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The Gallery al fresco
- Luxury outdoor kitchens and al fresco living.

Align Massage
- Sports & soft tissue massage.

CDO Developments
- Midlands-based property development company.

Climate Retail
- Supply and delivery of Interiors & POS Display.

Harris Steels
- Quality steel stockholder.

Iyla Rose Foundation
- Funds for children & families with complex needs.

Le Beau Fief
- 19th century French gite to rent.

Mabel's Label
- Pet-friendly cleaning products to order.

Mick Poultney
- Mick Poultney's Bostin' Compostin' blog.

My Handy Helpers
- Get you jobs done: Achieve domestic bliss.

Picture-This Books
- A celebration of creativity, individuality & play.

Proper Ryder Cup
- Literally, the proper Ryder Cup. Not literally.

Redditch Dog Walking
- Dog walking services in Redditch and Studley.

Skyline Ductwork
- Ventilation ducting and flue systems.

Steve Hawkesworth
- Artist: Finest quality handmade woodwork.

Stourbridge Historical Society
- Meetings, outings, activities and membership info.

Sunday Roast Club
- Birmingham's finest Sunday Roast #influencers.

Swinford Prestigue Haulage
- Transportation and delivery of prestige items.

The Bridge House
- Multi-purpose venue, café and children's centre.

Tulip Hair
- Award-winning hair salon in Stourbridge.

The Gallery
- Luxury fitted kitchens in the West Midlands.

The Pole Hub
- Pole dance and fitness classes in Hertfordshire.

Woofy Woods
- Dog boarding kennels in Worcestershire.

What's Your Language?
- Quality French & Spanish tuition in Stourbridge.

Bungalow
- Monthly evening of debauchery in Stourbridge

Lick of the Wik: {2010} {'11} {'12} {'13} {'14} {'15} {'16} {2017}
- A weekly music review

The Kage
- Online music / arts magazine.

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{ Lick of the Wik: 2017 }

Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the name of this section...

'lick' is jazz-slang for 'some music' apparently, where 'wik' is the equivalent of 7 days, in the Black Country.

 

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19/12/17
King Crule - Rock bottom

Not to be confused with ex-Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul.

 

03/11/17
Sunflower Bean - I was a fool

Words coming soon...

 

17/10/17
The National - Dark end of the gym

The title (and the melody) come straight from Memories by Leonard Cohen.

 

26/09/17
Curtis Harding - Need your love

He's got an old-man name, an old-man look, and old-man sound. Beautiful.

 

14/09/17
Stine Nordernstram - Little star

Ok, it starts a bit boring, but luckily it gets a bit Joni Mitchell / Rainy Night In Soho.

 

21/08/17
UNKLE (feat. Liela Moss) - Sunrise (Always comes around)

The Duke Spirit's vocalist on top of a pretty chilled 90's beat thing.

 

04/08/17
Dan Auerbach - King of a one horse town

A single Black Key going solo in a one-horse town.

 

26/07/17
Bicep - Glue

This year's non-cliché electronic track goes to: ^

 

19/07/17
Kevin Morby - Dorothy

Words coming soon...

 

12/07/17
Childish Gambino - Redbone

Words coming soon...

 

05/07/17
Patience - White of an eye

Ex-Veronica Fall...

 

27/06/17
Loyle Carner - Isle of Arran

Don't we all.

 

20/06/17
Vessels Ft/ Anna Of The North - Had a love

Pioneers of the 'Neuphoria' genre i've just coined.

 

13/06/17
Chidhood - Californian light

Pioneers of the 'Haze-funk' genre i've just coined.

 

09/05/17
Mighty Lemon Drops - My biggest thrill

Kind of a Yam-Yam 'Glad All Over.'

 

18/04/17
Sidibe - Get together

When you're that cool, the videos you select aren't even on YouTube.

 

11/04/17
Public Service Broadcasting - Progress

Most of their output sounds like an Adam Curtis documentry, this time normalisationed by Tracyanne Campbell's vocals.

 

04/04/17
Lady Legs - I don't care

File next to: Pins, The Stems, Frankie And The Hamstrings etc.

 

27/03/17
The Moonlandingz - The strangle of Anna (Featuring Rebecca Lucy Taylor)

Pretty asphyxiated by this at the moment.

 

20/03/17
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Always sad

Always sad, well Sometimes, Always.

 

13/03/17
George Harrison - What is life?

This boy's gonna be H U G E.

 

06/03/17
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - The French Press

A shazamer's dream, but a *luddite's nightmare.
* I still write down names of bands, to Ask Jeeves about later.

 

30?/02/17
Tennis - In the morning i'll be better

Words coming soon..

 

24/02/17
Las Kellies - Perro rompebolas

Más mierda extranjera.

 

11/02/17
Francois & The Atlas Mountains - Grand Dérèglement

Foreign muck <3

 

03/02/17
Flaming Lips & Miley Cyrus - We a family

Nowhere near as good as the Sister Sledge version.

 

28/01/17
Alt J - 3WW

Say what you want about 'Prog' stuff, they hedge their bets. Pick a genre / time-signature you like, and there's a few seconds of it in here, somewhere.

 

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