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Holding on for tomorrow… and all our yesterdays – talking Blur with Dave Rowntree
At the risk of reigniting that phoney Battle of the Bands nonsense, the major hype (and then some) the mainstream press caught on to over a supposed Blur vs Oasis feud was never where I was at in the mid-1990s. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alex James, Blur, BritPop, Cara Tivey, Colchester, Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree, For Tomorrow, Graham Coxon, Leisure, London, Maison Rouge, Modern Life Is Rubbish, No One You Know, Oasis, Parklife, She's So High, Slade, Stephen Street, Yeovil
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Stay to the End – from Senseless Things to Loup GarouX via Gorillaz, Delakota and Deadcuts, with Cass Browne
Considered Senseless Things’ classic album, The First of Too Many has received the triple CD and double 12-inch coloured vinyl LP expansion and revision treatment, three decades after its initial release. And it serves as a fitting tribute to lead … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Martin, Ben Harding, Blur, Buzzcocks, Cass Browne, Damon Albarn, Deadcuts, Deadline, Delakota, Echo and the Bunnymen, Gorillaz, Hammersmith Clarendon, Harvey Birrell, Jamie Hewlett, London, Loup GarouX, Mark Keds, Mega City Four, Mick Jones, Morgan Nicholls, Paul Simonon, Postcard CV, Senseless Things, Steve Diggle, Tank Girl, The Clash, The First of Too Many, The Replacements, Twickenham, Wiz
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The Best of Times with the Right Reverend – back in touch with Jon McClure
Reverend and the Makers’ frontman Jon McClure was enjoying a little home time in South Yorkshire ahead of his band’s latest UK jaunt when I called. And Sheffield is clearly still at the epicentre of his universe, a dozen years … Continue reading →
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Tagged Action Records, Arctic Monkeys, Bring Me the Horizon, Damon Albarn, Ed Cosens, Heavyweight Champion of the World, Joe Strummer, Jon McClure, Martyn Ware, Mick Jones, Paul Carrack, Preston, Pulp, Reverend and The Makers, Richard Hawley, Sheffield, Sophie and the Giants, Stocksbridge, The Boardwalk, The Specials, The State of Things, University of Sheffield
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Welcome to The Magnetic North – in conversation with Simon Tong
Simon Tong may still be best known in some quarters for his guitar and keyboard work with The Verve, but he’s certainly been a busy lad since leaving them in 1999. In fact, that period accounted for just three years … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barnsley. Blur, Cergy-Pontoise, Craigavon, Damon Albarn, Erland and the Carnival, Erland Cooper, France, Gorillaz, Hannah Peel, John Foxx, Orkney, Prospect of Skelmersdale, Simon Tong, Skelmersdale, The Good The Bad and The Queen, The Magnetic North, The Verve, Transmission, Youth
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