
- Hi! This is a pre-recorded message. You've reached And Before The First Kiss but we aren't open for business right now. Office hours are 10pm 'til 3am and we open again on the 2nd of January 2009. If you'd like to leave a message please do so after the handclaps in the song below. Speaking of which, this wee demo song should, ideally, be played on repeat for the next 24 hours or so. Keep playing if symptoms persist as well as drinking lots of Irn Bru and eating egg and bacon rolls. Anyway, thanks for dropping [...]
La cara vecchia musicassetta la davamo ormai per morta nell'era di iTunes, un po' come il telegrafo o la posta pneumatica e altre tecnologie sconfitte dalla storia. Al contrario del vinile, che resiste tra Dj e appassionati, la cassetta è ormai diventata un oggetto vintage, buona per farci magliette nostalgiche o accessori kitsch. Eppure qualcuno ci crede ancora, e con un discreto successo: sarà snobismo contro l'ossessione del bitrate e la spocchia di certi web magazine, ma c'è qualcuno che a quanto pare crede ancora nel suono analogico, nel valore della musica che passa di mano [...]
The Silent Ballet: Volume 8 Spring 2008 After several compilations romping through various related fields, Volume VIII returns to what this compilation series began with in Volume I, bringing the post-rock hits. The current edition brings together tracks from some current albums we're enjoying at the TSB headquarters and ones that should be making some huge waves [...]

I finally went to my first gig at Oxfords new Zodiac, and it was a refreshingly the same as it used to be! Oxford's Zodiac was the place of legends in Oxford and a lot of people were quite scared when it got bought by AMG. Thankfully they have retained the old upstairs venue and bolted on a substantial downstairs venue (which is now bigger), allowing larger acts and more variety then ever. iLiKETRAiNS were the subjects of my first concert, who wouldn't normally be my first choice of bands to go and see but [...]

I finally went to my first gig at Oxfords new Zodiac, and it was a refreshingly the same as it used to be! Oxford's Zodiac was the place of legends in Oxford and a lot of people were quite scared when it got bought by AMG. Thankfully they have retained the old upstairs venue and bolted on a substantial downstairs venue (which is now bigger), allowing larger acts and more variety then ever. iLiKETRAiNS were the subjects of my first concert, who wouldn't normally be my first choice of bands to go and see but [...]