• Track by track : Lumiere’s Coloso #6

    We invited Lumiere to write a few blurbs about their long-in-the-making upcoming album, Coloso. One every day for the next forthnight. Here’s ‘Yo,Marina’, which is sort of linked to the same writing that ‘Elefante’ is linked to. You’ll read them soon. 6. Yo, Marina: Son ya muchos los que han visto estrellas bajando del cielo y…

  • Ninjas vs Romans Mix Cd

    Did you miss us? Of course not! You are subscribed to our blog and share it with your friends (and enemies), right? RIGHT? Sigh. It’s April so you know there’s a couple of important events coming up: Taxes (uh oh, fill those forms a-ok!) Semana Santa (fin de cuaresma, yeah!) Easter (no Doctor Who special,…

  • WagonWheel Media presents: David Sleney, The Payroll Union and The Deadly Gentlemen

  • Track by track : Lumiere’s Coloso #5

    We invited Lumiere to write a few blurbs about their long-in-the-making upcoming album, Coloso. One every day for the next forthnight. Here’s ‘Coloso’, which holds a special place to quite a few members of the band. 5. Coloso: Cuando la vida te obliga a crecer, lo haces de una forma incontenible, te conviertes en un monolito,…

  • Mooi – Mooi EP

  • Review : The Stranglers @ Sheffield Academy

    It’s no mean feat when a band manages to span a total of five decades. But that’s exactly what punk’s bad boy veterans The Stranglers have now done.

  • Track by track : Lumiere’s Coloso #4

    We invited Lumiere to write a few blurbs about their long-in-the-making upcoming album, Coloso. One every day for the next forthnight. Here’s ‘Géminis’, which we used in our own radio drama, Voces de la Generación Pastilla. (link) 4. Géminis: Eros y Tanatos, Hot & Sour, El gordo y el flaco, luz y sombra, pies y manos….dualidad que…

  • Rachel Harrington and the Knock Outs at Greystones

    When partaking of a quiet Ale at the Greystones a few weeks ago, my buddy Ray Loughlan spotted that Rachel Harrington was paying Steel City a visit. Having fallen in love with her earlier work this was one not to miss!

  • The Jonathan Arellano Project – El Solitario

  • Blue Lip Feel – Glitterbox