Thoughts
A new hobby has entered the lives of many over the last few years. It involves checking the latest trends on Twitter. It has become a thoroughly depressing pastime over the course of this year. A tweet by @alex_greenough yesterday summed this up perfectly: “Love how David Attenborough and Bruce Forsyth are trending simply because they’re old and alive” It was retweeted 1,089 times at...
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Reviews
A review of Sundara Karma, In Heaven and The Night Café at the Arts Club, Liverpoool. 2nd June, 2016. A packed Arts Club Loft tonight witnessed the latest stage in the unstoppable rise and rise of Reading band, Sundara Karma.The anticipation and tension was palpable. Crowds swarmed into The Loft the minute the doors opened. The support acts experienced the knock-on benefit of the few hundred...
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Reviews
Imagine being the class teacher of four seriously hyperactive kids who chain drink energy drinks and then get their hands on something they shouldn’t have their hands on. And I’m not just talking about their song Wet Dream Fanzine. You only have four kids but you have your hands full. The lead singer, Luke Branch, is Art Garfunkel in a Denver Broncos tee, on amphetamine...
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Reviews
This was always going to be a fine balancing act. How do you remember the most unspeakable tragedy of five young lives cut short in their prime and yet still celebrate their talents and achievements? How do you balance joy and tragedy? It has been done before, at Live Aid for example, or in that exquisitely crafted episode of the Royle Family where nana, played...
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Just pause for a moment. Picture that well known image of a snowball being pushed off the top of a hill. It’s gaining momentum. It rolls on down, faster and faster, gathering more and more snow to itself. Finally it knocks everything out of its path as it goes hurtling on and on into the distance. The Blossoms journey is that snowball. The snow is...
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Reviews
It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that I have stopped writing my current post to write this instead today. When I reviewed Blossoms’ Belfast Limelight gig I made a promise to review the two support acts later in the tour. Unfortunately Viola Beach will play no further part in the tour. They were killed suddenly and unexpectedly while on a short trip...
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Reviews
A question: What comes midway between New Order and Kasabian? The answer is, of course, Blossoms. At least they were sandwiched there on the playlist when Salford City smashed Ramsbottom 4-0 in the Evo-Stik League Northern Premier last week. Now there’s a mouthful! It doesn’t stop there though. A seamless transition has seen them catapulted from local fame in Stockport to regular appearances on match...
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