I have absolutely no idea quite why I agreed to go and see Slade all the way down in London, but I did. I can’t even remember who I went with at the moment and […]
Month: August 2017
Blackfoot – Hammersmith Odeon 1982
I read a post here by 80smetalman and it reminded me of seeing Blackfoot at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1982. It was one of only three visits I ever made to the venue, but I would read […]
Claude Lombard
The August ‘That Special Record’ offering is the self titled album by Claude Lombard. As usual, I was completely in the dark about this and, to be honest, having read the blurb I didn’t have […]
33 1/3 Radio Show 5 Now live
It’s over there on the right, or you could go here: 33 1/3 Radio
Voigt/465 – Slights Still Unspoken
This post is also available as an audio version: July’s offering from ‘That Special Record’, Voigt/465 with ‘Slights Still Unspoken’. I don’t think much of it to be honest. It sounds like 1 of 1000 bands that were […]
Jonas Reinhardt, Jürgen Müller – The Encyclopedia Of Civilizations Vol. 1: Egypt
A monthly selection from ‘That Special Record’, I’m a little behind so this was probably for the month of July, I’ll catch up soon as I have a couple of others to talk about. I’ve […]
My Beatles Black Album
The Black Album is an unofficial compilation album of solo material by members of the Beatles. It was created by the actor Ethan Hawke, and was used in the 2014 film Boyhood in which he starred […]
Francis Albert Sinatra
There’s not a great deal I can say about Sinatra that people don’t already know, in fact, there’s nothing really. There are loads of books out there and documentaries, some paint him in a good […]
Top 50 Gary Numan
As I previously mentioned I saw Gary Numan again a couple of weekends ago and, because I seem to enjoy punishing myself, I did yet another list. These lists are hard and I will want […]
Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
My word, I’ve read some scathing reviews of ‘Every Valley’, the new release from Public Service Broadcasting, and they are all entitled to their opinion, even if their opinion is crap. In fairness, I’ve read […]
Mix Tape: Volume 4: Side 1 & 2
This is a mix tape that I put together in 2010 and listened to a lot at the time, I called it ‘Dreamstate’ and made an image for the cover: The tracks are split for […]
Lamb Live At Manchester Cathedral
Lamb will make their hometown return to Manchester Cathedral on 16th October 2017. The whole concert is being recorded by the Live Here Now team for release as Lamb, Live At Manchester Cathedral across 2 […]
New Bjork Album announced
A new album by Bjork was announced on my newsfeed with a link to pre-order, so I thought I’d do the as I have all her others and all of the Sugarcubes, I am a […]
Death & Vanilla – Vampyr
There are certain things that make me interested in a record which are often related to a good back story, amongst other things. ‘Vampyr’ by Death and Vanilla has things that interest me in abundance. […]
Mercury Music Prize – Comment
alt-j – ‘Relaxer’ – Maybe I quite liked this and it probably deserves a place on this shortlist, however, points off for including a version of ‘House of the rising son’. Why? Filler. Blossoms […]
