- Mat Radbourne
Profile
Mat "Gingerbreadman" Radbourne born in Liverpool in the spring of 1971. My passion is listening to and watching bands live. I absolutely love the buzz of going to gigs, buying the new album, getting the tickets and seeing the act live....marvellous!!
My musical interests are really wide, no real set genre, but my main passion, at the moment anyway, are bands like The Long Blondes, The Wedding Present, The Fall, The Kabeedies, Twisted Wheel, The White Stripes, Laura Marling, The National, The Pixies, Nick Cave and The Pocketbooks. I reckon one of the freshest bands at the minute are "Mexican Kids at Home" they are cracking live, young, enthusiastic, vibrant and quirky, really interesting. (I suggest you check them out!!!)
I generally watch bands in Sheffield at The Corporation or The Leadmill, Leicester at The Charlotte or Nottingham at the Rescue Rooms, but there are so many great venues within forty five minuets of home I cant fail. In the last few weeks ive been to the Indie track festival at Butterley, the Summer Sundae at Leicester and also seen bands like The Wave Pictures, Twisted Wheel, I Was A Cub Scout, Lykke Li, and Billy Bragg.
Apart from that I'm a keen Derby County fan, I train for and run two marathons a year and enjoy cycling. I'm currently restoring an old Morris Traveller in whatever spare time I have!!!. That's about me in nutshell!!!!
Recent Reviews:
- New Education @ The Royal - 18/11/2008 - Live Review
- Gig promoters in the fair city of Derby appear to be working overtime at the moment. Not traditionally the first, or even last point of call for aspiring bands, either new or old, ...
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Strike Sparks Anywhere - This Is Radio Freedom EP Review- London based five piece This Is Radio Freedom have produced a real gem with their new EP "Strike Sparks Anywhere". These guys have recently evolved from an earlier project Vibrati...
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Church Bell Blues - Catherine MacLellan Album Review- Deeply personal. Emotionally moving. Beautifully simple. Church Bell Blues is the new Catherine MacLellan album, a masterful mix of country and folk.Catherine is the daughter of th...
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Nights of Error - Trash Fashion Album Review- "So what's it all about then?It’s a rave Dave......Just lots of people, in a room, spreading love and listening to tunes, its a rave Dave"Wise and emotive words from Trash Fashion'...
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Today - New Education Single Review- "Today" is the debut release from a new, young and exciting four piece, New Education.Now this is good....
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Olympic Airways - Foals Single Review- 2008 has been hailed, by most of the big guns of the persuasive music press, as the year of the Foals.Antidotes, the debut release from the young Oxford five piece, peaked at numbe...
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Same old Lines - Rod Thomas Single Review- Apparently, according to a recent article, Rod Thomas is more than happy busking the London underground, making a shilling here and there, entertaining the passing commuters. But ...
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