
The postman has been rather busy delivering me shiny promos! It seems a glut of them just lately, not that I am complaining as there are some corkers amongst them. Mostly due to the fact that I don't have 25 hours in the day and I don't want you to miss out, here is a round up of stuff you should check out. Ben Howard releases his debut single 'The Wolves', and this is a follow-up to the excellent Old Pine EP which we featured [...]

Well, only if you are Nicolas Cage. And actually, if you were Nicolas Cage, then some of the films you have made in the last ten years or so might well merit a rampaging witch-hunt by some of the more embittered members of the acting community as you comically jam your two facial expressions (grim determination and spastic incomprehension) into one tedious, one-dimensional character after another for millions of dollars in reward, while they subsist on the breadline only by waiting table and selling their tender little chocolate blossoms in the backstreets for an insulting pittance. Actually, maybe [...]
The Lounge on the Farm festival takes place next weekend (11th, 12th and 13th July) in Kent and, to warm people up and get them in the spirit, they've issued a free-to-download 15 track sampler, featuring some of the artists that will be appearing. And it's a scorcher! It even features a recent favourite of mine, Norwich's Sargasso Trio.To download the album, head across here (where you will be asked to enter your e-mail address so that they can send you a download link) and to read more about... Please visit Ceci N'est Pas un Blog for [...]
Well I've come something of a roundabout route to loving this album, but love it I do. From the sounds of it, this lot went a slightly roundabout route to becoming a band as well. According to their MySpace blurb they met whilst playing salsa. Yes, salsa. What is the fucking world coming to, I [...]