My review of this awesome mix CD is in the new issue of The Wire (with Polly Harvey on the cover). This issue of the mag also features Dave Stelfox’s interview with Trim and Simon Hampson’s review of his Soulfood Vol 2 CD. And of course Steve Barker’s excellent reggae reviews, Dave sneaking in some …
D.O.T.S. last week was just excellent. A great little club with some amazing djs (and me). I kicked off with some 70s roots and dub, brought things up to date with some 21st century reggae sevens and then closed with a digital selection. It went down well and I even managed to throw on the odd …
Punky reggae party Letter from John Lydon to a fan who asked about what reggae to check out, circa early PiL era. Courtesy of Greg Whitfield. BTI. You’ve bookmarked this, right? Underground literature Paul Nomos on subterranean living/troglodisation. K-Punk on Tom Vague. I did have a chuckle at Mark bigging up the contributions to Vague …
A number of us are putting together a new zine about reggae, grime and dubstep. There are some amazing things in the first issue. It is nearly ready to go to the printers. Hold tight all the contributors. More news soon. http://www.woofahmag.com http://www.myspace.com/woofah EDIT: thanks for all your interest in the `zine. I should add …
Kingsland slammed the megaphone handle into his critic’s temple, causing the whining, posing tossbag to collapse into a crumpled heap. “ATTACK!!” George screamed – the signal for the great unwashed of the Clapton Brew Crew to charge through the crowd, kicking and punching anything that moved! A hail of Merrydown bottles, filled with piss, rained …
“I’m a Roll Deep wrong’un not from Bow Common Problem child Child with a problem Eastender but not Dot Cotton Nike… Top… Bottoms.” My review of Trim’s mixtape appears on page 53 of the latest issue of The Wire, which has Throbbing Gristle on the cover. You can (and should) buy the CD from here …
Is this Grimey enough? Last week was national sewer week and I was given the opportunity to check out a pumping station and walk through a sewer tunnel. People I talked to about this were either horrified or fascinated by the prospect. From my perspective the whole experience would’ve been worth it for the headline …
I’ve become a new convert to grime this year. More on that in due course but in the meantime do yourself a favour and go out and buy “Rules and Regulations” by Roll Deep and “Guns and Roses vol 2” by Ruff Sqwad, ok? Both of these crews were playing at Dirty Canvas on Friday …
Doing a bit of extra publicity had clearly paid off – the place was filling up just after me and a slightly worse for wear Martin had arrived and grabbed seats. Jason-From-Transition-Mastering-Studios treated the early crew to a nice set of 90s ragga classics and finished up with Sandra Cross’ “Country Living” and Janet Kay’s …