Released: 1971 One of the most surprising aspects of Nick Drake’s lasting posthumous success is that there is so little … 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 70’s #12 The Specials – Gangsters
Released: 1979 The main strength of punk’s radicalism was that it didn’t begin and end in punk itself, which had … More
The Cure – Live at Leeds Arena review
8.15, Tuesday night. A suitably chill wind is blowing outside Leeds’ First Direct Arena as the crowds gather for a … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #13 Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Released: 1979 The first single from the Off The Wall album. Discussion here.
White Lung – Premonition review
Most times where a period of five years has elapsed between albums there’s a some kind of back story that … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #14 David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
Released: 1974 Winning formulas were once upon a time everything when it came to music fame and success. Pop’s architecture … More
Royksopp – Profound Mysteries III review
When Svein Berger and Torbjørn Brundtland told the world in 2014 that The Inevitable End was more than just the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #15 Chic – Good Times
Released: 1979 There had been a particularly troglodyte response to disco’s rise throughout the seventies, it’s many haters judging it … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #16 Bob Marley and The Wailers – Jamming
Released: 1977 It’s a head spinning piece of counterintuition, but one of the accusations made of Bob Marley as he … More
Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil reissue review
From Georgia, the (then) quartet Black Lips seemed to rise without a trace; despite Good Bad Not Evil being their … More
The Voice Of Unreason 