When The Slits formed in London in 1976 they couldn’t have been any more a-Typical of the punk scene at the time — which was a lot more reductive than the history books let on. […]
Category: Total recall
It’s all just a game, I hope: Karel Fialka – Hey Matthew (1987)
In 1987, my Ma bought me the double cassette of Now That’s What I call Music Vol 10 as a Christmas present. I had my favourites – M/A/A/R/S, Billy Idol, ABC, Pet Shop Boys, Jan […]
All the chances I’ve blown: The KLF – Build a Fire (1991)
The KLF never really had many tender moments. From 1987-92, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty set their stall out as acid house outsiders, giving the finger to baggy Second Summer of Love hedonism with situationist […]
Top ten TV synth themes of the 80s
One of the biggest communal TV binges of the last few years has been Stranger Things — with the pesky kids in the throwback 80s sci-fi horror series shamelessly pushing all our nostalgia buttons. Strangers […]
Operation Daybreak: Obscure war film with a killer synth score (1975)
It’s good having a wide circle of heads to slip you good music, but this is the first tip-off I’ve ever got in my granny’s house having a cup of tea. I was caught off […]
Moo Kid’s 2018 in 30 albums
Outside of music, the broad stroke headline to take away from 2018 is that it’s a general shitshow, with Brexit and White House calamities stinking up the place. Luckily there were plenty of angry records […]
All the right noises: November 2018 in 21 tracks
Mumdance – Teachers A timely update of Daft Punk’s classic shout-out track of the same name — and if you’ve done your Homework you’ll get all the rave references. While the French duo listed heroes […]
A Certain Ratio should just sue LCD Soundsystem and get it over with
Listening back to A Certain Ratio’s 1980 song Do the Du, you realise they’d have a potential lawsuit against James Murphy for LCD Soundsystem’s breakthrough single Losing My Edge, and the band’s wider sonic palette. […]
The greatest team in the history of mass slaughter (and the greatest trailer ever)
GZA is in Dublin for three days for a showcase of his 1995 album Liquid Swords – the greatest of all the solo Wu-Tang clan releases, and a true hip-hop hall of fame record. Liquid […]
Starter for 10: Jack Hairbrain goes digging for records in São Paulo
From the Amazon rainforest to a thousand miles of tropical beaches; the metropolis of São Paulo; Pele, Socrates, Josimar; Rio-bloody-de-Janeiro — and to think I grew up never really being that bothered about Brazil. There […]
All the right noises: July 2018 in 21 tracks
Shitposting black metal to punch Nazis to, acid techno, ramshackle punk, space disco, bedroom pop, mechanised grime R&B, and some ambient drones to make it all better. The soundtrack of July 2018… 1. Khalab – […]
All the right noises: June 2018 in 21 tracks
This is generally the time for halfway-point albums of the year, but let’s not panic yet, and stick to the standout tracks of June 2018. Oneohtrix Point Never, Nine Inch Nails, Freddie Gibbs and Death […]
Black rain come down: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in 10 songs
There’s a case to be made for Nick Cave being a rock’n’roll shape-shifter of David Bowie’s equal, even if he’s looked like a spindly Thin White Duke in a black suit for 30-odd years. I’m […]
All the right noises: May 2018 in 21 tracks
Childish Gambino’s gunshots rang out through the whole of this month, with This Is America becoming the pop culture mission statement of the year right away. But even if Donald Glover will be the last […]
All the right noises: April 2018 in 21 tracks
Aside from Kanye’s #MAGA hat, last month was brought to you by abstract hip-hop, hypnotic house, cosmic lounge music, darkwave pop, voodoo techno and black metal ultraviolence. Playlist below… 1. lojii – Six9 (lofeye LP) […]
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