The Antonine Wall, which stretches across the centre of Scotland, passed through the town and remnants of it can be seen at Callendar Park. Similar to Hadrian’s Wall but built of turf rather than stone so less of it has survived, it marked the northern frontier of the Roman Empire betwe...
Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their “typical west coast” sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from wide sandy beaches to rocky terrain that continues north into the Bohuslän archipelago and as far as the North Cape. Varberg is a charming and popular summer resort ...
I initially asked Peter Hurley if he wanted to do some art for the second record, but it seemed like timing was going to be an issue. I was a huge fan of this artist Sally Welchman, from Brighton, UK, who has a project called MoggShop where she does paintings on wood of animals, ...
lots of different cultural influences . You could ride a tram around on a Sunday going from gig to gig like we sometimes do, have a meal in between . Most people visit Australia for the beaches outback and animals. We have
I only saw once, 5 years ago at Cake Shop, and it was great! The Granite Shore will be releasing a new album also in October. It is titled “Suspended Second” and will be out on the always trustworthy Occultation Recordings. It has 9 songs and for those of you who are not ...
Used to hang around Maximum Joy (Ikuhiro Susukita’s record shop) on weekends. As for the venue, Que and Shelter at Shimokitazawa were very good. (Both venues are still very good.) ++ When and how did the band start? How did you all meet? How was the recruiting process?
For me it was The Band Of Holy Joy gig and the day that I saw our single in the window of the legendary Rounder Records shop in Brighton! It is though undeniably nice to still know that people have an interest in us for a single that came out 20 years ago. ...
) found us Chris Sheldon and I bumped into Rob England the bass player at a music shop when I was putting up an ad on a notice board – both were from Leeds and had never been students, though me and Simon had been (but were no longer). Simon played on the first recording session...