People often forget this album, and I don’t know why. Possibly it’s the ubiquity of curated playlists, or the attention span of the 21st century- so many people don’t have time to listen to whole albums anymore. It’s a masterpiece, either way. The eighth studio album saw the band losing Lol Tolhurst and Robert SmithContinue reading “Overlooked Classics: The Cure- Disintegration”
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“A Teenage Dream’s So Hard To Beat”
I can’t quite wrap my head around the fact that it’s just over twenty years since we lost the great John Peel. For anyone at all interested in music beyond the mainstream- from glam to punk to drum ‘n’ bass, Peel championed all of it. It’s hard to imagine the musical landscape without his legacyContinue reading ““A Teenage Dream’s So Hard To Beat””
Lucifer Over Lanarkshire: Rocky Horror Sucks
Every year at the Samhain, or Halloween, season, musical theatre lovers break out their basques, fishnets and eyeliner and strut to theatres to see ‘The Rocky Horror Show’. Created by Richard O’Brien in the seventies, it fused glam rock with kitsch horror and has become a staple of repeated stage and screen experiences worldwide. ButContinue reading “Lucifer Over Lanarkshire: Rocky Horror Sucks”
Album Review: Zombina and the Skeletones- The Call of Zombina
Liverpool garage horror fiends Zombina and The Skeletones have been doing their own creepy, kooky-ooky -ooky thing since 1998, and this new album, just out in time for The Witching Season, is a nice mix of ghoulish Hammer Horror and itchy riffage. It should sate fans of Death Valley Girls, The Cramps and Pebbles compilationsContinue reading “Album Review: Zombina and the Skeletones- The Call of Zombina”
Lost In Music:The Very Things – The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes
Happy Samhain, kitty cats and sewer rats. Here’s one from the crypt to chill your blod (sic). The Very Things were a band very much beloved by the late great DJ John Peel. This is their timeless classic, like ‘The Monster Mash’ on LSD. Enjoy, but don’t have nightmares…
Overlooked Classics: Rachel’s – Music For Egon Schiele
I’ve always hated that apostrophe in the chamber music band – it’s as though the band were running a diner or something.I suspect it was due to the band being the brainchild of pianist and composer Rachel Grimes. Regardless of dubious punctuation marks, though, the Kentucky band were always makers of exquisite music, drawing asContinue reading “Overlooked Classics: Rachel’s – Music For Egon Schiele”
Album Review: Yoo Doo Right -From The Heights Of Our Pastureland
The third album from the enigmatic Montreal trio is, in their own words, a rumination about “the storm of colonialism, the collapse of capitalism and the massive undertaking it is to rebuild with past mistakes taken into deep consideration”. The enormity of such thematic concerns is encapsulated by the band’s glorious instrumentation. The title track,Continue reading “Album Review: Yoo Doo Right -From The Heights Of Our Pastureland”
Talking To A About Electro
I’m talking to A about electro. I quite like A. She’s looking at me the way you indulge a child who’s learned a new word, and with a slight superiority. She’s smiling in a half grimace, head tilted slightly. She means well, though. I’m going on about Frankie Knuckles. I do not know if AContinue reading “Talking To A About Electro”
Album Review: Geordie Greep- The New Sound
Trust Geordie Greep , former lead singer of the endlessly inventive Black Midi, to blend a huge cocktail of genres for this, his debut solo album. Much of his work is all about pulling together genres to create something unique and wilfully bonkers. Take the first single to be lifted from the album, ‘Holy Holy’.Continue reading “Album Review: Geordie Greep- The New Sound”
Album Review: Nubya Garcia – Odyssey
It’s hard to believe that this is only the second studio album from tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia, such is her effortless sounding, voluptuous playing and compositional skill. The range of moods here, too, often takes others a lifetime to perfect. ‘Clarity’ for example, is a slow-burning dreamscape with a hypnotic melody line. The shimmering ‘Solstice’Continue reading “Album Review: Nubya Garcia – Odyssey”
Hit The North 