All in the hands

On to Paper Beat Scissors, the musical pseudonym of Tim Crabtree, who was born in Burnley (he still sports the accent) and now resides in Halifax, where he produces some haunting folk sounds.

He is a man of many microphones - well, two, anyway.



Tim sings!



And so on!



And more so!



He's back in the vicinity in just a few days time - June 6 at the blacksheep in Wakefield, to be precise.

• Show reminder: Jonathan Becker & The White Devils, Nick Sherman and Downside Kid perform at Raw Sugar; Bad Bad Not Good and Daughters of the Revolution play Ritual; there's rocking at the Sky Bar with The Dead Zone, Pretty Little Death Machine; Static Revolt and Black Market Candy; The Bushpilots unleash their new CD at the Elmdale with Cloud of Rock; Ted Robinson is at the Rainbow; Irene's plays host to Victor Nesrallah and Mark Crissinger.