I’ve always felt that there were two Richard Ashcrofts – the cocksure ‘Mad Richard’ you often see in his interviews – and the sensitive soul who gave us The Drugs Don’t Don’t Work, Lucky Man and A Song For the Lovers. Both Richards are in evidence on These People, Ashcroft’s first album in six years, but the combination is not entirely successful. […]
Yearly archives: 2016
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In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No 18 World Destruction by Time Zone. One of the first rock/rap crossover, 1984’s World Destruction was the second single by Time Zone, a side project of rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. tt featured a collaboration with bassist producer and – showing a keen eye for the zeitgeist – PiL and ex-Sex Pistols […]
I always felt there was something a bit emperor’s new clothes about Antony and the Johnsons. There was obvious merit in the music, but I could never quite understand why the likes of Lou Reed were so enamoured. Then came 4 Degrees and even this old philistine had to sit up and take notice.
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No 17 Shipbuilding by Robert Wyatt. The first top 40 hit for Rough Trade records, Robert Wyatt‘s version of Shipbuilding was first released in August 1982, but did not trouble the charts until eight months later when it was re-released to coincide with the first anniversary of the Falklands conflict. […]
Bordeaux beatmakers Smokey Joe & The Kid are back with a new single Please Come Home ahead of a new album and tour, which will see them play Glastonbury in the summer. A furious mash-up of hip hop, jazz and electro swing, the single highlights the Gallic duo’s talent for blending a smorgasbord of sounds into a stomping floor […]
Neatly timed to coincide with their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bang Zoom Crazy…. Hello? is the Illinois veterans’ 17th album. Described by songwriter Rick Nielsen as an attempt to get back to their roots, it bears all the hallmarks of a classic Cheap Trick recording.
I got a sneak preview of the new @Iggypop album 'Post PopDepression' with Josh Homme - here's my review
