It’s that time of year again when we struggle into a cab with lots of records, CDs, tapes, books, T-shirts, badges and whatever else we can lay our hands on and hope that someone will want to buy some of it so we don’t have to carry it all home again. Yes, tomorrow (Saturday, July… Continue reading →

Gulp’s album ‘Season Sun’ is released next week (July 14) and they will be launching it with a trio of appearances in the capital this week. They play at The Shacklewell Arms tomorrow night (July 10) with support from Great Ytene and guest DJ Pete Fowler. Tickets are still available here. Then, on Friday evening… Continue reading →

To celebrate the publication of our first book, ‘Memoirs Of A Shoegazing Gentleman’, we are throwing a very special party tonight (Monday, July 7) at The Social, London W1. An Evening With Lord Tarquin & Friends will feature writer and broadcaster David Quantick – who wrote the book in the guise of Lord Tarquin –… Continue reading →

The Vacant Lots’ debut album ‘Departure’ is out now. We won’t quote the endless good reviews or mention their ever-growing legions of famous fans (the latest is actor Jason Lee). We’ll just let the music do the talking. Here are the three videos for tracks from the album. You can buy ‘Departure’ on limited-edition half… Continue reading →

The Vacant Lots’ debut album ‘Departure’ is released in a couple of weeks and it seems like the duo from Burlington, Vermont, are winning over some influential fans – including Alan Vega (who has just released a split single with them), Anton Newcombe (who has invited them to support The Brian Jonestown Massacre on their… Continue reading →