Monthly Archives: January 2012
Blood Red Shoes Return: New Single, Album, UK Tour Announced
Blood Red Shoes are surely one of the UK’s best two-piece rock bands, having already delivered two fantastic albums as well as building up a reputation as a ferocious live act. 2012 sees them return in full force with a … Continue reading
A Tale Worth Hearing – Late Night Fiction Release New Single
I have to admit that I’m not a huge post-hardcore fan, but I was pointed in the direction of Hull four-piece Late Night Fiction and I did enjoy their more melodic take on the genre. They’ve got a new single … Continue reading
Let’s Get Cynical About: The ‘BBC Sound Of 2012′ Longlist
Apologies for the belated, truncated version of my usual take on this, but I found the BBC Sound Of 2012 poll particularly uninspiring in comparison to previous years. So, instead of my usual artist-by-artist breakdown, I’m going to lump artists together into nebulously defined … Continue reading
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Let’s Get Cynical About: The Brit Awards 2012
Looking back on 2011′s Brits nominations lists, my rampant cynicism and uneducated guesses proved to be largely incorrect – a welcome change from 2010, when I adopted the same policy and correctly predicted two thirds of the winners. Time for … Continue reading
Local Artist Of The Whenever #15: The Buccaneers
Having been amongst York’s finest proponents of bluesy garage-rock since 2006, The Buccaneers celebrated a pair of firsts last weekend with a packed out show at York’s City Screen Basement (I would have loved to have been there, but alas, … Continue reading
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The Let’s Get Cynical Video Game Awards 2011
Sure, these are somewhat belated, but at least that’s given me the chance to play a couple more of 2011′s big releases. Read on for some arbitrary discussion of games I played in 2011 – I must warn you that … Continue reading
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“Get me drunk so I can tolerate these bellends!”: Thoughts on Itchy Feet and music as fashion.
As you may well already know, on evenings you can often find me at local venue The Duchess, where I serve as bartender/box office attendant/manager of sorts/general bitch. I was serving one visibly troubled customer last night, and didn’t have his beverage … Continue reading →
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