Music of 2012, part one

Sunday, August 19th, 2012

What the hell, 2012? It's August already and I haven't yet pushed out a first review of new music I'm listening to. Let's remedy that, better late than never, with the first batch of albums that have been added to my collection. Hopefully I can get the second and third ...

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 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 ...

The Duke Spirit at the Astoria

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

I made it to a gig! The weather was even a bit grotty, but I had a ticket and ignored the devil sitting on my shoulder telling me I'd prefer another night in. I headed in to London fairly early, to have a bit of a wander and ...

Clothes and CDs

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

I woke up early this morning wondering if I had slept through the alarm or not. The sun was shining bright through my curtains and I couldn't remember if the radio had come on and I rolled over to go back to sleep or if I had woken up ...