Last year I took a domestic flight, my first in five years, to help record an album for Craig Sinclair and Rod Vervest. “Peddling Rag” […]
Here Be Monsters
I’m still on my first smartphone, which I bought seven years ago. I was late to the (supposed) party, partly for resource-ethic reasons (getting as […]
A Score of Compelling Songs
I present to you the latest edition of my “You May Not Have Heard” playlist. Each volume takes me a couple of years to compile […]
Often Enough
Often Enough is a catchy little song about shock jocks, tribalism, the dangers of dichotomous thinking and wet lettuces. I wrote it ages ago, but […]
Is Spotify Evil?
Well, not so evil it’s going to stop me plugging the latest song I’ve mastered. “Wish”, by my good friend Ewan Buckley and his band […]
I’m a Lucky Man
I confess to barely touching my guitar the last six months. I’ve been adulting as they say: emptying out my parents’ home of 45 years […]
Guilt and Gratitude in Granada
in Just – spring when the world is… messier than a Cummings poem, but I’m grateful for my new bicycle (after twenty years with my […]
Vinyl, I wanna love you but you make it so damn hard
I want to love you vinyl. I really do. Unfortunately you’re just not as *inherently* good sounding as digital music, and you’re a bit toxic… […]
Your Holiday Playlist
I have a wee pressie for you: the latest instalment of my “You May Not Have Heard” playlist. It’s twenty songs that have sonically and […]
Canary in the Coal Mine
What do Greta Thunberg, Scott Morrison, Tom Robbins, Prince and Stevie Nicks have in common? They’ve all influenced Dave Robertson & The Kiss List’s new […]
Climbers have Everest, Surfers have Nazaré, Cath has Sardines
I’ve always lived by the sea, adoring the calculus curves and humbling power of waves. I had seen footage of the largest surfed waves in […]
The Ten Albums Thing
Ok I’ll bite. A few friends requested I do the ten albums thing, but I couldn’t abide by the rules, in particular the “no explanation” […]
Fado and Flowers
Thanks to Mike Burns for reminding me that today is the anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. Mike, a Freo muso and ethnomusicologist, is […]
A beanie saved my life (or at least my noggin)
Porto is a gorgeous old city on the Douro River but, as in any city, there are a few dangers that may befall one:• falling […]
You May Not Have Heard (Vol. 1-5)
About 15 years ago I compiled a mix tape to impress a girl. It spawned a series of five CDs containing 100 songs, mainly in […]
Happy Clapper (Demo)
I have a new song to share… well the first rough demo… I wouldn’t normally share something this raw… it will undoubtedly get rearranged and […]
Oh Richard!
Dave has been having a bit too much fun in the public domain archives. Check out all the new videos on the Music > Videos […]
Follow…
follow/ˈfɒləʊ/verb1. go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind.2. come after in time or order.3. act according to (an […]
The Great Ecuadorian Mystery
High in the Andean foothills on the foundations of an ancient Incan city lies a mystery. The Ecuadorian city of Quito, the second-highest capital in […]
Stories Behind the Songs
Every song has a story. Here’s a little background on the writing and recording of each of the songs on Oil, Love & Oxygen. It […]
Your Fun and Informative Guide to Consuming “Oil, Love & Oxygen”
The Paradox of Choice says that too many options can demotivate people, so here’s a short guide to the options for getting your ears on […]
Oil, Love & Oxygen – Album Launch
“Oil, Love & Oxygen” is a collection of songs about kissing, climate change, cult 70s novels and more kissing. Recorded across ten houses and almost […]
My Top Ten Gigs (as a Punter) and Why
I had a dream. In the dream I had a manager. The manager told me I should write a “list” style post, because they were […]
High Heads and Helmets
The other night I watched That Sugar Film, which I give four sticky thumbs up, and was reminded of my worst sugar high/crash. It was […]
Hidden Treasures
Rob Findlay, the most recent recruit to The Kiss List, will be moving over to bass for our upcoming gig at Fremantle’s Hidden Treasures Festival. […]
The Melancholic Mumblings of Mark
I was lying in bed feeling poorly for one reason or another; perhaps a cold, a hangover or a tender heart, I can’t remember; when […]
Halloween in New York on the way home from London
… is the opening line of an epic Crazy Horse-esque dirge by the Red House Painters. It seemed appropriate I was going to see their […]
Sandy, Juan and I
On a Monday, her basement filled with water from one of the most polluted canals in New York City. Four days earlier