Been a busy last couple of days, and thanks to a popular purveyor of musical items happy enough to take pre-orders weeks in advance and then not being quite so on the ball when it comes to posting, this arrived about half an hour before I set off down to London to see one half [...]
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I honestly thought that I would struggle to write this one up. I mean, this is the 4th time I’d seen Mark and David during this tour, how could it possibly be different? By absolutely nailing down an incredible performance, that’s how. The Union Chapel in Islington is a singularly wonderful venue. Being an actual [...]
No doubt as a result of hammering out this blog a couple of times a week (or, as mood dictates, every other week or so. Or whenever. I should really plan these things), I’ve found myself hankering for the good old days of buying records blind. This isn’t as easy as it used to be, [...]
It seems rather fitting that I revisit this recent gem this week, as last night should have provided spectacular spacey visuals courtesy of a meteor shower that turned out to be almost entirely obscured by the rainclouds that have covered Manchester since time immemorial, although I think I may have spotted two at about 1 [...]
It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster of a week, which makes it all the more important to enjoy what little downtime I’ve been afforded of late. Which reminds me, I’ve completely forgotten to book my travel to and from the Capital for the week after next… The brain has almost completely capitulated for the [...]
One of the most rubbish things about compact discs is their frankly boring anonymity. With records, they could come in a multitude of colours, shapes and styles to brighten up any turntable. With CDs, it’s a uniform silver where any artwork to separate it from the herd is buries within the apparatus of the CD [...]
Musical collaborations can be a wonderful creative experience, both for the artist and consumer. A coming together of ideas from people already on top of their game, wishing to try something new with either peers or opposites, can bring great results and introduce fans to someone new in the process. Where collaborations become a pain [...]
It’s not unfair to say that I have been very excited about the release of this album. From the first announcement of the band’s inception by way of Jeff Klein’s bifurcation of his Let’s Be Enemies solo project, through the tease of the occasional (and familiar) song title dripfed to the masses and dropping of [...]
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