Aye I agree but they tend to shorten your attention span... Shockout, Violent turd, and Tbeat6 records are not for the fainthearted or Radio2 listener.
Buy / subscribe to The Wire for reviews and free Cds. The articles and interviews are an added extra if they are any good... FYI I think Mike Patton is Djing on The Breezeblock sometime soon. Mary Ann Breezeblock is always playing stuff from his label as well.
http://www.bloodandfire.co.uk/db/viewtopic.php?t=3616 - I just mentioned this EP on the B & F message board. I gave it a good review on reggae-reviews.com as well. Watch the video as well... KM (The Bug) has been working on new material since the new year and his ragga / dancehall compilation should be out on Rephlex sometime soon.
The Nucleotides* were my highlight. Second was watching the old funky dancing bloke that buys jumpers fron McKays of Queen Street..... * a band that remind you of Devo, Kraftwerk and Joe 90, all in a Dick Dale stylee with added brain and laptop
Aye we did hear some girly voice every so often but that didnt detract from the gig. Perhaps David Keenan will get a Wire sponsored gig or two there is he was that impressed...
Would probably have to be Dave Katz* or Dave Clarke**. * Lee Perry biographer / reggae compiler / writer ** Red Three techno bloke rather than 60s band bloke
I quite like Pitman, in the same way I like DJ Rubbish and Cassette Boy. Its fun and funny but gets annoying after a few listens. FWIW Giles Peterson is a big Pitman fan. As is Mary Anne Hobbs, Dave