Aug

24

We Were Promised JetPacks, In the Pit of the Stomach

August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Sounding like they’ve plugged their guitars straight into a bunch of Marshall amps with nowt in between We Were Promised Jetpacks’ second album gets off to a rollicking start with Circles and Squares – a plaintive ode to confronting inner demons. The no-frills approach endures throughout with the four-piece making up for an occasional lack […]

Aug

11

UK riots and the baseball bat

August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Lots of talk recently about baseball bats fuelled mainly by some articles suggesting there’d been a huge increase in online sales following the recent riots in England. I haven’t delved into it — it could be rubbish —  but if we accept these reports at face value then Slate’s articles here about the baseball bat […]

Aug

1

Rediscovered track of the month: Aug ’11

August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Epic by Faith No More . . .