I’m still alive: great chats, stellar gigs
I haven’t been blogging very much in the past fortnight – I’ve been busy. Which, as far as sound excuses go, is somewhere between “I’ve been lazy” and “I’ve been […]
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Sinister: film review
The fixed, grainy Super 8 shot that opens Sinister is one of its most unsettling. Two children and their parents stand next to a tree, hessian bags over their heads, hands […]
Enormity Excerpt #05: ‘Godiva’
There is a large house in Enormity called Godiva. The home takes its name from the 11th-Century figure Lady Godiva, who legend says rode through the streets of Coventry naked […]
Mass Effect: the future of story-telling?
Today I finished the action-adventure game Mass Effect 3 on Xbox 360, which I launched into straight after finishing Mass Effect 2. This franchise has been something of a phenomenon in […]
The Presets: interview
My feature interview for last week’s Alive was with Julian Hamilton of The Presets. He’s a very nice guy and it was good to chat to him again. I last interviewed The […]
John McCrea: interview
One of my more interesting interviews of recent memory was with John McCrea of Californian alternative rockers Cake. I’ve been a fan of their music for many years. I’m a […]
Falls Festival 2012 and other great gigs
The last few months have been full of lots of great live shows (I do love my job), but there’s plenty more on the horizon. As I haven’t blogged in […]
Digital decision
I’ve decided to release Enormity as an eBook – totally digital and totally independent. I’ve read a number of articles lately that have swayed me. Even though their aim was […]
Top albums of 2012
I didn’t absorb the same volume of new music in 2012 as I have in the past. At Reverb and YEN I would listen to every record released, and could […]
Book review: Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young
Firstly, I just want to make it clear that I wouldn’t dare “review” the autobiography of Neil Young. Whatever he wrote was always going to be perfect simply because he […]
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