A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]
Listening for the first time to a bone fide legend of music comes with more than a small amount of trepidation and expectation. One expects to be immediately impressed, wowed, surprised and entertained; one expects [more…]
Music of the angry working class has not been commercially supported over the last fifteen years or so. I’ve nothing to back that point up other than anecdotal evidence from perusals of the genres in [more…]
Below I present my five favourite albums of this year. They aren’t necessarily ‘the best’, (whatever that even means), just the ones that I am most likely to revisit over the ensuing years. Of the [more…]
Whilst the dark, brooding and somewhat claustrophobic atmosphere of debut album Lost Souls (2000) can be heard throughout Doves’ second offering, The Last Broadcast undeniably bursts through with a confidence and energy sounding everything like [more…]
A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]
In order to understand 1978’s DOA the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle (Yorkshire slang for, well, a pulsating male member) it’s important to have an understanding of TG and their [more…]
Haut de gamme (“Top of the line”) is an apt title for an album by Koffi Olomide; a man who, in 2001, said of himself “I am different, I have class”. Quite. Haut de gamme, [more…]
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1999 Featured Album: The Party Album – Vengaboys This is the last in a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999. Just cannot go on [more…]
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