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Back To My Roots…
Mandy Smith - Mandy’s Theme (I Just Can’t Wait) (Cool & Breezy Jazz Version) (MP3)
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots (MP3)
Manchester beckons, and what better way to celebrate my return to the motherland than with a couple of classic tracks that illustrate my giddy school girl behaviour today…
First up is Bill Wyman’s somewhat controversial […]
Best Foot Forward Hit Futuresonic
Manchester’s electronic music festival Futuresonic is coming to town this week, and as the theme this year is “The Social”, and networking butterflies that we are, we’ve been invited to a few shindigs to show off our musical prowess …
Beef 2.0 @ Common, Saturday 3rd May, 9pm-2am
For one night only the surprisingly good companion blog […]
Turn On. Tune In. Freak Out…
Elbow - Red (MP3)
Tying in somewhat loosely with Chris’s Talk Talk post…
Stuart Maconie does a show on BBC 6 Music, and if you, like me, are one of ‘the children of the zone’, you will know that it is a show that requires a certain fondness for the obscure. My Monday mornings would be […]
Nocturnal jam…
be - nocturnal jam (mp3)
experimenting with recording techniques, sampling, direction and writing, be works with music as a dj and artist to express a universal message that can be felt by anyone who listens. it would seem that nocturnal jam is that message. having been likened to the likes of theo parrish and 3 chairs, […]
One night of worship …
We’re very pleased to finally unwrap what’s been taking a hell of a lot of my time at the moment … best foot forward have teamed up with tropical hotdog and baltika beer to host a double-headed party of unforgettable sights and a heady soundtrack of disco, psyche, cosmic music and balearock.
the event begins at […]
I almost cut my hair…
crosby stills & nash - almost cut my hair (mp3)
the mancunian male is rather fond of his hair. it comes with the territory. you inherit the parka jacket, the manc swagger, the cocky attitude, and of course the gallagher barnet. but getting this hair cut, now thats a problem. it takes years upon years to […]
Tales from the bargain bins vol 2…
harlequin four’s - set it off (mp3)
air power - welcome to the disco (mp3)
deadly avenger - lopez ost (mp3)
its time for another round of bargain bin finds, and what better way to start than with my new favourite haunt, the ‘record shack’. this extremely small, dusty and down right shit tip of […]
Something for the weekend…
don ray - standing in the rain (mp3)
in manchester we are used to the odd shower or two. so, with the bank holiday weekend upon us, and a decent free street festival to go to, you would hope that the gods might actually favour us for a change. unfortunately not, the lovely dianne oxberry, […]
From the motherland (part 2)…
sub sub - space face (mp3)
happy mondays - bobs yer uncle (mp3)
another two tracks from the manchester vaults…
first up are sub sub. sub sub were best known in the 90’s for their cheesy house hit ‘aint no love aint no use’…more recently they can be found under the name, doves, and for anyone who has […]
From the motherland (part 1)…
the fall - totally wired (mp3)
a certain ratio - shack up (mp3)
a lazy post from me today, albeit very worthwhile…
feeling mancunian and proud, i have decided to pick two influential tracks from the motherland, manchester…the fall and acr shouldn’t really need any introduction. both bands are often cited by modern artists for their early influence […]
