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  • A slow whisper…

    The Felt Tips – Living and growing The Felt Tips – Garden of Roses The skinny: A dreamy band with a wistful voice.

  • Said the spider to the fly…

    Louise Distras – Spiders (EP) The skinny: Punk unplugged. The review proper: Who needs distortion to make something punk?

  • Interview – The Last Harbour

    Here’s a song for your reading experience… The Last Harbour are a musical collective from all around England, but based in Manchester. Their music veers from the overdramatic (can’t go wrong with that) to that unnamed feeling between sorrow and longing. I’ve been a fan for a while and after being thrown into a train…

  • Unfortunate letters about incidents – 9

    Welcome to our new weekly column with Russ “chords of gold” Palmer. This week, he writes with a concerned sweet tooth to Wagon Wheels…

  • Interview – Nat Johnson & The Figureheads

    It was a cold day in August and the weather prediction was cloudy with a high chance of rambling and ranting. I have to interview Nat Johnson and the Figureheads. They are Nat (vocals/guitar), Kevin (guitar), Chris (bass) and Neil (drums). One of the bar staff graciously puts a table for us outside, and we…

  • The dark side of music : U2

    Who? A quartet from Ireland. You probably a few songs in your collection. It’s like dustmites: they are everywhere. Also “un, dos, tres, catorce!”

  • Interview – Gregory & The Hawk

    Gregory and the Hawk (interview): One of our best writers, Tonantzin, got a chance to ask Meredith Godreau (aka Gregory and the Hawk) a few of questions. Why? Because Tonan’s a great writer (and a fan) and Meredith Godreau is a wonderful artist, that’s why? Anyhoo, enough rambling, here’s their email conversation:

  • Of how I found myself interviewing myself (pt 3)

    Interview – Lumiere Way back in the Summer, we asked Lumiere to interview themselves. Sadly, the tapes were lost (as the carrier pigeons they used went on strike), but, hooray, now we have them all here for you watch them. Each segment is bookended by an acoustic rendition of their newest material (although part 3…

  • Review : The Proposition, Robert Lane

    Two bands from the Midlands play the sounds of Middle America… Robert Lane -Well adjusted A folky lamentation of not fitting in a place (or scene), Robert Lane’s song is like a realisation about your place in life and whether you want to be in company of a flock or stick out like a sore…

  • Unfortunate letters about incidents – 8

    Welcome to our new weekly column with Russ “chords of gold” Palmer. This week, he writes with grave concern to Twiglets…