Irish Tracks of the Week – September 17th
September 17th, 2021 | by Brian Coney
Here’s the very best Irish tracks and releases of the week, featuring BANYAH, Pillow Queens, Havvk, Somebody’s Child, April, Peter …
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Chairmen of the Bored: Nostalgia’s Tight Grip on Stranger Things
October 18th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
The opening of Netflix’s smash hit Stranger Things finds four adolescent boys gathered round a table, intently focussed on some …
How Satire Explains The Rise of Trump
April 6th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
“Let’s Drop The Big One And See What Happens” On November 8th 2016, the United States of America will elect …
In Search of Space: Exploring The Fringes of The Mind With Hawkwind
May 6th, 2015 | by Steven Rainey
As Hawkwind’s first four years on record are collated on a new 11cd boxed set, This is Your Captain Speaking… …
Classic Album: Grateful Dead – Live/Dead (1969)
December 4th, 2014 | by Steven Rainey
The very best music takes you to a different place, a different headspace, to the one you’re in before you …
Remake/Remodel – When Cover Versions Go Weird
October 28th, 2014 | by Steven Rainey
Doing a cover version is a tricky job, with the amount of creative effort required to make it work frequently …
Classic Album: The Sisters of Mercy – Some Girls Wander By Mistake
July 2nd, 2014 | by Steven Rainey
Incredibly, the Sisters of Mercy have not released any new music for twenty-one years. Their last release was a compilation …
Getting Re-Acquainted: Bob Dylan – Jokerman
April 21st, 2014 | by Steven Rainey
It’s strange how, nearly 50 years after someone shouted “JUDAS!” in the Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1966, Bob Dylan …
Getting re-acquainted: ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man (1983)
March 4th, 2014 | by Steven Rainey
Like a punch in the face, ‘Sharp Dressed Man’ explodes out of the speakers, a sleek, streamlined beast of a …
20 Years of Being Brave – How Marillion Crawled Back From Obscurity
February 20th, 2014 | by Steven Rainey
Twenty years ago, a record called Brave hit number ten on the UK album chart. It was by a band …
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