Two Reviews From UK Rock Magazine

The first for 'Crime Don't Pay OK' which is quite complimentary: "Energetic", "Harmonica drenched R&B" so that's nice.

The second is for 'The Car's The Star' which descibes our songs as "oddities" and "eyebrow raising anomalies". Oh yes, that's going on the poster!

Radio Show #72 - "Arse Flannel"

Listen to it here

We played:
Spencer Wiggins - He's Too Old
Dr Feelgood - My Baby Your Baby
John Hiatt - Thing Called Love
Earl Brutus - Come Taste My Mind
Robbie Fulks - She Took A Lot Of Pills & Died
The Rockingbirds - Fixing The Roof In Your Dreams
Jason & The Scorchers - If Money Talks
Black Joe Lewis - Since I Met You Baby
Suzi & Los Quattro - Kick Ass
The Fall - Telephone Thing
Tilly & The Wall - Dust Me Off
The Frampton Brothers - Johnny Doesn't Like The Ramones
Hooded Fang - Clap
The Wonder Stuff - Welcome To The Cheap Seats
The Minus 5 - The Living Dead
The Explorers Club - Run Run Run
Little Mascara - Evelyn Forever
Chris Isaak - Live It Up
Kingmaker - Ten Years Asleep
Wayne Hancock & Hank 3 - Juke Joint Jumping

Videos from Electric Fit at the Olive Tree

2 videos of our set at last weeks Electic Fit at the Olive tree can be seen on our Facebook Page.

The Bad Detectives on Radio 2!

Janice Long played Bubble Car last night - on Radio 2. You can listen to it here for the next week, it's 30 mins in.

4* Review of 'Look At Life' from Root Music Report

"A distinctive contemporary and English flair" Read it all here

Another great review, this time from "CD Insight"

"A little frenetic at times"! Read it here

Great review of "Look At Life' from Live Music Scene

"The Bad Detectives are doing more to help keep the organic spirit of this music alive than anyone would ever assume" Read the whole thing here.

Electric Fit @ The Olive Tree Thurs 2nd Feb

Radio Show #71 "Indoor Camping"

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We played: The Rubinoos - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Y Niwl - Deg
The Blue Aeroplanes - The Boy In The Bubble
The Black Keys - Run Right Back
The Yahoos - Oh! Chicago
Giuda - Here Comes Saturday Night
The Not Sensibles - I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher
Strange Boys - Night Might
She & Him - Not A Test
Army Navy - Ode To Janice Melt
Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky
The Light Crust Doughboys - Pussy Pussy Pussy
Rico Bell & The Snake Handlers - Money To Burn
Zero Jones - Wrestling With Satan
Jerry Lee Lewis - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Courtyard Hounds - The Coast
The Waco Brothers - Wickedest City
The Love Kittens - Come In The Kitchen
Jimmy Dean - Big John
Randy Newman - Simon Smith & The Amazing Dancing Bear
Buffalo Tom - She's Not Your Thing

4 Star Review of Look At Life from Bluesbunny

"An enjoyable album that makes more sense the more you play it." Read the whole thing here

Radio Show #69 "The New Merkins"

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We played: Sparks - Get In The Swing. The War On Drugs - Baby Missiles. Attic Lights - Wendy. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Tigers. The Records - Hearts In Her Eyes. Christopher Rees - Sparks Flying. Rialto - Monday Morning 5:19. Fist - Lickity Split. Junior Senior - Shake Me Baby. The Arrows - Toughen Up. Gregg Allman - Little By Little. Linden - Brown Bird Singing. Donnie Fritts & Lucinda Williams - Breakfast In Bed. Gillian Welch - Honey Now. Adam Snyder - Two Moons. Radio Birdman - Do The Pop. The Saints - The Music Goes Round My Head. Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight - Up Above My Head. Jason Faulkner - Miss Understanding.

Buy Look at Life from Raves From The Grave

Look at Life now available to buy from Raves From The Grave in Frome. That's right - a proper CD in a proper record shop, imagine that.

Look At Life review from Shindig! magazine.

Nice review from the current issue of Shindig! Sorry for the poor quality scan, click the picture and you should be able to read it.

FromeFM News: FromeFM LIVE Lounge Sat 26th Nov at Rook Lane

FromeFM News: FromeFM LIVE Lounge Sat 26th Nov at Rook Lane: Click here to get your eTickets for the FromeFM Live Lounge gig featuring Papa Le Gal. It all takes place at Rook Lane Chapel on Nov 26th....

Christmas do!

Radio Show #68 "Woooooohhhh!

Can be heard here

The Tomkos - The Spook Twinkle - Terry The Jam - Ghosts Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Saturday Groovers Danny Hutton - Monster Shindig Ferlin Husky - The Drunken Driver The 5 Blobs - The Blob The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Across The Bridge The Bad Detectives - Clowns Gene Moss & The Monsters - I Want To Bite Your Hand Cliff Richard - Devil Woman Magazine - Shot By Both Sides Bunker Hill - Red Riding Hood & The Wolf Roy Clark - Spooky Movies Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London Howlin' Wolf - I Asked For Water {She Gave Me Gasoline} Wilco - Standing O The Ramones - Pet Cemetary Beck - Devil's Haircut Eileen Jewell - Rich Man's World Dickie Goodman - Dracula Drag

Look At Life on Spotify

Is here!

Free beermats!

Free badges!

Western Star Psychobilly Podcast

Get a preview of Lay-By On The Edge Of Town on the latest Western Star Psychobilly Podcast.

Buy stuff

Look At Life is now available to buy from our shop, alongside the rest of our back catalogue. All payments are via paypal and include shipping to anywhere in the world!

This Friday!

We're going to have our new CD for sale too.

'Look At Life" available now!

Our fourth album is finally here. "Look At Life" is available to buy direct from Western Star Records.

Here's the tracklist:
1. The Girl From Porton Down
2. Won't Do It Again
3. Run To The Sun
4. Lay-By On The Edge Of Town
5. (Bobby Fuller's Drinking) Gasoline
6. Cider safari
7. The Ballad Of Bono's Hat
8. Ton-Up Vicar
9. (She's Gonna Give Tom Jones Her) Room Key
10. Operators Are Standing By
11. The Curse Of Liberace's Tomb
12. The Dunmow Flitch
13. Fake Tan Sample Man
14. Clowns
15. Peroxide Baby
16. The Drummer owns The name
17. Big Dawg

The Car's The Star Compilation Out Now!

Available to buy now from Western Star Records.

Featuring all of these Bad Detectives hits:
'59 Pop
Bubble Car
Ford Capri
Cadillac Under My Christmas Tree

Radio Show # 67 "Just Outside The Model Shop"

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Dave Berry - Don't Give Me No Lip Child
Johnny Burnette - Tear It Up
The Men They Couldn't Hang - Wishing Well
Edwyn Collins - Over The Hill
Sloan - The Answer Was You
Nick Heyward - Rollerblade
Girls - Honey Bunny
Jay Bennett - Replace You
Bette Davis - Whatever Happened To Baby Jane ?
Ral Donner - I Got Burned
Nick Cave - She Wants You
Julian Cope - Trampolene
Pugwash - Nice To Be Nice
Brinsley Schwarz - Surrender To The Rhythm
Joe Brown - Malt 'n' Barley Blues
Radio Stars - Nervous Wreck
The Cadets - I Want You
Danny & The Juniors - Back To The Hop
Emmy The Great - All Those Years Ago
Buddy Holly - Think It Over
Jonny - Witch Is Witch
Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential