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The Smiths – Meat Is Murder review

“Meat is Murder was the point where cerebral met celibate and the social, political and cultural ley lines of this island nation were united under a flag of The Smiths’ convenience. At the time, most other things seemed pointless.”

Jonny Marr, Meat Is Murder, Morrissey, The Smiths

The Chameleons – Live In Toronto

“You ache to have been there. Afterwards the band strolled anonymously into the warm Canadian night, just ordinary people, making remarkable music.”

Live In Toronto, Mark Burgess, The Chameleons

Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll review

“Mylo proves that there is art into splicing together his petty thefts and making the whole a dippy, dance-tastic sum greater than it’s mostly forgotten parts.”

Destroy Rock & Roll, Mylo

Hüsker Dü- Candy Apple Grey review

“Don’t wanna know if you are lonely” should be fed to cheating lovers with their breakfast cereal; “Sorry Somehow” spits deep into the cavernous hole your heart was ripped from.”

Bob Mould, Candy Apple Grey review, Grant Hart, Husker Du, Post Hardcore, Post Punk

Boards of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children review

“Beats chug, disembodied voices carry, somnambulant washes rise and fall apparently in a state of drug induced hypnosis and the endless doctoring removes the root ethic of the sounds, but then renders them back into something intrinsically familiar.”

Boards Of Canada, Eoin Sandison, Marcus Sandison, Music Has The Right To Children, Red Moon, Warp

The Gun Club – Fire of Love review

Originally released 31st August 1981. Review originally published April 1st, 2007. Author’s note: The first drafts of this piece were…

Blues, Fire of Love, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Punk, The Gun Club

Fun Lovin’ Criminals – 100% Colombian review

Originally Released 17th November 1998. Review published in it’s original form 1st April 2007. Amongst many other things, the Criminals’…

100% Colombian, Fun Lovin Criminals, Funk, Hip-Hop, Huey Morgan, Soul

New Order – Technique

Originally released 30th January 1989. Review originally posted 29th August 2007. Of all of the Mancunian’s albums between Movement and…

Acid House, Bernard Sumner, Factory, New Order, Peter Hook, Review, Technique

Burial – The Man behind the mask

Feature, originally published 21st August 2008. A few weeks ago a young British artist updated his MySpace blog and added…

Burial, Dubstep, Will Bevan

Ballistic Brothers – Rude System review

Originally released 18th July 1997. Review originally posted 29th June 2008. So 1997 then; a pivotal year for dance music…

Ashley Beadle, Ballistic Brothers, House, Review

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