• Wake up song for today – 45

    Happy Birthday, Machina/The Machines of God. For all the bittersweet memories (Puebla, Orlando, Monterrey, that day in August) that you carry around and any new memories that might come from your overcompressed sounds, I salute you. -sam

  • Review: The Unfortunate Incident @ The Washington

    18/02/2010 On a freezing cold February night, a select few of the wiser souls in Sheffield made the decision to huddle into the cosy Washington pub. The reason was not for bevvys (with the exception of perhaps one particularly inebriated 40-something, who almost got chucked out for his forceful drunken banter!); not for the friendly…

  • Wake up song for today – 44

    Suggested by our friendly writer Grace, here’s the Swanton Bombs.

  • Wake up song for today -43

    Everybody loves Cat Stevens and I particularly love this song because the lyrics are so honest. A gentle awakening on a Monday morning! – Misky p.s. Ignore the first 1:20 of this video, tuning issues…

  • Review – Whistle down the wind @ Sheffield Lycaeum

    Nowhere, south of the United States, sometime in the 50s. A town with very strict religious views and an iron glove police force(think NKVD/Gestapo but not as friendly). Three little kids whose mother has passed away and whose father slaves away at the farm, affronted by a stark economic future. And in the midst of…

  • Wake up song for today – 43

    Yes, Mr. Marvin Lee Aday’s songs are cheesy as hell (and check out those theatrics, courtesy of Jim Steinman, that Wagner-rock rascal!!) but man, what pipes does Meat Loaf pack, uh? And that damn chorus, like the smell of crispy bacon,  just won’t go away, oink!

  • Wake up song for today – 42

    Because you and your scheming partner mean worlds to me. These are some of the many songs that remind me of you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! – Sam.

  • Review – Hexa @ The Harley

    It was a dark and stormy night. Well, actually, no, it was just chilly but then again, it’s February, and the only thing that seems to warm the cockles is a bit of music, even if it’s on the “how do I categorise this?” side of the spectrum. Opening duties were courtesy of Remember Honolulu, whose…

  • Wake up song for today – 41

    Just because he’s amazing. Seriously.

  • Wake up song for today – 40

    Some chilled out Saturday morning music to nurse those sordid hangovers out there. Ok so, maybe not that chilled out. More angsty. Here is some incredible LIVE footage of Tori Amos during the early ninties just after she’d released her highly acclaimed debut album Little Earthquakes. You can feel the pure emotion behind each of…