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soundCHECK 123 – November 3rd 2011
I’ve never been called an investigative thinker. And that’s because I’m not one. I lack the necessary cognitive appendages to rummage through an issue and posit possible conclusions from hypothetical… more →
soundCHECK 123 - November 3rd 2011
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve never been called an investigative thinker. And that’s because I’m not one. I lack the necessar … more →
soundCHECK 88 - March 3rd 2011
wrote 2 years ago: Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons, Noah & The Whale. If the recent chart-bothering success of th … more →
soundCHECK 82 - January 20th 2011
wrote 2 years ago: New Year’s Day is now far enough in the past for ‘2011’ to start rolling off the tongue. You know, t … more →
soundCHECK 78 - December 23rd 2010
wrote 2 years ago: Not all Father Christmas impersonators are good. We’re all aware of the limply-animated imitators th … more →
soundCHECK 77 - December 16th 2010
wrote 2 years ago: It’s nearly Christmas. And this week’s soundCHECK is a lovely plump news-goose that will sate even t … more →
soundCHECK 73 - November 18th 2010
wrote 2 years ago: There’s a game show currently doing the rounds on terrestrial television called Are You Smarter Than … more →
soundCHECK 60 - August 19th 2010
wrote 2 years ago: When someone describes themselves as ‘crazy’ or ‘mental’ it invariably means they are not. At all. Y … more →
soundCHECK 57 - July 29th 2010
wrote 2 years ago: It is early on a Sunday morning and I have just returned from Chasing Lion’s gig at The Riverfront. … more →
soundCHECK 54 - July 8th 2010
wrote 2 years ago: In these heady days where ambitious bands are ten-a-penny and work-shy, power-hungry promoters incre … more →
soundCHECK 50 - June 10th 2010
wrote 2 years ago: Unless you’ve been forced into hiding, the fact that the World Cup is about to start will not have e … more →
soundCHECK 49 - June 3rd 2010
wrote 2 years ago: North Devon’s music scene is cyclic. It has a rhythm; an ebb and flow that renders it comparable to … more →
soundCHECK 48 - May 27th 2010
wrote 2 years ago: My foray into music journalism began when I started working on album reviews instead of geography co … more →
soundCHECK 47 - May 20th 2010
wrote 3 years ago: Summer’s coming. Happily, this means the weather should be able to muster something warmer than the … more →
soundCHECK 41 - April 8th 2010
wrote 3 years ago: The last two summers have been incredible. So incredible, in fact, that they’ve left the UK sodden a … more →
soundCHECK 29 - March 25th 2010
wrote 3 years ago: So Becks in injured. His hopes of World Cup glory quashed. And with that comes confirmation that, as … more →
soundCHECK 37 - March 11th 2010
wrote 3 years ago: Like innumerable others, my working day is serenaded by BBC Radio 1. This is not out of choice. The … more →
soundCHECK 36 - March 4th 2010
wrote 3 years ago: I’m pretty sure that everyone reading this has at some juncture in their lifespan known a friend or … more →
soundCHECK 27 - December 31st 2009
wrote 3 years ago: It’s the last day of the decade. And as we cling to what have been uncomfortably donned ‘the noughti … more →
