Released: 1973 Similar to the legacies of other mavericks like Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Elliot Smith or Delia Darbyshire, the understanding … More
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100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #68 Tubeway Army – Are Friends Electric?
Released: 1979 “I’m over the top paranoid” confessed Gary Numan – who at the time still essentially was Tubeway Army … More
Belle And Sebastian – A Bit of Previous review
The title of Belle and Sebastian’s tenth studio album was inspired by the Buddhist precept of reincarnation, a notion that … More
Rolling Blackouts, Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms review
The idea of a lock down album has long become reductive; whilst most confinements were in a basic sense physically … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #69 The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
Released : 1979 All publicity is good publicity, at least if you’re trying to sell a new band with no … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #70 Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution
Released : 1978 Much has been made of the early close relationship between punk and reggae – both outsider musics … More
C Duncan – Alluvium review
The past is history and history is the past and what we choose to do with it depends on mood … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #71 Suicide – Ghost Rider
Released : 1977 Alan Vega and Martin Rev’s music felt alien from the beginning: created in an environment where New … More
May 2022’s New Music Playlist
Updated 16.05.22 Get the list here. Kicking off the month with new tunes from Bloc Party, Florence & The Machine, … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #72 KC And The Sunshine Band – That’s The Way (I Like It)
Released: 1975 Working on the obscure TK Records label (Taken from the studio of the same name based in Miami) … More
The Voice Of Unreason 