dan jones

Film taste: Godfather & Lonesome Dove

Music taste: That muscle shoals sound... Everything from Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young to Joe Pug and Justin Townes Earle. And The Beatles.

Hangout: Brick Lane with a mustache and a monocle and a rare 7" that you don't have

Most likes (about London): The pubs

Least likes: people

Me in 10 words:

dan's Articles

Review: Blissfields 2011 - 4 July

There are currently around 450 festivals operating in the U.K this year. That’s a hell of a lot...... read more

Woodpigeon Keep it Simple - 1 July

Over-complication and extraneous classifications have often been the downfall of many a good indie band...... read more

Graham Coxon at The 100 Club - 23 June

Having been pulled from the jaws of financial collapse by Converse a few months back, The 100 Club has...... read more

Feis Festival 2011 - 20 June

Founder of the Mean Fiddler empire and curator of today‘s festival, Vince Power is something of...... read more

Alternative Glastonbury - 20 June

Praying for rain at a festival you’re not attending might be the regular route for sadistic people...... read more

The History of Apple Pie make Love to the Future - 13 June

Longevity has never been the most important thing for a band looking to get in with London’s hipster...... read more

Tribes at Dingwalls - 10 June

From very early on, even before they’d released anything of heavyweight substance, labels were...... read more

Phosphorescent at Heaven - 8 June

Matthew Houck’s latest record under the moniker of Phosphorescent came in the hazy-lazy form of...... read more

New Bands: New Broadcast Group - 31 May

Every musician who has ever mattered to us has been heartbroken at one time or another. Whether abandoned...... read more

Cults at Scala - 25 May

When the ever-elusive Cults announced back in January that they'd signed to Name Of, even the most astute...... read more

Stag and Dagger - XOYO - 20 May

London, you’ve lost your touch. It certainly feels like it when comparing the Glasgow Stag and...... read more

Jonquil at The Old Blue Last - 11 May

Undeterred by the muggy air that seems to be sitting about head height in the Old Blue Last tonight, ...... read more

A day with Goldheart Assembly - 20 April

Within around fifteen minutes of meeting James Dale from Goldheart Assembly I know almost everything...... read more

Down to the River, an Interview with Guillemots - 15 April

It’s been two and a half years since Guillemots performed their last live show and now it&rsquo...... read more

A London Record Store Tour - 13 April

You might remember my recent expedition to investigate the well-oiled cogs that rotate under the surface...... read more

Independent Record Store Day 2011 - 7 April

Over the past few years, my ability to moan and mumble has grown to proportions that would give even...... read more

A Brief History of the Camden Crawl - 4 April

Ask anyone you find hanging around outside of King’s Cross station what they think of Camden, and...... read more

O Children at XOYO - 24 March

Taking their name from a Nick Cave song, O Children are clearly fans of all things edgy and noir. They're...... read more

New Bands: New Street Adventure - 22 March

Just because of some button-down collars and a pair of desert boots, it'd be a mistake to label New Street...... read more

Interview: Two Wounded Birds - 16 March

As true Brits we like nothing more than to prattle on aimlessly about the weather. Currently it&rsquo...... read more

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros @ Old Vic Tunnels - 11 March

Prior to Edward Sharpe and his Technicolor troupe of Laurel Canyon offspring ambling through the crowd...... read more

Interview: Various Cruelties - 10 March

The first time I heard ‘Cold As You’ by Various Cruelties it was like a colourful blast of...... read more

McMusic: The rise of venue sponsorship - 3 March

Originally, I intended this article to be about independent venues under pressure. The Astoria finally...... read more

Flats at The Victory - 25 February

I read the funniest interview with Flats the other day. In fact, it was less of an interview and more...... read more

New Bands: Doyle and the Fourfathers - 22 February

From song titles alone you can conjure images of acute responsibility from Southampton’s Doyle...... read more

Wolf People at Cargo - 17 February

Expectations are either quashed or amplified when you see a band for the first time. It’s that...... read more

Drive-By Truckers at Rough Trade East - 14 February

“Have y'all got nothing better to do on a Friday night in London than watch two rednecks?&rdquo...... read more

Young The Giant at Monto Water Rats - 9 February

Just around the corner from the Monto Water Rats there’s a snaking line of people, spilling onto...... read more

New Bands: 12 Dirty Bullets - 26 January

Firstly you can toss your multi-genre taglines out the nearest window. Secondly, you can cast that ill...... read more