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Steve West’s tour survival guide

By Stuart McHugh • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: news

Pavement drummer Steve West has created the essential guide to surviving on tour.
Not content with getting behind the kit for one of the tours of 2010, Westy has started a videoblog providing indispensible advice



Chemikal Underground 15th Anniversary

By Stuart McHugh • Feb 13th, 2010 • Category: gigs, jrgigs

Billed as a birthday party and MCed by Vic Galloway, this wasn’t exactly Chem’s greatest hits, more an indication of their fairly adventurous, maybe not always 100% on the money, but truly independent (no “landfill indie” here) outlook.



is this music? poll results

By Stuart McHugh • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: features, leader

The votes have been cast and we can see how you voted in the 2009 itm? poll



Marble Valley / Lyons / Adam Stafford

By Stuart McHugh • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: gigs, jrgigs

Anyone who knows Adam Stafford’s signature live track ‘With Handclaps’ will know how he builds the song from layers of guitar tracks so it sounds like Bruce Gilbert, Vini Reilly and Lester Square



Ned’s Atomic Dustbin

By Stuart McHugh • Jan 31st, 2010 • Category: news

At Wolverhampton’s Wulfrun Hall former members of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Dan, Matt, Alex, Rat and Jonn - reunited for a live show