Like many things in my life what I know about Wrens could be written on the back of a postage stamp. When I do my usual shake of the head...

We knew Dave Bush was for the off and sure enough he received his letter advising him he had been sacked. In came Julia Nagle, and this...

A band with nine studio albums to their name and record sales in excess of twenty million Radiohead are one of the most successful band...

It’s the mid 80’s I’m home from school fourteen or fifteen and remember if you have read any previous reviews the biggest expert on music...

The White Stripes were one of those bands that I could take or leave. I would hear something and like it but never felt compelled to buy...

Remember a year ago we had the debut album from House Of All. If you don’t then give it a go as it was the album of 2023. They have...

You speak to people of a similar age about music, and you may mention a band, or artist and they say they have heard of them but never...

The Manic arrived all over the music press and Richey Edwards was good for a quote. No one will forget the picture after he carved “4...

We have had reviews of Magazine and PIL where John McGeoch has been mentioned and let’s not forget his immense contribution to Siouxsie &...

Depeche Mode were on a roll; Alan Wilder had been in the band for five years now. His love of the studio and Martin Gore confident in his...

As the Fall said repetition, repletion, repetition. We have had Love and Money and Goodbye Mr MacKenzie reviews where I have informed you...

The usual update in personnel is needed. Bruce Dickinson went back to Iron Maiden, and they got even bigger, and Rat Scabies has just...

Glasgow, you may know has a wee thing about religion, some pubs up here can be either Celtic or Rangers pubs and I have stood in many...

In February I went to see Lust for Life. You will have heard of Katie Puckrick, Glen Matlock, Clem Burke, and Kevin Armstrong and if they...

I have already explained how a young lady I worked with introduced me to the Go-Betweens with a compilation tape and I quickly became,...

Stuart Adamson has not been with us for over twenty years, I was surprised when I read that as I had not realised, he had been gone so...

So obviously we all have dreams, mine is to write a book and get it published. I’ve obviously not done it, but I know my level so have...

They produced four studio albums, and their legacy is still as strong nearly forty years since they split. You can love a band but for...

The Ruts had a problem as sadly their lead singer Malcom Owen had died of an overdose age just twenty-six. The band had decided to...

A thirty-odd-year career, thirteen albums, nine making the top ten, a prison sentence, two tragic deaths and the lead singer becoming a...