Natalie Prass – Album of the Week #3
This week’s ‘Album of the Week’, Natalie Prass’ eponymously titled LP, is the latest release from the awesome Spacebomb record label. Founded by Matthew E. White…
Scarecrow
“Scarecrow on a wooden cross / blackbird in the barn / Four hundred empty acres / that used to be my farm / I grew up…
Do It For Your Mum
‘Do It For Your Mum‘ is the biography of Britain’s most exciting and endlessly creative band, British Sea Power. Passionately and cheerily told by their amateur…
Album of the Week
Thanks to my wonderful cousin, Lis (of ejengland-art.com), I have a picture frame that snugly fits and LP and, even better, levers open to allow regular…
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is not really my kind of town – I like cities made for people, not cars. But after two visits I will concede that…
Breathtakingly beautiful – the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
The Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is, quite simply, the most breathtakingly beautiful modern building I have ever had the pleasure to visit. Best…
Hops and Glory
“It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at”, advised Ian Brown of the Stone Roses. But, according to another Brown – Pete Brown, author of…
Broadstairs
I had no particular expectations of Broadstairs, visiting only to be with friends for the New Year, but it turns out to be a rather nice…
Bass Museum (National Brewery Centre)
My six visits to the Bass Museum (now formally known as the National Brewery Centre) this Xmas might qualify as some sort of record if it…
Festive Fifteen 2014
The New Year is around the corner, Xmas holidays have begun for some and so it is time to reflect on the best music of the…
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