Joseph In The Backyard at the Moth Club, Hackney

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in March 2024

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New m-orchestra single – ‘Buyer Beware’

New m-orchestra single – ‘Buyer Beware’

Just a quick note that I released a new single yesterday. Buyer Beware tells the story of a man who hears from his neighbour about why the people who used to own his house fled in a hurry. It is…

Julian Rampen's debut novel, The Bay

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in February 2024

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Florrie Ransom at the Finsbury, London

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in January 2024

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Yours truly with the Fallen Woman at the Lexington, London

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in December 2023

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So Sha at the Rumsey Wells, Norwich

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in November 2023

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Geordie (1958–2023)

Geordie (1958–2023)

Killing Joke’s Geordie has died and I am absolutely gutted about it. He didn’t really sound like anything else on earth, and his playing style practically invented a genre. I first saw them in 1989, and they were never anything…

Midge Ure at the Royal Albert Hall

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in October 2023

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The New Eves at St Pancras Old Church

A one-line review of (nearly) every gig I’ve been to in September 2023

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Black Midi at All Points East

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in August 2023

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