The Fall
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The vitriol has been dialled back a notch and some of the rougher edges sanded down, in what feels like a band discovering their own sound.
Now 50 Years Old 'The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society' Evokes An Arcadian Vision Of A Fast Disappearing England
If you thought Brix and the Extricated were nowt but a glorified Fall tribute band, well think again.
Frontman Neil Arthur is disarmingly modest about their achievements, but Blancmange were one of the most successful bands to emerge from the experimental electronic music scene of the early ’80s. Blending pop melodies with dark lyrics and avant-garde programming and recording techniques, they went on to rack up seven Top 40 hits. Don’t Tell Me and Living On The Ceiling both reached the […]
Fresh from opening for The Stone Roses at Wembley Stadium, An Ideal For Living faves The G-O-D are back with a new double-A-side single. The band, fronted by Dub Sex guitarist Chris Bridgett, have only been going for about 18 months, but were specially invited to open for the Roses by singer Ian Brown.
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.
I must confess to knowing vert little about One Eyed Wayne prior to this review, but a title like Attack of the Luxury Flats was always bound to get my attention. The debut album by the Hornsey quartet, it’s an endearingly ramshackle ride, which wears its influences firmly on its sleeve.