ITV LONDON MUSIC REVIEW

(we’re around 1 min 55secs in and you even get to see our ugly mugs prancing around)

Thank you all those that came down to our recent Headline Barfly show, it was great to see so many of you there and after sorting the single we’ll be back for more soon.

Feel free to follow the below link for a few up close & personal shots of the set….
JF @ Camden Barfly

So that’s pretty much it folks, we’ll of course keep you posted as things progress and i leave you with a St.Vincent track that i’m currently watching on repeat.

Bye
Jed x
-JF-

Top tips from Croydon's finest

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:38:00 +0100

So!

Just got back from a raaaather enlightening trip to West Croydon. Anyone who has ever been to aforementioned place will know that it’s the urban equivalent of ‘that-fox-who-crapped-on-the-doorstep-last-week-so-when-you-took-the-rubbish-out-you-stepped-in-it’. Generally when that happens, one would make a face rather like this…

And that my friends is the exact expression I made throughout my two hour round trip. Now back in the safety of my dining room I can reflect on the experience, and particularly some advice a tramp gave to me whilst I was parking my car. He said “you know son, I’m going to give you some advice…..the police here, they don’t like you drinkin’ alcohol on the street…..so what I do is go to McDonalds, get a drinks cup and pour my Special Brew into it…that way they never know!”. He then proudly raised his concealed prize, farted, and wandered off. Well I must say thank you trampy man for showing me all that Croydon has to offer.

In lighter news its only a few days left till our Brighton gig supporting Lucy Rose. We’re super psyched to be playing with her as she’s SO BLOODY GOOD. Here’s a little video of hers to give you a taster, but if you’re in the Brighton area on Saturday night come and check her out at The Hope, and then oh yea you can watch us play before too!

ALSO we’ve announced a London headline show at the Camden Barfly on August 16th. More info will follow on this, but basically we’re just really happy because we get a HUGE DRESSING ROOM and also FREE BEER. Why else does anyone ever join a band???

Bye!

Laurie -JF-

p.s. have you bought our single ‘Drunk Drive’? If no then GO GET IT NOW. If yes then we are forever in your debt (well in fact to the total of 79p but I thought that sounded better)

The Hope, Brighton / 30th July

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:33:00 +0100

Afternoon all,

It’s a Sunday and for once we aren’t rehearsing THUS, i thought i’d take a moment to mention our upcoming Brighton show.

It’s at The Hope (Brighton) and with any luck should be something of a spectacle.

Look a flyer…

You can buy tickets here if you like …. ooooh very tempting i know.

Last time we went to Brighton we discovered this on route

So i think it’s fair to say if nothing else, it’s worth coming just for the journey.

Bye everyone

(and don’t forget to buy the new JF Single!)

Jed x

OUR FIRST SINGLE IS OUT!!....but erm....we're not here

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:11:00 +0100

Sooo,

Usually in a blog someone starts off by categorising all the shizz that has happened since the last blog, but although this tasty bit of news is coming i feel that I need to back track just a little to explain why its

a) 4.30 in the afternoon and i only just woke up,
b) why i don’t recommend ordering turkish ravioli.

well basically, you remember back in April when Laurie became a man?

Well, all was good and well until the next day when laurie actually realised what being a man implied, as his future life flashed before his eyes

and in a hazed morning with bbq wings, cheeseburgers, and cans of beer strewn across the house, him and jed did what all good Brits do when reality kicks in…
went on easyjet.com and ordered a dollop of sunshine, alcohol and importantly ignored all sentences that didn’t consist of ‘its soooo fucking hot’ and/or ‘i love how alcohol is SOOO cheap here’ etc…

I soon followed suit when after 56 hours of being in the library finishing off my dissertation, I immediately slumped to the pub and while sipping my nice coold beer said ‘jesus christ… next time i will really start working earlier and not leave it to the last minute…….’ *cough*

so thats the story of how on the day of our debut single release… JF were nowhere to be seen. Laurie and Jed have ended up in Morocco fondling some Camels (pics to follow) , I subsequently bought a ticket to istanbul and am now in Bulgaria, Hungary and hungover (see what I did there??), and why Grant being the smart guy chose to fuck trying to ask ‘where do you get the 409 bus that goes to your little hostel at 5a.m.?’ in bulgarian, and just went to see Prince at Hop Farm…….WELL jealous. Though actually we haven’t heard from him since, currently a bit worried that he’s been stranded in that severe downpour of purple rain, though fingers crossed he had his raspberry beret with him (should I stop now…..?….I think so )

This may well be Grant… we’re unsure!?

Aaanyway, onwards and upwards.

With the release of the single this week we’ve had some great interviews.

www.clashmusic.com

http://glamorousindie-rockandroll.blogspot.com/2011/07/band-of-week-jenners-field.html

We’ve been up to BBC Humberside and BBC Nottingham to record a couple of acoustic sessions the first of which was aired with an interview on ‘The Beat’ last saturday on BBC Nottingham which you can catch on bbc iplayer, but there is only 2 days left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00hptzs

we are around 35 minutes in… ish. Dean Jackson was great, and we will hopefully be back in nottingham both in radio format and live soon!

we’ve also had some great reviews,

www.music-news.com

www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk

www.newsshopper.co.uk

www.tastyfanzine.org.uk

BUUUUUUTTTTTTTT!!! the most important thing of all, we are now LIVEEE on Amazon and Itunes, BUY NOW!!! this is our first single and its great fun to have something out there for the big wide world!

until next time, probably full of holiday snaps (hopefully not too boring), have a good summer.

Danilo - JF-

Also just realised I forgot to answer why you shouldnt have turkish ravioli… well, its empty and some guy chucked yogurt on top, nuf said.

Where are my straighteners?

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:18:00 +0100

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh so the Drunk Drive vinyls are out in the big bad world. We’ve got 500 of these to shift so please please buy one (you’ll get a free Mp3 with it) as otherwise we’ll be forced to use them as expensive place mats. The link is on the right hand side of the page here »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»

In preparation for the release of the digital version on July 4th we had some rather lovely reviews, most notably this one from Beehive City, who were at our Shoreditch House gig last week. Thanks guys!

http://www.beehivecity.com/music/new-band-jenners-field-prepare-for-life-in-the-fast-lane-43531/

On the flipside the reception for our hair hasn’t been quite so good. The lovely people at unpeeled blog seem to have taken offence with our barnets, taking for the headline of their piece “STUPID HAIR PRODUCES ACE SINGLE”. Basically all of us at Jenners Field HQ love this, so thanks Unpeeled for lightening up our lives. Never before has our hair been treated with such wonderful personification! See it in all its glory HERE

In other news this week Jed bit off more than he could chew in the drinks department…..

And I found out that my dog actually had alien powers……COOL

Remember to come see us headline the Barfly on 20th June, it will probably be rad. Although after recent reviews our collective hair is considering strike action….we’ll see where that goes!

Much love

Laurie -JF-

xx