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Category: Music

  • “A copper. How do ya like that, boys? A copper.”

    In a bid to keep the weight off after being ill, and of course, to keep fit, one of the things I’ve found myself partaking in lately is a ‘lunchtime’ run. It enforces me out of the office, to step away from the computer screen for at least half an hour twice weekly – which…

  • In need of a name

    A belated post of sorts yep, but I was lucky enough to be given this beautiful vintage record player as a Christmas gift. She was generously given to me by someone special whom not only tracked her down, but painstakingly restored her; taking her to bits and soldering, de-rusting her amongst more laborious tasks I’m…

  • Love to one and all

    It’d be fair to say that the last couple of weeks have been testing. I’m hesitant to say “rough” but little things known as ‘challenges’ have come thick and fast. Perhaps it’s my own fault for being too quick to say that 2012 has been good to me. I’m hoping that yesterday sees the end…

  • Music to move you

    This song, a certain someone, a slow dance. Can it get any better?    

  • In the company of legends

    Last night we dined on seared trout, sipped ginger beer and spiced rum, and shaked, rattled and staggered rolled as the Classic Rock Magazine Awards played out in London’s Roundhouse. A good friend and I sat amongst famous faces including everyone from Vic Reeves to Status Quo and the phenomenal Billy Gibbons of ZZ top…

  • Loved for an altogether different reason

    There is no nook, no space, where one can’t find inspiration. Sometimes I find myself drifting off – years down the line I’m still the ‘daydreamer’ school teachers reprimanded me for being. Midst reverie yesterday, it was Aussie singer-songwriter Angus Stone’s new video – Monsters –  that caught me in its mysterious and rather beautiful web. The…

  • Be gone, Tuesday blues

    It’s Tuesday. It isn’t the beginning of the week, nor the middle, and its preposterously far from the end, too. My point? We’re in the weekday equivalent of No Man’s Land, and darn it, we find ourselves in this virtual ill-lit hole once every seven days. All is not lost though, not when all you…

  • The sound of seven days

    It’s been a mental, crazy, crazy seven days. A week filled with laughter; nerves; immense decisions; old, and newborn friends. Who knew so much could happen in such a short space of time? Six songs became the soundtrack to this abbreviated epoch, each offering a bit of a buzz, right when it was undeniably needed. As…

  • Henrik Schwarz – Where We At (Part 2) feat. Ame, Dixon, Derrick Carter

    A lot of people talk about music ‘taking you on a journey’. Often, it’s just PR speil, but sometimes, you really are in for one heck of a voyage. Henrik Schwarz’s Where We At (Part 2) – featuring Âme, Dixon, and Derrick Carter – is a track that fits this very bill. After spending most…

  • Sock-knockin’, road-trippin’

    Every now and then you discover something that knocks your socks off. For me, it’s currently YouandEwans’ track ‘1988’. Maybe I’ve heard it before, I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I’m going on a three-day Bavarian adventure from Monday. Whatever it is, this song has literally injected sunshine into my morning. Hopefully it’ll do the…

  • Johnwaynes – Libertango

    Nothing gets that summer feeling rushing through your veins quite like a tune that sounds like it’s literally just landed from Ibiza. Cue JohnwWaynes’ Libertango, the track that the Portuguese producer duo released in 2009 – and still delivers that feel-good sunshine burst. Remember that thing called ‘sun’?

  • Total girl crush (still)

    The first time I clapped eyes on Nina Kraviz, I was completely bowled over (and hideously envious) of her beauty. This Siberian-born lady is one fine fox, who has brains and business sense too – like the best of us, of course. Perhaps that’s why she’s chosen Radio Slave’s Rekids as the label to release…

  • The Starman turns 65

    He brought us King Jareth in the film Labyrinth, performed as a mime artist in the theatrical production Pierrot in Turquoise, and created the iconic Ziggy Stardust persona amongst many, many other delights – happy 65th birthday Mr. wonderful Bowie x Tune in to BBC radio 6 from 10am today to listen to a special celebration…

  • The Doors – Love Street

    People have told me countless times that I’m, “A bit of a hippie at heart”. The thing is, I never, ever really thought that myself. It’s taken me over thirty years – and one moment this morning while waiting on a train, dressed in a paisley print dress; agate slice pendants looped around my neck; suede…

  • Junior Boys – You’ll Improve Me (Caribou remix)

    Thanks to the wonderful world of BBC Radio 6, today Junior Boys, and in particular, their forthcoming single, ‘You’ll Improve Me’ remixed by Caribou, pleasantly flowed through my headphones. I had no idea who these ‘boys’ were until this morning, but I was fast to hunt them down and before I knew it, I’d bought…

  • Ibiza closing: two days, three clubs

    I’m just back from Ibiza (and thankfully, not in bits). I was out primarily for Cocoon closing at Amnesia, and as usual, was far from dissapointed – it was ace. But what about the rest? Here’s the trip’s highlights, low-lights, and all the bits in-between… We Love closing at Space, Sunday 24th September We got…

  • A song of love

    Ever since I found myself singing this song to niece #1 (left looking after her for the first time…ummmm), there’s been something about it that’s stuck with me. I love it. Simple as that. x x x x Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen Give him two…

  • Another time, another place

    Music has an incredible power to transport you. If you close your eyes, a track can (at the risk of sounding cliché and revealing my inner hippie) take you to another dimension. I’ve always been good at daydreaming, and this little piece of harmonic beauty so swiftly transports me into reverie. It’s there that I’m…

  • Tunes for Tuesday

    Ahhhhh the long bank holiday weekend, filled with glorious sunshine-doused outdoor fun. Well, we can but dream, huh? The reality was that the weekend was a bit of a wash-out – at least when it came to the weather. However, the 10th anniversary party of Secretsundaze on Saturday did a glorious job of lifting spirits,…

  • I Exist Because of You – Henrik Schwarz

    Maybe it’s a little premature, but I’m starting to get pretty excited about my closing party extravaganza in Ibiza next month. And, after watching Henrik Schwarz in action at the Roundhouse last night, I’ve spent the majority of the day getting reacquainted with his music. This little baby of a track has sunshine fun and…