LOVE'S THE ONLY COUNTRY I KNOW Whilst JC is away over the water, I feel it is necessary to right a very grave wrong in terms of this wee villainous part of the blog landscape. The big man has double-portion chips (salt n' sauce, eh?) on his sizeable shoulders regarding one of the best bands to come from our much-loved and shared city, Glasgow. Just mention The Blue Nile to him and he does this comical impression, Vic [...]
We're delighted to confirm an appearance at this years Beach Break Live festival. The event, held in South Wales, soley aimed at students, boasts an impressive lineup of bands and DJs including Annie Mac , Fake Blood , Jack Beats, Zinc, Jaymo and Andy George , and a massive headline performance from Vampire Weekend. Also appearing on the bill are swing-hop duo The Correspondents - comprised of MC, Dancer and general crazy boy Mr Bruce (pictured, right) and DJ/Producer Mr Chuckles, be sure to check them out across [...]
CBC News' chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge stopped by our studio upon the release of his recent book 'Peter Mansbridge: One on One' to tell some stories about some of his favourite (and least favourite) interviews.
Okay so we're possibly way off remit here but f**k it that's the joy of blogs, we can basically do what we want... long as it's good of course. This is indeed set to be a good night by the looks of things. Probably most enticing for us are The Correspondents who we've played with a couple of times over the last year or so. Mixing up Swing era steeze with Hip-hop swagga and a touch of Drum N Bass Charleston, these fellas are some of the most fun you can have in [...]
Prompted by reams of humourless twats having a go at David Mitchell for a joke on Radio 4's Unbelievable Truth . i'm not a Mitchell fanboy or anything, but the people calling into this programme were a real excruciating band of humourless muppets (iPlayer) . From: Tom Just want to put my voice forward to counter the storm of type-first/think-later auto-offendees submitting their knee-jerk faux-offence at the Anne Frank joke made by D Mitchell on The Unbelievable Truth. It was funny, sympathetic and not particularly offensive at [...]
Rob Da Bank presents: Sunday Best Showcase, White Heat @ Madame Jojo's, London, Tuesday 1st December, 2009 Radio 1's Rob Da Bank and Sunday Best Recordings give us a taste of some of the exciting projects they have lined up for your pleasure next year! For this White Heat Special , Rob Da Bank will be presenting Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, David E. Sugar, The Correspondents and Sound of Rum , all from his label Sunday Best, as well [...]
this has been a really wild year. really incredible. i mean really, i have had so much fun. shit IT HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE! and i've done so much! i've seen europe, well some of it.. barcelona, antwerp.. benicassim! literally the best summer in time, and in terms of music what a year. electro - well we have our own playlist for that so i think it speaks for itself.. BUT the rest of it! brilliant. so many small acts coming big- i mean blogging - it has just been huge [...]
You may have been merely stumbling around in the mud at Bestival ... or just strolling through the streets of london ... or staring at the facing wall of a random urinal... only to be confronted with yet another Trouble Vision sticker. They're everywhere. Well, soon you can peel those pesky stickers off your back and finally head down to the huge debut night of Trouble Vision . Pelski's teamed up with the Intothefray crew to endorse a night whose line-up is jam-packed with YouCanCallMePelski favourites: [...]
Big night alert! Trouble Vision are taking over Corsica Studios on the 19th September. 10pm to 6am, £7 before midnight, £9 after. £6 advance tickets available from wegottickets.com Related... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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