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Acer Five @ The Deaf Institute

July 29, 2011 by dustypop

There are shows when I get home and I just have to write about it. This was one of them! Stuart Avery had put together a great collective of quality supports including Will&Jess and Rene. The thing with Stuart is that he simply knows how to put a great event on and you can tell that acts enjoy working with him for this reason. You sense community at his gigs because the acts on the bill always compliment each other. […]

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INSIGHT: SCAMS, Young Blood video

March 9, 2011 by dustypop

This band will do well because they don’t give up. They care about their fans and like to share an insight to the creative process whenever possible. Not posting solely shallow tweets but actually giving a real account of what happens in the band. So when I saw their mailout in my inbox this morning I got excited about seeing what they had to offer. Some bands work extremely hard creating quality work. They spend vast amounts of time building […]

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The Swell Season – Royal Festival Hall 26/10/2010

November 1, 2010 by dustypop

Tonight I learned that SONG AND PERFORMANCE go hand in hand and if either of these are taken as being any less vital than the other; you wont sway anyone. Listen to the song above and you should get it. This London show just secured my thoughts that The Swell Season are a world-class act that don’t have many superiors when it comes to producing a memorable live show. They are designed for the stage, as they can hold your […]

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The Loaded Dice – Blood On The Floor

October 18, 2010 by dustypop

I’m going to tell you about what I would describe as a “work in progress band” who I have been working with for some time and recently started to notice them produce some really good work. This versatile band can write the perfect heart-wrenching mellow ballad and follow it up with an equally as good upbeat foot-stomping rock tune without twitching. The Loaded Dice are a song-powered quintet from a little town called Dolgellau in North Wales. I first came […]

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ROOK AND THE RAVENS – PROUD CAMDEN 08/10/2010

October 10, 2010 by dustypop

I used to find myself quite often listening to bands and being all too quick to point out their influences if I felt it was too close of an imitation to someone else’s work. Now I try to look past this and see what is special or unique about an act. When a band grabs me, it is usually because I hear the honesty in their sound and feel some sort of connection; whether this be through a spine-tingling melody, […]

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Inspiration/Hold your roots

August 17, 2010 by dustypop

Something I read that caught my attention recently made me want to go and write new songs. “Works of art are being created everyday” – TRUE and anything created is in some way, shape or form “art” no matter how tasteful it is. So how do I make the good stuff?The trick is to let yourself be inspired and then your work will truly breathe. Expose yourself to it, but whatever you do don’t force it! Let it come naturally […]

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