The Hobbes Fanclub

100 Favorite Songs of 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:13:56 +0000

It’s finally end of the year mix time! 2012 was such an amazing year so many kinds of music, and in particular, POP! You can slice that up in so many ways, and that’s probably why I spent over three weeks time pulling this year’s mix together! I’m sure I accidentally left a few favorites out, but I did my best cover everything I loved. Even if I loved it passionately for two weeks and then threw it away, it still matters to me! So here they are, all five volumes. 20 songs each, adding up to a grand total of 100 songs that I thought were better than all of the other songs this. GO NUTS!!!

Links have been updated and should be OK now! Thanks JDP!

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We’re so looking forward to this - another London popshow...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:13:41 +0100

We’re so looking forward to this - another London popshow this time with The Sweet Nothings and The Tuts at the Stags Head in Hoxton. Click the picture for ticket details. You’re coming right?

modraucous: This is one of my favorite pictures ever

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:50:54 +0100

modraucous:

This is one of my favorite pictures ever

Lovely.

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:05:57 +0100

Lovely.

Hey so this is what we’re up to in the next month or...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:57:08 +0100

Hey so this is what we’re up to in the next month or two.

First up we’re playing the Sheffield Pop Weekender on Sunday 26th August, its a smashing line up - http://sheffieldpop.wordpress.com/

Then two weeks later we’re ever so excited to be heading for our first European show in Paris with the ace Tender Trap for Another Sunny Night on 8th September - https://www.facebook.com/events/428441097177162/

At the end of September we play the equally lovely Nottingham Pop Alldayer on Saturday 29th September - https://www.facebook.com/events/148146875310750/

On top of all that we’re hopefully heading back to London in late October, watch this space for more info.

Lastly our single Your Doubting Heart got played by Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music the other week. Woo! Get your copy from www.shelflife.com if you haven’t already. If downloads are your thing you can get it direct from Shelflife or from all the usual digital outlets eg iTunes, Amazon and that.

Ooh yeah, we’re also working on some new songs which may get an airing at those shows if we get them knocked into shape.

Thats all for now, hope to see you soon! x

Our new single is officially released today on Shelflife...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:10:46 +0100

Our new single is officially released today on Shelflife Records. Its available on 7” vinyl with immediate mp3 download direct from Shelflife or from one or two sites worldwide. To celebrate here’s a video we made for the A side Your Doubting Heart.

And here is us playing said single in the church at Indietracks...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:12:17 +0100

And here is us playing said single in the church at Indietracks a couple of weeks ago. Not sure whats going on with Leon’s received pronunciation in introducing the song though! We’re proper Yorkshire really.

A Layer of Chips reviews our new single 'Your Doubting Heart'

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:09:01 +0100

A Layer of Chips reviews our new single 'Your Doubting Heart':

And a lovely review it is, cheers Sam.

Indiepop doo wop!

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:02:58 +0100

Indiepop doo wop!

We had the best time at Indietracks this weekend. Playing in the...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:28:00 +0100

We had the best time at Indietracks this weekend. Playing in the church was one of the most amazing experiences any of us has ever had. Thank you so much to everyone who came to see us and for making it so special. Thanks also to everyone at Team Indietracks and the Midland Railway, particularly to Marianthi and Ian, to every blogger or promoter who has written about us and helped us get to this point, particularly A Layer of Chips, Not Unloved, Please Rain Fall, Jennifer at Colour Me Pop, Gary at Bubblegum Recs and Jerv at WIAIWYA. Thanks also to Roque, Gary and Ed at Cloudberry, Dufflecoat and Shelflife respectively and to everyone who has bought our music and come to see our other shows, and not forgetting Fabi who sang on our first two singles. We’re all aglow at the moment :)

Adam, Lou and Leon

xxxx

Thanks to @greythorne for use of the photo :)

A little Hobbes update: We shot the video to our new single last...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:11:00 +0100

A little Hobbes update: We shot the video to our new single last week, and had a bit of a photo shoot at the same time. Here’s one of the better ones. The test pressings for the single have been approved so we should have an official release date very soon!

We had a lovely time at Going Up The Country last Saturday, and looking forward to playing at No Hands in Bradford on 29th June.

Playing with us that night will be the smashing Buen Chico from Leeds, check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/buenchico

Summer Pop Fun!

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:06:35 +0100

Hellooo!!!

We just wanted to give you a little update on what we’re going to be up to this summer.

First up we have finished recording our new single for Shelflife Records and sent the songs off to be mastered. The artwork is done and we’re super excited about getting it released this summer. We are aiming for a June release and we’re dead chuffed with the songs, the A side is Your Doubting Heart with The One You Love on the flip. We are also planning to make a video for the single so watch this space.

Our first gig of the summer will be the Going Up The Country alldayer in Congleton, Cheshire on Saturday 2nd June. Going Up The Country is an indiepop day in aid of The Christie Cancer Charity. Live bands outdoors from 1pm -10-30pm. The School, Pocketbooks, The Hobbes Fanclub, A Fine Day For Sailing, The Proctors, A Little Orchestra, The Fireworks, Golden Glow, Tiny Birds. Totally acoustic performances from Gary Fulton, Emm Daniells and more. To finish the day DJ sets in the pub from Jamie ‘Kissing Just For Practice’ and Kev & Linda ‘Cherry Coloured Pop’ until 1-30am. Pretty good eh?

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/153917

On Friday 29th June we will be hosting a hometown gig to warm up for Indietracks. We’ll be upstairs at No Hands at the Bradford Polish Club. More details and other bands to be confirmed. No Hands is a DIY monthly Alt-POP party with free music and dancing downstairs and bands upstairs for only a £4 donation.

Then on the weekend of 6th-8th July we are really excited to be playing at Indietracks which needs no introduction from us. Suffice to say we are so looking forward to amazing bands, trains, cracking local beers, delicious food and the friendliest crowd you’ll ever meet. The schedule hasn’t been announced yet so we don’t know what day we’re playing, but its going to be fantastic!! More details here: http://www.indietracks.co.uk/

On Sunday 26th August we’re going Pop-O-Matic! The Pop-O-Matic Sheffield Alldayer so far features us, Standard Fare, Colour Me Wednesday, The Sweet Nothings and more. Find out more details here http://anorakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5745

Lastly (so far) we will be rounding off the summer on Saturday 29th September at the 5th Nottingham Pop Alldayer featuring Shrag, Sock Puppets, Tigercats and more besides. Event details are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/148146875310750/ and you can check out the ace bands playing here: http://nottinghamindiepopalldayer.tumblr.com/

Thats about all from us for now, but if you want more regular updates please follow us on Twitter @hobbesfanclub or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/the-hobbes-fanclub/111353108889123

Lots of Love

The Hobbes Fanclub xxx

Hobbes t shirts are back in stock in new colours. We have a...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:19:00 +0000

Hobbes t shirts are back in stock in new colours. We have a limited amount of yellow, light blue and grey marl tees. Hand printed by Leon on quality Fruit of the Loom t shirts. Each purchase also includes an immediate download of The Hobbes Fanclub EP.

Click on the pic to go to our Bandcamp page!

Us on the 100 Club stage at London Popfest last week.

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:08:54 +0000

Us on the 100 Club stage at London Popfest last week.

New single!

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:54:59 +0000

New single!:

We’re also dead chuffed to be releasing our next single on Shelflife Records this summer. We’re recording in the next two weeks and will be producing it ourselves. It will be a 7” vinyl release with download voucher and you will also be able to buy the mp3s from the Shelflife website. The single should hopefully be out in June.

It will be the first recording featuring Louise and Adam. Not only that, we will be making our first video in time for the release, and I’ve already acquired a Super 8 camera to shoot it on.

Leon

Indietracks!

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:41:10 +0000

Indietracks!:

We are really excited to be playing this years Indietracks alongside a host of brilliant bands. Really looking forward to seeing which other Slumberland bands will be playing too……

Jennifer from Colour Me...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:38:04 +0000

Jennifer from Colour Me Pop https://www.facebook.com/pages/Colour-Me-Pop/105506049482133 shot this great video of us finishing our set at London Popfest with Outside Myself. 25th Feb 2012 at 100 Club, Oxford Street.

LONDON POPFEST!

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:44:03 +0000

LONDON POPFEST!:

We will be playing London Popfest on 25th February at the 100 Club in Oxford Street and we’re super excited. Go here http://www.wegottickets.com/f/3090 for tickets. xx

We’ve set up a Bandcamp page to sell you our wares. First...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:51:00 +0000

We’ve set up a Bandcamp page to sell you our wares. First up is a small batch of tee shirts and tote bags designed and screen printed at home by Leon. There aren’t many left but you can download three songs for as little as you want there too.

Click on the photo to go there xx

I Knew You’d Understand live at Glasgow Popfest 2011

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:44:24 +0000

I Knew You’d Understand live at Glasgow Popfest 2011