We're proud to present a photo or two taken from last week's brace of gigs. On Wednesday, we played at Death Disco (at Notting Hill Arts Club - a venue one can scarcely help but adore) - again, augmented by the inspired percussive antics of Chris Browne on drums.

And on Friday - this time drum-free - we were back in Oxford: an OxJam gig organised by Stuart of Sunnyvale Noise Subelement fame (who also played). Headlining were the Half Rabbits. Oxfordbands.com reviewed the gig thus:

Angular guitar-and-cello duo Cogwheel Dogs got the evening off to a more-than-decent start, with an immaculately played set of occasionally awkward, but often highly potent ballads. Latest single ‘Cress’ is a grower (pardon the pun) and tonight is performed with tremendous bluesy brio. The excellent, misty-eyed ‘Ghostwriter’ doesn’t suffer much from the absence of the hypnotic typewriter which graces the record, and even the underwhelming-on-CD ‘Anticoagulant’ seems better balanced tonight, with Rebecca Mosley’s ever-more-authoritative singing keeping Tom Parnell’s screeching cello from freaking out the squares just that little bit too much.

(Read the full review on Oxfordbands.com)

If you so desire, you can see an assortment of photos of the OxJam gig on Flickr ...

Cogwheel Dogs are pleased to unveil our new website.

Please - be our guest: explore. Let the adventure begin.

Our song Cress features on Premiere Evasion - a compilation released by independent Parisian record label Rabeat's Cage - alongside songs by Jonquil (MySpace), Eberg (MySpace), Sunnyvale Noise Subelement (website; MySpace)  and Hreda (MySpace).

You can order a copy of the compilation via the Rabeat's Cage MySpace page (paypal accepted) - and we'll soon be selling copies at gigs.

Cress received an extremely positive review in online music magazine Noize Makes Enemies. Reviewer Paul Richards writes about the combination of defined, captivating vocals and experimental cello.

"It's not often you get to discover a piece of music that really takes the words right out of your mouth... This is something truly impressive, something you won't look back from and something as unique as it is beautiful!"

Read the full review

Cogwheel Dogs supported Eliza last night. Rebecca wore blue suede shoes and red stockings. Less distinctive in the footwear department (but hardly less sartorially remarkable, all things considered) were Tom and Chris – the latter of whom joined us onstage for the first time, adding drums and percussion to Cress, Ducking Stool, Anticoagulant and Queues.

The latest edition of Nightshift – Oxford's main music paper – includes a review of Cress.

"Tom's cello strapes and wheezes obnoxiously around Rebecca's more tenderly-strummed melody ... giving [Cress] an urgent bite that most acoustic pop lacks."

"Like the plant it takes its name from, 'Cress' is an odd little thing at first glance ... but with a little patience the end result is unexpectedly rewarding."

We're playing a live session on this week's The Download programme on BBC Radio Oxford. By the time you read this, indeed, it may well already have happened.

Edit: Well, yes, we did this, and were live on your airwaves, playing live versions of Anticoagulant and Cress, as well as our own improvised 'jingle'. Meanwhile, our kind hosts Tim, Dave and Alex munched on some dried fish. All good clean fun.