Tracklisting: 01. Hovvdy – Try Try Try02. Death Cab for Cutie – Punching the Flowers03. Tiger Island – Find Out Who You Are (And Do It On Purpose)04. Gladie – Poison05. ugly ozo – MISERY06. Snarls – One Wish07. Brian Fallon – Better Before08. The Chain Gang Of 1974 – Thinking Of You09. MUNA -ContinueContinue reading “June 2026 Mixtape”
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Beer Tours: Birmingham
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick Street, Birmingham, B1 3HE Bacchus, Burlington Arcade, New Street, Birmingham, B2 4JH Brewdog, 81 John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BL Burning Soul Brewing Co, 51 Mott Street, Birmingham, B19 3HE Cherry Reds, 88-92 John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BN The Colmore, 114-116 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3BD Head of Steam, 36ContinueContinue reading “Beer Tours: Birmingham”
Beer Tours: York
Brew York, Unit 6, Enterprise Complex, Walmgate, York, YO1 9TT The Fossgate Tap, 54-56 Fossgate, York, YO1 9TF The Hop, 11-12 Fossgate, York, YO1 9TA House of The Trembling Madness (Lendal), 14 Lendal, York, YO1 8AA The House of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate), 48 Stonegate, York, YO1 8AS The Market Cat, 6 Jubbergate, York, YO1 8RT NorthernContinueContinue reading “Beer Tours: York”
Beer Tours: Leeds
The Adelphi, 1-3 Hunslet Road, Leeds, LS10 1JQ Belgrave Music Hall and Canteen, Cross Belgrave Street, Leeds LS2 8JP The Brewery Tap, 18 New Station Street, Leeds, LS1 5DL The Brunswick, 82 North Street, Leeds, LS2 7PN Bundobust, 6 Mill Hill, Leeds, LS1 5DQ The City Tap, 3 Sovereign Square, Sovereign Street, Leeds, LS1 4BAContinueContinue reading “Beer Tours: Leeds”
20 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘In With The Out Crowd’
2006 was a weird time for music. It had been over half a decade since Napster brought about a major shake up of how we accessed and listened to music. The platforms that followed in Napster’s wake, with their varying levels of legality, felt a lot like sub par imitations or best guesses at theContinueContinue reading “20 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘In With The Out Crowd’”
YATM ’26: We are so lucky to have all this.
I look at this photograph taken Wednesday evening and almost can’t believe the circumstances that led us all to here. This isn’t a company or a family per se, this is a collective of people who, in a big part due to timing and sheer luck I expect, found their way to You Are TheContinueContinue reading “YATM ’26: We are so lucky to have all this.”
This is the May
Ok, so ‘May the Fourth…’ was a week ago, but with The Mandalorian and Grogu just under two weeks away from heralding the return of Star Wars to cinemas (with a new film for the first time in seven years), I’m celebrating the saga all month. Over on the Collect Us All! Instagram page I’ve been sharing some items from myContinueContinue reading “This is the May”
May 2026 Mixtape
Tracklisting: 01. Dazy – BIG Problem02. Michigander – Freaking Out03. Javier Rayes – No Ifs04. The All-American Rejects – King Kong05. Wildermiss – Kiss The Weeds06. Rostam – Back of a Truck07. The Flints – Don’t Wanna Be Your Drug08. Prima Queen – Crumb09. Vanessa Carlton – Mountain10. Tyler Lyle – Pondicherry11. A – BringContinueContinue reading “May 2026 Mixtape”
The first 24 hours
With this month’s edition of 11 tracks, the total play length of all the playlists going back to February 2023 combined has hit 24 hours. I consider the sequencing for these mixtapes meticulously each month, but if you’d like to abandon all of that and just hit shuffle on a days worth of my favourite music fromContinueContinue reading “The first 24 hours”
Gigs of 2026 (so far)
Tuesday 10th February 2026: Maxïmo Park at O2 Academy, Bournemouth w/ Art Brut Thursday 12th February 2026: Militarie Gun at Kola, Portsmouth w/ The Tubs Tuesday 17th February 2026: Pool Kids at The Joiners, Southampton w/ Sydney Sprague and Get Mendoza Sunday 22nd February 2026: Chloe Slater at The Wight Bear, Southbourne (Matinee) w/ LydiaContinueContinue reading “Gigs of 2026 (so far)”
April 2026 Mixtape
Tracklisting: 01. Death Cab for Cutie – Riptides02. The Academy Is… – L Train03. Arlo Parks – Get Go04. Snail Mail – Tractor Beam05. Livingmore – Undone06. Fruit Bats – The Landfill07. Holly Humberstone – Cruel World08. Child Seat – My Broken Seat09. Dagny – Dancefloor Erotica10. Melanie C – Undefeated Champion11. Arkells, GROUPLOVE -ContinueContinue reading “April 2026 Mixtape”
Beer Tours: Exeter
Arcadia by Utopian, 6 Northernhay Place, Exeter, EX4 3QJ CUCKOO Taproom & Bottleshop, 25 Paris Street, Exeter, EX1 2JB Exeter Brewery, Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter, EX4 4NX The Fire House, 50 New North Road, Exeter, EX4 4EP The Turk’s Head, 57A High Street, Exeter, EX4 3DJ Topsham Brewery, Maclaines Warehouse, Haven Road, Exeter, EX2 8GRContinueContinue reading “Beer Tours: Exeter”
Liam Toms 