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Examining the Pleasure principle – the enduring appeal of Girls at our Best!
‘We’re not looking forward and we are not looking backWe’ve lost the warranty, we’ll never get our money backMy baby’s buying me another life, getting nowhere fast.’ One of the most influential bands to emerge in the early 1980s, Girls … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Thrills, Carl Harper, Cherry Red, Geoff Travis, Gerard Swift, Getting Nowhere Fast, Girls at our Best, Happy Birthday Records, james alan, Jez Pritchatt, Jo Gaffney, John Peel, Judy Evans, Leeds, Leeds Arts Unversity, Leeds Conservatoire, New York City, Pleasure, Rough Trade, Sexbeat, The Butterflies, The Gang of Four, The Mekons, The Wedding Present, Thomas Dolby
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All hail the Lakeland echo sounders – talking Sea Power with Noble
I often wonder when talking to musicians deemed to have ‘made it’ how much of a part fate played in their success. There’s more often than not plenty of toil and heartache en route before that perceived rise to a … Continue reading
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Tagged Brighton, British Sea Power, Bury, Cumbria, Edinburgh Film Festival, Everything was Forever, Folly, From the Sea to the Land Beyond, Graham Sutton, John Betjeman, Kendal, King Creosote, Krankenhaus, Leeds, Man of Aran, Manchester, Martin Clunes, Martin Noble, Natland, Pet Shop Boys, Public Service Broadcasting, reading, Sea Power, Simon Armitage, The Magnetic North, Two Fingers, Yan Hamilton
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Up, up and away – a late introduction to Magic Roundabout
Once upon a long ago, there was a band – described by their modern-day label as ‘criminally-unheard Manchester noisemakers’ – that borrowed its name from a hit UK children’s TV show that itself started life in a very different form … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan McGee, Backdraft, Bolton, Glastonbury Festival, Ian Masters, Inspiral Carpets, Jack White, James, Julian Cope, Karrie Price, Leeds, Linda Jennings, Loop, Magic Roundabout, Manchester, Mark E Smith, Mark Webber, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Davidson, Pale Saints, Paul Chadwick, Spaceman 3, The blue Aeroplanes, The Boardwalk, The Fall, The Flatmates, The Shop Assistants, the Velvet Underground, Third Man Records, Tony Wilson, Up, Warren Defever, Zodiac Mindwarp
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Graphic twists on a compelling tale – back in touch with The Wedding Present’s David Gedge
It’s been a long time in the planning, but late next week the first instalment of David Gedge’s long-awaited memoir-in-comic-book-form will be released by Scopitones Books. Stories featured in 176-page, matt-laminated, hardback Go Out and Get ‘Em Boy! – Tales … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000 AD, Billy Bragg, Bizarro, Brighton, Charlie Layton, Chris Hardwick, Danielle Wadey, David Gedge, Go Out and Get ‘Em Boy!, Going Going, Ian Rankin, Jessica McMillan, John Peel, Jon Stewart, Keith Gregory, Lee Thacker, Leeds, Louder than Words, Manchester, Melanie Howard, Optic Nerve, Peter Solowka, Ramones, Reception, Sean Hughes, Shaun Charman, Sleevenotes, Sometimes These Words Just Don't Have to be Said, Terry de Castro, The Clash, The Fall, The Wedding Present, Vinny Peculiar
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BOB / The Beer Snobs – Leeds, Wharf Chambers
It would be too easy to start this review with, ‘What a Performance!’ But it was, even if the BOB of 2019 were some way removed from that experienced three decades earlier. That’s not a dig. I was impressed then … Continue reading
Sleevenotes by David Gedge (Pomona, 2019) – a review
This is the first example I’ve seen of Pomona’s Sleevenotes series – where musicians choose favourite tracks from their back-catalogue and provide insight into their creation, meaning and mood – and on this evidence it’s a simple concept that works … Continue reading
Studying the big Interrobang‽ theory – in conversation with Dunstan Bruce
By the time I picked up the phone to reach Dunstan Bruce, I’d given the eponymous LP by his new band Interrobang‽ nigh on three listens, and was loving it. In the words of the mighty Stump – somewhat channeling … Continue reading
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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Band of brothers’ friendly fire – The Cribs interview
When it comes to loyalty, it’s an ethos built on brotherhood for indie favourites The Cribs. While the West Yorkshire outfit complemented their sense of cool by recruiting Manchester guitar legend Johnny Marr between 2008 and 2011, the brothers Jarman … Continue reading
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Tagged Exuma, For All My Sisters, Gary Jarman, Hey Scenesters, Jarman, Johnny Marr, Leeds, Liverpool Sound City, Ric Ocasek, Ross Jarman, Ryan Jarman, Sonic Youth, The Cribs, Wakefield, Weezer
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