Delifinger, Withered Hand, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - The Fleece, Bristol
Posted in SHOFT on 5th February 2012
Many, many years ago I wrote a sort-of-review of a Lambchop gig at The Fleece which I suppose was the beginning of the kind of inconsequential-wittering-leading-to-a-review style I seem to have adopted here. Having been involved with their very earliest UK releases - something I was fairly proud of, but...
Bügsküll - Hidden Mountain
Posted in SHOFT on 5th February 2012
It's always a little strange when the distant past resurfaces to invade the present. Somewhere in the cupboard behind me are hundreds of cassettes dating from the early 1990s, and buried in those boxes are more than a couple featuring Bügsküll. Back then they were part of a strange musical...
Rachel Sermanni - Black Currents EP
Posted in SHOFT on 1st February 2012
When you hear stories about artists creating a buzz before having released a note of music to the public, it's often a signal that the hype will exceed what is delivered. Marketing in these social media savvy times is cheap, and far less tiresome and complicated than recording or releasing...