Tonight Robyn Hitchcock is celebrating his 60th birthday by playing a track each from his many many albums. But which ones is he going to play? Here is my best guess – with the tracks I’d most like to hear in brackets afterwards In reverse chronological order then Dismal City (would prefer Savannah, but he … Continue reading »
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New Shadow Kabinet single – Angelville
After a rather lengthy lay off Camden’s finest The Shadow Kabinet are back with a new single and an album to follow next year. Angelville is available here via Go Mojo and is a solid reminder of why the band are among the best British psych pop bands. Only on Angelville they seem to have … Continue reading »
My top 20 albums of the year 2012 – Darren Hayman, The BJM and more
So, 2012 has been a pretty good year for music. Sure we are little lacking in stand out absolute classic albums, but there has been lots of good ones and a psych revival to boot so loads of great debuts. Here then is my top 20 and you can hear tracks from most of them … Continue reading »
My top 20 albums of 2011 – Cat’s Eyes, Mondo Jet Set, Robyn Hitchcock and more
I realised the other day that I never got round to posting this, so for posterity’s sake, here it is. There’s a Spotify playlist with tracks from most of the albums at the bottom of the page 1 Cat’s Eyes – Much better than The Horrors album, this is a perfect mix of screechy 60s … Continue reading »
28 Piano Pieces By Children For Children – unique book raises money for cancer charity
via facebook.com ** Update – book now available here from the lovely people at Olive Loves Alfie New piano pieces by children for children A new book which features piano pieces composed by children for other children to play will be published at … Continue reading »
The Cleaners From Venus new album The Late District review
Until a few years ago Martin Newell had his future all mapped out. He would reside in his Essex village and continue writing his poems and occasionally releasing albums that would pass by largely unnoticed apart from die hards who remembered his salad days in the 80s and 90s. Then suddenly a few Brooklyn types … Continue reading »
Various bits of Psych news – Beaulieu Porch and Temples singles, Jacco Gardner and Shadow Kabinet albums
It has been a very busy week. Tonight I am off to see Rodriguez at the Roundhouse (which is sure to be amazing) and I have a new Martin Newell/Cleaners from Venus album to listen to tomorrow. Yesterday was all about a pair of great new singles from Temples and Beaulieu Porch. Temples are from … Continue reading »
