Single Ticket #2 - Plastic Animals, Pet, The Atolls
Posted in SHOFT on 18th July 2011
When I set out to write less about more I decided to pick on the single as the ideal target, but nowadays it seems the EP is a resurgent format. The relatively low cost of including a couple of extra tracks in a download-only release is doubtlessly attractive for bands...
Routes, Branches and a Run to the Coast
Posted in Railways on 16th July 2011
It had been a fairly chaotic morning at work, and though I felt a little guilty about doing so, I was glad to be sloping off early. The plan was to get up to Paddington during the afternoon and to hang around ready for tonight's tour. I was perhaps a...
The Japanese War Effort - Surrender To Summer
Posted in SHOFT on 12th July 2011
Summer isn't a great time for music in lots of ways. As the entire industry appears to decamp to the ever growing list of festivals and new releases dry up, somehow the general public enters a strange, collective stupor where only the most inane rubbish seems to be played as...