The Milk Race are made up of people who were in other bands you may’ve seen and heard. They include Martini Henry Rifles, Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi, Space In The 50s and many, many more. They’re awesome. They’re playing in Le Pub on Friday 19th April with other awesome bands. To whet your appetite, here’s their new video. [...]

Record Store Day 2013!
As usual, Record Store Day (Saturday 20th April) will be a mix of exclusive, mostly vinyl releases and some great acoustic live music in the shop. This year we have acoustic sets from Newport bands The Lash (midday) and The Vestals (1pm) and a return for ever more famous Diverse favourites, Paper Aeroplanes (2pm). They’ll [...]

Here, there and everywhere. 26th March 2013.
I’ve not written in a while. Mainly because I’ve not had time. I don’t now really but I’m starting to go a little insane looking at Record Store Day releases so I’m having a little break. I’ll start with the Bristol hifi show at the end of last month. It was busy. Very busy. The [...]

Lau gig in The Gate.
We’re putting on a gig! We’ll, Diverse Records are. And we’re just sort of helping. Anyway, come along!! Brilliant musicians, thrilling performers, free-thinking visionaries and all-round good chaps as well…small wonder Lau are regarded as the epicentre of the new folk boom. Lau quickly burst out of the undergrowth into groundbreaking terrain. Since then Lau [...]

John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
The new John Grant album is now in stock. Quite sweary. via Diverse Vinyl Mail Order

Talking Heads – Remain In Light
A classic album available again on vinyl. via Diverse Vinyl Mail Order

Joe Bonamassa – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House
Joe Bonamassa seems to have been really busy this year! Reissues, collaborative albums and now a live one!! via Diverse Vinyl Mail Order


Fjords / Local Sports Team / The Milk Race / Rough Music @ Le Pub : Friday 19th April
Red Medicine presents a gig that should have happened in January but thanks to the snow and stranded drummers, has been rescheduled. The night before Record Store Day, Le Pub in Newport hosts 4 bands that will have you standing to attention in more ways than one. All these bands are great, I’m yet to [...]