May will be most likely of note for our Massive Nightingales Week, which was wholly great in every ways. But a bigger bird, Swans, grabbed a lot of glory with two places in the top 3.
- Swans - Birthing by Alan Rider (May 20th)
Alan Rider reviews Swans seventeenth album and wonders; how can they keep on getting better each time? - Robert Lloyd: The Sunday Interview by Ancient Champion (May 18th)
The Nightingales Week gets under way when Outsideleft talks to Robert Lloyd - Michael Gira: The Sunday Interview by Alan Rider (May 25th)
Swans frontman and driving force Michael Gira talks to Alan Rider about being a pink poodle, a stinking rag, and having too many layers - Like a Punk Mayfly by Alan Rider (May 18th)
Sophie Carabott’s self-titled exhibition of punk themed art opens and closes in just one day - Happy Shopper #43: Fliss Kitson by OL House Writer (May 22nd)
Nightingales Week continues with some Happy Shopping with drummer Fliss Kitson - Sound on Sound by John Robinson (May 30th)
John Robinson hears the new LP from The Leaking Machine - Standing in the Eye of the Storm by Alan Rider (May 24th)
Alan Rider joins the audience on an epic live journey in Marco Porsia's film 'Swans Live 2024 (Rope)/The Beggar' - Robert Lloyd: Happy Shopper #45 by OL House Writer (May 26th)
Another view of the Nightingales, Happy Shopping with Robert Lloyd - Modern Sounds with Ancient Champion by Paul Mortimer (May 13th)
Paul Mortimer checks in from the Outsideleft Night Out with Ancient Champion - The Awful Truth: It's The Nightingales Week LP Review in Outsideleft by David O'Byrne (May 19th)
Nightingales Week continues as David O'Byrne reviews their new LP, The Awful Truth - Amélie Ravalec: The Sunday Interview by Alan Rider (May 4th)
Director Amélie Ravalec reveals to Alan Rider her struggle to bring the Japanese Avant-Garde of the 60s and 70s to the screen - Roots Rocking Zimbabwe by David O'Byrne (May 6th)
David O'Byrne roots around the underground music produced by black musicians during the turbulent last five years of white rule in Rhodesia. - Cameron McVey: The Sunday Interview by Tim London (May 11th)
Cameron McVey talks to Tim London about how magical music really happens - Standing In A Psychedelic Meadow by John Robinson (May 2nd)
John Robinson reviews Nell Smith's brilliant yet tragic posthumous solo debut 'Anxious' - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear, Every Time Brazil is Near by Sofia Ribeiro Willcox (May 12th)
Sofia Ribeiro Wilcox on Birdsongs, bus brakes and calling grandma - Like Peeling An Onion by Ogglypoogly (May 27th)
Ogglypoogly is a bit delighted by Surprise Chef's sublime and modestly titled album 'Superb' - Sent From Coventry by Nige Meffen (May 21st)
Native Coventrian Nige Meffen reads 'The Book of Coventry' and finds that, for the most part, it rings true - Two pubs, four socials, and a bloody Jacaranda Club! by Martin Devenney (May 5th)
Martin Devenney slips on his stack heeled boots and tartan to watch 'Slade In Flame' 50 years on. - Snakes, Stories and Symbolism by Kleo Kay (May 7th)
Kleo Kay watches the sun rise on creation in Helen Nde's expert exploration of African Folklore - The Leaking Machine: Record Launch by Tom Pratt (May 31st)
Tom Pratt caught the band Live at the RocknRoll Brewhouse - Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band - Union Chapel, London by Tim London (May 8th)
It’s not too late to be re-instated, maybe… - Wayne Dean-Richards: It All Comes Down To This by Wayne Dean-Richards (May 15th)
7th of 41 poems from Wayne's new collection, Days of Ordinary Madness - Sipping Coffee Through A Conceptual Filter by Jonathan Thornton (May 31st)
Jonathan Thornton talks to founder Henry Da Massa about Manchester's unique cultural space and venue, the Shoegaze Café - More Pulp by Ogglypoogly (May 30th)
Ogglypoogly at the listening party for the first new Pulp LP in quite some many years... - Analogue Dreams by Ogglypoogly (May 29th)
Ogglypoogly gets lost in the vintage grooves of Thèmes et Atmosphères Volume Two
