I am genuinely delighted that my first interview for Indie Through The Looking Glass is with the multi talented and lovely human being, Mike Lindsay. I was trying to work out how often and in how many different guises our paths have crossed over the years. I think the first time was after I heard […]
I saw Mark Kozelek at the Union Chapel in Islington last night. I have been a sporadic fan for years. I say sporadic as I think it’s pretty hard to be a devoted fan to a man who records under so many guises and releases so much music! I first became aware of him via […]
Beautiful music. Recorded at a converted barn studio located on Gregory’s three-acre farm in Boulder County, Colorado, his new twelve-track album—via his own label Suitcase Town Music and his first in partnership with Dualtone Records—was self-produced and mixed by Tucker Martine (Neko Case, The Decemberists) and Andrew Berlin (Descendents, Rise Against). ‘Evening Machines’ is his fourth full-length studio […]
And so my little series continues. We are winding towards the end though. These are from 1975, the jeans are getting wider and the hair is getting longer. Not for my Mum though. Here she is on one of the many wonderful beaches – this is as close to the water as she ever got! […]
W.T. actual F.? This is so good……Google them coz I’ve only just come across them and I’m a bit confused about them. There are 13 in the band I think! I’ve heard the name but this is the first time I’ve heard their music. Sorry if I’m a bit late to the party on this […]
It’s so exciting discovering new music isn’t it? I’ve just discovered Klaus Johann Grobe. They are a Swiss duo and their new album, ‘Du Bist So Symmetrisch‘ is due out on 26th October on Trouble in Mind Records. Classic Germanic synth music. This is their first single from the album: and this came out last year, from their […]
Danny and I moved to London in January 1989. To New North Road in Islington. We had rented a first floor flat and had got jobs. Mine was in Covent Garden as the band booker for the Rock Garden and Danny was working at a vinyl, cd and tape manufacturer in Battersea, called Mayking Records. […]
