The Nucleus Blog

Ragged School are a band from Swansea that have, very sneakily, been adopted by Fenchurch and given a load of free clothes by the look of it. I used to work with the lead singer Ru and I must admit that I am very upset that he hasn’t hooked me up with a load of gear, haha. It’s good to see a local band getting some out of town recognition! Good job boys…

Read about them on the Fenchurch website.
Then go and check out their Myspace page.

Here’s a little sneak peek at some of the new Skullcandy headphones for 2010, they have refined their graphics and colours into something even better than before. Like John Peel said about The Fall “they are always different, they are always the same”, Skullcandy is very much like that, each year they tweak and mould their earphones into something a little bit different but retain their great quality and sound. Personally I think 2010 is their best offering to date.

Check out the catalogue here, we haven’t got a release date for them yet but add us on Facebook and Twitter over on the right to be kept in the loop…

This weekend I will be getting a train up to Bristol, going to get my photo taken, then riding my bike all day before going to see Why? at The Thekla. I will then sleep over at Jason’s pad before cycling from Bristol to Cardiff on Sunday morning, riding around with Paul then meeting up with Kerry and Owen to go and see Until the Light Takes Us. FUN PACKED! All this is dependent on the rain though :-(

Some of you may know that one of our guys in the shop, Sam, plays the drums in a great progressive sludge rock band called Suns of Thunder. If you’re from South Wales you will probably already have caught them somewhere as they play pretty damned regularly. If you haven’t seen them play live then go to their Myspace and add them as a friend so you’ll know when they are gonna be in your town.

With influences ranging from Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Clutch, Acrimony, Neurosis, Otis Redding, Bill Bailey and even the one and only Brian Blessed they have something for everyone. If you’re into these bands then you will love them, if you aren’t then have a listen anyway and post in the comments what you think.