Yes, another one. Mwah hah haaa. Lock up the kids, Campfires & Battlefields, because the Song, by Toad musical cuss-o-rama is back on air for more blethering, swearing, slurring and first class tunery.
Actually, I don’t think this one is anything like as good as the first, if I’m honest. It’s a bit [...]
Saturday, 30 June, 2007
Categories: Podcast . . Author: Matthew . Comments: 12 Comments
I don’t know if the news that Fopp are shutting down makes my earlier post about small record shops complete nonsense or all the more poignant. It’s bloody shit, whatever it is. Bye Fopp, thanks for everything.
Apparently they say their chain of shops is still profitable, which seems strange given it was a refusal of [...]
Friday, 29 June, 2007
Categories: News . . Author: Matthew . Comments: 8 Comments
Hmm, I’m not sure what I can tell you about this, in terms of recommending a purchase. It is part of the Picket Fence series, released on a monthly basis by Toad favourites, Fence Records. You have to subscribe to Picket Fence which costs you 50 sheckles so I don’t know, it’s a [...]
Friday, 29 June, 2007
Categories: Album Reviews . . Author: Matthew . Comments: 3 Comments
Gosh it’s multi-post bonanza of obsessive lunacy on Song, by Toad today. I know this is far too many posts for a sane human being, but honestly the news today is bringin’ the crazy and there’s no way I could let it pass without a round of applause.
Item No1: Paris & the Mystery Meat
Everyone’s [...]
Thursday, 28 June, 2007
Categories: General . . Author: Matthew . Comments: 3 Comments
The Local Heroes hail from a part of Scotland that is actually not in Scotland, but should be. Back at university I had a pal who was from Cumbria but used to insist until he was blue in the face that he was actually Scottish. We used to call him Mr. Pretend Scotsman [...]
Thursday, 28 June, 2007
Categories: News . . Author: Matthew . Comments: No Comments
Well I’ve just not bothered posting this one, and I’m not sure why. Partly, I suppose, I don’t lurrve The New Pornographers. I mean, Neko Case induces a certain, ah, Gentleman’s Inconvenience, if you know what I mean and the music is definitely pretty good, and occasionally brilliant. But by and large I like them [...]
Thursday, 28 June, 2007
Categories: News . . Author: Matthew . Comments: No Comments