DOG EDITORIAL top DOGS REDDOGMUSIC PRESENTS THE
REDDOGMUSIC’s
happy birthday to The Dog!
happy birthday to The Dog, happy birthday to The Dog... happy birthday to The DOG! Well, in the words of Barry Manilow “looks like we made it!”
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he Dog is officially one year old! Tell you what, he’s looking good for his age; if we’re going by dog years that makes him a fruity 7 years old. Since The Dog reared its musical wee head, we’ve had nothing but amazing feedback from you lot out there, wherever you may be. Numerous offerings of articles, help with distribution, people allowing us to pick their brains for interviews... my personal favourite was man, myth, legend, Rod Buckle, who called me up personally to let me know that he’d found The Dog in a venue that he was playing at somewhere down South and he liked it so much that he bought an amp from us and told his pals to do the same. So, give me a moment just to say thank you to Rod, Rod’s pals and everyone else out there who’s reading this. We’re nothing without you so cheers for sticking with us. Because it’s the birthday issue, we thought we’d push the boat out. Not only did we get an interview with the king of cut ‘n’ paste aka DJ Yoda, we also missioned it to London (just
in our heads though, not in real life) to interview pop rockers, Jakil. Our new pals at Swanfield Studios wrote us an article on how to record acoustic guitar while Sacre Noir took The Dog on tour and brought back photographic evidence and - as if that wasn’t enough - one of our coolest customers went old school and hand-wrote us a wee review of the shop. It melted our hearts so
What’s on the Red Dog Music stereo this Issue Little Roy ‘Battle for Seattle’ Nirvana inna dub reggae style – so wrong but... so right.
Death in Vegas ‘Your Loft, My Acid’ Imagine your first acid trip in musical form. Breathtaking.
Vector Lovers ‘Melodies & Memory’ Tasty 80’s synth action without the haircuts.
Digitalism ‘Blitz’ Euphoric electronica - instant smiley faces!
Koop ‘Koop Island Blues’ Jazz tinged melancholic lounge, perfect antidote to the rain.
“IT’S THE DOG’S 1ST BIRTHDAY! GIVE US CAKE!”
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much that we simply had to share it with you. Ok, I think that about covers it.
In other news, it’s the DOG’s 1st birthday! GIVE US CAKE!
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