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Shearwater – St Bonaventure’s Bristol
It seems an age since I first heard Shearwater on an NPR podcast (what would I do without NPR and the other US public service stations – where’s the UK equivalent?) and tried to get hold of Rook, their second … Continue reading
Bombay Bicycle Club – Flaws
I have the Lad to thank for this one – he gave good reports of them at last years Glasto and seemed to jump on this as soon as it was released. It seems I have the first Bombay Bicycle … Continue reading
The Coral – Butterfly House
Well they have been around for ten years or so and I have never really taken much notice of The Coral before – just seemed a bit too locked into the Oasis scene for me. A couple of OK singles … Continue reading
John Grant – Queen of Denmark
I have always found it hard to resist a fabulous voice and John Grant has one of the very best. A deep mellifluous baritone he could sing the proverbial shopping list and make it sound like honey. All the obvious … Continue reading
Broken Social Scene – Birmingham
Conceivably the hottest day of the year; England at its June best. Young Binmouth and the Fair Nicola cruised by for a spot of lunch and a quick look around the HC ‘manor’ before affording me a rare luxury of … Continue reading
Band of Horses – Roundhouse and Wolverhampton
Two years ago the Lad and I saw band of Horses deliver a roaring set at the Shepherds Bush Empire and here we are in 2010 and I get to see them twice within a couple of days: first off … Continue reading
BravoBraveBats at The Louie
BravoBraveBats (henceforth the Bats) make me smile. There is something about a new band (or at least a new band that feels like it might go somewhere) that is fundamentally smile-making. There’s something irrepressible, something so hopeful and full of … Continue reading
Roky Erickson – True Love Cast Out all Evil
Once again I owe thanks to NPR for letting me stumble across this in one of their podcasts. Roky Erickson was a new name to me but Okkervil Riverwho provide the backing band on this remarkable album was not. The … Continue reading
The National, High Violet and Bloodbuzz Ohio Vid
Well the news that High Violet is out and frankly rather brilliant is no news at all. In fact quite pointless to write anything about it at all it would only sound too sucky. The splendid Bloodbuzz Ohio track now … Continue reading
Pavement and Broken Social Scene at Brixton Academy
Having missed the boat for the Broken Social Scene show at Heaven and only thinking too late for the Pavement reunion shows in London @binmouth rode to the rescue with a spare ticket for this show at the Brixton Academy, … Continue reading
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