I haven’t blogged anything yet this year, mostly because there’s been nothing to say. 2006, frankly, feels so much like 2005 I think it’s the least significant new year I’ve ever had.

That said, having moved back up to Manchester a few weeks early to revise for some exams, I’ve started to get things in order [...]

I got to see Doves again in Manchester this evening, having missed them back in the spring. The show was very good as ever, but particularly great was their solution to the ever-mundane encore problem.

Now, I can perfectly accept that after playing 45 minutes or an hour a band is quite entitled to a [...]