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2017 – A Year in Music
I say the same about every year – it’s been brilliant. Because every year is briiliant. You read all this stuff about indie, for example, going through a rubbish time. But if you actually listen to it, listen to BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections
Tagged Aldous Harding, Bryan Ferry, Car Seat Headrest, Catherine McGrath, concerts, Daisy Vaughan, End of the Road 2017, Faye Webster, Field Day, Goat Girl, Honeyblood, Julia Jacklin, Latitude 2017, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, London Grammar, music, music in 2017, Slowdive, Steely Dan, U2, Wolf Alice
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Have you Heard? – (82) “Slowdive” by Slowdive
Slowdive are a band who were cast as part of the “shoegaze” movement on the early 1990s. Music in which the guitars drifted and occasionally roared, and the vocals were dreamy. Haircuts were floppy. I was not averse to this … Continue reading
Field Day festival, Victoria Park, Hackney, 3 June 2017
On Saturday, my friend Jon and I went up to Hackney in East London, Victoria Park to be precise, for the Field Day music festival. It’s the first time either of us had been, although it has been well-established for … Continue reading
Posted in London, Music - concerts, lists, reflections
Tagged Aine Cahill, Field Day, HMLTD, Julia Jacklin, London, Loyle Carner, Manuela, Moderat, music, Rae Morris, Slowdive, Thee Oh Sees, Victoria Park Hackney, Whitney
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