Turn Up The Strobe: The KLF, The JAMs, The Timelords – A History by Ian Shirley

I’ve written about media to do with The KLF a few times in the past, in the form of John Higgs book and the film Who Killed The KLF? - both of these look at the all encompassing mythology (for wont of a better word) that surrounds Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty this book however,...

June 2022 Playlist

Once again a mix of things for my June 2022 playlist which you can listen to along with all the other tracks I’ve playlisted so far this year over on Spotify by clicking here. When it comes to new stuff there’s tracks from Volleyball, Alfie Butel, Sam Brace and Mark Le Gallez. Besides those I’ve...

BBC Music In The Channel Islands: Vale Earth Fair Preview, Tadhg Daly and Charles Stenner – 25/05/22

With summer festival season now in full swing I took the chance to reflect a bit of that on my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands show on Saturday 25th June, which you can listen to by clicking here. While Chaos in Guernsey and Good Vibrations in Jersey were in full swing I caught...

Alfie Butel – Over N Over

Jerseyman Alfie Butel has continued his run of singles in June 2022 with Over N Over. From the off it’s clear a summer release is perfect for this one as it has summer vibes stamped all over it from its synth backing to the layers of brass, guitars and more than build up in eminently...

Mark Le Gallez – Mark Two

Since the release of his debut solo album, Mark One, some four decades ago Mark Le Gallez has had quite a musical career - from touring California with mod power pop band The Risk, to dalliances with psychedelic indie around Europe with The Sacred Hearts, kicking up a garage rock storm closer to home and...

Sam Brace – Fever And Bones

If you’ve heard of Sam Brace up to this point it’s likely due to his role as guitarist for folk punk outfit Skinny Lister but now, with the band’s touring having been on hiatus for the obvious reasons over the last couple of years, he’s found the time to put out a solo album, with...

Local Music Upstairs At St James – Local And Wild At St James – 11/06/22

While it had looked like a more quiet weekend this weekend the somewhat last minute announcement of this show featuring five solo and duo acts upstairs at St James piqued my interest so I thought I’d head along. Elliot Albert Orchard & Callum began proceedings, initially joined by Pips drummer Jake Pemberton as Orchard, sat...

Pistol

45 years on from the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth The Second and the release of The Sex Pistols landmark single God Save The Queen, England was again rapt by the celebration for the same monarch’s Platinum Jubilee and so, Disney and Fox decided this would be a good time to release Pistol, a dramatised...

Bloomfield – ALWFN B-Sides

A little under a year on from the release of their debut EP, A Long Wait For Nothing, Guernsey based pop punkers Bloomfield are back with a three track EP billed as that records ‘B-Sides’, ALWFN B-Sides. Live favourite Rearrange opens things with a classic Blink-182 or New Found Glory type pop punk song that...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands at Guernsey Together Festival – The Rabbit Warren – 28/05/22

After several years of having a live stage as part of Arts Sunday, in 2022 BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands moved its annual live outing in Guernsey to be part of the Guernsey Together Festival on Saturday 28th May. The festival, which began in 2021, after the island’s second lock down, initially featured...