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Like the open sky above me … – talking The Undertones, The Carrellines, Derry, Dublin, and much more with Paul McLoone
I realise that most of you reading this know The Undertones’ back story full well, but humour me and read on, even though it’s one of those situations where people say, ‘This band needs no introduction,’ then waffle on for … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Doherty, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Dig Yourself Deep, Dimple Discs, Feargal Sharkey, Fontaines D.C., Get What You Need, Inhaler, John O'Neill, Mickey Bradley, Paul McLoone, Phil Collins, That Petrol Emotion, The Carrellines, The Undertones, Today FM, U2
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Right on track with The Goa Express – in conversation with James Douglas Clarke
Rising indie guitar band The Goa Express are the sort of outfit that give me hope for the future of live music. The Manchester-based Burnley and Todmorden five-piece’s most recent single, ‘Everybody in the UK’, their ‘call-to-arms for togetherness in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Jonestown Massacre, Brighton, Burnley, Carnforth, Close Lobsters, Everybody in the UK, Fat White Family, Fontaines D.C., Jack Saunders, James Donald Clarke, Joe Clarke, John Cooper Clarke, Kendal Calling, lancashire, Manchester, Mark Gardener, Milltown Brothers, Ride, Ross Orton, Spaceman 3, Steve Lamacq, The goa Express, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Todmorden, Zeitgeist
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The rise and rise of Fontaines D.C. – in conversation with Conor Deegan III
Technical issues ensured I was 10 minutes late getting hold of Fontaines D.C. bass player Conor Deegan III, aka Deego. But if he was rattled by that – with another appointment lined up 20 minutes later across Dublin City, the … Continue reading
Another year over … a new one just begun – WriteWyattUK’s live story of 2019
As December 30th became December 31st, we slipped into Ramones Night apparently, the seminal NYC punk outfit’s ’20-20-24 hours to go’ from 1978’s ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ neatly reinterpreted. And that, subliminally – as is the case with a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged AVA, Beabadoobee, Big Country, BOB, Buzzcocks, Edwyn Collins, Fisherman's Friends, Fontaines D.C., Geno Washington, Glenn Tilbrook, Icicle Works, London Calling, Mott the Hoople, Neil Innes, Neville Staple, Nouvelle Vague, Penetration, Pete Shelley, Pip Blom, Ramones, Reverend and The Makers, Richard Hawley, Robert Forster, Rutles, Skids, Steve Harley, Stone Foundation, The Amber List, The Chesterfields, The Clash, The Selecter, The Sha La La's, The Suncharms, The Undertones, The Wedding Present, Vinny Peculiar, Wilko Johnson
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Fontaines D.C. – Blitz, Preston
‘My childhood was small, but I’m gonna be big.’ Those great ‘I was there’ moments in music history don’t come along often, and admittedly I’ve occasionally been proved wrong in the past when calling them. But this was one such … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Big, Blitz, Boys in the Better Land, Dogrel, Dublin, Fat White Family, Fontaines D.C., Grian Chatten, Idles, Preston, the Pogues, Too Real
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