Fear And Loathing In London? I ve been sitting on this one for a while. Mainly because I ve been compiling an entire Mixes For The Moment entitled "Bats Over Barstow" with this track as it s anchor. Patience dear friends, it s a coming... You ve likel ...

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming "Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?" - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [...]

Calexico - Waitomo The Evens - On the Face of It The Sky Drops - Sentimental Pete Greenwood - Sirens Blind Pilot - Go On, Say It Woodpigeon - Home Is A Romanticized Concept... Hush Arbors - The Light Quantic - Fresh Rhythm Bookmark It [...]
Starsailor are back with their brand new album All The Plans . The first single from the record is 'Tell Me Its Not Over'. Starsailor made their return to gigging duties in Ireland at last years Cois Fharraige festival in Kilkee. Starsailor have confirmed South African indie pop band The Parlotones and singer-songwriter Pete Greenwood for their show at Dublin's Academy tomorrow, Thursday 16th of April. Tickets priced €25 incl. booking fee are on sale now. Related Passion Pit [...]

You can't fucking move in Edinburgh this week but for accidentally walking in on a quality gig. Honestly, you could end up with a liver like a cricket ball if you went to all of the bastards, so there may be a few orange juice gigs (yes, I know, boom-tish and all that) for me this week, or I'll have to spend all of December sobering up. Given what Christmas is generally like anyway, I suspect that's what January is likely to be for but, as with Christmas itself, it seems that the party season is starting earlier [...]
1 Sirens 2 Negotiations And Last Words 3 I Used To Be In A Band 4 Ay Given Day 5 Wine And Rye 6 A 7 B 8 Bats Over Barstow 9 Heavy Era 10 The Bitter End 11 For A Girl Like Mine 12 Penny Dreadful Genre: Acoustic / Folk Location: London, UK Release Date: 8-25-2008 Web: Myspace / Buy! Does the world need another singer-songwriter toting around an acoustic guitar and

In part one Glass Shark & The Superimposers had each other dreaming of cover versions. Glass Shark heard echoes of Dusty in Citizen Helene while The Supers imaged Stevie Nicks reworking the pared down beauty of Jenny Lindfors. Glass Shark also got the Superimposers all excited by Machines before breaking it to them that they'd already split. Long time readers of this blog (no really there are some) will be familiar with The Superimposers. Back in January readers could win their latest album simply by emailing [...]

The folk-genre has seen a strong resurgence in the past several years. The leaders and visionaries of the current movement are Sam Beam [Iron and Wine], Ray LaMontagne, Devendra Banhart, Jose Gonzalez, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Damien Rice. A second tier of promising artists are Patrick Watson , Bon Iver , Cass McCombs , Fionn Regan, J. Tillman , A.A. Bondy , and Damien Jurado . Add British singer-songwriter Pete Greenwood to the list of rising stars. His debut album Sirens is stunning, especially for a guy [...]
I woke around midnight and begged her to shoot out her sirens . That's the first incredible line on this the debut album from Pete Greenwood , Sirens. Some of you may recognise the name as he was the guitarist for Mojave 3 on their last tour and is also a member of the brilliant poppy surfy sounding The loose salute . " I'm sailing away my own true love " is what i'm singing at the beginning of track two thinking it's a cover of Dylan's Boots of spanish leather but it turns out [...]