Gigs of 2012, part one

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

I'm still getting to gigs, still with mixed results. Here are my experiences from the first gigs of the year. Wild Flag/Peggy Sue at Electric Ballroom Peggy Sue play first, and though seem pretty good initially they start to wear on me as the set continues. I'm not sure why at first, ...

Music of 2011, part four

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Not quite before the end of the first month of 2012, I present my last collection of music from 2011. There is plenty to like here but I am sure I put off writing these reviews because of not wanting to revisit one album in particular. Had I done this ...

Music of 2008: the established

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

In looking back at the music I bought in 2008 I consider established bands to be those with at least a couple of previous albums both released and in my library. Modey Lemon have been gradually moving away from their loud and vigorous blues-backed rock to a more subdued and musical ...

White Hinterland

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

There was a positive review a month or two back in the NME for an album by White Hinterland. As I try to find some good new music regularly and the review sounded like I would like the album, not just basing it on the score out of ten, ...