Added on July 16, 2015
Wallace Wylie
Aaliyah , Abba , Beyonce , Bob Stanley , Bobby Brown , David Bowie , David Letterman , Gamble and Huff , Ginuwine , Glastonbury , Hall and Oates , James Murphy , Jay Z , Justin Timberlake , Kelis , Kim Kardashian , Lady Gaga , LCD Soundsystem , Liam Gallagher , Max Martin , Michael Jackson , Miley Cyrus , Missy Elliot , Neil Kulkarni , Oasis , Pharrell , Pitchfork , Prince , Public Enemy , racism , Ricky Gervais , Rihanna , Serena Williams , Simply Red , Slade , St. Etienne , Stevie Wonder , T.Rex , Taylor Swift , The Beatles , The Jam , The Office , The Smiths , The Stone Roses , Tiger Woods , Timbaland , Westlife
Many years ago, a great schism occurred in the history of popular music. As amps got louder and concerts got bigger, new groups responded by creating a heavier kind of music that relied on sheer sonic power as opposed to the lighter sounds of early sixties pop. Rock music broke away from pop and in […]
Added on November 18, 2014
Everett True
1980 , best singles of 1980 , Everett True , Joy Division , The Jam
It seems the obvious follow-up to yesterday’s post, Everett True’s Favourite Albums of 1980. I have all the information contained within this slim blue hardback diary in front of me. I’d imagine these charts are based on actual plays of my Dansette. Much more variable, this chart – and showing a heavy Factory Records bias, […]
Added on October 21, 2014
Everett True
Everett True , Melbourne , Song of the day , The Fall , The Jam , The Saints , The UV Race
Let me quote The Jam at you. “Life is timeless, days are long when you’re young/You used to fall in love with anyone/Any guitar and any bass drum.” That’s how it works, right? You see a band, you fall in love for a minute, an hour, a week, a year… whatever it takes. It’s even […]
Added on January 17, 2013
Everett True
Billy Bragg , Boris Johnson , David Cameron , Elvis Costello , Everett True , Margaret Thatcher , Paul Ryan , Pussy Riot , Putin , Radiohead , rage against the machine , The Jam , The Smiths
I think if I was in a band and David Cameron said he liked my band’s music, I’d have a long hard look at my band’s music.
Added on May 21, 2012
Everett True
AK77 , Archers Of Loaf , Descendents , Everett True , Fuck Society Volume 1 , INXS , Liz Phair , Sebadoh , Shellshag , Shotwell , The Breeders , The Detroit Cobras , The Fleshies , The Jam , The Undertones , Underground Railroad To Candyland , When In Rome , Wipers
I want to fuck the world and make love to its remains. Always.
Added on January 20, 2012
Everett True
Dubstar , Everett True , Geoff Travis , Ian Gittins , Melody Maker , Paolo Hewitt , Paul Weller , Sarah Cracknell , St. Etienne , The Changing Man , The Jam
In later years, Everett True at Melody Maker would regularly review Paul’s records with just one word: wanker.
Added on December 8, 2011
Everett True
10 greatest albums , Beat Happening , Dexys Midnight Runners , Hole , Nirvana , Orange Juice , Ramones , The Fall , The Jam , The Raincoats , The Slits , Young Marble Giants
Who couldn’t relate to a stiff upper lyric like that?
Added on August 26, 2011
Wallace Wylie
Breed , Collapse Board , Elliott Smith , Inspiral Carpets , Kurt Cobain , Lithium , Manic Street Preachers , Nevermind , Nirvana , On a Plain , Pavement , R.E.M. , Richey James , Sebadoh , Smells Like Teen Spirit , Teenage Fanclub , The Beatles , The Doors , The Jam , The Stone Roses , U2 , Wallace Wylie
Stuck with powerful sexual impulses, I convinced myself that to act on them was disrespectful and cheap.
Added on August 24, 2011
Everett True
Butch Vig , Collapse Board , Cream , Dinosaur Jr , Everett True , Husker Du , Killdozer , Kurt Cobain , Metallica , Music criticism , Nevermind , Nevermind 20 Years On , Nirvana , original album review , Seattle , Sub Pop , The Jam , The Slits , Young Marble Giants
It’s taken me nearly two decades to admit to liking Nevermind in public again. In celebration, I’ve decided to reprint my original review.
Added on March 24, 2011
Wallace Wylie
808 State , A Guy Called Gerald , Acid House , Andy Weatherall , Aphex Twin , Arctic Monkeys , Blur , Bobby Gillespie , Bomb The Bass , Britpop , Cabaret Voltaire , Creation Records , Damon Albarn , Definitely Maybe , Depeche Mode , Derrick May , Fool's Gold , Frankie Knuckles , Gary Numan , Give Out But Don’t Give Up , Happy Mondays , Higher Than the Sun , House , Ian Brown , Jack Your Body , Jimmy Miller , Joy Division , Kula Shaker , Led Zeppelin , Let It Be , Loaded , Love , Massive Attack , Morrissey , New Order , Noel Gallagher , Oasis , Orange Juice , Orbital , Paul Weller , Pet Shop Boys , PiL , Primal Scream , Public Enemy , Sally Cinnamon , Screamadelica , Song Of The Day , Suede , Teenage Fanclub , The Associates , The Beach Boys , The Beatles , The Black Crowes , The Boo Radleys , The Byrds , The Human League , The Jam , The KLF , The Libertines , The Orb , The Pastels , The Raincoats , The Rolling Stones , The Sex Pistols , The Slits , The Small Faces , The Smiths , The Soft Boys , The Stone Roses , The Strokes , The Wild Bunch , Uncle Tupelo , Vince Clarke , Visage , Wallace Wylie , We Call It Acieed , WFL , Yazoo
Large elements of the UK alternative press seemed to be waiting for the right guitar band to get behind, the right guitar band to believe in. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Stone Roses.
