Well, one or two of you may have noticed I've not been around here much lately - rather busy wrestling with the financial & other mechanics of where to live within somewhat altered means. I needed a pleasant evening walk to escape those thoughts, a few nights ago; and took a few photos, most of which were far too blurry to use... but the above came out ok, yes?. It wasn't actually as dark as it looks, and in some ways the image is nothing like what I saw or remember; of course the buildings & lights & reflections are [...]
Another crop of seven songs for lounging about to. ♫ Going Home - Dory Previn Mythical Kings & Iguanas (1971) myspace tribute | wiki | buy ♫ Out Walking - Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham L'Aventura (2003) myspace | website | buy | iTunes [...]
Nothing is Lost is an album that taps you gently on the shoulder demanding your undivided attention. Folk duo Things in Herds use their signature sparse instrumentation, mostly only guitar, piano, some harmonica and drums. Pete Lush writes the stuff and Miss Ping comes up with the musical imagery as well as the cover art. No fluff and filler on the fourth album by this Brighton band. They have added another compelling chapter to the big book of carefully constructed folk songs. Best served with a nice cup of tea and cucumber sandwiches. [...]
It does seem like extraordinary humility. The blurb on the Things in Herds website announces their new album thus: "It does feel somehow irresponsible to be adding to the unimaginably huge flood of music in the world today. Still, it's a fairly short album so it shouldn't take up to much room at the party. It's also pretty damn quiet, and should be more than content to hover in the corner and to leave fairly early. Without causing a fuss." There's so much right about this. There is [...]
The nation's independent music shops are slowly closing. I know people have been talking about this for years, but the last six months have seen the closure of Reckless Records and Smallfish in central London alone. A big shame. Thankfully there are still great shops like Rough Trade . And also thankfully there are people like the Fence Collective , doing their little bit to help the plight of our favourite record emporiums. Their latest compilation Don't Fudge With the Fence Made , is available from the princely sum of £5.99, [...]
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