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Imelda May and the Deadly Gentlemen

By Andy Wood • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: gigs

Tonight almost ended in, or at least began with, a disaster when I got my O2 venues mixed up. Stepping out of the warmth of Nice ‘n’ Sleazy’s I was about to hail a cab to head to the O2 Academy at Eglinton Toll when I realised the actual venue was only a few hundred [...]



The Black Rat Death Squad / Gong Fei

By Andy Wood • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: gigs, jrgigs

It’s the week before Christmas and what better a way to spend it than having your ears and brains blasted and cleansed of the anodyne and ever present sounds of Christmases past, present and probably future by some modern-day punk-rock in a dingy small pub.



The Black Rat Death Squad

By Andy Wood • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: draft, jrwee, short players

A great name and possibly the most unattractive and tasteless sleeve I’ve seen in along time, at least since I pulled out the inner-sleeve of Happy Monday’s Bummed album in a crowded room many years ago.



eagleowl

By Andy Wood • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: jrwee, short players

We often hear about perfect summer songs but this gorgeous, dark, moving single is the perfect winter song, particularly as since I first listened to it the world outside has been continually covered in layers of snow and ice.



Panda Su

By Andy Wood • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: jrwee, short players

I fell for Panda Su in a big way earlier this year when I witnessed them opening for We Were Promised Jetpacks.