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The Songs Of Steve
Dear Steve… Today you turned 30 and are no doubt recovering from last night’s shenanigans, like the rest of us. As you now know a bunch of us have chipped in to buy you a shiny new Powerbook to...
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Tommy Reilly – One for the future?
To say I dislike reality TV would be an understatement. To say I dislike the musical variety of reality TV, things such as X-Factor would be a massive understatement. However recently I stumbled upon...
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So long, Astoria
The Astoria in London is one of the capital’s most loved music venues, and unfortunately it’s being pulled down next week in order to build a new Crossrail train system. Whilst being a bit of a dump...
View ArticleAlbums Of The Year: 2008
I’ve put off my annual list this year for long enough! I’ve found it really hard this year to pick a top 5 this year, so much so that I almost didn’t bother writing this post, but that would have been...
View ArticleMy Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket from Tugboat Productions on Vimeo. I recently found this mini-documentary about My Morning Jacket (a band that I’ve been in love with for several years now) – which coincided with the...
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Swine Flu Bands
A couple of weeks ago, as the world was gripped with Swine Flu fever (forgive the pun!), a great game emerged on Twitter. Feeling somewhat disillusioned with the mainstream media’s attempt at...
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Dum Dums: The Reunion
Monday night was a blast from the past. My friend and former Dum Dums frontman Josh Doyle played in Birmingham on his first UK tour since the Dum Dums split up and he moved to the USA in 2003. From...
View ArticleHome of Metal Exhibition Highlights
I spent a couple of hours at the Home of Metal exhibition in Birmingham today (it’s final day). Having visited the smaller installation in Wolverhampton a few weeks ago I was looking forward to seeing...
View ArticleWhy Coldplay’s boycott of Spotify hurts musicians, labels and fans
Coldplay have chosen to withhold licensing their new album ‘Mylo Xyloto’ to streaming services such as Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody in a move that is seen by some as a backlash to the new unlimited...
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Arbor Lights – Hatherton Lake album release
My band (Arbor Lights) finally released our début album this week and we’re bloody proud of it! It’s been a bit of a long, hard slog, which has seen us recording, mixing, gathering artwork and...
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