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Things to read from elsewhere
While most peoples’ “all-time favourite desert island discs” lists tend to coincide with whatever they were listening to in their late teens/early twenties when their musical tastes were coalescing/calcifying – mine certainly did, at least when I kept such a list – sometimes you come across a record much later in life that is instantly […]
It’s not inaccurate to call John McGeoch one of the patron saints of this here blog, because my excitement at discovering the Magazine/Siouxsie & The Banshees/Public Image Limited guitarist a few years ago and wanting to talk about him to, well, anyone/no one, was one of the reasons I started blogging again – it took […]
I’m kind of hype-averse to the point of self-detriment – Not in a house, not with a mouse, not in a box, not with a fox! – but thought my initial disinterest in the Isle Of Wight’s hottest musical export since I have no idea who else is from the Isle Of Wight was based […]
Anniversary thinkpieces have become one of the cornerstones of media criticism/journalism and while a lot of it is just digital noise, sometimes great records beget great writing. This is not to say that everything written about Television’s 1977 debut album Marquee Moon is brilliant – although the record itself unequivocally is – there has been […]
Roxy Music – the eponymous debut from Roxy Music turns 50 years old this year, and the occasion is being most correctly honoured with an unexpected reunion tour – see you in the cheap seats at the opening show in September – but today I’m more interested in talking about their last album, Avalon, which […]
Saluting of one of the most satisfying combinations of melody and gibberish, “Kidney Bingos”, the single from Wire’s 1988 album A Bell Is A Cup… Until It Is Struck. In a 1988 interview with McGill University radio station CKUT, Colin Newman offered these thoughts on the song: “There’s always been a very strong pop element […]
Japanese musical equipment powerhouse Roland turns 50 years old this year, and they’re celebrating the milestone with some pretty cool festivities. They’ve taken their 808303.studio online real estate, which previously housed a pretty cool brower-based version of two of their legendary instruments – the TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 bass synth – and added a […]
This year marks the 40th anniversary of XTC’s fifth album, English Settlement, a record that represents the inflection point in the band’s career between the frantic, high-energy post-punk they made their name with to the more orchestrated, pastoral sounds that defined the remainder of their active years. It also marked the final record that the […]
By the numbers – it’s telling that Gang Of Four in 2022 are clearly bookending themselves with the years 1977 and 1981. That was the period captured in last year’s deluxe box set 77-81, which comprised Entertainment! and Solid Gold and singles of the era. Two of the founding members – vocalist Jon King and […]
When I did this roundup of versions of Magazine’s “A Song From Under The Floorboards” back in November, I certainly didn’t think I’d be needing to make an addendum a few months later, but here we are. And that’s because none other than The Wedding Present have tackled the song as the b-side on their […]
