Harvest of Highlights

  • 27th March 2023

    The Burning Hell – All I Need I think I came to The Burning Hell around ten years ago thanks to the recommendation of Paul Heaton (Beautiful South & Housemartins) in a magazine interview. He said he’d been listening to them and another band called Ages And Ages and they turned out to be two… Read more

  • 20th March 2023

    A half dozen weekly fresh picks of tasty new music… Pynch – London From the bands debut album ‘Howling At a Concrete Moon’ which is due out on April 14th 2023, this is a take on melancholic pop music that lands its punches. As seen in this nostalgia tinted video, the song sets the hopes… Read more

  • 13th March 2023

    A half dozen weekly fresh picks of tasty new music… The Faux Faux – Cold Hearted Woman The Faux Faux is the new solo project of Faith Vern from Manchester trio PINS and this first exposure certainly teases a tantalising sound with strong dramatic echoes of early Portishead. Of the inspirations for this Faith has… Read more

  • 6th March 2023

    A half dozen weekly fresh picks of tasty new music… Theo Croker ft Ego Ella May & D’LEAU – Slowly The video to this new track, from Theo Croker’s new EP ‘By The Way’ is said to be a ground breaking movement in music and AI. It does have a head spinning effect for sure… Read more

  • March 2023 Playlist

    I used to read the weekly music newspapers cover to cover in the late eighties and through the nineties so Mark E Smith was always a character I was aware of long before I paid any attention to his band The Fall. Similarly, long before I really caught on to listening to John Peel on… Read more

  • 27th February 2023

    A half dozen weekly fresh picks of tasty new music… Scott McMicken & THE EVER EXPANDING – What About Now An irresistible slice of cosmic singer-songwriter fare from McMicken, best known as a founding member of Dr Dog. His solo side projects are generally low key self-releases on cassette or vinyl but for this latest… Read more