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
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
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
On Sunday 23rd April 2023, we hosted a double bill of exceptional psych-folk and electronica from two very special guests. Craig Fortnam (North Sea Radio Orchestra, Arch Garrison) and VÄLVĒ (Chlöe Herington of Knifeworld &… Read More »Craig Fortnam + VÄLVĒ
On Thursday 7th October at Sidney & Matilda we held our first in-person show in eighteen months! It was a stonking double header with Kavus Torabi (Knifeworld, The Utopia Strong, Gong, Guapo, Cardiacs) and Michael… Read More »Kavus Torabi, Michael Woodman and New Ghost
The Display Team are a high-energy, high-concept, high-pitched band from London. We’ve been big fans ever since seeing them at the Alphabet Business Convention back in 2019 and have been trying desperately to get them… Read More »The Display Team interview
Our third lockdown livestream event took place on Thursday 25th February 2021, with another packed hour and a half of exclusive performances, outstanding music, live chat and Q&A. This show featured 9 piece progressive art-punk… Read More »Perhaps Contraption and Captain Avery & the Cosmic Triceratops of Intergalactic Peace
Liverpool’s premier experimental electronic art-rock prog-pop avant-garde collective a.P.A.t.T. have been making an awesome film for us to show on our next livestream show on Thurs 10th December. I had an excellent chat with General… Read More »All about a.P.A.t.T.
Emily Jones joins Arch Garrison at our gig on Sat 14th December at the Dorothy Pax as part of their joint winter tour. I previously saw her play a wonderful set at the biennial Alphabet… Read More »All About Emily Jones