Paddle round the Pier festival

If you happen to be in the Hove Lawns area over the weekend you wont help but be caught up in this charity event. Paddle round the Pier has been going for over 10 years now, and maybe this year I'll actually dust off my board and take part. If you do go please show some love to my friends Carlo Sandblow who are on around 2pm on the Sunday. Oh and don't forget your wetsuits as this weekend's been forecast as showers and heavy winds. That's Summer over then.

Geek Stock

Seeing Cut Copy tonight at the Concorde 2 which I'm really excited about. I will let you know how that goes as soon as I recover. On a similar live music note (excuse the pun) the charity event Geek Stock will be at the Albert in Brighton on Friday 11th July. Close freinds of mine My Deaf Audio will be covering Nada Surf (who blew me away earlier in the year at the Skala) and another band Poindexter will be covering one of my all time favourite bands Weezer. It's my birthday weekend too so it should be good. I designed the posters/flyers for the gig which I'm semi-happy with, they were a bit rushed so don't judge.
Also it's worth mentioning that all proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee Charity for the Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Appeal. You can also donate using this form here.

Ed Banger at the Ocean Rooms

I was at the Presets gig Friday, but the infamous Busy P, Medhi and Midfield General rocked the ocean rooms according to nutcase's photos.

Apolcalypso now

I meant to start this blog whilst I was travelling Australia, but I ended up being way too preoccupied with more out-door related activities and not bothering. So now I'm back working full-time what better way to procrastinate? And while I'm on the subject of our antipodean cousins; I'm off to see the Presets on Friday. Their new album Apocalypso (nothing to do with Mel Gibson's film or the ice lolly Calypso) was sent to me by my Australian mate Cayle this week and it's already one of my favourites of the year so far. Swirling 80s synths, haunting vocals and electro beats. Love it x

[EDIT: A live review of the Presets gig can be found here. It was truly one of the best gigs I've been to and the sound at Digital is so crisp and powerful thank frig it wasn't at the BarFly as originally intended. "Mid-set they dropped the formidable electro wizardry of Are You The One? The strobe flickered. The lasers swirled. And smoke from an overworked cannon choked us - but we just about survived the apocalypse." Dominic Smith - The Argus.]