100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #9 Kraftwerk – Autobahn

Released: 1975 Was it any suprise that the seeds of ultra-modernism came from Europe? A region which had undergone a … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #10 Gary Numan – Cars

Released: 1979 Up until late 1979 synthesizers had remained firmly inside the domain of the serious professional musician. As Tubeway … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #11 Nick Drake – Hazy Jane I

Released: 1971 One of the most surprising aspects of Nick Drake’s lasting posthumous success is that there is so little … More

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