Released: 2004 Music has a love/hate relationship with it’s own universal weakness for derivation; the chances are you’ve heard this … More
Tag: New Wave
A Flock of Seagulls – Live in Leeds review
Queuing behind us for the bar at the Brudenell Social Club are a boy and a girl, the latter of … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #7 Blondie Hanging on the Telephone/Heart of Glass
Released: 1978 & 1979 Sometimes impossible decisions can only be resolved by compromise. Attempting to capture the impact of Blondie’s … 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 #53 Squeeze – Take Me, I’m Yours
Released: 1978 One of music’s defining qualities as an art form is it’s subjectivity; such is it prone to influence … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #55 The Police – Walking On the Moon
Released: 1979 Whilst you could spend hours debating what was punk and what was not, The Police were definitely not … More
Wire – Not About To Die review
The idea of the bootleg is one lost to the mid-late 20th century, so quickly for context it was the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #59 Ian Dury and the Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Released : 1978 “Haven’t you heard” Ian Dury enquired of whoever was going by the name of ‘Mike Stand’ at … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #69 The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
Released : 1979 All publicity is good publicity, at least if you’re trying to sell a new band with no … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #77 XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
Released : 1979 Talking about his experience whilst on tour to Pete Paphides in 2004, XTC singer, songwriter and willing/unwilling … More