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Jon Bryan

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Not Forgotten – The Shins – Wincing the Night Away

  • November 24, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
It’s happened to me more times than I like to think – I discover a great band with a small but interesting discography, I’ve just missed them on tour, but…
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Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – War Child

  • November 19, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
Released in 1974, War Child found Jethro Tull at a crossroads in their career. Having had their previous album, the dense and generally grumpy A Passion Play, critically mauled and…
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Classic Compilation: Various Artists – A Whole Lot of Rainbows

  • November 13, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
As much as I love music, there are times when I have to just step back and say that sometimes it just takes itself too seriously. As much respect as…
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Not Forgotten: The Waterboys – A Pagan Place

  • November 7, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
Post-punk in a vaguely similar way that U2, Simple Minds and Big Country were post-punk, in the early 80s The Waterboys were a band laden with potential, fronted by an…
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Reissue: Supertramp – Crime of the Century

  • November 5, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
The mid 90s coincided with my late teens and were a period of contrariness and of rebellion for me, though not in the cliched ‘railing against your parents and authority’…
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Album Review: Half Man Half Biscuit – Urge for Offal

  • October 25, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
There’s a good argument for Half Man Half Biscuit being the greatest indie band of all time. After thirty years they still remain utterly loyal to the tiny Probe Plus…
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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps

  • October 24, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
Neil Young has always struck me as a somewhat schizophrenic artist, rattling between noisy guitar-rock which could be either thrilling or dragged out beyond all reasonable endurance and his softer…
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News: Bruce Springsteen to release The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973-1984

  • October 19, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
For some reason I can’t help liking Bruce Springsteen. For all his bluster, forced blue-collar worthiness and questionable career moves, his heart always seems to be in the right place.…
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List – Jaw-dropping debut albums

  • October 17, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
The debut album, by it’s very definition is a crucial album for any act, as it’s success or failure will inevitably dictate their future success. Sure, the act may have…
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Not Forgotten: Ian Hunter – All American Alien Boy

  • October 17, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
He could have taken the easy route and trotted out facsimiles of his brilliant eponymous solo debut, but Ian Hunter is a smarter cookie than that. He knew that if…
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