'As long as I can sing the song and give a message of ‘be yourself, dance, and have fun because life is hard enough’, then I’ll keep going”

ESG's Renee Scroggins catches up with Daniel Dylan Wray, who documents the group's influence on house and hip-hop

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46 years and counting for ESG, who have arguably had a helping hand in shaping the sound of every decade since then. I chatted with Renee about the group’s history and infinite influence. For DJ Mag djmag.com/features/esgs-…

Had a chat with the Justice lads about their new album, the first in almost a decade, for the Guardian Saturday Culture cover. theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

One of my fav docs to come out of cphdox this year was a new one on Andy Kaufman, Thank You Very Much. I spoke with director Alex Braverman and producers Josh Safdie and Morgan Neville about the film and their inimatable subject. For AnOther Magazine. anothermag.com/design-living/…

This Friday night we're heading to Birmingham for a double header with Richard Norris and Lias Saoudi, as part of the Heath Bookshop's new festival with Hare & Hounds Birmingham

They'll both be in conversation with Daniel Dylan Wray and then signing copies 👉 the-heath-bookshop.eventcube.io

🌈 Lovely interview with our Guest Director Frank Cottrell-Boyce over at Positive News by @danieldylanwray.

✨ Frank talks optimism, curating the Festival programme and the power of the #arts to give us hope in turbulent times: bit.ly/49NCayB

📸 James Hole #Brighton

Was a pleasure to chat with Marc Riley ⚽️🍺🐳, Stephen Hanley, Paul Hanley and Craig Scanlon about their new record label, Popstock (via Bella Union) which will tackle the rise of dodgy bootlegs with the release of a killer live album of the Fall classic Slates. thequietus.com/articles/34037…

An elite WR double-header a week on Friday in Birmingham Hare & Hounds Birmingham, with Richard Norris and Lias Saoudi back to back - both in conversation with Daniel Dylan Wray and then signing copies.

JOIN US. Tickets from the-heath-bookshop.eventcube.io

I'll be chatting with Michael via a virtual Q&A tonight at Showroom Cinema after the screening of We Jam Econo, where we'll be chatting all things Minutemen and his classic book Our Band Could Be Your Life.

A reminder we'll be Hare & Hounds Birmingham in Birmingham this month for this new festival...

FRI 19th
6pm: Richard Norris
8pm: Lias Saoudi
Both in conversation w/ Daniel Dylan Wray

SAT 20th
3pm: Daniel Rachel & Pauline Black OBE DL

Tickets for all events at the-heath-bookshop.eventcube.io

Really enjoyed putting this piece together on the history and legacy of WipEout. The first ever game inspired by dance music and rave culture that would in turn go on to influence dance music and rave culture. For Mixmag. mixmag.net/feature/wipeou…

Love Tish Murtha Archive’s work dearly. And this doc by Paul Sng is a wonderful tribute. On telly tonight for the first time.

Wrote about how the upstairs room of a pub in 1980s Sheffield became a creative incubator for Pulp, along with lots of other oddballs doing strange things in there. For The Tribune. sheffieldtribune.co.uk/p/the-hallamsh…

Had a really good in-depth chat with Lias about the new Fat White Family album ('a marathon of dysfunction' to make), avoiding jail in Algeria, settling down, becoming a writer, blood feuds, and the uncertain future of the band. For The Quietus. thequietus.com/articles/34002…

Just saw the EU premiere of the generative Brian Eno doc at cphdox. Spoke with Gary Hustwit & Brendan Dawes about how the custom built software they've made creates a new version of the film each time and its radical potential for cinema. The Quietus thequietus.com/articles/34001…

Wrote up this week’s my best shot feature with Charles Peterson on his killer stage diver photo from an early Nirvana show. theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…