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.
DJ: Guest: 064: Infest 2012 – 25-August 2012 – Main Dancefloor Set
A second DJ set at Infest, after the first one in 2008, this time on the Saturday night.
Into the Pit: 145: Refused – Live at The Forum – 12-August 2012
Welcome to part whatever of the latest trip down memory lane, to see a live band from the past who are revisiting said past. But here, there are particular reasons for doing this, and I’ll come to those in a moment, but first, there was a support band to see.
/Tuesday Ten/161/The End of the World Show
After taking a bit of a break from these series of Tuesday Tens based upon (quite random) subjects – I think I needed to to allow me to come up with some new ideas – I seem to have hit upon some inspiration for future lists again, so expect these to be a little more […]
Tuesday Ten: 160: Tracks of the Month (July 2012)
Another month, ten more songs to hear. You know the drill by now, right?
DJ: Guest: 063: JUDDER – 03-August 2012
A fourth visit to JUDDER.
/Tuesday Ten/159/Fire
After finally seeing the Olympic Torch Relay last week – amongst the enormous crowds in the City of London on Thursday morning – as well as the spectacular finale to the opening ceremony with a seriously clever way to light the Olympic Flame in the stadium, not to mention the sad news of a colleague […]