I’ve taken my daughter to a few Major Minor events, and was asked to write a few words about the latest one, featuring Martha Ffion. Read at The List “Andy Lobban (one half of …

My top five In no particular order Low - Double NegativeYoung Fathers - Cocoa SugarKathryn Joseph - From When I Wake the Want IsWaxahatchee - Great Thunder EPAdam Stafford - Fire Behind the Curtain …

Kevin Robertson interviewed me for his documentary about physical music formats. 'Musical Artefacts' - Documentary from Kevin Robertson on Vimeo.

I love Bandcamp. Every week I get an email with new music that people I follow have bought. I've been listening to loads of new stuff the last couple of days. Here are some …

The Wire run a Tumblr blog called Sleeves Received which features some of the lovely, weird and wonderful packaging from releases they're sent. As a label owner, record nerd, and designer, this is pretty much …

The top 10 With an attempt at ordering them. Indians - Somewhere Else Hookworms - Pearl Mystic Swearin' - Surfing Strange Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt Jon Hopkins - Immunity Julia Holter - Loud City …

Just found in a text note on my phone: the bands I saw that were good at SXSW 2013. Y Niwl Japandroids Paws Allah-Las Shout Out Louds The Stooges Blue Hawaii The Holydrug Couple …

In April I helped my friend Darren at his record shop, Voxbox, on Record Store Day. I finally cut together a short video of the day.

Shot with the Box Brownie and medium format black and white film. The focus distance turned out to be longer than I thought, but they came out okay I suppose.

We helped out at Voxbox on Record Store Day this year. Instant portraits of the bands