You may well have heard the single ‘Vision Thing‘ on the radio, where Simple Minds seemingly effortlessly roll back the...
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California’s Big Stir Records has a dazzling array of artists on its roster, but surely the jewel in their crown...
Those of you who pine for the days of yesteryear, when outsiders like Ian Dury could defy everybody’s expectations and...
When I first saw Glengarry Glen Ross back in the 1990s, I was absolutely knocked out. I’ve watched it many...
September 1981 was a defining moment for me in my formative years. I was eleven years old and at some...
Back in 2001, less than a year after setting up the now defunct ‘music and beyond’ website Atomicduster with my...
Secret Affair were a force of nature. The band had a handful of hits in the UK between 1979 and...
Every now and again, you become aware of an older band, and when you listen to them, think “How the...
Back in the 1990s, I worked with a lad called Martyn. He was (and indeed still is) a really nice...
Anyone who ever watched Flight Of The Conchords back in the day will already be only too aware of what...
Steeped in the sounds of the classic songwriters of the mid-sixties to late seventies, Nick Frater‘s latest release is an...
On the YouTube page for Patina‘s opening track, ‘No Dreams Of Fayres‘, there’s a guy called Erik Lewis who appears...
What an amazing band The House Of Love truly were. Or possibly still are, as there is, allegedly, a new...
Two things struck me while listening to Glasgow quartet The Wife Guys Of Reddit. One: this is quite possibly the...
Bad Breeding‘s particular brand of anarcho-punk is one that, when delivered by others, can seem a little over the top...