100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s #82 Black Flag – Six Pack

Released: 1981 Michael Azerrad’s beyond essential book Our Band Could Be Your Life tells the story of how a handful … More

Baxter Dury – The Night Chancers review

“Dury’s reached into a personal A-Z of his West London habitat, the streets paved with beggars and hustlers, everyone playing a role and on the take, from the social media trolls” sketched on Saliva Hog to Sleep People’s and it’s puddle-deep fashionistas.”

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #83 Grace Jones – Slave To The Rhythm

Released : 1985 There was always a danger that the Grace Jones brand – if such terminology had even been … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s #84 Momus – A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy, Parts 17-24

Released : 1988 The 1980’s was a decade whose pop glamour attracted many to it, novices staring through the window … More

The Orielles – Disco Volador review

When Chic talked about good times all those years ago, did anybody say that there was some kind of limit … More

Real Estate – The Main Thing review

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the people behind the microphone are human beings too: The Main Thing is Real … More

Sheafs – Vox Pop EP review

There’s never been a more watched – or manipulated – generation than the one born this millennium but for Sheafs, … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #85 Sueño Latino – Sueño Latino

Released : 1989 Italo-House’s finest hour might’ve been Ride On Time, but it’s apex was Sueño Latino, a feature length … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #86 Icehouse – Hey Little Girl

Released : 1982 Iva Davies – the creative fulcrum of Icehouse, one of Australia’s most successful bands of the pre-Hutchence … More

Nada Surf – Never Not Together review

Music career veteranhood – for this is surely where Nada Surf find themselves now after more than 20 years – … More