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Not Forgotten: Bill Nelson – ‘Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam’

Guitarist Bill Nelson’s trajectory has been eclectic and multi faceted – singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter, video artist, writer to name but a few. After folding his 70s band ‘Be-Bop Deluxe’, he created…

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Not Forgotten: Edwyn Collins – Doctor Syntax

Released several years after the splendidly varied I’m Not Following You, and years after the wave of interest caused by “A Girl Like You” had long since dissipated, Doctor Syntax…

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Not Forgotten: Fuzzy Duck

Sometimes curiosity can get the best of most of us. From the gloriously weird cover art, to the band’s name being a spoonerism, there’s enough here to indicate that there’s…

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Not Forgotten – The Waterboys

Quite where Mike Scott the solo artist starts and The Waterboys as a band begins has fluctuated over the years, which is in its own way oddly fitting, given the…

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Not Forgotten: Clifford T. Ward – Home Thoughts

Twee long before twee became cool, Clifford T. Ward’s career has seemingly faded from the collective memory just like the photo adorning Home Thoughts album cover. Okay, so maybe some…

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Not Forgotten: Regina Spektor – Far

Originally best known for her association with the then so-hip-they’ll-inevitably-fall-flat-on-their-faces The Strokes, Regina Spektor managed to forge her own path with her singular brand of indie-rock. Soviet Kitsch had gone…

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Not Forgotten: Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go

Sometimes you hear a song in your youth for the first time and you realise that it will go on to define your generation. You don’t even have to like…

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Not Forgotten: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – The Impossible Dream

Having established themselves as one of the best value acts on the live circuit, and releasing a pair of albums that captured an idiosyncratic style, by their third studio album…

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Not Forgotten: Elliott Smith – XO

Like most people, I became familiar with Elliott Smith following his appearance at the Oscars a few years back. I picked up a single and was impressed enough by it…

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Features: Two Views, Radiohead & Super Furry Animals

3 May 2016 was a day that started out like many others. Then suddenly Radiohead released a new song after years of silence and then it wasn’t. Social Media lost…

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