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On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Cocteau Twins’ final studio album Milk & Kisses, Spin talked to bassist Simon Raymonde about the making of the record and the band’s final days. I literally traversed the globe looking for one of the 2017 Record Store Day double-disc presses of this record (struck out in […]
I could have sworn the first place I heard The Sound was on the TV or more accurately, on my phone as I watched episodes of downloaded TV on my way to work, don’t @ me) and I assumed that the show was Deadly Class – the one-season comic-book adaptation of an assassin’s school boasting […]
Finding info on indie Japanese bands is not so easy; I had to sift through three bands with the same name (and one anime series) just to make sure I had the right people in the promo photo. But as far as I’ve been able to discern, they’re a four-piece from Shiga prefecture in Japan, […]
It bewildered me that this song was not an official single from Gang Of Four‘s 1979 debut Entertainment!, but according to this piece at 53rd and 3rd, the band refused to allow it to go to radio because it was too accessible. Which was a very Gang Of Four thing to do, and in the […]
While its presence on the YouTubes is a little dubious – it was commercially released on DVD in 2008 – the world is a better place for the ability to watch Talk Talk perform in stunning quality at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in July 11th 1986, circa The Colour Of Spring, and part […]
In honour of the 29th anniversary of Ride’s Going Blank Again – March 9, 1992 – here’s the video for the second track and the second single from the album and the clip from their live Live At Brixton DVD included as a bonus on the 2012 20th anniversary reissue of the album.
Mogwai‘s 1999 second album Come On Die Young might not have gotten as good reviews as their debut Young Team – and it’s not my favourite of theirs either – it holds a special place in my heart as the first Mogwai record I heard, starting a devotion to their music that has waxed and […]
Sonic Cathedral, keepers and champions of all things ‘gazey, are doing something really cool to mark the 30th anniversary of the year that was a seminal one for the shoegazing scene. I could list some of those moments off, but that is the entire purpose of their mini-rolling blog which is highlighting and reminiscing about […]
German Krautrock progenitors Can can be a trip to get into, and I will admit I haven’t fully gotten the trick to it. But their influence and importance is undeniable, and I can definitely enjoy their 1972 album Ege Bamyasi, and its most accessible moment – and probably the band’s overall – is a great, […]
Stepping back a bit from my John McGeoch worship-angle of discussing Siouxsie & The Banshees, music portal Louder has posted an extensive retrospective of the band’s career originally published in the January 2021 issue of Classic Rock magazine. I’ve recently been appreciating the other portions of their catalog, particularly the post-McGeoch records; John Carruthers and […]
