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In hard times having a sense of unity is important. After a decade of largely trouble-free existence as a band…
Blur – The Ballad of Darren review
September, 1993. A furious, London-living quartet are being interviewed by the Melody Maker’s Stud Brothers in a pub near Stamford…
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Released: 2000 When asked by Ben Thompson of Mojo about a potential scene developing in the West Midlands made up…
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Life in the music industry is a precarious one in the twenties, and to paraphrase the venerated British character actor…
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Released: 2000 By the start of the 21st century what had become known as UK Garage had been totally commercialised,…
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #54 Trashcan Sinatras – Weightlifting
Released: 2004 In a game stuffed full of liars telling their lies the biggest one is always the false piety…
PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying review
For Polly Jean Harvey repetition is the scourge of creativity. During the process of making her last album, 2016’s The…
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Released: 2001 Pop culture history has revealed one truth way more times than any other: what goes around, comes around.…