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Brighton relocated to London newcomers alphabet are just three songs into their career, but have already made some noteworthy fans such as Fontaines D.C. and Shame. And they are definitely RIYL for fans of that modern flavour of post-punk, though they go back to the old school for the foundation, adding a healthy dollop of […]
One of the first questions after the Oasis reunion tour was announced last Fall was, “who’s in the band?” and many/most assumed that Andy Bell would pick up his bass guitar and resume the low-end duties he held with the band for a decade, up until their break-up in 2009 – a dissolution which, of […]
Ghosts of Christmas Past is a seasonal compilation from Belgian label Les Disques du Crepuscule that collected seasonal songs from an assortment of European indie acts such as Aztec Camera and Cabaret Voltaire. It was initially released in 1981, and then subsequently reissued over the years with slightly modified track lists over the years. The […]
It probably doesn’t need to be said out loud, but the ’80s were a weird time. In the ’70s, Wire were the genre-busting art school firebrands redefining punk, and on their second resurrection in the early 21st century, they were the angry elder statesmen of art rock. But their second incarnation, where they absorbed the […]
As mentioned, part of the promotion around the release of New Order’s Brotherhood: The Definitive Edition was the second season of the excellent Transmissions podcast that tracks the history of the band through the “World In Motion” single. One of the choice tidbits was the origins of the “Touched By The Hand Of God” single, […]
Pretty quiet day on the internet if you’re not a retail outlet, so I’ll wrap up the week/month with this complete live Chameleons show, professionally recorded in multi-camera style by French filmmaker Sébastien Faits-Divers, from almost exactly a year ago in Porto, Portugal. This was not one of the Strange Times shows that kept the […]
After an eternity of variable length – 16 years since their last studio album, five years since it was recorded, two years since Robert Smith revealed its title, and over a year since the world tour for it concluded, The Cure’s Songs From A Lost World is finally out… or so I’m told, as no […]
I included a typically poor quality version of this live Siouxsie & The Banshees performance in my “Halloween” Halloween post in 2021, but since then some kind soul has remastered the clip of them performing at Warwick University in 1981 for BBC’s Rock Goes To College series such that it’s worth re-sharing, including these notes […]
Catalyzed by the passing of founding guitarist Andy Gill in 2020, Gang Of Four reformed their almost-original lineup in 2022 for a legacy-celebrating world tour to coincide with the 77-81 box set. They have since declared that 2025 will be the year they say farewell, with one more North American tour slated for next year […]
And here we are with taste number two of The Cure’s forthcoming Songs Of A Lost World. “A Fragile Thing” is, as Robert Smith put it in a video interview clip reported on by NME: “It’s the ‘love song’ of the album, but it’s not really a love song in the way that [1989’s] ‘Lovesong’ […]
