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Category Archives: Music
I Was Drunk At The Pulpit
Tonight we’re off the see Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo Gang play at St. John’s The Baptist Church in Coventry. While Will Oldham is famed for his prolificness when it comes to recording live shows in the UK are a … Continue reading
New epic45 7″
Daylight Ghosts b/w Any Second Now (2010, MakeMineMusic) Our good buddies epic45 are set to release a limited run of lavish sevens as a companion to last year’s mini album In All The Empty Houses. The band have used the … Continue reading
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang
The Wonder Show of the World (Domino, 2010) One of the joys of Will Oldham’s extensive back catelogue is the endless reinvention and reinterpretation he puts his songs and motifs through, often with a varied cast of collaborators. It shows … Continue reading
Band of Horses
Infinite Arms (2010, Fat Possum/ Columbia Records) Band of Horses‘ 2006 debut Everything All The Time was a minor revelation. Propulsive, luminescent songs that managed to be at once intimate and thrillingly grandiose. Standouts like ‘The Funeral’ and ‘The Great … Continue reading
Elevate Me Later
An Alternative Best Of Pavement Spotify Playlist The Pavement curated All Tomorrow’s Parties is looming large this weekend, providing an opportunity to revisit their remarkable back catalogue. It’s an understatement to say that a shared love of Pavement has been … Continue reading
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Tagged all tomorrow's parties, pavement, spotify playlist
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I Need That Record!
Record Store Day is likely to have made many music lovers wistful about the good ole days of buying vinyl records in bricks-and-mortar stores. Released to coincide with the event, the awkwardly titled I Need That Record!: The Death (Or … 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
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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
Band of Horses Play London Show
We normally keep live events we’re excited about Midlands-centric for relevency, but this is too good not to mention. Seattle’s Band of Horses are playing an ATP-organised show at Koko on 12 April. Although there’s no news of a follow-up … Continue reading
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 →