rescuing musical virtue in distress.
As there was no playlist last week, this one is playing catchup, so there is twice as much cool music for you to check out. As always, explore further, support grassroots artists and perhaps buy a track, album or even some merch. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1nSSjVvzqFFr1TMJ330a34?si=Sx7DllK7Rvu6vryGE86SDQ
The last few years may have been a taxing time for The Judex, ravaged by the fickle ebbs and flows of human nature, occasionally rudderless and perhaps questioning their future. But when it was time to put new music out, they always seemed to put their own problems behind them and just got on with... Continue Reading →
With live gigs now on the horizon it's the best time to be checking out new, grassroots music. Please support them in any way you can, share their music, buy CD or download and hopefully when the time comes you will find some of these cool artists playing live in your area. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PO8poweo68wim2nepdBdF?si=bm9KTT15ROuE2sPYZQQqrg
And here we are again. Another week of cool music to write about. Another week of great sounds to share with you. Another week of new music from old favourites and totally out of the blue sonic gems. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/14AMWadaMqwrgieTJPSaju?si=8f_IdtbKQA-UOncHUmg5EA
Spring is making an appearance at last and a glimpse of some sort of social normality is on the horizon. The perfect time to celebrate with some new music. As always support these artists in any way you can - play their music, share it, dig deeper, explore their back catalogue and perhaps even buy... Continue Reading →
Here we are again, another busy week and a stack of cool music to share with you all. Please check out the artists featured, share and, if you can afford it, perhaps buy some of their lovely music. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1MFXJgXTxWYK7ZrrTgedf7?si=xaHAKWuGRnGeLssJUd2siQ
Another week scored by a wonderful and eclectic soundtrack to put under the pen. Hopefully, you will find something new to fall in love with or familiar to celebrate. As always, please support these artists in any way you can, listen, explore, buy, whatever you can manage. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PGDPAvBnVLsBjJAbL5biF?si=vKHLSKvWTQ-iq1dfcY-0cg
I hope that everyone is doing okay out there in these dark, isolated times. Here are some of the sounds that have been making the DAA office a happy place to be this week, I hope you findsomething new and interesting here to brighten your own location. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UpjSk6CsFBdGybxBOBYqs?si=czKjebM_RfaZ-dtLUbcn7A
Another busy week of turning music into words and quite an eclectic playlist. Please give it a whirl, check out some of the artists in more depth and perhaps buy something…afterall, what's the worst that could happen? https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sJPwf8pnX8eOwWAbhvr9O?si=qfR5tOshRJitfcDVxQJY7w
There are some things in this world that I can’t really do without. I don’t want to envisage a world without coffee in it and I certainly don’t want to live in one that doesn’t have cheese. The world is a better place for Victoria Coren-Mitchell and old Waterboys albums, China Mieville novels and Marx... Continue Reading →
Quite a long and eclectic list this week, but that just shows how busy I've been, I guess. Please listen, explore the artists further and maybe buy some of their music, let's show grassroots musicians just how much we value what they do. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7fOD6YRf8KT0TyUjip2LGP?si=gh67JLz7S8ug0IZp14irhw
And so another week has passed, more music has flowed under the pen, into the site and, hopefully new sets of ears. And if you want a quick snapshot of the fab and groovy waxing which have graced us with their audio presence, plus a few old favourites, then give this a wizz whilst you... Continue Reading →
Cultural historians and academics of the sonic arts will tell you that rock and roll never really grew up. Devotees of the form will tell you that it never felt the need to. Country music may have forged its sound around three chords and the truth, but rock and roll was always happy to get... Continue Reading →
If The Judex seemed to live a bit of a rock'n' roll cliche, it was a good one. Form a band, write a bunch of great songs, implode and leave people wanting more. A year ago it felt that the band had written a short but exciting chapter in the annals of rock 'n' roll... Continue Reading →
The Judex is less a band, more a collection of contradictions, a whirling mass of opposites that somehow have managed to attract and believe me when I say that they are like few rock bands that have crossed your path, if they had, you would have remembered. The titles of the tracks alone tell you... Continue Reading →
Following on from writing about their recent release Kill White Lights we sat down for a bit of a chat to find out more about our favourite Philly garage rockers The Judex to find out more about where it all started, what's it all about and more excitingly, where is it all heading. So let’s... Continue Reading →
It says something about the world around us when there are people who can name all of The Kardashians but who can’t name 5 congressional leaders, or know just how long it would take to ride from King’s Landing to…some other place in a made up world but can’t point to North Korea on the... Continue Reading →
I remember waiting for Souixsie and The Banshees to play at a festival and being subjected to northern chancers The Farm playing a set looking and sounding like a bunch of construction workers running through bad and uninspiring karaoke tunes after a hard day working with sheet-rock. I mention this to highlight the fact that... Continue Reading →