May 2020 Playlist

Click here to listen to my full 2020 playlist on Spotify Another strange month comes to an end but, at least where I’m living, on a more positive note as things start to reopen (though we await any kind of announcement about full scale gigs happening again). With that in mind I have another motley selection of tracks that I’ve...

January 2020 Playlist and Tim And Sydney Mixtape

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Click here to go straight to the Spotify playlist A new year and so a new playlist begins but as ever I’ll add around ten tracks to it a month and post an update here – if you just want to listen to the tracks then head over to...

December 2019 and Best of 2019 Playlists

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard As with last year’s December playlist blog I’ve got two in one this month with my usual monthly update and a more focussed ‘best of the year’ including some of my favourite new tracks from 2019 (you can also find one focussing on music from the Channel Islands on...

Playlist – October 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Lots of new music this month from various places and a couple of old ‘classics’ too. Starting off with stuff closer to home there’s new music from Byzanthian Neckbeard’s Extinction EP and the new single from Track Not Found. Further afield I’ve got tracks from King Nun’s debut album...

Vale Earth Fair’s John Peel Tribute Night – De La Rue – 25/10/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Stretchy’s Damaged DiscoWhen John Peel died back in 2004 it came as a sudden shock to music lovers around the UK as he had been a pioneer for new music, broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 since 1967 and known for championing pretty much every style you can think of....

Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After IDLES and Sleaford Mods, in the ongoing ‘rebirth’ of British(ish) music with a conscience (I know it’s always been there it just feels like it’s again being noticed by the mainstream), comes an Irish viewpoint and take on the idea with Fontaines D.C. and their debut album Dogrel...