dark cabaret

Freaks Outing specialise in recording outrageous comedy songs that are written and performed from the perspective of gross caricatures. Each song has its own musical and production style, each "performer" a back story. Richard Lilley plays keyboards, programs, produces and plays the roles of all the characters. Elliot J. Huntley plays bass, guitar, mandolin and is a veteran stand up comedian. Live they perform as a spectacular two man comedy show.

Once, during a particularly heavy thunderstorm, I was crawling through the attic of my family home, trying to get close to the lightning, when I found an old wooden box full of items that a distant ancestor had collected over the years. Of particular interest to me was his collection of self written vaudeville songs that he performed with his wife during their canary taming act. These songs, a little changed, tweaked and updated, now form the basis of my repertoire that I feel dutifully bound to play and sing, and in so doing, promote my old ancestor's artistic output.

Brighton based Birdeatsbaby formed sometime in 2006 with the intention of breaking away from current musical trends. This piano driven female fronted cabaret rock band, with the unusual addition of a string section, creates a sound impossible to pigeon hole, but recent live reviews have included 'a female divine comedy with behavioral problems '. Live shows are theatrical, highly entertaining, frightening but fragile, with brutally honest and witty lyrics.

Evelyn Evelyn are Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley. They released the limited-edition Elephant Elephant EP through Eleven Records in 2007. They perform as conjoined twin sisters, playing the guiter or accordion together, one hand each, in a cabaret like setting. New material will be released in the spring of 2010, as said by Jason Webley.