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Sicily in September 2016

On the eve of our next holiday (to Cyprus), I am finally getting around making this post.

My girlfriend and I visited Sicily in September of last year. Our tried and tested method of booking flights, Airbnb and a rental car worked very well again.

We were based outside the town of Scicli in the South of Sicily. In-between our road trip days, which led us to visit Mount Etna, Taormina, Syracuse, Noto and more places, we had a few very relaxed days on the beach and enjoying the sun terrace of our holiday domicile. The weather was fantastic and we had a really great time.

Iceland in March 2016

In March 2016 I went on a short visit to Iceland with my girlfriend to explore Reykjavik and some interesting places in the surroundings. We rented a car and stayed in an Airbnb in the outskirts of Reykjavik, which worked really well. Having only four full days in Iceland and returning to our apartment at the end of every day meant we could only explore a small bit in the South-West of Iceland, but we had a really good time and saw stunningly beautiful places.

The Wave Pictures – Courtyard @ King's Cross, 13th September 2015

Young Knives - Last.fm Live @ Scala, 27th March 2014

Support Band

Brown Brogues

Alberta Cross @ Molotow, 1st July 2013

Support Band

The Candles

Exploring Scandinavia: Copenhagen and Stockholm

I spent a whole day on a train going through Scandinavia, setting off in Hamburg in the morning, changing trains and spending a couple of hours in Copenhagen, and arriving in Stockholm in the evening. The official purpose of the journey was to attend Roast Club, an event that happened quite regularly throughout late 2012 and early 2013 where a bunch of Last.fm'ers and friends had homemade Sunday Roast together. Now that I moved to Hamburg and fellow Roast Clubber David moved to Stockholm, things need a bit more planning. Anyway, it was a lovely weekend in Stockholm, which is an amazingly pretty city, featuring sight-seeing, live music, chiptunes, clubbing, and of course roast on Sunday. With only three attendees the turn-out was not as good as in the old London days, but hey, Roast Club Europe is an even more exclusive circle.

Copenhagen

Stockholm

Matthew E. White – Last.fm Live in London @ The Lexington, 23rd January 2013

Support Band

Elephant

Futures – Last.fm Live in London @ Heaven, 12th December 2012

Support Bands

Natives

Morain

God is an Astronaut – Last.fm Live in London @ Heaven, 5th December 2012

Support Bands

Maybeshewill

Nordic Giants

Noisettes – Last.fm Sessions @ Lightship 95, 17th August 2012

Minus the Bear – Last.fm Sessions @ Lightship 95, 17th August 2012

Visiting the New World: Seattle and Chicago

This is about my first visit to America. I took a couple of weeks off to visit friends of mine who moved to the USA in the last few years. I wanted to do this for quite a while, but it used to be one of the good ideas that you keep for later. A few months ago my friend Andreas, who lives in the surroundings of Chicago, told me he got tickets for himself and his wife to see Calexico in concert. A band I had seen live a few times already, and years ago I dragged Andreas to one of their shows. I asked him to get me a ticket as well. At long last this was excuse enough to book flights and plan a visit to the New World.

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The Heavy – Last.fm Live in London @ The Borderline, 9th August 2012

Big Black Delta – Last.fm Live in London @ Barfly Camden, 31st July 2012

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – Last.fm Live in London @ The Garage, 13th June 2012

Skinny Lister – Last.fm Live in London @ The Garage, 13th June 2012

Field Day - Victoria Park - 2012-06-02

Two Jackals

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 12:00

To Kill a King

Shacklewell Arms stage - 12:20

Here We Go Magic

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 12:55

Friends

Shacklewell Arms stage - 13:05

Citizens!

Shacklewell Arms stage - 13:50

Blood Orange

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 13:50

Errors

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 15:00

Django Django

Village Mentality stage - 15:50

Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard

Shacklewell Arms stage - 16:20

Summer Camp

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 16:10

Kindness

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 17:20

Spector

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 18:30

Metronomy

Eat Your Own Ears stage - 18:40

Theme Park

Shacklewell Arms stage - 18:50

Sleigh Bells

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 19:40

Beirut

Eat Your Own Ears stage - 20:20

The Vaccines

Laneway Festival stage in association with Last.fm - 20:50

Franz Ferdinand

Eat Your Own Ears stage - 21:50

Amaranthe – Last.fm Presents @ The Garage, 22nd May 2012

Soen – Last.fm Presents @ The Garage, 22nd May 2012

Dynazty – Last.fm Presents @ The Garage, 22nd May 2012

Dog Is Dead – Camden Crawl, Electric Ballroom, 6th May 2012

Ghetts – Camden Crawl, Electric Ballroom, 6th May 2012

And So I Watch You From Afar – Camden Crawl, Electric Ballroom, 6th May 2012

Eugene McGuinness – Camden Crawl, Dingwalls, 5th May 2012

Glasvegas – Last.fm Presents @ The Garage, 3rd April 2012

Two Wounded Birds – Last.fm Presents @ The Garage, 3rd April 2012

Es Muss Sein – Last.fm Presents @ The Garage, 3rd April 2012

Art Brut - Last.fm Live Friday @ The Garage, 4th November 2011

Violet May - Last.fm Live Friday @ The Garage, 4th November 2011

The Lysergic Suite - Last.fm Live Friday @ The Garage, 4th November 2011

I Am Harlequin - Last.fm Live Friday @ The Garage, 7th October 2011

Cocknbullkid - Last.fm Live Friday @ The Garage, 7th October 2011

Jess Mills - Last.fm Live Friday @ The Garage, 7th October 2011