• Invite: Mudcats Blues Trio + The Payroll Union + Canyon Family @ The Harley

    Hey, you! Don’t listen to that, listen to this… wait, no, that’s Madness‘ ‘One step beyond’. What we have here is a failure to communicate. Now, what this rambling post is actually aiming for is to invite you to a special gig we have curated with the people of Xray Horse. On May 11th, at…

  • Wake up to Mazes

    I think I’ve mentioned before how much I enjoy this pretty nifty band and it’s been a while (2 months) since I’ve written about them. Since the cheque has cleared, I thought about re-posting this video. Just kidding about the cheque. We won’t sell out. Not because of principles, but because nobody wanted to bribe…

  • Singles Review: Owen, Hey Sholay, Wampire, Black Moth, Witch Hunt, Olof Arnalds, Wax Fang, The Crimea

    Greetings, readers who appreciated the nods to the classic G.I. Joe* cartoon in G.I. Joe Retaliation!  Welcome to another edition of our “reviewing releases late again” single reviews column. In honour to our recent re-obsession with Sigur Ros‘ ( ), we are nicknaming our reviewers after each track. If this doesn’t make sense, then you…

  • Mayors of Miyazaki – Holy Cop

  • Wake up to Menace Beach

    There’s a point in the Tampico-Mante highway in México where the suburban wasteland disappears in a haze of red streetlamps and the sempiternal, eerie glow of Madero’s Refinery is just a red spot in your rearviewmirror.

  • 6 albums we enjoyed in April

    Hey, ho, away we go, album round up. YEAH.

  • Live at Leeds – The Unconference & Gig recommendations.

    It’s almost upon us. We’ve mentioned it before and now the clock is about to strike midnight. No, wait, that sounds ominous. Anyways, Live at Leeds 2013 is upon us and Friday kicks the proceedings with Unconference.

  • Gig: Scaramanga Six, Cut Your Wings + Great Deeds

    I swear I’m not making this up, but I had a feeling this gig was going to be something weird. It wasn’t the fact that I made a rather good pollo con mole for tea (see above picture) but the fact that a few minutes before I left the house, a horse-drawn carriage just passed…

  • Tales from the other side

    Typical ‘Record Store Day’ get up (or so I’ve been told) of 5am, get dressed, throw (quite literally) on some make up and BAM. I’m ready to say hello to the world. May I add, this lasted a mere 30 seconds…

  • An open letter to Innocean and Hyundai

    Jebus almighty. Hyundai really dropped the ball then fell down the insensitive tree, hitting every branch on the way down. Christ almighty. (via Copybot.wordpress.com)