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Category Archives: Comment
Forest Of Sound Is Dead
I know our focus is normally Midlands-centric, but I wanted to mention the sterling efforts of experimental Leeds-based promoters Forest of Sound before it’s too late – they deliver their final show on 5 June. Started in July 2006 by … Continue reading
Record Store Day
Saturday is the fourth Record Store Day, an annual celebration of independent record shops and their contribution to music culture. It’s an opportunity to embrace music buying as it once was, digging in the racks for rare treasures and chatting … Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham, Comment, Events, Music
Tagged record store day, swordfish records, tempest records
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BBC To Axe 6Music?
Twitter is abuzz with debate over the future of the BBC’s alternative music station 6Music, after an article in today’s Times suggested it would a victim of the Big British Castle scaling back operations. All the points I’m about to … Continue reading
Pavement to Curate All Tomorrow’s Parties
ATP keep outdoing themselves with their annual festivals and next May’s event is looking like it may trump them all, with the newly-reformed Pavement set to headline and curate the line-up. Hopes for a Pavement reunion have surfaced and been … Continue reading
Posted in Comment, Events, Festivals, Music, News
Tagged all tomorrow's parties, pavement, stephen malkmus
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Speeding Train Design
You know how it goes. You go to a festival, buy a poster depicting some illustrative representation of your favourite band playing that weekend, take it home and there it lives, under the bed between a pair mouldy old shoes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Summerlin, Honey is Funny, Speeding Train Design, Sumlin
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iTunes Artwork Fail
One major feature in the evolution of iTunes is the replication of the feeling that you’re browsing a tangible record collection. Okay, so it’s hardly the same as flipping vinyls, but there is something satisfying about the coverflow and grid … Continue reading
Sound It Out
Sound It Out is the official film of Record Store Day 2011, which falls on 16 April this year. It tells the story of Sound It Out Records – the last record shop in Stockton-In-Tees – and the community that … Continue reading →