Brian was delighted yesterday to contribute to Far Side Radio on Resonance 104.4fm. Presented by Paul Fisher, the show featured tracks from Bedrock Vice, Brian’s co-writing with Japanese artist Miyazawa, interesting tales and memories. A good time was had and the broadcast is available on mix cloud....
Read MoreIan continues his prolific output with a new Papernut Cambridge EP. Available now, the Kardashev digital EP, video, posters, t-shirts and a set of badges are to support Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice and the fantastic work they do in Ian’s part of S.E. London. All proceeds from this release will go to the Hospice – i.e. they’re ignoring Bandcamp’s commission etc: if you pay £5.00, they’ll pass...
Read MoreIan has been playing in and producing Lucy’s Diary for a while now. On May 7th there was a launch party for the new 7″ which you can find more about (and buy) here http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/prod/SheepyLucy%E2%80%99sDiary-Split-Blang-103326.html Ian wrote in Sound On Sound magazine about the recording precess with Lucy’s Diary… you can see that here...
Read MoreWritten by Paul Scott-Bates 14 January, 2015 8/10 A re-release of the London based quartet Thrashing Doves’ 1986 album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. Like it or not, there can be little argument that the early 80s spawned an unprecedented number of what are now termed ‘classic’ singles. Take a look at the charts from 1980 to 1984 and it will guarantee at least one such track on every week of the Top 40. It was in the...
Read MoreArun Kendall — February 6, 2015 I have this deep suspicion that Cherry Red Records spend their time rifling through my album collection when planning on their next reissue. They certainly seem to have impeccable taste. The latest in a series of very well chosen gems is a reissue of what seemed to me to be a very obscure but much loved eighties album, Bedrock Vice, by Thrashing Doves. This is one album – their extraordinary debut- that...
Read Moreby Stephen SPAZ Schnee Thrashing Doves were never going to have it easy after an initial burst of interest and hype found them in the middle of a major label bidding war even before they had a chance to record demos. This early excitement raised expectations above and beyond a reasonable level, so they already had the odds against them even before they stepped foot in the studio. The fact that 1987’s Bedrock Vice turned out so well is...
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