Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Sand by The Carpels (One Beat Records)

I was contacted about a new band the other week, called The Carpels who have real ambition to be at the forefront of modern cutting edge pop music with songs that have indie, punk, dub step & electronic music running through them – Picking up an inspired lead on pop from Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem, Late of the Pier and The Fall amongst others. In

By - Darren Straight

Download the Minecraft PC Gamer Demo

Just noticed there’s now a demo of Minecraft, PCGamer Branded! Might help some of you get your freinds to see what they are missing, then buy the full version, and even maybe even join my Yet Another Minecraft Server (YAMS). Minecraft now has a demo. Procrastinating excavators: you no longer have an excuse for skipping our favorite open-world game. Better yet,

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Like A Fire Without Sound by Should

Well today as you should know from my last post, I’ve been listening to music! In fact I’ve been scouring the Internet looking for new music to listen to, and I came across “Like A Fire Without Sound by Should” and I must say I quite enjoy from what I can hear of their music. Seems the album is due to be released

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Music Video: Big City by Cyndi Nabozny

I was just listening to some music and it made me wonder if Cyndi Nabozny had posted any new music on her YouTube channel. Well it seems she hasn’t as her last one was Big City. I’ve heard BigCity before but for those that haven’t I’ve embedded it below for you to listen: Also don’t forget to check out her other