If you attend Anfield, which I do on occasion when the miracle of a ticket happens, George Sephton, the Voice of Anfield plays music and...

I don’t mind Pearl Jam. They are not my normal type of band, and I wouldn’t be sure if I have heard all of their records but the ones I...

I always thought Wendy James knew what she was doing. She loved to provoke with her comments, go on Top of the Pops in stockings and...

Ah Interpol they have been around for about five years, haven’t they? I’m good on these things, checks internet, formed in 1997, where...

Album thirty is upon us and they have been going thirty-four years by this point and for the first time ever they have the same group for...

Twenty-one albums in a forty-two-year career and a one hundred and fifty million record sales. It’s fair to say Mr Springsteen has had a...

December 1988, I turned eighteen, I was single, this I know is the real big revelation of the review.   Basically, I have about ten mates...

Ska I am afraid I only know the mainstream, The Specials and Madness that’s about it, there’s no reason I have no feelings either way...

Echo & The Bunnymen were meant to be as big as U2. They sadly never were but are certainly a much better band (my opinion).   Their fifth...

Matt Johnson had sold himself to me and to many others with Soul Mining and Infected. He was a one-man band for these records calling on...

Sleater-Kinney have been around for thirty odd years (we will ignore their eight years break up)and have released eleven albums. We...

I remember The Lottery Numbers going to number one with this record back in 2023 and thinking they have come from nowhere. Obviously, I...

I was (am) a big fan of Big Audio Dynamite and quite often in interviews there would be a mention of Sigue Sigue Sputnik who Mick Jones...

Review 184 dealt with the band Lush and their record Lovelife ( https://www.albumsin200words.co.uk/post/184-lush-lovelife ) and mentioned...

Album twenty-nine arrives and we have a hat trick, yep same line up for the third record in a row, this is unheard of, Mark still clearly...

I had my son for the night and took him back to my ex-wife, she had the television on and it was the news and there was Kirsty MacColl, I...

A remarkable life and career for Edwyn. First up indie credibility with his band Orange Juice on Postcard, then the big hit with Rip it...

I was browsing the iPlayer and saw Gimme Gimme Gimme was on there so stuck an episode on as used to make me laugh back in the day. During...

As you all know my country Scotland has given you the Bay City Rollers, The Krankies, Wet Wet Wet and my reviews. It’s also the place,...

Lunchtimes were always a walk around record shops. If you ever met me you would instantly know I have no interest in clothes and I have...