Being a veteran in the music industry – unless you’re one of the mega stars, with a back catalogue which…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #36 China Crisis – African and White
Released : 1982 Liverpool has always made a noise apart, despite the obvious hangover – some city natives will tell…
Idles – Ultra Mono review
December 2019, Leeds: the atmosphere at that Idles gig, precisely one week before the general election, is one of positivity,…
Roachford – Twice In A Lifetime review
For artists of a certain career length different options present themselves; in the last decade plus, former “pop” stars –…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #37 Big Country – Where The Rose Is Sown
Released : 1984 At the forefront of “Celtic rock” musical arms race with U2 and Simple Minds – all three…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #38 Prince – Sign O’ The Times
Released: 1987 Some people spend decades trying to write the perfect song, one that will catapult them to fame and…
Young Knives – Barbarians review
If, as one half of Young Knives Henry Dartnell has stated about Barbarians each of their albums usually has some…
Tricky – Fall To Pieces review
Tricky’s autobiography Hell Is Around The Corner was an archetypal bad boy made good story, as the man who found…
Afflecks Palace – Everything Is An Attempt To Be Human EP review
The term “Nu-Madchester” isn’t newly minted; back in 2008 The Guardian were musing jokily whether to apply it to the…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #39 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Released : 1985 Telling Kate Bush’s story in three thousand words would be impossible, let alone around 300, so we…
The Voice Of Unreason 