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(Above) Testing how well iphone video broadcasting works (answer: not that well…needs sound level control, and wi-fi).
Endorsements from established stars are a double edged sword, its an easy sell for press coverage, but it can …
Almost 10 years after they last performed as a four piece Blur announced their first two tiny reunion gigs via an unheralded email sent out to anyone subscribed to their mailing list. Inevitably they sold …
Ok so Island isn’t really the Island Records of old anymore, long since gobbled up by the corporate behemoth Universal, but 50 years is still 50 years. As such Chris Blackwell appointed the legendary rhythm …
Once underneath I noticed a sign about bats but my attention was more taken by a band playing right by the waters edge. Clambering over a railing for a better view it quickly dawned on me why they sounded so familiar. Catching The Miserable Rich live as the sun set under the bridge was a lovely tranquil way to end my trip, and as they finished playing the bats began to emerge flooding out into the night sky.
Time for the latest instalment in my recent series of posts “Things that happened weeks ago“.
Having declared Friday SXSW’s unofficial “Stalk a band” day I headed off to a Holiday Inn to get those vital …
Even by my own standards this is a tardily late review given three weeks have passed since I finally got the chance to see MLD favourite Sally Murray live in London. As I write I’m …
One-offs and unique collaborations are the BBC’s USP for the Electric Proms but the festival also brings the best out of music’s legendary figures, convinced it seems to pull out all the stops for Auntie. …
Music Like Dirt has become my brothers blog of late, were it not for his TEN4SE7ENS there’d be little but tumbleweed here. So thanks go to Ryan (even though that Gringo Star track in the …
“To the window, to the wall, till the sweat drops down my balls
awwww skeet skeet skeet skeet”
Opened in 1951 for the Festival of Britain, and recently revamped for a cool 90 million, The Royal Festival …
