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  • Interview – The Legend of 7 Black Tentacles

    Picture this: a small cramped practise room in the heart of (well, near one of the football stadiums, dunno which team). 6 musicians, all from very different backgrounds. Not a single guitarist in sight (well, there’s one but he is not playing guitar) and a bass player that was AWOL, saving the world from the evil…

  • Ryan Adams @ Sheffield City Hall

    An eventful Friday meant that the opening act was missed. Eventful in a not very happy way, but that’s life. The long week of rain wasn’t helping. Still, time to see a musician I’ve waited ages to see live (c’mon, drop by México!)

  • Elika – Always the light

  • Cowboy Junkies – The Wilderness

    Cowboy Junkies is a band that has never gotten any real attention outside of their native Canada. This is confusing in all senses, as the songs they create are engaging and the lyrics are quite universal. 

  • Lost gems: The Pale Pacific – Rules are predictable

    It’s an interesting moment when The Pale Pacific‘s EP, Rules are predictable, stops. The thought of “what did I just listen to?” floats around in your head. Not because of them being overtly experimental guys with masks playing 5/4 signatures with lyrics about Picasso fighting Lavoisier, but because of the genres the band tackles.

  • Retribution Gospel Choir @ The Harley, Sheffield

    It was a strange, funny day when Retribution Gospel Choir came back to Sheffield. It snowed heavily in the morning (not a problem for the Duluth trio of rockers) and by the time their set ended, the snow was all but gone. There’s some possible witty remark/pun/fanboy musing about their music melting snow, but can’t think of any. Drenge opened…

  • The Letter – Unknown Failures

  • Stanley – Animals with Amazing Disguises

  • Track by track : Lumiere’s Coloso #13

    We invited Lumiere to write a few blurbs about their long-in-the-making upcoming album, Coloso. Here’s El Encuentro, the end of the road, the end of a story. It ends in tears and ashes. 13. El Encuentro – Y en el año calendárico maya que representa el fin de un ciclo enorme, el COLOSO también cierra con…

  • Rough Shag presents: Mudcats Blues Trio, Falls and Drenge

    The problem with varied line-ups is not the lack of cohesiveness, but predicting the response from the public. It was a semi-cold Friday in Sheffield and Bungalows and Bears was teeming with people.