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  • Wake up to … The Dream Surman

    Part of a collective of Mexican musicians doing something very off-kilter and experimental, The Dream Surman joins the same box where we could place URSS bajo el árbol and Los Impresionistas. They do share a few members (and possibly all meet in the Astral Planes to exchange chord progressions) but that’s where similarities end. With…

  • Tramlines 2011

    Tramlines 2011.  Every year, the city of Sheffield goes into full party mode and hosts the Tramlines festival, a veritable smogarsbord of musical talents, packed venues and heat stroke incidents (some of them rather unfortunate).

  • Of collar bones and schizophrenic nails

    Broken Shoulder – Broken Shoulderrr

  • Paving Stones : Drenge

    Drenge are from Castleton although they have been doing the rounds in Sheffield playing everywhere they can get themselves to play. After opening for the always entertaining (and rocking) Wet Nuns in late January, they have been on a hectic schedule, playing as much as they can (while running away from ASBO-wielding neighbours). They also…

  • Grunge for the idiocracy

    Dangerous Idiots – Dangerous Idiots Stream – ‘Crashing Jet’

  • The Newlyweds

    The Newlyweds

  • Los Novios

    Los Novios

  • Wake up to … Renegade Brass Band

    Another band that’s brilliant live, Renegade Brass Band are a collection of horn players, well guarded by drums, percussion, scratches and a DJ, all being trusty wingmen to the funkadelic sounds peddled by this collective. It’s the sound of the ol’ barrio in New York in the late seventies, it’s the sound of some of…

  • Singles: Pato Machete, Balto, Sleepmakeswaves

    Greetings, readers drinking discount ale at the office (those 10p cans were worth the botulism, eh?) and sneaking a looksie at the stock market (don’t) while the boss is shagging the intern (hopefully it won’t go into the CV). Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews…

  • Collins, don’t you lose my number