Katie and I are off to see the Wedding Present this evening. How excited can one 37 year old little boy get? The tour’s to mark the 20th anniversary of their best selling album ‘George Best’, which makes me think how quickly the last 20 … Read More →
Category Archives: Other Music
A Jazz dispute acted out
Charlie Parker (sax) and Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) battle it out… the video! This guy has spent a lot of time on this…!
Stop Motion Drums and Piano
Bloomin’ fantastic – if you’ve never really thought about what sampling is, allow this to do the job for you.
Amy Winehouse – Rehab
Katie and I love this tune – something very natural but powerful about her voice. Just had to download the mp3 of Rehab
Cherry Ghost – Mathematics
Heard this track by Cherry Ghost a few times on XFM Manchester and it just sends a shiver down my spine every time I hear it. Ignore the crass video – it’s just such an amazing tune. I’m not sure why, but I just love … Read More →
Happy Holidays, cycle style
Listen to a great rendition of Tchaicovsky’s Nutcracker Suite performed entirely on bicycle parts. Those clever little devils.
Remixing is the sincerest form of flattery
James Spitznagel enjoyed my latest experimental track ‘HB01′ so much that they remixed it! It’s a pretty experimental bit of music to begin with but James has taken it to another level. Now it ebbs and flows, and drifts in and out like some tidal … Read More →
Dave Haygarth’s latest tune
This blows my mind a little bit. I was doing a six(ish) monthly search on Google for “Dave Haygarth” – it’s amazing what turns up, when I came across a band from Watford called the Desires, whose lead singer/guitarist is called Dave Haygarth. You can … Read More →
What I enjoyed today
One of my favourite never-made-it internet musicians is Spitznagel… this is a person who makes his music so eclectic and lacking in boundaries – I always enjoy a listen. Avant Garde and sometimes very challenging, it’s always a rewardeing listen…. have a listen yourself to … Read More →
The Wedding Present, 26 October 2007, Manchester Academy
I’m not going to attempt a well written review of a gig here, I’ve got too much bias with a band that I’ve loved to follow, (pretty fervently for c. 21 years) to do a good, balanced review, but it’s nice to capture my thoughts … Read More →