Author: FratellisTales

  • Site Update: Adverts and Donations

    Hello everyone! You may have noticed that I’ve been running Google AdSense on the site to see if I can make a little pocket change to offset the low costs that keep the site online. After a few months, the site made on average 10p a month, and Google make it so you need £60…

  • Napster Session

    A little treat from April 2006, the Fratellis head to the Napster studios and recorded a little 5 song session to promote themselves before the release of Costello Music. You can head over and listen to the session now.

  • Barrowlands Night 1

    Barrowlands Night 1

    In 2006, right after the release of Costello Music, the Fratellis played their first night at the Glasgow Barrowlands. The gig was made available to gig goers after the show on a limited run of CDs. Here is the first night in full, night two will be coming along soon… 2006-11-09 Barrowlands, Glasgow, UK

  • Live from Abbey Road

    Live from Abbey Road

    A nice treat from the Here We Stand days today, a few songs performed by the band in 2008 at Abbey Road Studios. Fantastic quality of sound, but with a few small cuts in places. Enjoy this session!

  • The Cocktail Hour

    The Cocktail Hour

    Back in 2011, Jon dabbled in recording some “podcasts” (which were a little different back then). These are really just some live sessions he recorded at home during his Psycho Jukebox era. There are some great songs in this session, including a cover of Pink Floyd. Take a listen over on the downloads page for…

  • Edgy In Brixton

    Edgy In Brixton

    Back in 2007, the Fratellis recorded and released a live DVD titled ‘Edgy In Brixton’, as part of their 4-night residency at the Brixton Academy. This also features an unreleased song “Pretty Like a Girl”. This track has never been recorded in the studio and was played a handful of times in 2007 during the…

  • Weekend With Aled Jones

    Fresh from 2015, a unique performance of Chelsea Dagger taken from “Weekend With Aled Jones” has just been uploaded both here on the website for download but also a video version over on our YouTube channel. Take a listen/watch now!

  • NEW UPLOAD: Dangerbird Studios

    NEW UPLOAD: Dangerbird Studios

    As promised, here’s a sliver of something old. Back in 2010, before Psycho Jukebox had been created. Jon stopped by Dangerbird Studios to record a little solo track under the name “Sometimes You Just Can’t Win”. While this song would be omitted from Psycho Jukebox, it was recorded and included as a bonus track on…

  • Site Updates! Reviews! Future!

    Hello everyone! Long time once again… I’ve been refreshing things on the back-end of the site while we still have some downtime before #FRATS7 may arrive… I always say I’ll get this site fixed during downtime and never do. So look, I did it this time! While fixing stuff, I noticed some stuff I thought…

  • NEW UPLOAD: Isle of Wight Festival 2022

    Is this thing still on? Long time, no speak but I’m still here. Sitting on a pile of unreleased bootlegs and still chipping away at them from time to time. I had this one sitting there ready to go so thought I’d just throw it out there now as work winds down for another summer…