by admin | Nov 1, 2023 | Music, November 2023
April 1970 brought the end of The Beatles, an illustrious path left behind and an uncertain future for each member of the band. John Lennon became a deified figure whose assassination in 1980 rocked millions around the planet, Paul McCartney formed Wings and continued...
by admin | Sep 29, 2023 | Music, October 2023
OK Computer is rightly lauded as a pristine, magnificent album. A defining moment in modern British music, which made Radiohead the hottest property on these shores. The waves of OK Computer are still reverberating over 25 years after its release but in its immediate...
by admin | Sep 4, 2023 | Music, September 2023
It’s easy nowadays to see Ozzy Osbourne as a faded reality star and a figure of fun, but if we’re to look at what put his name on the cultural map, his time in Black Sabbath, the picture very quickly changes. One of the most recognisable voices in rock...
by admin | Aug 1, 2023 | August 2023, Music
This months blast from the past is the winner of the 1995 Mercury Prize, Dummy from Portishead. The bustling music scene in Bristol which emerged in the late 1980s, pioneering what has become know as trip-hop saw Tricky, Massive Attack and Portishead all shoot to...
by admin | Jul 6, 2023 | July 2023, Music
Fresh off of watching their fantastic set at Glastonbury, I have to review an album by the Foo Fighters. The Foo Fighters have been releasing music pretty consistently for nearly thirty years, going right back to their fantastic self titled debut, which was released...
by admin | May 31, 2023 | June 2023, Music
Firstly, I would just like to say thank you to Andy Rourke for your under-appreciated contributions to not just this record but The Smiths’ catalogue, your light will never go out. The dovetailing of him and his three bandmates, Morrissey, Johnny Marr and Mike Joyce...
