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Four Tet / Pantha du Prince / Rocketnumbernine

By Andy Wood • May 16th, 2010 • Category: gigs

This was one of those gigs you know you just have to attend although you just don’t know why.



George Thomas And The Owls

By Andy Wood • May 15th, 2010 • Category: long players

This is a seriously strange record, defiantly lo-fi – reverberating with hisses and crackles – yet, at times has a rich, delightful sound – utilising piano, keyboards, banjo and ukulele.



Sophie’s Pigeons

By Andy Wood • Apr 19th, 2010 • Category: short players

Sophie’s Pigeons have a pretty intense sound. ‘It’s Gonna Bite’ is a strident, driven nugget, its rambunctious sound topped off with strong vocals and a bruising rhythmic stomp.



Trips And Falls

By Andy Wood • Apr 19th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

Press releases tend to vanish once placed into my tender care. It’s not that I don’t bother to read them, or even, at times appreciate them, it’s just that they tend to disappear without leaving a trace or bidding as much as a fond farewell.



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 [...]