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Tag Archives: Iggy pop
Perilous Beauty – from Vampish past to touching presence and future intent – the Wendy James interview
As another week of UK lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic gets underway, I’m certainly not the only one reflecting on just how much there was about our old everyday lives that we took for granted. And high on my own … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, Elvis Costello, Glen Matlock, Iggy pop, James Jameson, James Sclavunos, Mick Jones, Nick Sayer, Norway, Perilous Beauty, Queen High Straight, The Clash, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Psychedelic Furs, The Stooges, Top of the Pops, Transvision Vamp, Velveteen, Wendy James
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What the Butlers saw – the welcome return of the Psychedelic Furs
It’s been 36 years since The Psychedelic Furs relocated to America, but you wouldn’t know it, listening to bass player and founder member Tim Butler. Tim, the younger brother of lead singer Richard in a post-punk outfit best known for … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Club, Bolton-by-Bowland, Book of Days, Call Me By My Name, Electric Lady Studios, Forever Now, Iggy pop, John Ashton, Kentucky, Love My Way, Meltdown Festival, Muswell Hill, New York, Pretty in Pink, Richard Butler, Ripon, Robert Smith, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Stranger Things, The Clash, The Ghost in You, The Psychedelic Furs, Tim Butler
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To the power of 3WW – back in touch with Alt-J’s Gus Unger-Hamilton
This week saw the release of the brand new Alt-J LP, Relaxer, coming on the tail of this inventive trio’s Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello Award-winning 2012 debut An Awesome Wave and 2014’s No.1, Grammy and Brit Award-nominated This Is … Continue reading
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Tagged 3WW, alt-J, An Awesome Wave, Blackpool Empress Ballroom, Blue Dot, Boardmasters, Bournemouth Academy, Brighton Centre, Casper Balslev, Charlie Andrew, Coen Brothers, Ellie Rowsell, Fitzpleasure, Glastonbury, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwil Sainsbury, Hackney, Hull, Hunger of the Pines, Iggy pop, In Cold Blood, Joe Newman, Leeds, Margate Dreamland, Mercury Prize, Miley Cyrus, Relaxer, Steve Bell, This Is All Yours, Thom Green, University Challenge, Weston-Super-Mare Grand Pier, Wolf Alice, Young Replicant
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St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H. Wilson
I’ve probably said this before, but I don’t tend to do plugs on this blog. But this is a project I feel deserves wider recognition, involving a touching tribute to Anthony H. Wilson, the mouthpiece-turned-icon for so much great music … Continue reading
