Back in 2014 Taylor Parkes, former Melody Maker journalist, wrote a piece for the Quietus which was, ostensibly, about Britpop and "Parklife" but which was, in actuality, a lengthy attack on both things. I've tried to respond to some of the arguments made by Parkes in his piece...but, as you will see, I'm not half [...]
I've arrived at the O2 Academy in Glasgow at a little after one thirty. As I make my way from the car park at the nearby "clockwork orange" underground I have to weave my way through supporters of one of the two big teams in Glasgow. This, as any resident of this "no mean [...]
It is Wednesday. Tomorrow is Thursday. Then, stay with me here, it will be Friday. Now, and this is the crucial piece of information, it will be Starturday. That's right pop tarts, I have officially renamed Saturday as STARturday in recognition of the fact that it will be the first of the Holy Trinity of [...]
The first time I heard about Cornershop was when they burned an image of Morrissey outside of his record company offices in London at the height of the "Flying the Flag..." controversy that engulfed, and very nearly extinguished, his career in the early 1990's. At the time I was a disciple of Morrissey, more cult [...]
First with the breaking news as ever The Guardian have today informed their, ever dwindling, readership that "Britpop is back!" in an article written by Alexis Petridis. Unlike many of the other Guardian pieces on Britpop this one is written by someone who actually likes music, knows about music and understands why music matters to [...]
Like lots of other people I use Spotify. In an ideal world I would have a Sony Walkman with those foam headphones and a bag of compilation tapes to listen to as I gaily meander around the cobbled streets of Edinburgh. This, in case you hadn't noticed, is not an ideal world. For a start [...]
I loves me a good cover version. There is something quite thrilling about hearing a song you love by a band you love being covered by someone else that you love...or by someone that you have never heard of. I don't care if it's a straight, note for note, identikit version of the original or [...]
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