It’s for helping you reach your musical climax safely
As John has said the blog is being neglected due to him, G-town and I furiously revising for our A-levels. The only writing I have managed to get done is a small preview of the Air Traffic gig at Rescue Rooms on July 5th for Sandman, enjoy!
Simian Mobile Disco- Attack Decay Sustain Release
Quite clearly there’s a time and a place for different music. For example, you wouldn’t drop Belle and Sebastian at a banging nightclub at 2am and similarly, you wouldn’t want Simian Mobile Disco in your bedroom or on the morning bus. Quite clearly anyone who thinks that hasn’t heard “Attack Decay Sustain Release”.
Paul Simon - Graceland
It was with amazement that a friend of mine, who is neither ignorant nor uncultured, confessed to having never heard of Paul Simon and to not being able to name a song by Simon and Garfunkel. It is to him therefore that I dedicate this entry/cultural lesson/period of enlightenment.
Exams are killing the blog. It’s true. Even though I don’t do much revision, whenever I’m not revising I’m indulging in world class procrastination, and writing on this blog sounds too much like work.
Other members of the blog probably have more valid reasons for not writing, like the outrageous amount of revision they are completing, but someone has to break this stalemate. Read the rest of this entry »
Late of The Pier @ Rescue Rooms
In true bank holiday style the Sunday playing host to Nottingham’s Dot to Dot festival never got any better than drizzly, weather wise. However, the depressing situation outside in no way reflected the calibre of music inside which ranged from pleasant to absolutely scorching and, much like the weather of a more ideal May day, it just got better as the day went on. Read the rest of this entry »