Feel Bad for You, December 2012
Time again for the groovin’ internet sensation that all the hip kiddies are talking about, the Feel Bad for You mixtape! “Hello my little red-nosed reindeers! It’s the last Feel Bad for You mixtape...
View ArticleThe Payroll Union: Peggy’s Tavern
Our men from Sheffield, the Payroll Union, are preparing to release their first full-length album and have offered a preview in the form of the rousing “Peggy’s Tavern” (available for free...
View ArticleLeticia Rodriguez: La Americana
What struck me most early on in listening to Leticia Rodriguez’s album La Americana is how close and warm her voice is. Not only did it sound as though Rodriguez was in the room with me, but it also...
View ArticleFeel Bad For You, January 2013
New FBFY for you all! “It’s a New Year! It’s a new curator (@BoogieStudio22)! It’s a new mixtape! We are starting afresh, in 2013, by looking back on 2012. Our motley crew of malcontent, miscreant,...
View ArticleThe Chapman Family: Adult
I had barely heard of the Chapman Family, let alone listened to their music. That changed right fucking quick when the video for their new single, “Adult”, landed in my inbox. Funnily enough, when I...
View ArticleSwamp Dogg: Rat On!
When you look at the cover of Swamp Dogg’s album Rat On! now – on a black background, Swamp Dogg, in beret and fringed vest, sitting astride a white rat, Dogg’s arms held up in triumph – it just...
View ArticleFeel Bad For You, February 2013
A new FBFY mix is live, and I’d personally like to thank our FBFY commander-in-chief for not choosing a Valentine theme this month. “…and we’re back! I considered and then threw out a number of ideas...
View ArticleWilly Mason: Don’t Stop Now
Around the time Now This Sound Is Brave started, back in 2010, I found myself in the habit of inadvertently seeing Willy Mason play live as he seemed to be opening for everyone I wanted to see....
View ArticleFeel Bad for You, March 2013: CXCW Edition
CXCW (Couch by Couchwest) is on! It’s been great fun so far. If you missed the first day, don’t worry: unlike at other festivals, you can always catch performances later (and even previous years’...
View ArticleTony Fitz: Cut Me Up
Face front, true believers! I’m back in action! At least for the time being… As I’m on seasonal layoff from my day job through January, I’ll have enough time and brain power to contribute to the...
View ArticleFeel Bad for You, June 2015
Fine, so it’s nearly July, but this summer-themed mix by the FBFY bedraggled crew of music lovers will be good for a couple of months yet. Drunken comments are encouraged. “Feel Bad for June! Just in...
View ArticlePost War Glamour Girls, Feeling Strange (Part 1)
“Kudos to those with the broke nose breathing it in” Truth is, I should have been writing about Leeds band Post War Glamour Girls here a long time ago, but sometimes the relationship between a...
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