November 2012

I’ve been asked several times why I don’t ask the bands/labels to provide something “extra” if featured in our end of year charts as others do and the answer is quite simple. It seems a little unfair to reward those who have bought a release already by giving those who haven’t an incentive to do […]

Hello! Cancel The Astronauts here with a quick reminder/the stunning news that our much delayed album launch party is happening onFriday 30th November in Edinburgh, at The Electric Circus. You should come along. It’ll be ace. We’ll have sets from the brilliant Letters and the fabulousShooting Stansfield, the mighty Kid Canaveral will be DJing, we’ll do some songs, Matt will do some dancing, and […]

We’ll have Flutes in the shop for an in-store on Saturday 15th December at 4pm 

I’m always telling bands they should try to get as many outlets as possible for their CDs and we certainly always refuse exclusivity as I just don’t think it is the right way forward. As I’ve said before there is a plan currently for Avalanche to supply 15 of our best selling albums to 30 […]

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING if that is the path they want to choose. My point is that if a band really does want to get word of mouth and create a buzz on their album then it is far better to get their album into as many shops as they can and have their loyal fans go […]

Several comments ran along the lines of why can’t we be more like FOPP, Rough Trade, Piccadilly or Monorail as they seem to be doing OK. FOPP are of course owned by HMV who in any other circumstances wouldn’t still be trading but are being kept afloat by the record companies with terms independent shops […]

Best to end the night with some home grown talent that can hold their own with the last couple of posts. 

So somebody else made the same comments about Gashcat and thought the guy in the background looked like John Galm and so I found this. Excellent !

Sometimes the obvious comparisons are the best. Very good in its own right though.