I am taking out the rubbish. It is not a task I enjoy. There are several reasons for this. I do not like that moment when you jostle the contents of the bin bag so you can tie it and in so doing force a guff of rotten air up into...
Category - Music
In 2014, I got to see bands that I thought I would never ever see live – McLusky, Neutral Milk Hotel, Violent Femmes, Neil Young as well as various other acts that I have sang along to in various bedrooms in various houses...
The following are a selection of the EPs, mini-albums and mixes that impressed in 2014. L.D.C.N – Summer Rain “L.D.C.N’s electronic soundscapes are subtly woven from found sounds and samples. Louie is a cyber...
Image Jonwayne by Gangster Doodles It’s near impossible to keep up with new music these days. The democratising force of the Internet, the availability, prevalence and affordability of recording technology and the...
2014 has been a strange year for music. I can’t quite put my finger on what it was precisely about the last 12 months that I found strange. In the main, I struggled to connect with many of the albums. There...
Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes Words Tom Spooner Thom Yorke has just released an album. By ‘just’ I mean within the last few hours. It is available here as a BitTorrent download and costs just £3.68. It...
Here are four talented artists to watch out for in 2014, promising to deliver exciting new music in 2014. Ofei London producer and singer Ofei released some of the most intriguing tracks of 2013, preaching a bruised urban...
Stereocilia – Murmurations A murmuration is a “low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech.” It can also refer to a murmuration of starlings...
My Gigs of the Year 2013 Suuns – The Exchange, Bristol “Gig of the year…best band on the planet @suunsband deserving of #nmehyperbole” Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Fleece...
The Best EPs, Mini-Albums, Mix Tapes and DJ Mixes of 2013 in no particular order D-Pat – In Bloom Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap Frog – Frog Ofei –...