THIS WEEK:ALL WE ARE All We Are are a Liverpool based 3 piece & they are bloody good. I love their lush vocal arrangements & sparse rhythms,I love their rallying cries that sound like they will be soon marching down a hill & into the field where you currently stand,I love their cheeky filtered string-ting effects & I love that they are on the right…
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THIS WEEK:SILENT SLEEP Silent Sleep is the current music project of Liverpool based Christopher McIntosh. Christopher played in Liverpool bands 28 Costumes and Hallo...I Love You! Until April 2010, when he moved himself to Berlin. He returned to Liverpool at the start of 2012 and set about putting together a merry band of good folk. (more…)
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THIS WEEK :DAVID WOODCOCK David Woodcock is a singer/songwriter from Southend On Sea,Essex These are the things I think when I listen to the glorious 'Same Things' the killer new single from Mr Woodcock on Blow Up Records:- Cocky,front,talented,geezer,tone,bouncy,energetic,edgy,indie,catchy,interesting,fairground,ska,pub,beer,melody,life affirming,quirky,intelligence,Rock n Roll,much harder to do than you think,English,harmony,rockhowilikesit,leftfield,bright,stomper,alive,happier & so much more-how about you? (more…)
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THIS WEEK:CLEAR Clear are a song writing collective from Sheffield. If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times-bring me warm & toasty anyday of the week.What do I mean by warm & toasty? I mean warm & melodic music that delivers the sort of lovely glow you get from an open fire,from a heartfelt welcome home or the feeling of being surrounded…
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THIS WEEK: STRAW BEAR Straw Bear are a 5-piece band working, living, breathing and making fine music all over the South East of England. Yet again it was the melody, the tone and the delivery that pulled me in when Straw Bear first came jumping out my speakers via Shell Zenner's wonderful radio show on Amazing Radio. I cooed, I swooned, I did a short…
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THIS WEEK:PAUL LITTLEWOOD Paul Littlewood is a music artist from South Yorkshire. Paul makes atmospheric music from the soul via the heart.It has a raw rootsy quality to it,full of wide open spaces & emotional leanings that pull you in like a venus fly trap-linger too long and swoosh-you are his! (more…)
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THIS WEEK:DEMENTIO 13 Dementio 13 is an Cardiff based artist making wonderful electronic soundscapes in a variety of styles. His music has always held an intriguing fascination for me,moving from 'gentle & reflective' to 'knock yer fillings out' in a matter of moments. Insightful collages of sound from an alchemist's lair if you like. July 15 see's the release of the release of his new…
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THIS WEEK-SHARKS TOOK THE REST Sharks Took The Rest are an alternative Pop band from Newcastle. I first came across them when they kindly agreed to appear on HOME Vol.3 a free compilation of wonderful under the radar artists compiled by me & Tom Robinson. Their beautiful track ''Restaurant' (below) opened the album & is the living embodiment of what I describe as the warm & toasty melodic…
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THIS WEEK:RUTH THEODORE Ruth Theodore is a folk singer/musician with a difference & is based in East London. I first heard her work when our own Tom Robinson (aka the guvnor ;) played her wonderful song 'Overflow' (below) on his great saturday night radiogram show I planned to write about Ruth a lot earlier without knowing she was in the midst of health issues. Halfway through…
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THIS WEEK:THE BIRDMAN RALLIES The Birdman Rallies are a 4 piece band from Harrogate making lovely music that they call alternative rock,I think its got a style & flavour all of its own and is well worth further investigation - and I'll let you decide on what style you'd call it - great music is what really matters isn't it? (more…)
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