Added on January 29, 2015
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album review , Emily Jones , Love , Mazzy Star , Owltextures
By Eliza Muddle Out of time in a fuzzy land both familiar and strange, gentle melodies enchant like Laudanum, cutting me free from these worldly chains. This is musick (with a ‘k’) of the earth, her roots sprawling under spiced soil, reaching deep into the nourishing moisture of creation and invisibly, through thick air, absorbed […]
Added on May 28, 2014
Everett True
Everett True , Jojo , Jonathan Richman , Love , Modern Lovers
Which one could it be? ‘Roadrunner (once)’? Roadrunner (twice)’? ‘Roadrunner (live)’? Or will all the different versions split the vote? All I know is that I’m in love with rock’n’roll and I’ll be up all night. This one was so close we had to go into a second round of voting. I would explain the process, but […]
Added on May 18, 2014
Everett True
Everett True , Love , Rough Trade Records , The Raincoats
This was inspired by a thread on David Quantick’s Facebook page, wherein he asked friends to nominate their favourite three Wah! songs. A worthy cause, I felt. Surely it could be expanded to other great bands’ back catalogues? The obvious place to start was with The Raincoats. Here are the results, in order (just typing […]
Added on December 6, 2013
Everett True
Everett True , Joni Mitchell , Love , Nina Hagen , pop music , sex , The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time , The Beach Boys , The Drug Addix , The Records , The Rezillos , The Sea Urchins , Tom Waits , user-generated content , Wire
What could be more exciting than ascribing numerical value to music? I mean, really?
Added on June 16, 2013
Everett True
Cerrone , Eros and the Eschaton , Everett True , Love , Paul McCartney , Song of the day , Wings
Some labels you trust. This one I do. The fellow there doesn’t contact me very often. When he does, I listen.
Added on November 1, 2012
Scott Creney
A.R. Kane , Aphex Twin , Burial , Donna Summer , Jesus And Mary Chain , Love , Michael Jackson , Miles Davis , My Bloody Valentine , Primal Scream , Prince , Robert Wyatt , Scott Creney , Teddy Riley , The Kinks , The Orb , The Weeknd , Throbbing Gristle , TV On The Radio
The missing link between Robert Wyatt and Disco Inferno, A. R. Kane sounded equally at home in the club as in the bedroom, under the stars and in the studio.
Added on April 3, 2012
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Alarma Records , Blonde Vinyl , Buzz Bin , Christian music , Everett True , J. Edward Keyes , Jason Martin , Joel Heng Hartse , John Goodmanson , Kurt Cobain , L. S. U. , Lifesavers Underground , Lou Reed , Love , Mercury , Metal Machine Music , Michael Knott , Nirvana , Olympia , Poor Old Lu , Reunion Records , Rock & Roll , Rode Dog , Rolling Stone , Scaterd Few , Seattle , Sects , Shaded Pain , Sin , Sin Disease , Starflyer 59 , Stryper , The Grape Prophet , The Prayer Chain , The Stained-Glass Kaleidoscope , Tooth and Nail Records
To this day, I still have yet to see a flying penis at church, and I doubt I ever will.
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.
