I’ve been listening to the Gold Panda LP, Lucky Shiner, recently. The nearest reference point would be (to these ears anyway) Manitoba’s LP, Start Breaking My Heart (for me, Dan Snaith’s best […]
Gold Panda
Are you a Neutral Milk Hotel fan?
So much has been said already about Neutral Milk Hotel’s 1998 album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, and it seems that the fascination with Jeff Mangum will continue forever. This is […]
Music for Snow #1
For me, the snow calls for a certain type of music on the headphones for walking. At the moment it’s Ulf Lohmann so I thought I’d pop up a link to one […]
I hate Snow
Let me be clear about this, and not to put too fine a point on it, I hate snow. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! Well, it’s fine as […]
ATP Times
Just noticed the times have been posted on the ATP website here. The big surprise is that Godspeed play EVERY NIGHT! Weird. I guess they miss playing or something. I’ll list the […]
New Track by PJ
Miss Harvey returns, with another album on the way which will be her 8th. Where do the years go. See what you think. The album is released in February, so not that […]
ATP Preview – Scout Niblett
Looking out at the flurry of snow and the variety of weather warnings, I’m quite worried that all this ATP Previewing might be for nothing. My flight is on Friday morning, if […]
The National and Sufjan
Sufjan was on stage with the National last night in London. I wonder will he make it as far as Dublin? Probably not. He doesn’t get hugely involved to be honest, he […]
Comic Piracy
Something I never really realised was a problem is downloading of comic books. After a quick look on all downloaders main tool, google, I realised just how easy it is! Here’s some […]
ATP Preview – Mike Watt and the Missing Men
Mike Watt is another one of those legends I’ve never heard of! I guess there are a lot of old rock bands and therefore a lot of old rockers, who almost really […]
Anyone interested in a night on the tiles?
Just got this mail. Anyone interested in coming along? Nice venue and Should be a good night. Let me know if you are. “You’ve won a pair of tickets to The Jagermeister […]
ATP Preview – Bardo Pond
Bardo Pond are a six piece American band with lots of heavy layered guitar sounds and softly lilting vocals, not a world away from someone like My Bloody Valentine, although without the […]
ATP Preview – Neurosis
These were always one of the names that scared me a little in the ATP line up! They’re a four piece experimental metal or Doom metal band from Oakland, California. I have […]
Perry Bible Fellowship
In case any of you don’t know about this guy or his web site already, he’s well worth checking out. Nicholas Gurewitch is from New York with his comic strip starting life in his […]
The Cultural Nadir at Christmas
Ignoring the religious aspects (which most people will), Christmas is not about high culture. Indeed, for many of us, our formative years are spent whith Christmas encmpassing dreadful songs (I suspect that […]
Only muck at the movies
The title says it all. Nothing decent released this week, so i won’t dwell on it particularly long. ‘Unstoppable’ is a Tony Scott movie about a bomb on a train or some […]
I could watch these for hours…
Don Hertzfeldt’s Rejects, you’ve probably all see them a 100 times. See what you think. they make me giggle anyway. Wonderfully simple style of animation, and a nice idea of rejected shorts […]
ATP – I’ll be your mirror – Portishead
A new venture for the ATP people, is a two day festival will take place in Alexandria Palace on the 23rd and 24th of July 2011. It will be curated by Portishead, […]
ATP Preview – Charlemagne Palestine
Another odd one for ATP, which is good news! He seems very interested in his collection of Teddy Bears from what I can see of the interviews of him on the net, […]
Neil Blomkamp’s AGM Heartland
An odd little teaser has just turned up on the internet, from Neil Blomkap, the co-writer and director of District 9. He’s a south african director, and D9 was actually the first […]
Godspeed! book club
Every ATP festival, the curator likes to put on something special for their fans. Kelly Deal (the Breeders) ran a knitting club, which I never made it to. She claims that she […]
ATP Preview – Deerhoof
Deerhoof are a four piece from San Francisco who have been going in various formats since 94. For some reason I’ve never really checked them out before, but again I like what […]
Bedroom Databank
Bradford Cox is giving away some of his home recordings again, over at his blog. The bedroom databank is a collection of odds and ends, mostly recorded, as you would expect, in […]
Gig Guide – 23-11-10
Notice something? No gigs in January! its odd, but i can’t find anything worth a damn in there, so its an empty months so far, maybe something will turn up. Still no […]
ATP Preview – Black Dice
Noah Lennox “ I can’t speak for the other guys [of Animal Collective], but certainly for myself, like I modelled the way I approach to everything with the band watching the way […]
ATP Preview – The Ex
The Ex are a four piece punk outfit formed in 1979 in the Netherlands. They are known for their musical experimentation and have released over 20 full length albums. Who knew? Godspeed […]
ATP Preview – The Dead C
This lot are a New Zealand noise rock trio, with guitars, vocals and drums and then some looping electronic guff. They’ve been going since 1986, so another lot of old lads. They […]
Mogwai Freebie!
I just love free tasters, like when you were a kid going around the supermarket with your Mum, I’d always go back two or three times, hoping the person at the counter […]
ATP Preview – Throbbing Gristle
Only two weeks before I head off to ATP – Godspeed style, so I’m doing a bit of homework first! I must admit I don’t know too many of the bands on […]
No More Workhorse 