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Coming to the boil – talking Hot Milk with Han Mee
It would be easy to surmise that power punk four-piece Hot Milk are on a high right now, main stage appearances at Leeds and Reading Festivals later this month being followed by the release of second EP, ‘I Just Wanna … Continue reading
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Tagged Are You Feeling Alive?, Download Festival, Download Festival reading Festival, Foo Fighters, Han Mee, Harry deller, Hot Milk, I Just Wanna Know What Happens When I’m Dead, Jim Shaw, Longton, Manchester, Preston, Reading and Leeds, Tom Paton, York
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Celebrating the return of live music, non-restricted style
Martin Stephenson / The Hellfire Preachers – Preston, The Continental The Amber List/Ivan Campo/Resonate – Preston, The Continental My Twitter feed last weekend was dominated by those having their first taste of live music for Lorde knows how long. As … Continue reading
In memory of Inga Maria – the Keeley Moss interview
It’s fair to say that prolific Dublin singer-songwriter and blogger Keeley Moss is loving the amount of international airplay she’s getting right now, not least on national radio in Britain and in her Irish homeland, and on influential online stations … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Alan Maguire, Brave Warrior, Damian O'Neill, Darklands Audio, Dimple Discs, Dublin, Galloway Princess, Inga Maria Hauser, Inverness, Johnny rogan, Keeley moss, Larne, Microdisney, Munich, Northern Ireland, Preston, Stranraer, The Keeley Chronicles, The Smiths
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Understanding The Ache of Being – keeping the borders open with The Amber List
I wouldn’t recommend it in every interview situation, but seeing as this Surrey ex-pat was outnumbered three to one on this occasion by a Lancashire outfit priding itself on its ‘indie, folky alternative stuff’, I went on the attack (being … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Red Bus, COVID-19, Jo Cox, John Kettle, lancashire, longhatpins, Matt Pennington, Mick Shepherd, Nick Rhodes, Preston, Simon Dewhurst, The Ache of Being, The Amber List, The Continental, The Saw Doctors, Tim Kelly, TMP Studios, Tony Cornwell, Yaeger Studios
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On the frontline, embracing the future – putting the world to rights with John Robb
Music writer, Louder Than War founder, Membranes/Goldblade bass player/vocalist and eco campaigner John Robb was on his bike when I called, dismounting to answer his phone, the two of us quickly getting on to the Government postponing its so-called ‘Freedom … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy gill, Big Black, Blackpool, COVID-19, Dale Vince, GarageBand, Girls in Synthesis, Green Britain Academy, Ian Curtis, Iman Kakai-Lazell, Joe Incandela, John Robb, Joy Division, lancashire, Louder than War, Manchester, Mick Jones, Nick Brown, Pete Byrchmore, poly Styrene, Preston, Rox, Section 25, Squid, Steve Albini, The Membranes, The Nightingales, Wuhan
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Songs Sung Blue – Back in touch with Wolf Alice
It seems like it’s taken an age to come around, but the new Wolf Alice LP, Blue Weekend, finally lands today (June 4th), with the band set to return to the road for a full UK and Irish tour next … Continue reading
Over the Birling Gap with The Catenary Wires – the Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey interview
It was meant to be. The day we spoke, May 24, opening with me listening to Tallulah by The Go-Betweens, that 1987 taste of striped sunlight including a namecheck for that date on the evocative ‘Bye Bye Pride’. And 1987 … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Fletcher, Andy Lewis, Birling Gap, Bristol, Canterbury, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Gedge, Elizabeth Price, Fay Hallam, Frampton Cotterell, Heavenly, Hue williams, Ian Button, John Peel, Kent, Lee Hazlewood, Marine Research, Nancy Sinatra, Oxford, Pete Astor, Peter frampton, Peter Momtchiloff, Preston, Rob Pursey, Robert Wyatt, Swansea Sound, Talulah Gosh, Tender Trap, The Catenary Wires, The five Year Plan, The Go-Betweens, The Pooh Sticks, The Wedding Present
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Takes Two to tangle in Tākaka – in for the long haul with Tim Allen
Adding 11 hours to UK time to set up an interview when trying to work out the best options for both parties can create headaches. But technological advances eventually meant my chat with Lancashire lad turned New Zealand resident Tim … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Gregson, Auckland, Ben king, Chris Mac, Crowded House, Eddie Rayner, freddie Green, Henry Priestman, Jacinda Ardern, lancashire, Last Bastion of a Lad, Love is a Pill, Neil Finn, New Zealand, New Zealand Music Commission, Preston, Rubber Soul, Six60, The Beatles, Tim Allen
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