Bowie – Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
Still on a Bowie tip, for which we make no apologies, here’s one of Bowie’s most underrated offerings in which he cheekily out-Dylans Dylan. One of the… Read More
Bowie – Right
The title above sends us on a tangent immediately. Is the mark of a true musical legend the right to be referred to by surname only? Few… Read More
Our Brixton Boy
We’ve lost one of our greatest and the shock is profound. Fans will be heart-broken, but you don’t have to count yourself as a Bowie devotee to… Read More
RIP Jack Bruce
Long before bass music existed as a rather messy catch-all term for bass heavy electronica that wasn’t dubstep or jungle or house, there was, of course, bass… Read More
Bob Marley – Concrete Jungle (live)
In the sleeve notes for his incredible Grime in the Dancehall mix, Paul Meme aka Grievous Angel notes that it has become fashionable in certain white boy… Read More
Modern Lovers – Pablo Picasso
‘Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole’, drawls Jonathan Richman on this classic bit of swamp-punk blues from the Modern Lovers’ eponymous debut album. Richman was the… Read More
Ray Manzarek RIP
Playlist: listen while you read (although you’ll have to be quite a slow reader) Sad news last week to hear of another musical legend departing to play… Read More
On a queen tip. No mercury.
Two artists with more in common than you’d think. The idiosyncratic original gangstas of their domains. Awaiting the duet, in a perfect world.
Porno for Pyros – Orgasm (live)
Here’s an interesting one that catches the eye in the midst of a rather uninspiring ‘Later …’ youtube playlist. Emerging out of the ashes of Jane’s Addiction,… Read More
the Blue Nile – Tinseltown in the Rain
Hard to imagine how such a banal video could be made for a song so beautiful. It should be all grey and windswept Glasgow streets, rather than… Read More
