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Tag Archives: The Go-Betweens
Jim Bob’s wake-up call, 2021 style – back in touch with the self-styled Poundland Bono
In 2019’s Jim Bob from Carter – In the Shadow of my Former Self, Jim Bob Morrison wrote, ‘I still haven’t written a new song since 2013. But now that I’ve nearly finished writing this, perhaps the songs will come … Continue reading
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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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Tagged Amelia Fletcher, Andy Lewis, Birling Gap, Bristol, Canterbury, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Gedge, Elizabeth Price, Fay Hallam, Frampton Cotterell, Heavenly, Hue williams, Ian Button, John Peel, Kent, Lee Hazlewood, Marine Research, Nancy Sinatra, Oxford, Pete Astor, Peter frampton, Peter Momtchiloff, Preston, Rob Pursey, Robert Wyatt, Swansea Sound, Talulah Gosh, Tender Trap, The Catenary Wires, The five Year Plan, The Go-Betweens, The Pooh Sticks, The Wedding Present
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Meeting Tim Keegan at Gate 2021 – the Departure Lounge interview
This time last year, it seemed as if we couldn’t move on the internet without some band or solo artist giving living room performances amid the first lockdown. It’s amazing how soon that became part of our musical world, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Walton, Ben Folds, Blue Aeroplanes, Chris Anderson, Departure Lounge, Devon, Grant McLennan, guildford, Homer, Jake Kyle, Janice Long, Jim Jiminee, Kevin Jamieson, Nashville, Nick Hannan, Pat hannan, Peter Buck, Peter Miles, Railroad Earth, REM, Richard Hawley, Ringo, Robert Forster, Robyn hitchcock, Rodney Allen, Romsey, The Deep Season, The Go-Betweens, Tim Keegan, Transmeridian, Violette Records, Worthing
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Updating the profile – the Cathal Coughlan interview
Home is normally London for Cathal Coughlan, having initially left Cork in the summer of 1983 alongside Sean O’Hagan to relaunch Microdisney, keen to pick up on interest from legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel and escape a supposed … Continue reading
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Tagged Cathal Coughlan, Cherry Red, Cork, Crooked Mile, Damian O'Neill, Dimple Discs, Eileen Gogan, Fatima Mansions, Felicia Cohen, Grand Necropolitan Quartet, High Llamas, Jacknife Lee, John Peel, June Miles-Kingston, London, Luke Haines, Microdisney, Owl in the Parlour, Prefab Sprout, Rough Trade, Sean O'Hagan, Song of Co-Aklan, That Petrol Emotion, The Clock That Comes Down the Stairs, The Go-Betweens, The Undertones
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Robert Forster – Band on the Wall, Manchester
I missed out on The Go-Betweens live during their defining 1978/90 spell and the 2000/6 second coming, that latter period providing three LPs now nestling among my favourites of all time. But I had the pleasure of witnessing Robert Foster … Continue reading
Everything’s coming up Rosy with Goat Girl
After a delay while she was getting to New Cross on the train, Rosy Bones had reached the pub by the time I got hold of her late on Tuesday afternoon, visiting friends after a day of ‘admin’ and a visit … Continue reading
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