Blancmange – Private View review

Normally in music terms people are reunited with other band members, but for Blancmange – effectively Neil Arthur and friends … More

Editors – EBM review

Change is a multi-faceted and continuous process, but before we get off like this is a therapy session, it’s worth … More

Zola Jesus – Arkhon review

The pandemic stresses of the last few years have prompted most artists to reframe their ways of working, but in … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #65 Sparks – The Number One Song in Heaven

Released: 1979 Or, when Ron and Russell met Giorgio. Back in Los Angeles following a spell in England, the brothers … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #68 Tubeway Army – Are Friends Electric?

Released: 1979 “I’m over the top paranoid” confessed Gary Numan – who at the time still essentially was Tubeway Army … More

Confidence Man – Tilt review

For Confidence Man’s Janet Planet, it’s more than just a band name. Tilt opens with Woman, on which the never … More

White Lies – As I Try Not To Fall Apart review

Seeing most of their contemporaries – Delphic, Editors, Late of The Pier, Friendly Fires – fall more or less by … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #91 Japan – Quiet Life

Released : 1979 As the trickle of synth pop bands at the end of the decade became a wave, there … More

100 Greatest Tracks of the 70’s #94 The Human League – Being Boiled

Released : 1978 In 1977 the city of Sheffield, as has already been established, felt itself estranged from the phenomenon … More

100 Greatest Songs of The 80’s #11 Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)

Released : 1982 One person is always first to the moment. Whilst Morrissey was singing about being ill and Bono … More