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Songs Sung Blue – Back in touch with Wolf Alice
It seems like it’s taken an age to come around, but the new Wolf Alice LP, Blue Weekend, finally lands today (June 4th), with the band set to return to the road for a full UK and Irish tour next … Continue reading
Over the Birling Gap with The Catenary Wires – the Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey interview
It was meant to be. The day we spoke, May 24, opening with me listening to Tallulah by The Go-Betweens, that 1987 taste of striped sunlight including a namecheck for that date on the evocative ‘Bye Bye Pride’. And 1987 … Continue reading
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Takes Two to tangle in Tākaka – in for the long haul with Tim Allen
Adding 11 hours to UK time to set up an interview when trying to work out the best options for both parties can create headaches. But technological advances eventually meant my chat with Lancashire lad turned New Zealand resident Tim … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Gregson, Auckland, Ben king, Chris Mac, Crowded House, Eddie Rayner, freddie Green, Henry Priestman, Jacinda Ardern, lancashire, Last Bastion of a Lad, Love is a Pill, Neil Finn, New Zealand, New Zealand Music Commission, Preston, Rubber Soul, Six60, The Beatles, Tim Allen
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The Continuing Adventures of the Desperate Quartet – in conversation with Robert Lloyd
Spring is in the air, and with it the distant promise of a return to live music across the UK. But you’ll forgive Robert Lloyd for being a little guarded about the prospects right now. The legendary Nightingales frontman lit … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas Schmid, Andy Wickett, Birmingham, Cannock, Danny Fields, Duran Duran, Fliss Kitson, Frank Skinner, James Nicholls, Jim Smith, John Peel, John Robb, John Taylor, John Walters, King Rocker, Marc Riley, Mark E Smith, Michael Cumming, Nigel Slater, Preston, Ramones, Robert Lloyd, Stephen Duffy, Stewart Lee, Ted Chippington, Telford, The Clash, The Continental, The Fall, The Mekons, The Nightingales, The Prefects, Tuff Life Boogie
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Ever redefining: from The Continental to The Colossalist – the Vukovar feature
Remember live music? It’s been a while. Come mid-March it’ll be a year since my last gig, and slightly longer since my most recent visit to cherished Lancashire arts venue The Continental in Preston, where at one stage it seemed … Continue reading
WriteWyattUK’s Guide to Finding Inspiration … In Spite of These Times, Pt. I
In which WriteWyattUK takes a look back – in quotation form – at the pick of our feature/interviews from 2020, the dreaded year the coronavirus carved a devastating impact on the music and arts scene. Click on the highlighted name … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Adele, Ajay Saggar, Americana, Amsterdam, Annie Hardy, Badly Drawn Boy, Baxter Dury, Bhajsn Bhoy, Blow Monkeys, Cigar Box Blues, Cornershop, Coronavirus, Damian O'Neill, Damon Gough, Danny Morris, Dave Fenton, David Bowie, Dead Trout, Dr. Robert, Eileen Gogan, Elvis Costello, Erland Cooper, From Scotland with Love, Get it Loud in Libraries, Giant Drag, Graham Firth, Grant Keir, Gypsy Pistoleros., Ian Allcock, Ian Prowse, John T. Davis, Karima Francis, Kenny Anderson, King Creosote, lancashire, Lee Mark Jones, Lindisfarne, Liverpool, London, Optic Nerve, Orkney, Paul Cook, Pele, Pete Astor, Pete Wylie, Preston, Richard Houghton, Rob Talbot, Robert Howard, Scott Carey, Sex Pistols, Shellshock Rock, Slade, Steve Levine, Stewart Parsons, Sue Culshaw, The Continental, The Ferret, The Loft, The Professionals, The Smiths, The Vapors, The Weather Prophets, Tjinder Singh, Transvision Vamp, True Deceivers, Virginia Heath, Wendy James, West on Colfax
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Independents’ Day – fighting the lockdown from behind closed doors at Action Records and Vinyl Exchange
As the UK returned late last week to ‘non-essential’ retail limbo – aka Lockdown 2 – amid the on-going coronavirus pandemic, I felt it was high time I caught up with two treasured independent North West record shops among many … Continue reading
A passage to indie garage psych-punk rock’n’roll – introducing Ginnel
I can’t really think of a more Northern band name than Ginnel, and in a sense this emerging Lancashire four-piece offer – as per the dialect definition behind their handle – a passageway between the houses. While they’re fairly new … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Ajay Saggar, Big Red Bus, Cornershop, Dandelion Adventure, Evil Blizzard, Ginnel, James Aparicio, lancashire, Marcus Parnell, Mark Wareing, Paul Simpson, Preston, Salford, Simon Archer, Sound Mirror Recording Company, The Common Cold, The Fall, The Jacksons, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Membranes
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