“I could be on every single playlist on Spotify and feel at home there”. Born and raised in Camden, north London, Bakar has been making music for a little over two years. Love this music, love how the band look.
Photographs of Dr. Calum Bartlett: Barra, The Outer Hebrides, 1974
There are no photos from 1973. We think that was the year Dad’s camera got ruined when he took it out in the boat and it got covered in sea water. These photos are from May 1974 – as a family we always went on holiday to Barra in August, but this is the year […]
Kiasmos ‘Blurred’ Bonobo Remix
Kiasmos play XOYO in London tonight. I love these guys – it’s the wonderful minimalist Icelandic composer Olafur Arnalds and electronic artist Janus Rasmussen from the Faroe Islands. Together they make music as Kiasmos and release records on Erased Tapes.
Clothes We Were Wearing: Dave Newton, The Mighty Lemon Drops 1985 – 87
I contacted Dave Newton, guitarist from Dreamworld label mates of Go! Service / Bluetrain, The Mighty Lemon Drops recently asking if he had any photos and memories of the clothes he was wearing in the early days and where he was getting them. He sent back such a wonderful array of photos and details that my […]
New Music – Valley Maker
Valley Maker is Austin Crane, a Seattle-based songwriter who first emerged on the fringes of Bandcamp with a self-titled debut that also doubled as his college thesis. This is gorgeous!
Kodiak Island ‘the lemon e.p.’
‘the lemon ep’ by my band, Kodiak Island was officially released via iTunes, Amazon etc on 27th July. You can stream or download the ep via our Bandcamp page . You can also buy the limited edition physical lemon cd from the Bandcamp page. We’ll be selling the cds at our gigs too. August 4th Chilled In […]
Delta 5 Previously Unseen Photos From 1981
Thanks once again to Justin Thomas – another glorious selection of previously unseen photos. This time Leeds post-punk band Delta 5. Their music was inspiring to me as a 14 year old – I had just started to learn bass guitar by playing along to my records. I had bought the Delta 5 album and studiously […]
