Thursday 16th July 2009 I’ll be in lovely Porthmadog by the time you’re reading this, hopefully not in a rain sodden tent but basking in the Gulf Stream channelled sunshine. Either way, it’s good to get away and all that. Anyway, let’s get to it. Tomorrow night it’s the launch of Danny Gruff’s debut release, [...]

Thursday 9th July 2009 Going to my nephew Alfie’s 3rd birthday party with a colossal hangover was never going to be a good idea. The odds are always going to be stacked up against you – over excited kids, a British heat wave, a 1pm kick off, scotch eggs and a gathering of family, unknowns [...]

Thursday 2nd July 2009 I’ve got rid of the man flu, thanks for asking. It took a while but the sympathy demands had to stop at some point. On to the news… On Saturday night in Chester Telfords Warehouse have Icelandic singer Hafdis Huld playing. Her delicate peculiar vocals create a sound not too dissimilar [...]

Thursday 18th June 2009 It’s all about the competitions this week. Everyone’s entering them. Even I’m in a competition to get rid of this man flu that’s managed to take control of my whole body for more than a week now. It seems every summer there is an array of different competitions for bands to [...]

Thursday 11th June 2009 Well, that was a shame, the Redi Daze was cancelled over the weekend but still, the after show party on Saturday night at Glyndwr’s Student Guild was a romping success. Let’s hope the weather is at its British best for the yet to be confirmed rescheduled weekend in August. Let’s get [...]

Thursday 4th June 2009 Good day to you, it’s that time of the week again and I hope everyone has been suitably kindled into a beetroot colour. What’s happened in the world of music this week? Legendary ‘Wall of Sound’ producer Phil Spector has been sent down for 19 years for murder. He obviously thoroughly [...]

Now then, I’ve got lots to tell you this week so I’m going delve straight into it. The Tiv in Buckley have a headline set from local heavy metal band Severenth tonight. They’ve been together since 2006 and have since built a dedicated following by extensively touring the UK as support acts for a number [...]

Obviously I was jumping the gun a bit when I wilfully proclaimed that ‘summer had arrived’ last week. At the moment it’s sheeting it down and the British weather is doing it’s best to uphold its perennial fail. Come on, we all love talking about the weather. We took my parent’s to see the ‘Magic [...]