It seems that the clue was in the title of the Arctic Monkeys first album, Whatever People Say I Am,…
Architects – the classic symptoms of a broken spirit review
What with the changing nature of the music industry, the number one albums club is becoming a very inclusive one.…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #27 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Released: 1975 It’s never been definitively established what the optimal temperature is for revenge being served, but it’s certainly a…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #28 Elton John – Benny and the Jets
Released: 1973 The journey from rock to pop star and vice versa leaves scars alright – ask Bruce Springsteen –…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #29 Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
Released: 1979 Pink Floyd’s first single since 1968 proved to be one of the decade’s most unlikely hits, largely due…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #30 Roxy Music – Love Is the Drug
Released: 1975 The wikipedia entry for Love Is the Drug keeps it simple, explaining that (singer Bryan) ‘Ferry’s lyrics recount…
Simple Minds – Direction of the Heart review
Interviewed in Q prior to the release of Street Fighting Years in 1989, Simple Minds front man Jim Kerr was…
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Special Edition review
Hearing things is something label execs do. They like to hear hits, they like to hear radio-friendliness and they like…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #32 Television – Marquee Moon
Released: 1977 Call it fate, call it lack of imagination, call it whatever you want, but many of the records…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #31 Earth, Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland
Released: 1979 Six weeks after Boogie Wonderland’s release Steve Dahl held his knuckle dragger’s ball in Chicago; perhaps the outcome…
The Voice Of Unreason 