Tibet Film Festival and Wolfmen Team-Up

The Tibet Film Festival pitches up in London today, running until the end of July, before taking a tour around the UK.

Films, readings and occasionally live music performances (more on that later) will be hosted at select venues across the UK’s capitol city including the ICA, Riverside Studios, Roxy Bar & Screen and Ritzy Picturehouse

What can you expect on the menu? New films themed around twin topics: environment and music - from young and emerging Tibetan, Indian and women filmmakers.

Showing at Riverside Studios on Monday the 5th is Nmgyal Lhamo’s award Paradise Lost - this powerful music video featuring Tibetan opera singer Namgyal Lhamo is full of compelling imagery and movement that stands as a metaphor for the plight of her homeland, with an unusually striking combination of traditional Tibetan music and indie rock. Music written, performed and produced by The Wolfmen

Preview screenings and introductions take place tonight at Cinephilia West (doors open 8:30) but it will be busy, so get along early.

The full festival rundown is available here – with all information, dates and details available at the Tibet Film Festival website.

Wolfmen in Award Winning Film: Do Elephants Pray?

Question? What is the connection between Dr Who, Jackie Says, Cecilie and Do Elephants Pray ? Answer:Director Paul hills

It's no overstatement to say the latest Paul Hills movie Do Elephants Pray is a critical smash-hit. The film (featuring an unreleased Wolfmen tune) has won multiple industry and festival awards and looks to be the most explosive cinematic project The Wolfmen have been involved with to date. Paul has previous history with The Wolfmen having directed videos for Jackie Says , and Cecilie - and prior to this working with Chris and Jackieonassid videos.

So what song appears on the soundtrack - a minty new tune Nothing Else Matters featuring the full band line up in a scene described as trippy and viby. We may post a snippet of the song soon, so check back.

But, while you're waiting - why not head over the official Do Elephants Dream website to have your say on poster designs. Oh, and the Dr Who connection, Paul Hills was the first to give Life on Mars and Dr Who star John Simm his break in Boston Kickout

Wolfmen International

Just in case you may have missed them, some very postive ravings and wolf-whispers have working their way around the web..

Bobby Friction (pictured stage left above) has been keeping George Lamb's seat warm on the 6 Music breakfast Show this week, and spinning 'Thieves and Liars' (a Daler Mehndi & the Wolfmen collab').

Bobby has previous form in bigging up the Wolfies on his shows...
" The Wolfmen have got pedigree, a full-on pedigree. I’ve been playing them on Radio 1 but – you know what? – f*** pedigree, they’re an amazing band and they’re going to take you somewhere else musically..."

While the good people at American Label Burning Sky Records have been spreading the Word of The Wolf

UK superband The Wolfmen’s amazing cover of Brian Eno’s 1973 glam classic “Needles In The Camel’s Eye” is going to appear on our upcoming release Take Refuge In Pleasure: The Songs of Roxy Music Revisited as one of our “Roxy Progeny Revisited” Bonus Tracks. It is a fabulous cover of a fabulous song.

The Wolfmen have also created a stellar video to go with the song - Identifying the references you may recognize is fun in and of itself, and the whole effect is really rather staggering. You have to check it out!



And if you happen to be one of our inter-continental readers based in South America Modernity Killed Every Night is now available in your corner of the 'globo'

London Brawling

The UK press are forecasting scenes of Anarchy in the UK, street fighting men, fist-flying riots, skull-cracking and Banker-breaking in the City of London today - typically all this huff 'n' puff is over-hype , but should it kick off today - The Wolfmen have the perfect soundtrack to kick out the jams.....

Through A Glass Darkly

Remember a couple of weeks back we gave you an early doors tip off about The Wolfmen's cover of a long lost Velvet's track..

Well - here for you ears and eyes are a couple of work-in-progress clips of 'I'm Not A Young Man Anymore' being recorded at the Wolf's Lair.

It comes in two flavours.....



Or

The World of The Wolfmen - Triple Bill

Brace yourselves wolfies and wolfettes, for a trip into the inner sanctum of ...

The World of The Wolfmen

Wolfman Dan is your guide on this trip around The Lair of the Lupos..

Chris's bass - cover star of the new single, which can also be spotted in this vintage video at 0:13



Waking That Bass...



In his biography Tony Visconti raves about Marco's guitars - these are just a handful of the deliciously vintage goodies from within the legendary Marco Collection..

Wak This Space

One month from today 23rd March - sees the release of The Wolfmen's walloping new single Wak This Bass. It's the first release of 2009, and the favoured place to get your paws on the good stuff is....

The Wolfmen's online shop...

Wak This Bass is available as a Digital Download, CD single or 7" vinyl. Double A-sided with Cecilie, all formats are backed with two new tunes Lola and Room 103 (a track packed with a chorus catchier than bird flu). You may possibly have caught a sneaky peek of 103, during it's early doors appearance soundtracking this Heineken Ad'...



But the question is do The Wolfmen have anyone in mind, that needs a 'Wakking' ?

Chris...
The lyrics were inspired by some bullish bossy type who was driving me f***ing mad !! Ha ha ha - I love the vibe of this one - and it's so good to play live. The harp solo - was inspired by'Groovin' With Mr. Bloe' . We recorded this live at Raezor and Steve Musters mixed it, with some great drumming by swizzy.

And if you haven't heard Wak That Bass - you can taste test a minute and a bit below..

Wolf-Fact:The cover of Wak is lifted from the April 1980 edition of New Statesmen, starring Wolfman Chris

Marriage Plans

Erika La Tour Eiffel - is literally, 'Married To The Eiffel Tower'

Recording sessions for The Wolfmen's second album - 'Married To The Eiffel Tower '- have officially kicked off. The band are bolt-holed in the 'Lair of The Wolf' aka Raezor Studios and are cracking out all-new tunes and tracks, with an eye on a May release date...Wolfman Dan has been capturing an insight into the inner world of The Wolfmen by way of his video diaries

Chapters 1 and 2 are posted below...more should be showing on this screen The Wolfmen on Youtube ...

Married To The Eiffel Tower - Arriving


Studio Tour

Mission Control - Raezor Studios

Best Of Breed

The second 'Asian Hot Shots Berlin' festival of film and video art is underway and runs until the 18th January, with one of the entries 'Chang Yare/Paradise Lost' being soundscaped by our very own Wolfmen.

Namgyal Llhamo's music video 'Chang Yare/Paradise Lost' is just one of three tunes written, performed and produced by The Wolfies (with mixing from Steve Musters) for Namgyal's upcoming album 'Highland Supernova'..

Why not have a peep at the Namgyal's nominated film below, which also stars Hollywood tattoo artist Poh Khungsa....



You can check Namgyal's Myspace here.. - and get some info on the film right here

Closer to home - Modernity Killed Every Night has been handpicked as the album of the year for 2008 over at Start The Revolution...

*NEWS JUST IN* - you can vote online for Namgyal's entry in the 'Mixed Magazine World Music Awards' right here