Category Archives: blog

She Makes Music: Track of the Week – The Great Pretend

18th June 2018blog, press, singlesAngela Penhaligon

Piney is honoured to be among a lot of talented women here on the She Makes Music ‘Tracks of the Week’ playlist, stream it here

Electric Sheep: There Ain’t No Revenge Like Prevenge

12th June 2017blogAngela Penhaligon

Piney met Alice Lowe in a South London art Gallery to talk about the making of her film Prevenge. Read all about it!

Robert Saxton’s Acoustic Heavy Metal – Piney blog post

10th March 2017blogAngela Penhaligon

Piney met up with Growler and Dr Robert Saxton to discuss their collaboration on the piece “Night Dance Fantasy” which will be performed at the next Union Chapel Daylight gig, March 11th… read all about it here: http://pineygir.tumblr.com

Huffington Post – Hannah Peel on Dementia & Memory Tapes

31st January 2017blogAngela Penhaligon

Hannah Peel met up with Piney to chat about her new album and its inspiration; what she discovered was a fascinating link between the brain and music… it goes deeper than you think. Read all about it, here: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/piney-gir/hannah-peel

Stubby’s Christmas Review

13th December 2016blog, pressAngela Penhaligon

Piney gets a rave review from Stubby’s Christmas Blog for her Perry Como Christmas cover, available for free download on the XO For The Holidays compilation “Piney Gir, to me, is this generation’s Bing Crosby”

Huffington Post – Hair, Style & Bowie’s Fear of Flying

13th October 2016blogAngela Penhaligon

Sometimes Piney blogs for the Huffington Post & this time she got to meet the man behind Bowie’s iconic red hair and the woman who designed his clothes for seminal film, The Man Who Fell To Earth. Read all about it here.

Huffington Post – Loz from Ride Grills Me About Violet Beauregarde’s Gum

13th October 2016blogAngela Penhaligon

Piney curated an art exhibition inspired by one of her favourite books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Loz interviews her about it for Huffington Post

A Drake’s Progress: Blog Feature – Live Review

24th May 2016blog, pressAngela Penhaligon

Piney was delighted to see the mother/daughter team behind the blog A Drake’s Progress at her all-ages show at The Lexington for Loud Women. Here is just a little of what she had to say about it “the band served up a slice of their sunny, melodic, and…well…to be honest, a little bit loud, indie pop.” You can … Continue reading A Drake’s Progress: Blog Feature – Live Review →

Nick Loss Eaton Blog Feature: Oh God You Devil

19th May 2016blog, press, videosAngela Penhaligon

View the new Piney video for “Oh God You Devil” on the Nick Loss-Eaton blogspot #LostInTranslationVibez

Huffington Post – Aaaaaaaah!

1st February 2016blogAngela Penhaligon

Piney got to meet Steve Oram & talked to him about his new and crazy-brilliant-disturbing-wonderful film “Aaaaaaaah!” There was a surprise visit from Toyah Wilcox who discussed the challenges of doing a film with no real dialogue. Read all about it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/piney-gir/steve-oram-is-not-a-control-freak

Huffington Post – Losing Your Star Wars Virginity

30th January 2016blogAngela Penhaligon

Piney wrote this blog for the Huffington Post about 2015’s Star Wars comeback & the fact that there are grown men who have never seen the first Star Wars trilogy, yes really! http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/piney-gir/losing-your-star-wars-virginity

Nick Loss Eaton Blog Feature: Crimes and Mugs

30th January 2016blog, pressAngela Penhaligon

Read the story behind the cover art concept for mR hYDE’S wILD rIDE. “…like Sgt. Pepper cover for the digital age.”

A View From The Drum Stool – Blog: Gigs with Gaz

18th January 2016blog, Piney Gir Tour DiaryAngela Penhaligon

Mike Monaghan captures what life on tour is really like behind-the-scenes with his blog “View From The Drum Stool” read about Piney’s European gigs with Gaz Coombes through the eyes of a drummer.

Nick Loss-Eaton Blog Feature: mR hYDE’S wILD rIDE album

10th November 2015blog, pressAngela Penhaligon

Nick Loss-Eaton is the first blog to big-up the USA release of mR hYDE’S wILD rIDE… out on Greyday in the USA in Feb! Read all about it here. “Mr. Hyde’s Wild Ride is the sound of a songwriter making multiple genres her own.”

A View From The Drum Stool – Blog Pt. 3

1st October 2015blog, Piney Gir Tour DiaryAngela Penhaligon

Here is the final instalment of Mike Monaghan’s “View From The Drum Stool” blog – recounting the recent Piney tour. Enjoy! http://viewfromthedrumstool.tumblr.com/post/130210403215/view-from-the-drum-stool-27

Joyzine: Piney is a guest blogger

30th September 2015blog, pressAngela Penhaligon

Piney was asked by Joyzine to pick her favourite music movie; read this to see what she picked!

A View From The Drum Stool – Blog Pt. 2

29th September 2015blog, Piney Gir Tour DiaryAngela Penhaligon

Mike Monaghan does a sweet blog, accounting part 2 of the recent Piney tour. http://viewfromthedrumstool.tumblr.com/post/129777069110/view-from-the-drum-stool-26

A View From The Drum Stool – blog

16th September 2015blog, Piney Gir Tour DiaryAngela Penhaligon

Mike Monaghan is one of the world’s best drummers! And he included us in his blog this time… http://viewfromthedrumstool.tumblr.com/post/129214199965/view-from-the-drum-stool-25

Psapp: A Countdown to Meltdown

6th September 2015blogAngela Penhaligon

Piney hung out with Galia from Psapp while she was preparing to play David Byrne’s Meltdown Festival on the Southbank! It was a pretty big deal and the build up to gig night was epic, read all about it here.

Big In Japan – Soundcheck, Synth Porn & Thee Gigs!

6th September 2015blogAngela Penhaligon

Piney went to Japan with Gaz Coombes & blogged it for the excellent Huffington Post. Read the last instalment here.