Morrissey
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Yes you always know exactly what you're gonna get from the Sheffield crooner....SCREEEAW!! BALAAM!! DANANGANANG!! er, hang on a minute.... have I put on a Godfathers record by mistake?
*In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No38 Lost Weekend by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions. Formed in Glasgow in 1982, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were responsible many of the most literary and erudite country-tinged pop songs of the decade. Led by the enigmatic Derbyshire-born Cole – a sort of nicer Morrissey – they made two brilliant […]
Anyone familiar with the work of Matt Bailey‘s Salient Braves will know what to expect from this their debut crowdfunded LP. Bailey’s sardonic, often laugh out loud lyrics, mercilessly turn the microscope on Brexit Britain and the notion of national pride. The tramp on the cover is an abiding metaphor for many of the lowlife characters who lurk within, […]
By rights The House of Love should have been as much of a household name as U2 or fellow Creation alumni Oasis. Riding high on the back of a string of sparkling indie singles and rapid sales of their self-titled debut album, they were officially the late ‘80s next big thing.
The Primitives are back with their first new music since 2014 album Spin-O-Rama. Now signed to Madrid-based Elefant Records, the band have been riding a wave of nostalgia since their 2009 reunion.
It may have escaped your notice in this competitive age of downloads and streaming, but Mark Nevin has quietly been amassing a considerable canon of solo material. Best known for his work with Fairground Attraction and Morrissey, My Unfashionable Opinion is his fifth solo album.
It’s not often you get to talk to someone who’s had a number one single and double platinum album, had a song covered by David Bowie and who also just happens to be a fully qualified psychotherapist. So it was with some degree of trepidation I picked up the ‘phone to chat with Mark Nevin about his new solo album My Unfashionable […]