Born and raised in the Midwest USA and now resident in the South of France, Bob Drake was a founding member of avant-rock heroes Thinking Plague in the 1980s, has been a member of the… Read More »A peek into Bob Drake’s world: on skin orgasms, animals & the art of the album
Craig Fortnam is by no means a stranger to the Buds & Spawn stage, we’ve hosted him under his Arch Garrison moniker and playing his solo work. But to have him bringing his wonderful chamber… Read More »Craig Fortnam, North Sea Radio Orchestra: floorboards & fortuitous affiliation
It’s been a looong time coming! We’ve been talking to the brilliant folk behind Liverpool’s a.P.A.t.T. for more than five years now about bringing them to Sheffield. The pandemic scuppered our first attempt (though we… Read More »An interview with a.P.A.t.T.’s General MIDI: disruption, community, exaptation & the joy of Chris Morris
Sharron Fortnam – singer, bassist and songwriter – has been involved in so much of the music that we have loved over the last 30 years: Lake of Puppies, Shrubbies, North Sea Radio Orchestra, Cardiacs… Read More »“I love a Bic”: a rhizomic exploration of the musical world of Sharron Fortnam
Adrian Bell (known to many as ‘Belch’) is the Cardiacs fan’s Cardiacs fan. His memoir ‘Aylesbury, Bolton, Wolverhampton, Hove: A Little Man and 101 Cardiacs Gigs‘ was published in 2011 and since then he’s gone… Read More »Adrian Bell: A Little Man and 392 Radio Shows
It’s hard to overstate how important Marina Organ and her partner and collaborator Sean Worrall have been to building the thriving scene of interconnected and mutually supportive brilliant musicians that we might now refer to… Read More »Marina Organ Interrogation Session
What better way to spend a cold and grey Friday afternoon than probing that brilliant human Stephen Gilchrist, aka Stephen EvEns, for facts. You may have seen him tubthumping for Tim Smith’s Spratleys, Graham Coxon… Read More »Stephen EvEns: A Potted History
Where to begin with the inestimable William D Drake? Pianist, composer, singer/songwriter, muse and all-round good egg, Mr Drake has been a stalwart proponent of the wonky, left field and the beautiful for many years.… Read More »A quick chat with William D Drake
We’re dead excited to have Regal Worm, aka Jarrod Gosling of I Monster and Cobalt Chapel, aka illustrator and artist Varrod Goblink, serving up some suitably psychedelic and proggy accompaniment to our solo show with… Read More »Regal Worm’s Jarrod Gosling – Is It Prog?
Nick at The Rotters Club had a chat with Tom and Moll from Ask My Bull ahead of their gig at The Globe in Glossop on Friday 18th October 24. I guess that makes this… Read More »Ask Ask My Bull!