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SUPERSONIC 2007

SUPERSONIC 2007

The diskant team report back from their fun day out at the Supersonic festival in Birmingham. Headlined by Sunn 0))), Mogwai, Om and Qui with sunshine, cake and films it really was the perfect festival experience. Read more >>

THE WALK OFF

THE WALK OFF

Simon Minter finds out more about The Walk Off from Oxford and their messier, noisier and more downright bizarre take on New Rave. Read more >>

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Archive for January, 2008

RIP Dave Day

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Dave Day, the master of the amplified-banjo-in-the-name-of-lunacy passed away last week.
From the WFMU Blog
Here’s some rare footage of Dave kicking the collective ass of a studio of German youths and, thanks to You Tube, all of us too.

2007 - "the worst year of my adult life"

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

2007
Not a vintage year, oh no. And yet on paper I accomplished a fair bit but the amount of effort it all took made me question whether it was worth the hassle.
A few months ago we did a blah blah blah of our current tastes and trends and mine didn’t really change much in the […]

The Good, The Bad & The Barely Adequate in ‘07, in some kind of order or another:

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Recorded music:————-STARS OF THE LID - AND THEIR REFINEMENT OF THE DECLINEYes it sounds almost identical to “Tired Sounds”, but refinement is right - everything on this 130 minute set sounds almost perfect.
CHRIS HERBERT - DILUTEDA fantastic hour-long collage of sounds, melodies and textures that manages to outshine the magnificent out-of-nowhere debut, ‘Mezzotint’.
P.J. HARVEY - […]

2007 - Good Riddance

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

In most ways, 2007 was pretty miserable, and I’m glad to see the back of it. I didn’t hear much new music, I didn’t watch any new films, I got rid of my entire CD collection accumulated lovingly and painstakingly over the past 14 years, and all the creative projects I engaged in were either […]

2007 Review

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

2007 was a weird one. It’s only looking back through my photos of the year that I realise how mental it was at times. I turned 30. I visited Germany, America, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and some other places I have forgotten. It was also my first year of full self-employment.
HIGHS
Design stuffs: I am far worse […]

2007 in Pictures

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

In an attempt to fight off Altzheimers I have followed Marceline’s lead and done some ‘2007 in Pictures’ type sets on Flickr to remind me what actually happened. 2007 had some very high highs and some very low lows. Hopefully 2008 will see plenty of the former and none of the latter.
Here’s some eye candy:
PLACES

(L-R; […]

Top 7s of 07

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Live Acts

Jonathan Richman, Barcelona, June
Daniel Higgs, Skipton, March
McWatt, various
Bilge Pump, various
Paper Cut Out, various
Ack Ack Ack, Leeds
The Horse Loom, Newcastle, September

Albums

Nina Nastasia and Jim White - You Follow Me
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset - Bairns
Ack Ack Ack - self-titled
Trencher - Lips
McWatt - self-titled
Field Music - Tones of Town
Army of Flying Robots - Life is Cheap

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