Christmas!

This is the view from my window – there’s a lot of snow:

I was meant to be heading East to meet my new flatmates but, well, it appears I’m trapped. Which, whilst it sucks, it also means that I get to wrap up all my gifts, eat loads of mince pies, sit by a fire, and make a Christmas playlist. Ho Ho Ho!

Two Things

1) I'm happy because a band that I did a review about of posted it on their facebook and got a bit excited. Anyway, review is here and bands are here and here. Check em.

2) Just got my photos developed from the No Age, Male Bonding, Abe Vigoda gig back on 14 October. Possibly the best gig of the year. Have a look:

CYMBALS

Just heard this cover of Pavement's Kennel District by Cymbals; not entirely sure what to make of it; it made my head all jumbley, like I'd eaten too much sherbet or I'd necked a Mentos/Coke concoction. Anyway, have a listen, I like the ending best...

Treat

Just thought I'd share this rather marvellous link which contains some super, faboulous and most excellent bands...go buy/go see some of them. It will make you happy...promise! Click HERE

 

1, Best Coast – Boyfriend
2. Cold Pumas – Slow Padding

3. Fair Ohs – Jeannerett

4. Perfume Genius – No Problem

5. Yr Ods – Nid Bai y Teledu

6. Capac – See The Young

7 Oh My God – Cults

8. Islet – One of These Worlds

9. The Neat – In Youth is Pleasure

10. Right Hand Left Hand – Stanislav Petrov

11. Cloud Nothings – Forget You All The Time

12. Cerebral Ballzy – Skate All Day

13. Internet Forever – Break Bones

14. Dam Mantle – Broken Slumber

15. Dutch Uncles – Lovebone

16. Beach Fossils – Calyer

17 Spectrals – Birthday Kiss

18. Sunderbans – Road Kill

19. IDRchitecture – Sign of Fish

20. Y Niwl – Undegpump

Zine

So, with a little help from my friends Duncan Fallon and Gemma Jacob, I created a zine for a Scene Not Herd night we put on back in August. It was something I had loads of fun doing, even if it was a little stressful towards the end, but I thought it would be cool to have a little downloadable version available, so if you click here you can bag yourself a nice copy.

New

I love that bands are starting to let fans stream their albums before their general release, here are a couple of links that may be of interest:

NO AGE: Everything in Between

DEERHUNTER: Halcyon Digest

Ops!

Crikey! It’s been a while! Sorry for being neglectful; I’ve been busy, not with anything fun, generally it’s been a whole world of pain and boredom! So, as I need to pace myself and dust off my writing skills this is only going to be a short one. But more to come, promise!

My friends just posted this song on their blog; it reminded me how much I adore it:



Other songs I dig:







Happy listening, I’ll be back soon…