Despite being a lifelong music fan, sometime music journalist, and owner of a much-loved record player, I hadn’t attended a Record Store Day until this year. The idea of shoulder-barging through a scrum of hipsters at Rough Trade East never appealed to me, plus there was never anything on the product list that I was…
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Throughout this week we’ve been counting down to Record Store Day in Cambridge with all kinds of juicy content. Having spoken to R*E*P*E*A*T Records about releasing RSD exclusive Flexi disc ‘Look Sharp’ here, and to Goldblume about contributing their track ‘Razor’ here, it seems only right that we talk to stars of ‘Look Sharp’ Side A Gaffa Tape…
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The only word you hear more than ‘punt’ in Cambridge is ‘Goldblume‘. These guys have been conquering the live circuit like there’s no tomorrow and yet we still can’t get enough of their cathartic alt-rock. Thank goodness, they’ll be satiating our hunger with a taster of their forthcoming album, this Record Store Day. The local heroes will…
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From fanzines to flexidiscs, R*E*P*E*A*T Records have been championing local bands in quirky formats since 1994. So naturally, their Record Store Day release is highly-anticipated among Cambridge’s vinyl hunters…
Subterranean festival will return to the Cambridge Corn Exchange this year. The one-day rock and indie festival will take place on September 15 and feature an eclectic mix of touring and local acts. Indie-alternative Among The Citizens will be performing on one of the four indoor stages, alongside local singer songwriter Tom Lumley. Bury St Edmund’s garage trio Gaffa Tape Sandy will…
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