Everyone adored their hit single, ‘Since Yesterday’, but Strawberry Switchblade’s eponymous album had many more beautiful songs. In their aesthetic and musical DNA lies a plethora of influences. Sixties icons Brigitte Bardot and The Shangri-Las. Their look is the first obvious jumping -off point. There’s a strong goth look in the Siouxsie-esque make-up and corsets,Continue reading “Anatomy Of A Classic: Strawberry Switchblade”
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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 8: Update
Mama Ru’s latest batch of UK queens: bloody hell, they’re a shady lot and no mistake. Don’t hold back, bitches! No sooner had the dust settled on the KY Kelly v Paris Baby furore, than there were yet more kerfuffles. Even the brilliantly named Anita Piss (pictured below) was getting in on the in-fights, andContinue reading “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 8: Update”
In Praise of Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois, the French – American artist who died in 2010 at the age of 98, was pure punk. She was best known for her casts of clothes, bodies and meat, but also her incredible large-scale sculptures, like the 30 foot tall spider called ‘Maman’. The reason for its title was that she adored herContinue reading “In Praise of Louise Bourgeois”
Film Review: The Rolling Stones:Stones In Exile
Talk about first world problems. This insightful documentary from Stephen Kijak follows the (in)famous moment in rock history when The Stones were living as tax exiles in France in 1972, recording the classic, frankly brilliant ‘Exile On Main Street’ . Baked…and then there’s BAKED. Keef, chilling in the sun. In their fabulous interior at VilleContinue reading “Film Review: The Rolling Stones:Stones In Exile”
Sunday Hymn: The Avalanches- Frontier Psychiatrist
The Avalanches’ debut ‘Since I Left You’ is still an absolute doozy. I like this track very much. You have to admire a band who can fuse old western soundtracks with kitschy jazz and Francine Fishpaw (Divine) from ‘Polyester’ It’s an absolute banger. I worked in retail in Glasgow for a long time, and toContinue reading “Sunday Hymn: The Avalanches- Frontier Psychiatrist”
Album Review: Death Valley Girls-Welcome To Earth
Picture credit: Sheva Kafai Portents of red moons,flowers and cosmic symbols? Must be the new album from Death Valley Girls. The gals who once convinced Iggy Pop to do an Andy Warhol and eat a burger in their ‘Disaster’ video, are back, with a few changes to their winning formula, but it’s still recognisably them.Continue reading “Album Review: Death Valley Girls-Welcome To Earth”
Anatomy of A Classic: Siouxsie and The Banshees- Peepshow
The apotheosis of everything they’d done up to that point, Siouxsie and The Banshees’ ninth album ‘Peepshow’ released in 1988, was arguably the best of their work, next to ‘JuJu’. Influenced by the flickering expressionist shadows of early German cinema, the Weimar Republic and torch songs, the album saw Siouxsie take off her signature CleopatraContinue reading “Anatomy of A Classic: Siouxsie and The Banshees- Peepshow”
Autumn
Strange that the colours of fire appear in the coldest half of the year
Lucifer Over Perthshire: Sabrina Carpenter
Can you smell it? The sweet scent of capitalism. Sabrina Carpenter can. She would do anything for money. Yet another Disney gal gone bad, Ms Carpenter continues the trajectory of what the lascivious, prurient tabloids call the “she’s all grown up now” column, whereby it’s legitimate to openly ogle at young women, because, after all,Continue reading “Lucifer Over Perthshire: Sabrina Carpenter”
Trailer: What Do You Do For An Encore?
Garth Jennings ‘ forthcoming Pulp documentary is a real labour of love. He’s long been associated with the Britpop era as he’s worked with Blur making videos as part of Hammer and Tongs, and has also documented even earlier eighties pop culture on the nostalgic kids’ comedy ‘Son Of Rambow’. He’s worked with Pulp before,Continue reading “Trailer: What Do You Do For An Encore?”
