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Great timing as well. I got copies of Raise and Mezcal Head by Swervedriver last week, as well as the singles compilation from The Telescopes. I'm hoping you've got a Telescopes piece up your sleeve Dom. If you haven't then I don't know who will!

It’s Jo & Danny

They sound wicked. I'm hoping to pick up their album in New York in a couple of weeks, for that authentic feel!

As the man who introduced me to My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and Ride (and so much more), I salute you mate.
Always keep an eye out for stuff from the mighty Epic45 though. They just keep getting better and, as part of the July Skies live band, I can't see that changing any time soon.

I thought it was just me that found every time I watched they cut to Roland Rivron. What exactly does Roland Rivron do?

The Starries were absolutely quality. I remember great days of them playing Bearos Christmas Parties at the Jug of Ale, while Kiplings mince pies were being handed out to anyone who wanted one.
Mind you, not quite as memorable as the performance by Baxxter which ended with a certain bass player in the middle of the dancefloor with his trousers around his ankles, still playing his bass as if nothing was unusual about the situation.
I'll always think that the Birmingham band that should have been huge though were Jameson. Legends in my eyes.

A) Grasshopper

They were mint at the Guildford Boilerooms last week. James Allan seemed like a decent bloke as well. Fair play to him.

I live there.

How great would it be if The Workhouse got a nomination!?
To be honest though, I'm not sure Bearos would have nominated them. I'm not sure how strong the links between them and the Mercury Music Prize are.

Say what you want about his radio shows (although I'll always say he is a legend after growing up listening to the Evening Session doing my homework), but he is a thoroughly nice chap from what I know.
I once went to a signing he did in Nottingham when his book came out. We had a chat about Elastica because I was wearing an Elastica tshirt.
I had no idea at the time that Lamacq was behind Deception Records, so I must have seemed like a bit of an obsessive when I rocked up.
Lovely bloke though and the Radio 1 airwaves will be a poorer place without him if he decides to sack them off.

Tremendous. And Trademark. Superb.

I think I read they were looking for a bassist, but have they got one now?

...and as expected they were HUGE and stunning.
The new material worked so well alongside the old. The duo of New Paths To Helicon Part 2 followed by Glasgow Mega-Snake was incredible.
It was about the sixth time I've seen them, yet still they blew me away.
I love this band soooooo much.

I had two. One with a bucket on the front and another that was a bit similar to a JCB. I want to play about on Tonka trucks all day now, but instead have a day at work to plough through.

I'd be pretty disappointed if I turned up on Wednesday. He'd probably be at Bedford or somewhere random. He certainly won't be in Wolverhampton.

Going to see him at the Little Civic in Wolverhampton on Wednesday night and cannot wait.
Am I right in thinking he will be playing with The Earlies as his backing band? I saw him at Bar Academy in Birmingham supporting Arab Strap last year when it was just him and an accordian. Absolutely superb.

...so there was no way I was missing out on seeing Radiohead play Weston Park.
I don't care what everyone says about V, it's so close to me I can't miss out.
Pluse I got free tickets to cover it for the Shropshire Star last year so that was mint.
Clean toilets, no queues for beer and grabbed a quick chat with Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones from Idlewild. Mint.

And apparently King Creosote and Sonic Boom will join them. I'm going to be sick with envy.
And Aphex Twin, Mogwai, Arab Strap and the rest of those cheeky monkeys.
Why do these things never happen in Shropshire.
I'll tell you why, because everyone is old!

I am going to make it to a Nottingham DiS night! Good stuff Dom, it looks like a cracking night.

I was sat there for about an hour, and then whizzed off straight away as soon as you actually get onto the main road.
You should try getting off the car park at V at Weston Park on a Sunday night. I've sat there for nearly three hours before.
No fun at all. Especially sat next to a car full of people with Scissor Sisters on at full volume, dinned out only by the nagging blasts of Nissan Micra horn.

The end of the track ends with a sort of squelch similar to the end of Karma Police anyway doesn't it? Blimey, the fact that I can't remember means it is seriously time to dig it out and give it a spin again.

Souvaris are superb. I met Simmo from the band once because I was stood in the Resuce Rooms in Nottingham wearing a Bearos t-shirt. The label had just released their album, which I had also just been sent.
It's a small world!

I saw them at Truck and agree they were a bit average.
To be fair though, the bass player looked really cool, so every cloud...