Turn the fish up?smash the dish up
While there are bands like the Charlatans who falsely seek to underplay their dubious talents with an ironic name, there are those who try the other tactic of needlessly bigging-up their meagre musical resources. […]

I ALSO HATE NO MAN
In nineties Britain (which can be distinguished from eightees Britain largely through the proliferation of royal indiscretion) everything from the past was made new again. The fact that most people’s conception of the past do[…]

Paul Morley interviews Duran Duran: oh for the paragraph tag. One of his classic pieces, nonetheless.[…]

Samantha Fox reviews The Fall: and there’s a listing of Sam’s own work here. Naughty girls, you’ll recall, need love too.[…]

MOTORHEAD FOR LIFE: I’ve not much stomach for blogging today so you get random links like this (on the official site, lovely). We expect the Dismemberment Plan to follow Motorhead’s lead shortly.[…]

FOR NO MAN
Sometimes my vitriol (not My Vitriol – their time is coming) combined with this damn cough lets me miss the obvious. So as a final word on Tom Waits I shall bring up exhibit E : “In The Neighbourhood”. Its a song from Ses[…]