This may be a false memory. You know when you are convinced that something has happened, or someone has said something, or you have seen something...but you haven't? Janet and Freud looked at this. Funny business. I have a memory of a photograph. In the photograph Ocean Colour Scene are all suited and booted. They [...]
Responsible for one of the defining albums of Britpop and, arguably, one of the greatest debut albums by a British band ever, Elastica hold a special place in the hearts of those who were there at the time or who simply understand that few things are as thrilling as a band with an ear for [...]
Bend the knee. Bow your head. Give thanks. The best album of 2019 has arrived. After the thrills, spills and dizzy delights of "Calling It", "Too Much Money" and"Mind Your Own Business" earlier this year the Holy Trinity of electro-pop/art who are, collectively, Automatic now present their debut long player and, to be blunt with [...]
London. Home of the brash, outrageous and free. Today it is bathed in the golden glow of an Indian summer. The sun is high. People's spirits are higher. Short sleeves. Bright smiles. The intoxicating whiff of mild inebriation. I am in Kentish Town. I'm with an old friend from back when we were...younger. Times have [...]
This is the sound of youth. Frantic. Frenetic. Furious. Frenzied. Fast. Flirtatious. Fabulous. I know. You are just like me and your youth was rarely, if ever, any of those things...at least not for any extended period of time. In truth my own adolescence was a messy blend of acne, angst, anxiety and self-loathing. These [...]
Back in 1983 when the only things we had to worry about were the Falklands War, the terminal decline of our traditional industrial heartlands, mass unemployment, riots, police brutality and a Conservative government Hell bent on giving a helping hand to the people who least need a helping hand, a band made up of two [...]
Norman Rockwell. An artist who was, in his lifetime, dismissed by "serious" critics. His willingness to produce work for the mass market, including for the likes of Coca-Cola saw him treated with a barely concealed contempt by the people who matter...or who like to tell others how much they matter. Kenneth Williams once shared a [...]
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