Trust Management got to work with Splashh from a really early point in their career in 2012 when a booking agent called Matt Cooper from 13 Artists put us onto them and told us to watch the video for ‘All I Wanna To Do‘ that had recently been uploaded to YouTube. We immediately fell inContinue reading “Unreleased Tracks #2 – Splashh ‘Sandy’s Dream’”
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Unreleased Tracks – Howler ‘Ipecac’
Nigel Templeman, Rhiann Dunkley, and I worked with Howler in 2011 just after the release of the debut EP ‘This One’s Different’ having just been signed to Rough Trade Records. Almost immediately, we got them onto The Vaccines first UK tour as support and it all started to build in a positive way after that.Continue reading “Unreleased Tracks – Howler ‘Ipecac’”
Steve Lovell – Accolades
Every 5 years or so I go back to the two Julian Cope biographies Head-On and Repossessed which, for me, form the best music biographies published about any musician. My obsession with Julian as an artist started in 1984 with the release of the debut single Sunshine Playroom (the World Shut Your Mouth album wasContinue reading “Steve Lovell – Accolades”
Running and mental health…taking it out on the road
I have always tried to think of a way to write a blog about running and the way that it has helped me in a lot of different ways over the years but have never managed to get round to it. Running has been an important part of my life for the past 20+ yearsContinue reading “Running and mental health…taking it out on the road”
Julian Cope ‘Self Civil War’ (2020)
In a bizarre year where I have, like many other people, not attended many live shows there has been one artist who has pulled me through and who I was lucky enough to see before the lockdown. Julian ‘Godlike Genius’ Cope released his ‘Self Civil War’ album in January and managed to play some liveContinue reading “Julian Cope ‘Self Civil War’ (2020)”
Records That Changed My Life #2
The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve Records) In my first blog post on this site, I covered the story of how ‘The Days of Wine & Roses’ by The Dream Syndicate was the album that literally gave me the opportunity to work in the music industry. Part 2 of this series has a loose connectionContinue reading “Records That Changed My Life #2”
Get Scorched!
Jason & The Scorchers were always a hugely popular band in our shop at Virgin Records in Portsmouth when I joined in 1984. Our assistant manager Paul Hensman played me the ‘Fervor’ mini-album at first and then in 1985 we were offered ‘Lost & Found’ which was eleven tracks of pure ‘cowpunk’ that we allContinue reading “Get Scorched!”
Stiff Records – If It Ain’t Stiff….
Contrary to my loyalty and allegiance to Rough Trade Records my favourite record label has to be Stiff Records. From their formation in 1976 via an often disputed loan from Lee Brilleaux (Dr Feelgood), Dave Robinson and Jake Riviera started an independent record label that followed the structure of the U.S. independent labels whilst RivieraContinue reading “Stiff Records – If It Ain’t Stiff….”
For the Love of Doves
In tribute to Doves celebrating their third UK number one album, this blog evidences the background to my minuscule involvement with them in the 1990s and how they became to be one of my favourite bands. In 1997 I was working for a distributor handling international licensing and distribution deals on behalf of their independentContinue reading “For the Love of Doves”
My funeral record!
When the inevitable announcement of my death is posted out on a late-night tweet from my personal account by whoever can work out the pin number to my phone (CLUE: it’s Boris Johnson’s date of birth followed by a 7th digit of how many children he has brought into the world), I want it outContinue reading “My funeral record!”
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