Quick Reviews: Goldfishes Attracting Attention…
As part of a new series, one of our writers will take a turn at reviewing a selection of single tracks in under 100 words each. If you would like us to have a listen to your music, email one MP3, an...
View ArticleNew Blues Anyone? Review of Stephen Dale Petit – The BBC Sessions
This week I received a treasure through the post – the Stephen Dale Petit (“SDP”) CD titled “The BBC Sessions.” As I do with any new album, I saved the first listen for the car. When I listen to music...
View ArticleLana Del Rey ‘Born to Die’– Review
When an apex recording artist departs, there is a panic as to what can possibly fill the void, as if the whole music industry didn’t get along fine before they existed and now flaps around like a...
View ArticleNice Concept, Shame About the Coffee.
I’m a sucker for subscriptions. I love anything where you pay so much a month and you get something through the post – especially if it is something that will introduce new things to me, like Graze or...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Do Reviews (Warning: Contains Reviews)
It was bound to happen just days after I post my only review, in which I clearly state I don’t normally do reviews, that I get sent a number of CDs to pass my judgement upon. Although not a dedicated...
View Article‘Information is Beautiful’ by David McCandless
“So, that’s what this book is. Miscellaneous facts and ideas, interconnected visually. A visual miscellaneum. A series of experiments in making information beautiful. See what you think.” From the...
View ArticleQuick Reviews: Scream to Me, Darling
Every week, one of our writers will be given a selection of tracks – they could be unsigned, they could be international superstars. Any genre could be included, and the writer gets one week to give...
View ArticleIn The Bleak Midwinter: Nick Duffy chooses five books to counteract the...
Christ but it’s awful. Between the more-inappropriate-then-ever exhortations to excessive consumption (“Battery turkey? You tasteless plebeian fiend, simply everyone’s having rare-breed Guinea Fowl...
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