Went to see It Bites last night (March 6th) at the grotty old Manchester Academy 3 (the tiny venue at the top of the stairs) and it was the best I have seen them since John Mitchell joined. John's voice got off to a slighly raspy start with the opening number Bullet in the Barrel, but soon picked up after that. I still feel he struggles a bit on the Dunnery material, though.

The place was more or less packed, but clearly not sold out - same as it was the last time I saw them them. Incidentally, the support act Aynsley Lister was pretty good: in a Bryan Adams/John Maher kind-a-way. Indeed, the place was packed when they were on but once they had finished around 9 o-clock the crowd thinned out somewhat.

Our super duper re-release of the 2001 Palindrome album is now in stock at cdbaby, for those of you who like to order from them. If you haven't heard this CD before, be sure to check out the 40 second clips of every track in the Jukebox.

Yikes! Can it be true? Yes, this legendary album from 2001 is now back in stock, having sold out a mere nine years ago!

This was our 13th album and is generally regarded as being one of our best releases. Featuring songs and instrumentals, this is a real beauty of a CD. My favourite track at the moment is Between Two Points. Love it! Is it wrong to like your own music?

Anyway, read the discography for the changes between this version and the original. Don't worry, the changes are subtle and only cosmetic - the music has not been re-mastered or tampered with. It sounded great way back then and it still stands up today. Then have a listen to 40 minutes of each track.

After that, why not pop over to the shop and buy it? It'll beat paying £50.00 + on eBay for it!

Welcome back to elegantsimplicity.com!

After a prolonged absence due to server issues, we are back - better than ever. All your favourite stuff is here (blogs, discography, shop, jukebox etc) but bigger and better than ever. There are still the hundreds of reviews to put in place as well as some more downloads but that can wait - the meat and potatoes is already here! Like the previous incartion of the site, we welcome your contributions, whether comments to posts like this or via the Forum. Enjoy.