DJ: Guest: 068: Lianne’s 40th Birthday – 17-November 2012
Some fun and games at a party.
Into the Pit: 153: Swans – Live at KOKO – 15-November 2012
It isn’t often that I’m left with a feeling of slight nervousness prior to a gig, but then, Swans aren’t really your average band. One of the most extreme “rock” bands to exist, perhaps – their extremity being being louder, more punishing mentally and physically than just about anyone else – were ended by Michael […]
Into the Pit: 152: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Live at Kentish Town – 05-November 2012
There are not many bands – particularly after fifteen years in and out of the public eye – that are able to generate the sheer level of mystique and reverence that GY!BE have managed. But then – and yes, it is a cliche nowadays, but one perhaps worth repeating – GY!BE are not your average […]
But Listen: 126: Dead When I Found Her – Rag Doll Blues
Many smaller labels in the industrial scene are lucky if they release one truly extraordinary album over a period of a few years, but I’m beginning to think that Artoffact are more than just lucky in picking their artists. In recent years they have released truly brilliant albums from Urceus Exit, Saltillo, v01d, and then […]
DJ: Guest: 067: Departure – 09-November 2012
A second visit to Departure, a night I always enjoyed a lot.
Tuesday Ten: 165: Tracks of the Month (October 2012)
A month without posts has meant a month without Tuesday Tens, too. Here is my return to that, with another roundup of ten songs you should hear this month.
DJ: Guest: 066: GVWI Hallowe’en Part II – 28-October 2012
A fun evening helping my friends in the GVWI with their Hallowe’en Party.
Into the Pit: 151: Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Live at KOKO – 23-October 2012
Amanda Palmer has been in the music news (and beyond) a lot this year, after smashing all kinds of records in terms of raising money by “crowdsourcing”, if you will, for her new album and tour, with all kinds of rewards on offer for those who wanted to offer more money than others, including sumptious […]
Into the Pit: 150: DOWN – Live at Roundhouse – 21-October 2012
My quest to apparently visit every possible London gig venue of appreciable size this year continues (this was my fortieth show this year, at twenty-nine different venues, with at least another ten shows to come during 2012), and this time it was to return to the impressive setting of the Roundhouse for the first time […]
Into the Pit: 149: Rebekah Delgado – Live at Bush Hall – 17-October 2012
I’ve always been intrigued by gigs that are structured as proper “events”. Not just a normal show given a fancy name (“festivals” that are basically an all-day indoor gig, for example), but the kind of show where the artist in question has really pushed the boat out, with more than just music, and actually attempts […]
Into the Pit: 148: Blindness – Live at Rattlesnake of Angel – 12-October 2012
It has been a while since I’ve been able to attend a Blindness show – since February pretty much every show they have played I have been committed elsewhere, so once this show was announced, and I realised I had a clear point in my calendar, it was finally time to catch up once more.
Tuesday Ten: 164: Tracks of the Month (September 2012)
Here is this month’s ten tracks you should hear.
Into the Pit: 147: Sulpher – Live at Underworld – 30-September 2012
The perils of gig venues wanting to run club nights as well as gigs on Friday and Saturday evenings often means that said gigs are pushed forward to start absurdly early. In smaller cities, I could understand this – but in a city like London, opening the doors for a gig at 1800 on a […]
/Countdown/1980s/Tracks /80-61
A couple of years ago, I posted the best of the 90s, and the best of the 00s, from my point of view.
/DJ/Rivet/004 – 21-Sep 2012
The last (for now) of the RIVET series. We may still return.
DJ: Guest: 065: Jez and Ted’s London Wedding
My friends Jez and Ted got married in the US, then threw a party in London, and I was one of the DJs.
/Tuesday Ten/163/Devil’s Night
The concept of the devil in popular music has been around at least as far back as early blues legend Robert Johnson, who was of course reputed to have made a Faustian pact with the devil to become famous.
Tuesday Ten: 162: Tracks of the Month (August 2012)
Another month gone already? Time for another ten tracks you should hear, then.
Into the Pit: 146: The Afghan Whigs – Live at KOKO – 19-August 2012
If Yuck are/were the sound of the grunge revival, then side-project Oupa are the sound of it dying, already reduced to sub-Neil youngesque croaks, backed with a wheezing drum machine that never chances pace. Oh yes. Not content with being part of the much-hyped “grunge revival” (which aside from the original bands reforming, and a […]
Memory of a Festival: 016: Infest 2012
Probably one of the weekends of the year I most look forward to is the August Bank Holiday Weekend.