Folly of Youth

Sing Ye From The Hillsides , Britain's smallest festival, was always going to be different but in addition to the bands and the advertis...

Well I said her e that I wasn't going to any festivals ... But tomorrow is the start of Sing Ye From The Hillsides! a three day British ...

I've been conditioned to expect gigs these days to be curfewed, particularly at Manchester Academy venues. So I'm used to a 11pm fin...

Well I finally joined Rough Trade's The Album Club after at least 12 months' of saying I would. Basically this is a subscription se...

Well who could ‘Kwaing Creasite’ be? Best value night out in Manchester to be had: Johnny Lynch aka The Pictish Trail promoting his debut ...

Well I jokingly call my record collecting "archiving": keeping an ordered collection of all the music and associated items I own. ...

Well sort of. Laura from the As Far As We Know forum took some video footage of the Mark Mulcahy gig at the Elevens, Northampton MA on 8/8...

Released in 1981 (recorded 1979-80), this album was re-released on CD in the mid-90s and then a digitially re-mastered and expanded version ...

Free gig tonight at Abode in Chorlton (3 miles from city centre) from the folks at Mushaboom! Here's what they say: Mushaboom hosts wha...

Tom Waits, Edinburgh 2008. Photo by Kenny Maths on Flickr Well here was another 'near miss' during my holidays (see previous post):...

Well back in the land of mobile phone reception and the interweb. Despite being miles from anywhere (except the beach, the Welsh mountains, ...

Escaping to the beach for a few weeks. No gigs, no internet, no blogging. And the point is? Given the beach is in Wales and this is the Gre...

I really don't like awards and award ceremonies. And I particularly despise music awards. So what to make of British Sea Power being no...

Well three quick observations: 1. There's me posting yesterday about having no gig tickets booked for July and August but then managed t...

Well summer is here in the UK at least for one sunny day. But I find myself without any tickets in hand for gigs in July or August (or Septe...

Well I've never worked in a record shop. And I will never own a record shop. But I do own a record shop rack to keep my vinyl in. (Mrs A...

I first came across Thomas Function on the Obscure Sound blog and on the strength of hearing a couple of songs bought the album Celebrati...

My Bloody Valentine play Manchester Apollo tonight as their comeback tour continues. I'm not there tonight but I did see them as part o...

A one-off British Sea Power gig sandwiched after 50+ date US tour and before Festival summer appearances PLUS happening in the North West o...

Managed at short-notice and unexpectedly to get a ticket for this gig. Leonard Cohen is not one of the artists I'd previously list in m...