There’s a strange kind of emotional whiplash attached to Spell Blanket, the first of two demo albums that mark “a closing of the door” on Broadcast. On the one hand there’s a real sense of surprise ...

There’s a strange kind of emotional whiplash attached to Spell Blanket, the first of two demo albums that mark “a closing of the door” on Broadcast. On the one hand there’s a real sense of surprise ...

It’s when something gets you, isn’t it? You can’t put your finger on it, it just gets you in your gut. And that was me with The Pop Group. It was the same with Magazine, although as beautiful as it ...

When I joined Yorkie’s band Ho Ho Bacteria in 1978, I had the luxury of him brainwashing me with some of the finest albums around. Ranging from Cabaret Voltaire to Marlene Dietrich live in London. One ...

Again I didn’t get into this one until late, but because I’m inqusitive I was always asking the likes of Andy Diagram and then later Martin Smith out of the Red Elastic Band who was also playing with ...

I’d seen a TV performance of Tim Buckley, he walked on and just played this incredible song, ‘Song To The Siren’, it blew me away. The first album I got was Happy Sad, and the playing on that – the ...

Tony Wilson had a cultural show, So It Goes, where he’d have bands from Manchester and all around the North West. I didn’t really watch it because that was my dad’s time to watch whatever he was ...

Photo by Sylvestre Nonique-Desvergnes There is a profound moment, in talking to Eric Chenaux ab... 0 comments Read » Baker's Dozen ...

Photo by Jeff Pitcher Emma Anderson’s debut album, Pearlies, is one of the loveliest surprises ... 0 comments Read » Baker's Dozen ...

Touring is not as lucrative as you might think. Are venues really taking 30%+ commission on merchandise? Artists have had enough. Sean Adams explores how attitudes are changing Above and beyond the ...

In Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album in eight years, and first since his recovery from throat cancer, Karl Smith finds a record concerned with the varied states of human life and a sprawling piece ...

“Making a list like this is not really my favourite thing, because there’s a lot that gets left... 0 comments Read » Baker's Dozen ...