This week, a couple of new music things have appeared online. Firstly, my shots from Mastodon‘s thunderous pit stop in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne last week are up now on Drowned In Sound‘s In Photos section. Meanwhile, on Thrash Hits have another review from me. Geocidal is the debut of tētēma – that’s Mike Patton‘s intriguing new avant-garde collaboration with Anthony Pateras. Links and more below…
And SHAZAM – August! How did that happen? Things have been a bit quiet on the blog front, but that’s because things have been so busy on the work front. Hopefully more on that soon…
First, though, here’s a wee update on a couple few things published in the last few weeks.
NEW FICTION
THE GIRL AT THE END OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1 & 2 Fox Spirit Books
Feat. ‘Blueprint for Red Wings’
Out now. Spread across two volumes, this collection of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction includes stories from Adrian Tchaikovsky, James Oswald, Margret Helgadottir and many more. You’ll find my story ‘Blueprint for Red Wings’ amongst them.
There’s also two variant covers for each one – the one above is my favourite for volume 1. Available from the usual outlets…
Which reminds me, I’ve got a little question for you… You’ve been reading this blog for a while. Are there any bands, particularly in the North-East, that you reckon I should photograph? Give me a nudge on here or on twitter if you’ve got any thoughts.
NEW NEWS: Starting this week, I’ll be writing a monthly column for alternative culture mag Mass Movement magazine. It’s called Ruth Writes – although she doesn’t this time. Since I’ve been a bit busy, my agent kindly stepped in at the last minute. With interesting results…