Subscribe here for my monthly newsletter and get all my latest writing delivered straight to your inbox. All the Feelings is the name of the tour Broken Social Scene, the Canadian indie rock collective, are about to embark on in the coming weeks as they play Manchester, Glasgow and London. Hearing about this tour made me think of two of their tracks I used to listen to on repeat in the late noughties. The first was 'Shoreline' and the other was 'Cause=Time' (see above). All the Feelings is...

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here for all my latest writing delivered straight to your inbox. Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold The sea is calm tonight. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of...

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here for all my latest writing delivered straight to your inbox. Once upon a time, in the era of DVDs, PlayStation 2 and HMV, I bought The Last Waltz (directed by Martin Scorsese) from a store in Belfast, the big one near the city centre, on one of their end of aisle, buy three-for-the-price-of-two offers. When I bought it I had no idea who The Band were or, for that matter, the context of The Last Waltz. But, as someone who loved music and wanted to know...