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*In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No41 Sell Me A Lemon by Ming City Rockers. Bang up to date with this one – at least by my standards. I was turned on to Ming City Rockers by none other than Walter Lure – last man standing of New York’s Heartbreakers. Walter said he’d never heard such […]
What better antidote to the rapacious commercialism of Black Friday than a night out in Brixton with Savages? The O2 Academy show was the band’s biggest UK headlining performance to date and the packed house signalled that this was a band ready for the big leagues. Walking on to Leonard Cohen’s A Thousand Kisses Deep was a nice touch – a fitting […]
Iggy Pop has teamed up with Kill Bill guitar hero Hotei for a new single Walking Through The Night. A dark tale of a stroll through the seamier side of Tokyo, it’s the latest cut from Hotei’s first international album Strangers, out now on Spinefarm Records. Iggy, who also worked with the Japanese on How The Cookie Crumbles, says the song is about ‘feeling alone, sexually […]
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No27 Shine On By The House of Love. A soaring alternative anthem, Shine On is without doubt one of the strongest indie debut 45s of all time. A statement of intent, it was the first of a trio of superb singles that firmly established The House of Love as the band […]
I got a sneak preview of the new @Iggypop album 'Post PopDepression' with Josh Homme - here's my review