A post-Easter bank holiday comedown is easier to digest when you wash it down with industrial minimalism and techno, cosmic psychedelia, black metal gospel, fist-up hip-hop and a hymn to good ol’ planet Earth from […]
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If you know what’s good for you: The Weetabix skinhead gang stomping all over the 80s
In the ongoing cultural appropriation wars we forget that skinheads got a serious raw deal in the 80s. Firstly, the subculture informed in part by Jamaican reggae and ska was infiltrated by Nazi punks who […]
21-tune salute: February 2018 playlist
Apart from blizzards and broken resolutions, February was brought to you by nervy electronics, hip-hop, battered rock, depraved noise and plenty of soothing ambience to offset all of the above. 1. Factory Floor – Heart […]
No one knows whose friend he is: Kissing The Pink – Big Man Restless (1983)
The Big Man Restless by Kissing the Pink is one of the most deceptively bonkers pop singles of the 80s — a cult hit that appears on the odd DJ mix but wouldn’t get a mention […]
Sound Carriers of the world unite: Damo Suzuki and United Bible Studies in Galway (2005)
Damo Suzuki would “like to see you and make smile on your face everywhere in the world”, according to the press release for his Never Ending Tour. His tour is the second ‘Never Ending’ one […]
All the right noises: January 2018 in 21 tracks
Dry or no dry, January’s usually a slim few weeks for music – with new albums lost under last year’s best-of lists, the Christmas hangovers and the general bitching and moaning that doesn’t let up […]
Recalling LCD Soundsystem’s debut on its 13th birthday
A few decades before one US regime declared a war on terror, America’s white rock’n’roll vanguard initiated conflict on a “type of soul-based dance music” that just wasn’t man enough. In 1979, possibly inspired by […]
‘Fame is a toxin’: Rare radio profile of Cleaners From Venus main man Martin Newell
It’s kind of annoying when people write ‘ICYMI’ and recycle posts you just scrolled past in the first place – but there’s a good chance you missed this profile and interview with Cleaners From Venus […]
Moo Kid’s 2017 in 25 albums
This time last year we were begging for 2016 to hurry up and finish, oblivious to the cesspit round the corner. Luckily we have all these album lists to remind us of the year’s artistic […]
Bleep in heavenly peace: Can – Silent night (1976)
Christmas brings out the daftness in everyone — even if you’re a group of avant-garde experimentalists with a few free hours in the studio. Krautrock pioneers Can released the novelty single Silent Night in 1976 […]
Mark E Smith’s sensitive side on The Fall’s I’m Going To Spain (1993)
Mark E Smith in poignant song shocker! It’s not often the Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall veers down a heartfelt path, but in fairness, this one’s a cover. I’m Going To Spain is […]
The Warp Magic Tour Bus parks up in Dublin (2002)
A band of modern-day merry pranksters has rolled into Dublin – a busload of DJs and expert knob-twiddlers creating an alternative summer holiday soundtrack. After 100 releases, the Warp Record label is taking its Magic […]
‘It could be hate as far as I can see’: Public Image Ltd – Metal Box (1979)
What’s left to say about Metal Box? It’s one of those ‘canon’ records weighed down with too much baggage, wrung free of any objectivity. You’re told it’s one of these sacred slabs of vinyl that influenced […]
Real Gone is a bit of an outlier – even for Tom Waits
Tom Waits is a heritage act who doesn’t really play ball with the nostalgia crowd. Whenever there’s a rare news bulletin from Waits HQ I get a naive jolt of hope that he’s going on […]
Andrew Weatherall interview: ‘It’s good to see the reds of people’s eyes’ (2008)
This town ain’t big enough for the both of them, and sparks will fly when Andrew Weatherall and Ivan Smagghe get set for another soundclash. Armed with “a disco bag over one shoulder and a […]
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