In recent times they have been busy working on new material and playing the odd show at the Hole in the Wall, the Oddfellows and the Amber Rooms. Tonight they are returning to the Hole in the Wall to play some of their new songs.

The Bastard Sons of Dennis have been mostly rehearsing and writing new material. There have been a few shows here and there, but not so many of late as the boys have been either busy or broken. We anticipate them returning to more regular gigs from next week and they are in search of some venues where they might play for longer and perhaps even be paid for doing so. They are also attempting to put a PA together and after the demise of the Black Horse’s open mic night and allegedly The Angel’s too, and are contemplating finding a venue where they can run one of their own.

Dark Company’s first album, Signmaker, has been digitally remastered and we hope to be able to bring it to you here in the next few days. We are planning a few special offers with the re-release of this album so keep a look-out for those. The Bad Habits album is approaching the mastering stage with just two more sings to finish up. George has been creating and recording baritone guitar parts on various songs across their spectrum of albums and Pete has been tidying up some of his vocal parts. We have also worked on some of Dark Company’s archive material and hope to publish some of their performances live in 1994 here in the reasonably near future.

In news of our other bands, George has again been attempting to lay down some baritone guitar on a couple of tracks for Flicker. A little archiving has been done for Now and an old Space Goats gig has been deconstructed and may be making an appearance on a page in the ‘miscellaneous’ section here soon.

Finally, we’d like to wish Nikita all the very best for her end-of-year show coming up at The Phoenix on Sunday. Nikita runs the open mic night at The Hole in the Wall on Tuesdays which is well worth a visit if you are able.

We have also added some new items to our shop. These include the full album collections of the various albums that are available and some genuine Wud Artifacts which will be coming online soon. We hope to be able to add more items to the shop in the near future and plan to upgrade the sonic items available there too.

In other news, Andy is back from Croatia and earlier today the Bastard Sons of Dennis ran through their set, including their two newest songs Seven Screaming Diz-Busters and Quicklime Girl (Mistress of the Salmon Salt). Their next performance will be at The Hole in the Wall, Castle Street, Exeter on Tuesday 18th May, and they plan to arrive a little earlier (from 8pm) in the hope of being able to perform for longer.

Way to Go is a darkly amusing rock/blues number about modern life in which we found a use for some of the out-takes. It motors along and everyone involved did a great job in making this song.

Way to Go is the 13th song on Dark Company’s Bad Habits album. Only the final three songs now need to be brought up to the pre-mastering stage.

Don’t Look Down is a mad bluesy rock number with a saucy shuffle and a harp that sounds like it was blown by a hurricane. A Pocket Full of Rye is a kick-ass folk song in the tradition of bands such as The Levellers and The Pogues. We hope you enjoy them both and will return soon as we shall have more songs from the Bad Habits album finished and uploaded in the near future.

In other BSoD news, the duo have been continuing to perform and entertain at various open mic nights including The Hole in the Wall, The Black Horse and The Oddfellows. Andy is off for some holidays in Croatia on the 4th, so the plan is to play many shows before he goes. Upon his return they hope to start performing some longer gigs.

It would seem that the Black Horse’s open mic night is about to move. The Bastard Sons of Dennis hope the move will be quick, painless and successful as it is a venue they particularly enjoy playing.

There will be a charity event held at Mama Stone’s on May 17th to which The Bastard Sons of Dennis have been invited to play for an hour. More news on this when it becomes available.