On more than one occasion I found myself plugging the merits of sound recording engineer Robin Sutherland as Dundee’s answer to Jack Endino. The reference was more about Robin extracting amazing sounds from tiny budgets as opposed to any technical comparison of approaches. For example, he recorded the Bronto Skylift 7″ released on Pet Piranha […]More »

We’ve laughed at Metallica’s ‘Some Kind of Monster’. We’ve lost ourselves with the help of Mogwai in ‘Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait’. Now admittedly, the Zidane piece wasn’t a music documentary but it was a fascinating piece of art. These journeys were more or less what we expected. ‘Anyone Can Play Guitar’, by Jon Spira, […]More »

Let’s play Man Without Machines bingo. Dundee! Debut Album! 80′s influenced synth pop! That’s enough to put some people off their soggy cornflakes. But hold your horses. “We’re ignoring UK’s best music, says Steve Lamacq” – and you know what? He’s right. So if you can put aside your preconceptions for a minute, there’s a ridiculously GREAT […]More »

There is no petpiranha podcast. As much as I enjoy listening to podcasts generally, right now I’d rather help out on one than take the lead. Future Library podcast is the creation of Alex Botten. The arrival of Episode 7 reaches us after an extended break. In this episode Alex and his wife Kat have […]More »

If the thought of writing creates a barrier then you have to ask yourself why. Why am I finding this so difficult? Upon reflection, writing a post about why there aren’t enough video game concept albums was probably a bit of a stretch. I blame Robert Florence. And Lollipop Chainsaw. And the 80s.More »