Postcards from Europa and Ganymede

Since seeing Sam Barber play live yje other week with TV21, I’ve been listening a lot to his 5 track ‘Valley of Silence’ release which is available free from ReverbNation. VOS is also supposed to be just part 1 of a larger release. I said last week that he reminded me of a more sane…

Dansk Post 2010

On holiday just now so a brief post to celebrate a couple of acts from our temporary country of residence. The Raveonettes are probably Denmark’s best know alt-rock exports. Here’s the video for one of the  songs from their ‘Lust, Lust, Lust’ LP: The Kissaway Trail are more recent exports. Their first self-titled LP was…

Keeping It Peel

I’m delighted to be contributing to Keeping It Peel today. Being of a generation which was able to listen to Peel’s shows at a reasonable hour, the show had a significant influence on my musical tastes. But it’s the sessions which really stand out as bands would often debut new material in sessions for the…

What Martin Did Next

Long term readers will remember this blog’s fondness for the late lamented De Rosa. Gargleblast Records last week posted a preview of Martin John Henry’s debut solo LP which is likely to see the light of day some time next year. Whilst it’s been a relatively quiet year for Martin with only a handful of…

A Leap In The Dark

TV21 / Sam Barber and the Outcasts / Iain Shaw / Shock and Awe – Henry’s Cellar Bar, Thursday 21st October, 2010 Supposedly this was meant to be an acoustic type of show. And for Shock and Awe to play songs stretching past 2 minutes , it’s probably the equivalent of an acoustic show, despite…

Everybody Knows It’s True

So I’m probably the last person to review the new Phantom Band LP ‘The Wants’ but that’s because I bought it and HMV delivered it on time rather than early. Bastards. But, even though you probably don’t need another review of ‘The Wants’, you’re getting one because a) I’ve been listening to nothing else since…