Belle & Sebastian‘s
Jan 182008
Not really a “Top” 6 but just some gigs that are popping into my head as I write…I’ll try and avoid the obvious Galaxie 500 (and related) gigs here and pick out ones that were memorable not necessarily for the obvious reason of being utterly brilliant… Terry Bickersuploaded by BuriedBones Levitation @ The Tufnell Park [...]
Jan 102008
The New Yearoriginally uploaded by HeyRocker Last year I started a tradition to post about the New Year every new year but it’s only this post on the always excellent Bradley’s Almanac that reminded me of that tradition. So here it is, a bit late but my new year post about the new year. Last [...]
more on flickr First up The Left Outsides played some sweet enough tunes – nothing outstanding but I enjoyed it well enough. Next was Darren Hayman who was previously in Hefner a band I never really “got” although keep feeling I should revisit – he played alone with an electric piano and some wry/funny/clever-clever songs [...]
Dec 202007
Not too many shows this year (although maybe more than last) – and a couple I never took my camera to, most notably Sparklehorse at The Shepherds Bush Empire and Joanna Newsom at the Albert Hall which would both be very near, if not at the top, of my list… In no particular order… The [...]
Six months ago my last.fm subscription ran out just after they had stopped being a feisty London-based indie start-up and jumped into the pocket of media giant CBS. My concerns then had a lot to do with the rather depressing thought that nobody seems to want to try and make a go of it on [...]
Dec 052007
Wonderstufforiginally uploaded by mark benney I can’t even imagine the point in my life when The Wonder Stuff fitted in. HUP was released in 1989, the same year that I first heard Galaxie 500 and the year after Sonic Youth’s “Daydream Nation” was released. And yet here it is in my record collection and I [...]
Dec 042007
Buffalo Tomoriginally uploaded by mark benney Maybe this series name should be changed to “I just dreamed one up” because this morning I woke with another blast from the past rocking around in my head. There was a time when I really liked Buffalo Tom…for two or three years Stuart and I saw them a [...]
Nov 272007
The very wonderful Kristin Hersh has just launched CASH Music – the Coallition of Artists & Stake Holders is an attempt to make music and a living outside of the conventional industry way of doing things. It’s a bold step that I sincerely hope is rewarded. Rather than selling her music she is giving it [...]
