Antibang, We Were Evergreen, Slow Club - The Fleece, Bristol
Posted in SHOFT on 8th May 2012
It was strange wandering around Bristol this evening on my way to The Fleece. The first day back after a Bank Holiday weekend is always a resentment-filled, depressing occasion and watching the harassed commuters stumbling along, eyes fixed down on the slick pavements didn't fill me with confidence for how...
The Hampshire Hotchpotch
Posted in Railways on 5th May 2012
I'm playing catch-up with these entries after a very strange and directionless few weeks where I've managed to think about doing lots and actually achieve very little. In the middle of this period came the welcome opportunity to get away and travel - always something I value, as much for...
Julia and The Doogans - Diamonds EP
Posted in SHOFT on 2nd May 2012
Winding the clock back a couple of years, I found myself waking up to the musical possibilities of the internet. Having spent a few years feeling pretty pessimistic about music I was getting excited again about new things and realising how foolishly pompous it was to assume that because I'd...