Single Ticket #8 - Lonely Tourist, Where We Lay Our Heads & Quickbeam
Posted in SHOFT on 6th March 2012
As 2012 finally starts to hit its stride musically, there are suddenly lots of singles around providing previews of delights to come. After glibly proclaiming the old-fashioned single largely dead sometime earlier in my musings here, I'm suddenly finding lots of bands using just one or two tracks to tease...
The Douglas Firs - ep1
Posted in SHOFT on 4th March 2012
This is by my reckoning, the one hundredth post on Songs Heard on Fast Trains. I still sometimes wonder if I'm not completely barking up the wrong tree here, scribbling away about music I love, and somewhat randomly hitting and missing releases depending on how the blog fits in with...
New Platforms, Old Stones
Posted in Railways on 3rd March 2012
There is an almost universal rule in planning trips around this early part of the year, which says at some point I'll end up in Cambridge. This is partly because it makes for a pleasantly long, circular journey when done right - using track I neglect at other times of...