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Jun 22 min read
192) Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat
I like(d) weird stuff and as we know was quite quick to slate anything because I was an arrogant arse. However, the odd pop song would...
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May 301 min read
191) Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
When I thought I would start to write these amateur thirty second reads I asked for requests as I couldn’t subject people to my music, my...
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May 262 min read
190) The Fall - Levitate
Remember folks times these were tough for The Fall after Light User Syndrome, we had lost members and Mark was losing the plot, well now...
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May 222 min read
189) Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
In 1999 I was still avidly searching the music press for anything and suddenly Flaming Lips were everywhere, I had heard of them, but...
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May 192 min read
188) Electrafixion - Burned
Review ninety-nine looked at Echo & the Bunnymen Reverberation which is an album that has been consigned to history as Ian McCulloch was...
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May 162 min read
187) Cocteau Twins - Treasure
I used to record John Peel on a 90-minute tape and then listen back and if he played a song, I liked I copied it onto my playlist tapes...
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May 122 min read
186) Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple appeared in 1996 and won numerous praise and awards. I listened to her first album, Tidal. There was talent clearly but...
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May 82 min read
185) Slow Readers Club - Cavalcade
Everyone has had that moment when their parent has said “What’s that you are listening to?” You respond and the parent replies “never...
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May 52 min read
184) Lush - Lovelife
Music biographies can be bland and not really tell you much more than you already know. Step forward Miki Berenyi with her autobiography...
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May 22 min read
183) Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away
I know the name, nothing more. I had a read online and found out he studied in Edinburgh, hope he had nights through in Glasgow, imagine...
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Apr 282 min read
182) The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
I get what they did, I really do. I understand Lennon McCartney writing their own songs was a revelation and clearly George Harrison was...
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Apr 242 min read
181) Wrens - Secaucus
Like many things in my life what I know about Wrens could be written on the back of a postage stamp. When I do my usual shake of the head...
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Apr 212 min read
180) The Fall - The Light User Syndrome
We knew Dave Bush was for the off and sure enough he received his letter advising him he had been sacked. In came Julia Nagle, and this...
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Apr 182 min read
179) Radiohead - Pablo Honey
A band with nine studio albums to their name and record sales in excess of twenty million Radiohead are one of the most successful band...
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Apr 152 min read
178) Pet Shop Boys - Please
It’s the mid 80’s I’m home from school fourteen or fifteen and remember if you have read any previous reviews the biggest expert on music...
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Apr 102 min read
177) White Stripes - Elephant
The White Stripes were one of those bands that I could take or leave. I would hear something and like it but never felt compelled to buy...
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Apr 72 min read
176) House Of All - Continuum
Remember a year ago we had the debut album from House Of All. If you don’t then give it a go as it was the album of 2023. They have...
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Apr 32 min read
175) Redskins - Neither Washington Nor Moscow
You speak to people of a similar age about music, and you may mention a band, or artist and they say they have heard of them but never...
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Apr 12 min read
174) Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
The Manic arrived all over the music press and Richey Edwards was good for a quote. No one will forget the picture after he carved “4...
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Mar 272 min read
173) The Armoury Show - Waiting for the Floods
We have had reviews of Magazine and PIL where John McGeoch has been mentioned and let’s not forget his immense contribution to Siouxsie &...
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