The dinosaur: mysterious, diverse, extraordinary, wild. Aside from the characteristic 'blown to smithereens by an asteroid', the powerful qualities of the Jurassic beast are those any band should strive to acquire. So does a dinosaur-related name mean you'll be destined for rock n' roll greatness or one step closer to extinction? It certainly worked for Dinosaur Jr, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and T. Rex, and now there's another monster stomping into this prehistoric playground, and they go by the name of Part Dinosaur.

Only part dinosaur, I hear you say? Maybe strong enough to take on a baby dino, but lacking the strength to take on a mighty Diplodocus? You'll have to be the judge of that.

Part Dinosaur formed whist at Southampton University, and are made up of four people (not sure what happened to the fourth person on this picture they sent us? perhaps he's taking the photo?). They've been supported by BBC Essex Introducing and have just released an EP and some T-shirts featuring a parrot with a dinsoaur tail. Nice combo.

You only have one more chance to catch them live in 2010, and that's December 30th at Vibe Bar, London. They're playing alongside former Tip of the Week starlets Hold Your Horse Is, so you can kill two birds with one stone (I taught this phrase to my Brazilian friend the other day. She told me in Brazil the phrase is killing two rabbits with one stick. How many more animals out there have to suffer just so we humans can multitask?).

Now one thing I've noticed, this track doesn't appear to have a music video. For many new bands, the thought of the cost and effort of making a music video was is quite daunting. Well my friends, starting next week, we'll be publishing a series of blog posts on making music videos on a budget. There will be advice, practical examples, tips, and inspiring stories. So in the future there'll be no excuse for our wonderful Tip of The Week artistes to be video-less.

Promo over, back to the music. Here's Huw to introduce Part Dinsosaur with this week's tip, Numbers:

Links

https://www.myspace.com/partdinosaur

https://partdinosaur.tumblr.com/

https://twitter.com/partdinosaur