Category Archives: music

The Leisure Society

Saw The Leisure Society play at a charity event yesterday in London. They were absolutely fantastic. Rich and clear vocals and instruments, great lyrics, fun and really nice people. Go buy their album, Sleeper, and go to see them play … Continue reading

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Mabon

Went to Theatre Mwldan last night, in Cardigan, to watch Mabon play. They’re a Celtic band – five Welsh plus one Scot. Think Riverdance – and you’ll be close to the kind of music they play. One of their pieces … Continue reading

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Make an Album Cover

Create your own album cover 1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 – Go to “Random quotations” or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four … Continue reading

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William Fitzsimmons

Saw William Fitzsimmons do a gig last night in Cardiff, at 10 Feet Tall. It was really good, though the acoustics weren’t too hot as couldn’t make out some of the words from his songs. He was accompanied by a … Continue reading

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Some More Bands

To go with the Some Bands post, here are some more bands that I’m into at the moment: Swimming in Speakers The Antlers The Rest Pet Ghost Project Allison Sattinger (folk) Quiet Company Beerjacket Beerjacket join the ranks of great … Continue reading

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Seeing Rod Thomas

Going to see Rod Thomas, playing in Cardigan (notice the capital letter) tonight. He’ll be there with a singer called Devon Sproule.

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Some Bands

Some, mostly Indie, bands that I’ve been listening to lately: The Raconteurs Metric The Veils Animal Collective Papercuts The Grand Opening The Thermals Fruit Bats The Dodos Ane Brun Secret Machines Squid Felt Tips Gravenhurst Bubblegum Lemonade The Field Mice … Continue reading

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New Music

Just got new albums, released today: Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns Bloc Party – Intimacy. Snow Patrol sounding quite similar to previous album, which isn’t a bad thing. Will see how that develops.

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Insignificant

Currently reading – Tricks of the Mind, by Derren Brown (check out some of his caricatures on his website). An excellent read! Magic tricks, memory techniques, NLP (neuro linguistic programming), self-confidence tricks (reason I bought the book), how to spot … Continue reading

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New Belleruche Album

Somehow sneaked below my radar, but Belleruche have released their new album – The Express. I’ve been following them, since they did a great set in Oxford a few years back. I also went to their first album launch party … Continue reading

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