The Jam inspired a generation of kids from nowhere towns to dare to dream and to do so while dressing well. The Style Council drew Weller, and the people in his audience who were willing to listen, closer to the soul of the Modernist movement than The Jam ever did. Then came the mid-point of [...]
Suede decided to reveal the title for their fourth studio album one letter at a time...one week apart. H. E. "It's going to be "Heroin" isn't it?" squealed expectant fans and journalists. Those naughty Suede boys. Playing fast and loose with the rumours about Brett's drug use at this time. Then Matt Osman told the [...]
Let's get ready to rumble. Or something. On the most recent episode of the Mild Mannered Army Podcast, Nick Amies and I discussed the merits of the third part of Blur's "Life" trilogy; "The Great Escape". This followed on from our previous discussion to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the *greatest album of the [...]
This is difficult. Not for you I am sure. You might be one of those people who have listened to Morrissey calling reggae "vile", bleating on in support of For Britain and hailing Tommy Robinson and decided that there is no wiggle room...no defence...no other option than to declare this once charming man as a [...]
We continue our exploration of the greatest debut albums by Britpop bands with numbers 18, 17 and 16...an unholy, maybe unheard, trinity of calling cards from bands who shoulda been contenders. Elcka - Rubbernecking (1997) Alright. Let's deal with it. Yes. You are right. This might well be the worst cover for an album in [...]
Even as I write this I am filled with feelings of regret and doubt. This is an album that should be in the top twenty albums in British pop music history. "Here he goes again." Maybe. I know...it's all hyperbole and exaggeration 'round are way. But that is what great music should do to you...make [...]
"Misery loves me, but I don't love her" sings Elizabeth Stokes on the opening track on the debut album from The Beths, "Future Me Hates Me" and, in that one line, she issues a clarion call to the grotesquely lonely...or to people like me; grotesque and lonely. It is the sort of line that [...]
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