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Tom Verlaine (1949-2023)

Published April 6, 2023January 28, 2023

Tom Verlaine has died. Frontman and guitarist of Television, Verlaine – born Tom Miller – was a musician and guitarist whose influence on modern rock music is immeasurable, despite his band always remaining a cult – albeit a large cult – concern. He has certainly been one of my favourite players, alongside bandmate Richard Lloyd, […]

Elevation: The Endless Anniversaries of Television’s Marquee Moon

Published April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

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 […]