[The Cure at the Troxy]

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

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

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

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Listen to a spooky Halloween electronic music show tonight – that obvs features me

Listen to a spooky Halloween electronic music show tonight – that obvs features me

If you are home alone tonight on Halloween and fancy something spooky and electronic to listen to, please allow me to direct you to the annual Homebrew Electronica horrorthon! Promising “spooky bangers, creepy electronica and twisted soundscapes for Halloween night”,…

Do my Guardian quiz about the Cure!

Do my Guardian quiz about the Cure!

Clearly one of the best British bands of the last one hundred years, on Friday the Cure are releasing their first new album for 16 years. Regular readers will know that I do the Guardian’s Thursday quiz, but today as…

New m-orchestra mini-album A Blessing out today

New m-orchestra mini-album A Blessing out today

What better time for some spooky music than Halloween week? And so today I am pleased to say the new m-orchestra mini-album A Blessing has been released for your listening delight! It features seven tracks, including the two singles that…

New m-orchestra single Emoting out today

New m-orchestra single Emoting out today

It is my birthday today! Happy birthday to me! And as my present to you there is a new m-orchestra single out. Emoting is available now on all good streaming services, and if you get it from the Bandcamp store…

(From L-R) Charley Stone, Parenthesis Dot Dot Dot and Piney Gir at the Lexington

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

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

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

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The cover of Depeche Mode's Master and Servant 12" single

It was forty years ago today …

It isn’t every day that you realise you know exactly what you were doing forty years ago, but today I do. It is forty years to the very day since Depeche Mode released their 11th single, Master and Servant. And…

Rats Tails at the Shackwell Arms

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

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