(September 2009) THE acoustic environment always presents an alternative and challenging format in which to see a musician’s work stripped bare of its more substantial […]

(August 2009) MOVING into the latter part of 2009, Ultravox’s Return to Eden tour has gathered the kind of momentum that would leave most acts […]

 (Published June 2009) DO you remember the days when there was one music festival a year, maybe two? Generally these festivals were messy campsite affairs […]

(03.21.09) ANOTHER year has passed and it is time to get the body ready for three days of electronic punishment; Bloc Weekend is once again […]

 (11.11.08) THE first time I attended Seattle’s Decibel Festival was in 2005. At the time I lived in Austin, and the primary draw was to […]

(06.08.08) THE Civic Hall in Wolverhampton is a medium-sized venue in the centre of the UK that is a regular stop for touring bands of […]

(04.06.08) ELECTRONIC music has always had an underground image. Illegal acid parties, warehouse techno raves, house revelry in derelict buildings; what about three days in […]

IDM. Intelligent Dance Music. A genre name as absurd as the music is, or at least was, brilliant. It is, or at least was, often […]

(10.21.07) NOT so many years ago, people saved up for weeks so that they could buy the vinyl record they had heard at a friend’s […]

Sleepless :: September 22nd, 2007 The festival started with opening showcases on Thursday evening. Becuase of scheduling issues (and budget) I was unable to make […]