It’s a cliche but it’s true: the history of Britpop was written by the winners, a bunch of ambitious souls … More
Category: Classics Series
Bark Psychosis – ///Codename:Dustsucker Review
Released in 1994 Bark Psychosis’ debut Hex was such a cathartic work that erstwhile critic Simon Reynolds coined the phrase … More
Future Sound of London – ISDN Review
“They made music that they once described as “Immersive soup”, but here the tone is more about the abstract, far out places of experimentation which echo the krautrock, free jazz and psychedelic nuances which became their later avatars.”
Ghosts On The Wire – 20 Years of Music Has The Right To Children
June, 1998. A friend of mine has leant me two albums; one is Adam F’s Colours, a more than palatable … More
Weekender #8 Goldie – Timeless
Like all good urban legends, the tale of how Clifford Joseph Price, formerly of Walsall and then London via Miami … More
Goldie – Timeless Review
Released 12th September 1995. An upfront, bastard child of rave, Jungle had until 1993 remained firmly underground, it’s shredding bass … More
Weekender #6 Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
There was an inevitability to the re-emergence of the hirsute, check shirted urban wilderness man; as a species we’d survived … More
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes Review
“In the gospel and flute body of Your Protector finally the devil gets to run free.”
The The – Infected Review
“Devil incarnate Ronald Reagan lay hidden amongst the rows of high cotton.”
Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers Review
a ribald, seaside postcard “..attitude in salutation of a national psyche weighed down by generations of sexual repression.”
