PHOTOS: Dirty Three, Manchester Cathedral

Some shots from Dirty Three's show at Manchester Cathedral, I couldn't really get any good shots of Jim or Mick, being stood behind a load of tall people, but hey. Oh yeah, one more thing, this band are frickin incredible.

Eat It All Up!

Rick of Dressed Like Wolves and bandmate Matthew (see our Milkbones split tape) have recorded this delightful little EP with Rick's nephews Jack, aged 4, and Harvey, aged 5. Combined, they are Mash and The Potatoes! They play melodica, glockenspiel, chord organ, toy piano, guitars and toys to capture that fun naivety that I can't get enough of. Hear the songs, collectively 'Eat It All Up', here, and also download at a price of your choice.

A Day at Spode

Some photos from the old Spode factory, which if you're from round these parts you'll know used to be a pretty big deal, before the whole pottery thing went kaput at the hands of huge corporations, technological advancements etc. 

Now the factory is used to hold arts events focused on ceramics, running workshops with all kindsa messy stuff. Well, mostly clay, but there was a lot of it.

These pieces are part of a group installation we made on the day...

This was my contribution!

Adam and Sian loving life

Dressed Like Wolves have a new album

Long-time TAPE~STRY friends (well, since before TAPE~STRY was a thing) Dressed Like Wolves have spent the last year or so putting their super new album together, 'Heaven Is Just Memories, Of A Place I Used To Know'.  Rick never fails to write touching songs with exceptional lyrics, while Matt and Dan provide a perfectly modest accompaniment. 

The brilliant Correspondence Tapes will be releasing the album on cassette later in the year, and the band are self-releasing a CD which is available to pre-order now at www.dressedlikewolves.bandcamp.com

Go check it out!


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Bong Idle - Night Of The Living Blunt

At last! Bong Idle's debut EP 'Night Of The Living Blunt' is set to be released, on the 20th of October.

Click here to pre-order the tape!



The release is limited to 50 green (obviously) cassettes in clear cases with brilliantly illustrated fold-out inserts, with the full EP on both sides, "like Slayer did with Reign In Blood"...

Watch out for a release show!

News  about a new release coming very soon! Here's something from an art project I just did.

Another Split Cassette

The second release will be a split tape consisting of some songs my friends and I recorded on a 4track. Side A is a band called The Sunflowers I formed spontaneously with a couple of friends, taking lyrics from children's poems. Side B is a seven and a half minute folk song about a girl from the ocean by Joe Brennan-Hulme, who performs as Joe The Bastard.


The Tape will be limited to just 20 copies, with handwritten paper casing, so get orders in quick!
Released on September 4th.

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