Following the BIG DAVE OUT and DAVES OF OUR LIVES, the Daves are reuniting to fun-raise for an awesome woman, Andrea Callaghan. The first two […]
The Green Light
With warm vocals and witty lyrics, over a pulsing shuffle, The Green Light tells the tale of an amorous entanglement between two very different people. […]
MUMs
This post may contains traces of audio geekery. I’m the first person in Australia to get hold of a new monitor speaker called the MUM-6, […]
Champagne
Champagne is the new single from Mr Tigerbear. This project I’ve been working on with David Pensabene, based on songs he’s had in his back […]
Pelan Pelan – I bet you can
Last month I described recording an album in three days, but this time it’s about recording an EP in three hours. Pelan Pelan is a […]
Peddling Rag with The Paper Collar Pickers
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
Screws and Cheap Tricks in Rockford Illinois
Rockford, Illinois, was once the world’s largest manufacturer of screws, but following the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of 1994, most of its manufacturing […]
Colorado Contrails and Cowboys
Steady progress with gentle rocking around gradual bends along scenic river valleys. Room to stretch legs, move about and socialise with fellow passengers. There is […]
Ok Cello – The Portland Cello Project Does Ok Computer
It was the reason I bought my first reggae album, and for those who know me that is no mean feat. I had always thought […]