Added on June 14, 2016
Mike Turner
2016 , Ani Glass , Den Harrow , Mike Turner , Rad , Real Life , Song of the day , Visage
Have you ever seen the movie Rad? It’s a movie about a small town boy that makes good on his BMX bike while he is constantly kept down by a corporate BMX company which is worried that if he races he will win. Anyway, there is a scene about a quarter of the way through […]
Added on August 4, 2014
Lee Adcock
2014 , album review , Arcade Fire , Chris Watson , Lee Adcock , millions , Oasis , Pavement , Squeeze , Teo Milea , Verve , Visage
By the unwritten law of lazy-ass journalism (and trust me – for a sound as lazy as this, we’ll need to respond in kind), I’m obliged to point out that Glenn Tilbrook produced this, and that his kids are part o’ Millions. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, THOUGH? Glenn’s better known as one of the wordsmiths […]
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.
