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29) Felt Forever Breathes the Lonely World
Lawrence thinks he should have been a star, he has released sixteen albums in a career that has now been going for forty years and is...
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28) Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy
School, 1985 and I asked a guy in my class how was the Mary Chain last night his response of brilliant and they were only on for twenty...
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Oct 31, 20221 min
27) The The Soul Mining
I read an interview with Jools Holland. I was no fan of his big band, but I had always liked Squeeze, The Tube and occasionally someone...
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Oct 27, 20221 min
26) Sugar Copper Blue
Bob Mould had enjoyed cult success and respectability with a trio called Husker Du, I am sure everyone has heard of them and if by a...
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Oct 24, 20221 min
25) Half Man Half Biscuit Back in the DHSS
The Chart Show ran on STV from 86 to 98 and would do a specialist chart. The Indie Chart had at Number One The Trumpton Riots by Half Man...
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Oct 20, 20221 min
24) Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Rock, Art and the X-Ray Style
Strummer was lost after The Clash split up, realising the huge mistake in sacking Mick Jones he begged him to come back but Mick was off...
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Oct 17, 20221 min
23) Everlasting Yeah Anima Rising
Review number nine of That Petrol Emotion Manic Pop Thrill had me gushing over the excellence of band who, in my opinion, were one of the...
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Oct 13, 20222 min
22) Grant Lee Buffalo Fuzzy
We all have done it. You hear of a band. You read the reviews, you think I must listen to them, they sound like my sort of band. Nearly...
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Oct 10, 20221 min
21) PJ Harvey Dry
We think of PJ Harvey as a solo artist, but actually originally PJ Harvey were a trio with Polly joined by Steve Vaughan, bass and Rob...
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Oct 6, 20221 min
The Fall Grotesque
Album number three from The Fall arrived a year after Dragnet and with Paul Hanley coming in on drums and the band behind Smith more...
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Oct 3, 20221 min
Kirsty MacColl Kite
I was never a fan of French and Saunders. However, I used to video it, yes, I am that old, and sit with the fast forward button just in...
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Sep 29, 20221 min
Depeche Mode Violator
With the sad death of Andy Fletcher recently you must wonder if the forty-two-year career of Depeche Mode is over or maybe they can tempt...
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Sep 26, 20221 min
Echo & the Bunnymen Ocean Rain
The greatest album ever made. Not my words. Ian McCulloch has always been good for a quote and claims his tongue was firmly in his cheek...
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Sep 22, 20221 min
16) We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It Bostin' Steve Austin
Watching The Chart Show’s Indie Chart and four young women are a top ten staple with their single Xx Sex/Rules and Regulations in 1986....
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Sep 19, 20221 min
15) Suede
I had decided I was too old for concerts but in 2019 at forty-eight I attended my first concert in eight years as Suede performed at...
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Sep 15, 20221 min
14) Super Furry Animals Fuzzy Logic
A five-piece band emerged from Wales with this belter of a debut album in 1996. They delivered nine albums over a thirteen-year career....
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Sep 12, 20221 min
13) The Cramps A Date With Elvis
We were not impressed with Paul, Stan, Norman, and Hugh as rock star names with The Housemartins. Step forward Lux Interior and Poison...
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Sep 8, 20221 min
12) The Housemartins London 0 Hull 4
Paul, Stan, Norman, and Hugh are hardly the names you would expect of a top selling band of pop stars but in 1986 The Housemartins were...
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Sep 5, 20221 min
11) The Smile A Light For Attracting Attention
Supergroups eh? Bowie’s Tin Machine is considered one of his worst moves and I would be amazed if anyone can listen to the whole album...
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10) The Fall Dragnet
Released barely seven months after their debut Dragnet arrived with Mark E Smith now the only original member of the group and only Marc...
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