June, 1998. A friend of mine has leant me two albums; one is Adam F’s Colours, a more than palatable … More
Category: Classics Series
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.”
Weekender #3 : The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land
“…Set in motion a chain of events which vitalised strains of rock and hip-hop, paving the way for nu-metal, the UK grime scene and – decades later – influencing American acts like Death Grips.”
The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land review
“Firestarter, a grappling hook of a track featuring snippets of The Breeders and Art of Noise and whose promotional video gave us Keith Flint seemingly in the midst of demonic possession. It was brilliant.”
Weekender #2 Air – Moon Safari
For the second in the Weekender series it’s time to revisit arguably the first post-Britpop classic, Air’s debut album Moon … More