The partymaster herself

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in January 2022

Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours, I guess. It’s a monthly series now. Links go to the artist website. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll…

Five songs from 2021 that you might enjoy

I haven’t done some big chart of the year etc etc but here are five songs from 2021 that I really enjoyed which you might not have heard, and I thought you might enjoy them. The Anchoress – Let It Hurt…

Geraldine Snell at Jazzlive at the Crypt

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in December 2021

Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours, I guess. It’s a monthly series now. Links go to the artist website. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll…

A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined September–November 2021

Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours. It’s a (usually) monthly series. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links (mostly) go to the…

Homebrew Electronica album raising money for Mind and Help Musicians

Homebrew Electronica album raising money for Mind and Help Musicians

Very pleased to be able to say today that I’ve contributed a track to a new album from Kev Grosvenor Homebrew Electronica show. It is a fifty track compilation album for just £7, and it is raising money for mental…

Jesus Jones at the 100 Club

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in November 2021

Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours, I guess. It’s a monthly series now. Links go to the artist website. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll…

Fossil Fools doing a pretty damn fine XTC impersonation

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in October 2021

Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours, I guess. It’s a monthly series now. Links go to the artist website. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll…

A one-line review of every Sparks studio album because I listened to them all during #Sparkstember

A one-line review of every Sparks studio album because I listened to them all during #Sparkstember

It was #Sparkstember, where you listen to one Sparks album a day. Here’s my reckons … 1: Halfnelson/Sparks Halfnelson/Sparks (1971) – Originally recorded and released under the name Halfnelson, and produced by Todd Rundgren, there’s a very strong run of High C, Fletcher Honorama,…

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in September 2021

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in September 2021

Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours, I guess. It’s a monthly series now. Links go to the artist website. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll…

Richard H Kirk (right) and Stephen Mallinder in 1982.

Richard H Kirk (1956-2021)

Terrible news today that Richard H Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire has died. I first got into their stuff with the Code LP in 1987, which I think many people regard as past-their-prime, but for me, with Adrian Sherwood at the…