Following on from my "Quintaginta" Britpop story, where I attempted to tell the story of the era in fifty "definitive" records I have decided to try and discover which of those songs is greatest... A series of mini battles will be waged in the Twittersphere between now and the end of 2018 culminating in one [...]
Manchester. So much to answer for. Home, at least spiritually, to some/most/all of the best bands ever to spring forth from the fertile soil of this sceptred isle. Something in the water. Tonight two of the best (the two best?) are sharing the stage. There is no support act. Not really. One is simply appearing [...]
When Sleeper played the Star Shaped Festival at the end of 2017 it was a wonderful reminder of quite how good they were. Every song they played sounded like it should have been a number one hit. Choruses that were so catchy that the Centre for Disease Control in the States along with the World [...]
Like almost everyone else I first became aware of Christine and the Queens after their appearance on "Later with Jools Holland..." in April, 2016. On that occasion they gave us a performance of "Tilted" that combined a beautiful voice, stunning choreography, the spirit of Michael Jackson, a homage to the wonders of disco and eighties [...]
It seems like a long time ago now. All of it. "Violent Men" for the first time. The Melody Maker tour at the Garage on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Supporting Morrissey, specifically at the Civic Hall in Motherwell. Buying "This World and Body" from Sleeves in Kirkcaldy. Somehow getting a promo copy of "Miyako Hideaway". [...]
It was the end of that. The problem was it didn't seem to be the beginning of anything else and so I was faced with the terrifying prospect of it being the end...of everything. That thought kept me up at night. Every night. Staring at the walls of the new flat where I lived alone, [...]
It's time to tell my friends I love them They deserve more Than hasty delivered words of kindness (We Could Be Kings, Gene) All things pass. Life is short. Life is unpredictable. For the believers there is the hope of a life to come and reunion with those they have known and loved. For [...]
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