It’s no secret that Morrissey had struggled to fit in throughout his life until a certain Johnny Marr knocked on his door. The Smiths...

We have rightly praised Super Furry Animals way back in October 2023 with their excellent debut Fuzzy Logic Released barely fifteen...

So, in this long going soap opera after the last episode called Levitate the lead man Mark E Smith is in a bit of trouble with the drink...

We have already celebrated the wonderful Terry Hall when we reviewed The Colourfield album Virgins and Philistines (Review 86 if anyone...

Dave Grohl left the drumkit for the guitar after a tragedy in his band. He was not the first musician to do this. Rock Lobster and Planet...

I am aware of Leonard Cohen but all I know is he went into a monastery and that he wrote Hallelujah oh and sadly he is no longer with us....

We usually despair of supergroups. The Smile have bucked the trend and years earlier Electronic certainly tried. Johnny Marr had moved...

Maximo Park are one of those bands that seem to have always been around but never really broken through. Usual read on the internet...

Review fifty-five was Combat Rock where The Clash conquered America. As they toured supporting The Who Topper Headon had already been...

Next review and it’s The Prisoners. Who are The Prisoners? Usual read of the internet and there we go James Taylor from The James Taylor...

I like(d) weird stuff and as we know was quite quick to slate anything because I was an arrogant arse. However, the odd pop song would...

When I thought I would start to write these amateur thirty second reads I asked for requests as I couldn’t subject people to my music, my...

Remember folks times these were tough for The Fall after Light User Syndrome, we had lost members and Mark was losing the plot, well now...

In 1999 I was still avidly searching the music press for anything and suddenly Flaming Lips were everywhere, I had heard of them, but...

Review ninety-nine looked at Echo & the Bunnymen Reverberation which is an album that has been consigned to history as Ian McCulloch was...

I used to record John Peel on a 90-minute tape and then listen back and if he played a song, I liked I copied it onto my playlist tapes...

Fiona Apple appeared in 1996 and won numerous praise and awards. I listened to her first album, Tidal. There was talent clearly but...

Everyone has had that moment when their parent has said “What’s that you are listening to?” You respond and the parent replies “never...

Music biographies can be bland and not really tell you much more than you already know. Step forward Miki Berenyi with her autobiography...

I know the name, nothing more. I had a read online and found out he studied in Edinburgh, hope he had nights through in Glasgow, imagine...