For artists of a certain career length different options present themselves; in the last decade plus, former “pop” stars – … More
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Hi, my name is Andy & I live in Leeds, in northern England. I've been writing about music for more than ten years. My work outside of this blog is featured on Live4ever and Contact Music.
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #37 Big Country – Where The Rose Is Sown
Released : 1984 At the forefront of “Celtic rock” musical arms race with U2 and Simple Minds – all three … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #38 Prince – Sign O’ The Times
Released: 1987 Some people spend decades trying to write the perfect song, one that will catapult them to fame and … More
Young Knives – Barbarians review
If, as one half of Young Knives Henry Dartnell has stated about Barbarians each of their albums usually has some … More
Tricky – Fall To Pieces review
Tricky’s autobiography Hell Is Around The Corner was an archetypal bad boy made good story, as the man who found … More
Afflecks Palace – Everything Is An Attempt To Be Human EP review
The term “Nu-Madchester” isn’t newly minted; back in 2008 The Guardian were musing jokily whether to apply it to the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #39 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Released : 1985 Telling Kate Bush’s story in three thousand words would be impossible, let alone around 300, so we … More
Doves – The Universal Want review
Blog exclusive – Doves return after a decade away with The Universal Want.
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #40 R.E.M It’s The End Of The World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)
Released : 1987 What’s the difference between sleeping and being awake? Michael Stipe claims that It’s The End Of The … More
Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess review
The wellspring of creativity is a thing not to be defined or understood; some songwriters like to shake their fists … More
The Voice Of Unreason 