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Mostly posts about music plus random tech, football, and nonsense.

  1. Darren Hayman's new record is out soon: “May Day” is the first single to be taken from Darren Hayman’s powerful new collection of songs based based on William Morris's Chants for Socialists (due for release on wiaiwya on 2 February).…

  2. Big Day

    This is a big day.

  3. Good to have Purity Ring back. I chose them over Kraftwerk in a festival clash a couple of summers back. Didn't regret it.

  4. There's a bunch of photos at The LIne Of Best Fit. As the Independent review put it: The audience was often left with just her silhouette dancing wildly amid the smoke-filled stage, like a gothic leather-wearing pixie.…

  5. Ride Reform

    This website was originally intended for my corporate portfolio, but for the last few years has been a place where I post Taylor Swift videos.…

  6. My favourite track from 'Burn Your Fire For No Witness', which has been reissued this week in the inevitable 'deluxe' form.

  7. dEUS - Worst Case Scenario (1994) I clearly remember the first time I heard this band, watching the video for Hotellounge on MTV's 120 minutes. I've been hooked ever since.…

  8. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968) I'm calling this a debut as Morrison rightly considers it such. What a body of work. Slowdive - Just For A Day (1991) More popular and respected in 2014 than they ever were back in the day.…