Quite a few years ago, there was a spell of bad weather in the UK that flooded a biscuit making factory in the north east of England, putting them out of action. Soon afterwards,...
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Lockdown hasn’t affected their finances much! Gorgon City have a billboard up for a show… that you already can’t get tickets for
DJs whinging they’ve lost money due to lost gigs and work during the pandemic is nothing new. Some of them even have a fair point – you know, the ones who weren’t doing plague...
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Enjoy buying lots of lovely vinyl through Discogs? New VAT rules in UK and EU could be about to make the process more taxing – in more ways than one…
Update: Since this post was first published, a few tweaks have been made to clarify one or two things. I’m not an accountant or taxman by training, sadly… There was a time when buying...
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As Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja launches artwork for Palestine appeal, here’s one person who definitely won’t be forking out for a limited edition piece
Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack is passionate about charity, in particular War Child. Following recent events in Palestine, they have an ongoing appeal for funds and Del Naja has decided to help –...
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Wednesday Whisper #7 – the DJ dealing with weighty issues all on their own
Which DJ is currently going to quite extreme lengths to stop anyone from finding out they’re about to have gastric band surgery? They’ve had issues with their weight for the past two years or...
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Sensible new strategy for the 21st century or a disservice to new producers? Mixed reactions to King Street’s habit of bundling new remixes along collections of older ones…
King Street Sounds is a record label which is very happy to plunder its own archive for modern gain. If the new music they released now was as good, it might not be an...
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The posters may have been made by an 8 year old with Paint, but at least you could read them! As a 1998 festival promo is unearthed, a reminder of a simpler time…
These days, festivals are bigger than ever in more ways than one. Not only are there more of them than ever before, but almost all of them feel the need to put on as...
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An estranged wife, messy divorce and rumours of two children born to other women – the intriguing story about Black Coffee almost no one outside South Africa seems to know
Black Coffee is one of those names that the dance music press wrote about a lot some years ago. Curiously however, he no longer appears on their pages as he became a huge international...
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Sorry, WHAT makes you happy, Francesco?! Not so young pianist who rode on Derrick May’s coat tails has his Facebook page hacked… by someone flogging tacky shoes
The music world has many people who make it there on the coat tails of someone else. Far more than we’ll ever know. One of those is Francesco Tristano. Some years ago, he met...
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What’s with your attraction to rule breakers, Sacha? Mr Lord is on Twitter complaining about Dua Lipa’s tour being postponed – who spent most of lockdown ignoring it
The mind of Sacha Lord is a truly strange and contradictory place. It’s a place which condemns plague raves in his native Manchester, yet sees no issue booking plague rave DJs for his Parklife...
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Listen to Judge Jules speaking to the Save Our Scene UK temper tantrum yesterday – if you can hear any of it over the protesters, that is…
The Save Our Scene UK event on Sunday had many problems, and it wasn’t just the fact the invites given to plague rave DJs. The simple truth is the event had no sense of...
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That hot Greek sun is going to your head, Sofia! Derrick May’s “passport” posts an utterly tone deaf message about men “thinking like rapists” – so who COULD she have in mind?
“There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know” – so reads an old proverb that dates back...
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Is apathy why the Government won’t lift a finger to help musicians? UK Music poll reveals support for plight – but reveals indifference too
Being a musician isn’t easy. Your parents will secretly spend most of their lives wondering when you’ll get a “proper job”. And lots of people who say they’ll come to your shows or buy...
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Critiquing Carl Cox gets you burnt – but Theta Burn’s response to the whole saga is pretty humbling…
As a blogger, I consider myself mischievous. That’s one of the reasons why I do it. But I also consider myself fair. I try to get back to stories wherever possible – so remember...
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Well done for letting the side down, Liverpool! Only a pathetic 7% of attendees at Yousef’s Circus event returned PCR tests before and after – and the Saturday crowd were even worse
It could have been so much better than this. This was the route out of Covid that clubbers desperately needed. A way of establishing that club culture and night life could resume once more,...
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Did a reported £2million deal with Fischerspooner nearly bring down Ministry of Sound? The story of how the label snatched victory from the jaws of defeat…
Last Thursday, I published an article about CamelPhat’s past life within a record label that Ministry of Sound worked with at a time when the Ministry was desperate to trim costs. Turns out there’s...
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