100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #87 Visage – Fade To Grey

Released : 1980 Less (in)famous than it’s counterpart in Manchester of the same year, the Sex Pistols gig in Caerphilly … More

Bambara – Stray review

Ghosts have always been used as inspiration for songwriters, from Johnny Remember Me to Stan Ridgway’s Camouflage and well beyond. … More

February’s Best Albums

Album of the month: Stray by Bambara (Read the review here) Also great: Tame Impala – Slow Rush Read the … More

February’s Best New Music

The month’s finest tunes from Seafret, Isobell Campbell, Soccer Mommy, Tame Impala, Bambara, Son Little, and The Orielles

100 Greatest Songs of the ’80’s #79 Lil’ Louis – French Kiss

Released : 1989 Dancing has been part of the human mating ritual for thousands of years, so if strutting it … More

Grimes – Miss Anthropocene review

So many artists who find fame end up missing what they never had, but Claire Boucher seems to be in … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s #88 The Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom

Released : 1980 From Handsworth in Birmingham, The Beat seemed to embody the Two-tone movement’s spirit of racial harmony and … More

Tame Impala – The Slow Rush review

We’ve reached an age where nothing should surprise us any more, but Tame Impala’s rise from back room project to … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #89 – Change – Change of Heart

Released : 1984 It’s possible to think that there was nothing much of value between the collapse of disco in … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #90 Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio

Released : 1982 America had quite a hard time coming to terms with punk, who’s impact was limited mostly to … More