I first heard of Big Star when every music journalist in the UK was using them as the barometer to describe the direction that Teenage Fanclub took with Bandwagonesque (which beat Nirvana’s Nevermind & Primal Scream’s Screamadelica in many end of year best-of lists). At…
Marc Mac has been close to the beating heart of contemporary British for over two decades now. He was genre defining in the early 90s dance/hardcore movement, as part of A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd and redefined drum & bass…
I’m a bit of a one trick pony. Or maybe two or three tricks. There are a couple of little obsessions I have, and I tend to keep coming back to them. One of these is how ridiculous it is…
I’ve said before that U2 probably top the list of bands it’s cool to hate, but when the sun is shining, you’re having breakfast in a lovely cafe in Melbourne, and Angel Of Harlem, with its wonderful Stax-style horns comes on…
It couldn’t be anything other than Drive by The Cars really, could it? Who’s gonna tell you when It’s too late Who’s gonna tell you things Aren’t so great You can’t go on Thinking nothing’s wrong Who’s gonna drive you home tonight…
My favourite radio station, BBC 6 Music is 10 years old, and has released the 100 best tunes since its birth: listening to the playlist I stumbled across this by the one-time saviours of music to-be, The Libertines. It still…
As played by the man Gilles a few weeks ago this is a slice of sample heaven. You’re welcome. Knockout by Anamorphic Mike on Flickr
I had my first letter printed by The Guardian in September 2000, 4 days after my 25th birthday. Talk about the ultimate present. It was in the Weekend magazine; it was a response to an on-going joke in the letters pages…
Everybody let me tell you ’bout my love Brought to you by an angel from above Full equipped with a lifetime guarantee Once you try it, I am sure that you’ll see
Because I never get bored of Ghostpoet. And he so should have won the Mercury.