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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 >>
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 >>
I like this Muxtape lark. Here’s a new one I did for knuckling down to work to with some obvious choices and even some Eric Clapton: http://sumlin.muxtape.com
Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
The Meters - Cissy Strut
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
ZZ […]
I”m baffled by the praise lavished on pish-merchants Tenants and their soon-to-be-forgotten Triptych festival recently. Lots of ill-advised adjectives like “innovative” and “avantgarde”. One Stockhausen gig doesn’t make for an avant garde festival, and all that’s innovative about Tenant’s music sponsorship is their opportunism.
From a corporate eyeball whore point-of-view, they were there first. Other overpriced […]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommm_sykes/2436782237/
http://www.myspace.com/summerlin
…where the fuck is the 13th Note?
Who goes to Brel for music? (A: people who think Ashton Lane is Glasgow’s East End)
The Scotia kicks the arse of the Halt Bar if you want authentic.
When did the folk in Nice N Sleazy become “painfully well-dressed”?
You put your page break in the wrong place.
But again, where the […]
Does anyone really think ATP was better at Pontins? The info for Butlins ATP has just been emailed out including these gems:
What WE Provide!
Butlins Minehead looks out across a superb sandy beach. The site not only has a supermarket, newsagent and cash points, it also has Burger King, Pizza Hut, Finnegan’s fish and chips, Sun […]
Some emails of possible interest
* The legendary Creation compilation Doing It For The Kids has inspired a new 3CD charity compilation which features such Creation luminaries ex-Jasmine Minks members, Ed Ball, and um, one of Hurricane #1. There are also tracks by the likes of Ballboy, Popup, de Rosa and The Orchids. There are only […]
In the pub last Sunday we found a fantastic mock-tourist guide to Glasgow. It’s so well-designed and understated that we spent the first 5 minutes outraged at the latest Council-sponsored tack.
Foreigners might be unfamiliar with the laughable Scotland with style rebranding / gentrification campaign underway here, much to the amusement of your actual Glaswegians. A […]
Last 6 mins or so of Bilge Pump in Bletchley. Unbelievable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAOkyCyKVbA
Well, thanks to our good pals at Microsoft, it looks like songwriters can pack up their guitars and NEVER BOTHER AGAIN, ‘cos they’ve invented a program that writes a song for you if you sing at it. It’s technically pretty impressive, but the funniest bit is the adjustable sliders that add ‘happy factor’ and ‘jazz […]
I forsee no sleep ever again. CLICK HERE for random diskant goodness from the archives, then CLICK on the same link in the left sidebar and CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK. God, what a lot of amazing nonsense we used to post on here.
(yesyes, there are still many untitled and uncategorised posts back there. I’m not […]
