I intended to post today to say that I had to concentrate only on things that made money and that I would have to make serious efforts to limit Avalanche’s activities so there was a chance that I could deal with everything without working 16 hours a day, 7 days a week as currently even […]
There was a time when nothing really changed in the music industry for years. Some would say decades. Now not only do things change continually but they do so in a way that is unpredictable. Some underlying things remain constant but nothing can be taken for granted. There was a time when for a band […]
There has been a surprising amount of interest in when the Avalanche manifesto will be updated. Truth is things change so quickly now that in the same way it would be ridiculous to announce a 5 year plan (step forward the SMIA) the only sensible plan is to keep changing your plan as situations develop. […]
I was slightly concerned that folk would be struggling to get along especially if they were going to the Queen’s Hall later but all worries were unfounded. There was a great attendance and after all I’ve said before I’m more than happy to report over half the people there bought the album. A fairly short […]
This has been a real grower in the shop and I’d been waiting to see how much it grew on me before choosing it. However as these things sometimes go Michael from the band then brought in an album from the band’s guitarist Owen McAuley and though it is a different album altogether that too […]
Admiral Fallow wil be playing in-store on Monday 21st May at 5.30pm to celebrate the release of their second album. As always the in-store will be free which is a position I hope to maintain. Many shops insist that entry is by purchasing an album which is not unreasonable especially if the band are playing […]
We have a limited amount of the 6 track cassette with a fantastic screen print.
The idea that record shops are living on borrowed time and at best need to develop into something much more than “just” a record shop and at worst need to just give up and accept the inevitable is hardly controversial. Whatever is “added” to the record shop experience there still has to be a core […]
As someone who helped organise the very first Record Store Day much has certainly changed and I’ll comment on that another time. Here however is a brief summary of how things went down this year. The run up to RSD was busier than normal helped by the Spiritualized album and the week after RSD was […]
