news and views

tis tuesday and the beginning of the end of summer is deffo here, so decided to spread the news on the excellent new aspects single. the fact that they are local to my current place of residence has no bearing on my overly keen opinion of them whatsoever. honest. also, posted a review on the hard to pin down, but very cool Homelife album which has been put out on ninjatune. so go here : current grooves office soundtrack today is new sounds from soundhog, new mum ep, and press fave skinnyman, and the mighty stars. initial reaction : soundhog is a mental full on rave-rock anthem, mum ep is hardly noticeable, and i need to hear skinnyman a few times to get his wordplay strengths, and the mighty stars are fine for those indierock moments of innocence. i have news of 'Earth The Californian Love Dream' tour .. if they float your boat : friday 17th september – manchester late room (in the city, ‘break in the city’ launch party) thursday 23rd september – nottingham stealth (club nme) sunday 26th september – glasgow merchant city festival (acoustic set) wednesday 6th october – birmingham jug of ale tuesday 12th october - london water rats (club ac30) thursday 14th october – nottingham trent university go and join in and see if their sets last longer than their intensely brief singles. onwards ! mark e ireallylovemusic