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  • Wild Palms – Delight in Temptation (single)

    Wild Palms – Delight in Temptation

  • Greeks bearing gifts

    Trojan horse – Trojan Horse Stream – ‘Brazilian’ I remember the words a certain famous musician said, that music was about creating universes by any means available. This musician in fact had little credit and fame in his career and his Opus was considered as “rather eccentric” at the time he walked this Earth. Funny.

  • Attend the Ballad of Sweeney Todd

    Sweeney Todd @ Sheffield Lyceum, March 15th 2011. Synopsys: London, Victorian times. A happy-go-lucky sailor is wide-eyed about being in London, a place like no other. The grimy tired faces of passers-by and the foggy atmosphere do not deter him from his excitement. Then his travel companion, a man they found adrift at sea and…

  • Terse memories of spring

    Sun Kil Moon – I’ll be there The skinny : Mark Kozelek, the master of great covers. The review proper: 3 covers from very different artists and an alternate take. Stream – ‘I’ll be there’

  • Spirit of the City

    Album Review: Memphis – Here Comes a City Memphis is a duo composed of Torquil Campbell from Stars and long-time friend Chris Dumont, and the pair have been making music together since the 1990’s. I am quite familiar with Stars, at least well enough to know that Campbell is a consummate live performer, so I…

  • Songs for hamsters in chocolate mugs

    Nat Johnson & The Figureheads – What the heart pours into The skinny: An EP of rocking songs! The review proper: Exactly what it says on the tin. Stream – ‘Margot’

  • Come to my pod

    Cats:for:Peru + Zapp Brannigan @ Sheffield Hallam Hubs, Pod A A gusty Wednesday brought me to the Sheffield Hallam’s Hubs, that strange maze of party rooms, bars and never-ending binges. Below, people massed to see some football match between squads I have no knowledge of. Music first, sports later.

  • Double ethereal negative

    Kontakte – We move through negative spaces The skinny:Cinematic and expansive. The review proper:But don’t call it “post rock”. Stream – ‘With glowing hearts’

  • Paving Stones – Matthew P

    Matthew P

  • Sharpening her teeth

    Louise Distras – Heartstrings on a hand grenade The Skinny: Still angry… The review proper: …and still acoustic. Stream – ‘This is your life’