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From an old record box: Then Jerico – Big Area
On 4 February 1989, the brief career of British rock band, Then Jerico, shone its brightest when “Big Area” reached its highest chart position of 13. The recording I have is catalogue number 886-366 7 and is a 1989 pressing of the 7″. There’s a touch of the Johnny Hates Jazz’s about Then Jerico. They …
Track: Harleighblu – Enough Now
Brian Clough ruined my childhood. It’s a bold statement, but I firmly believe it’s true. Before we start, I don’t want to bring these facts up, it is purely in support of a story. The team he managed at the time, (and I can hardly bring myself to write this, never mind say it) Nottingham …
Album review: The Lonely H – The Lonely H
This is good-time music. It’s got everything that you need: bendy, blues- and rock’n’roll-infused guitars, confident brass, an unobtrusive but muscular rhythm section, a strong and soulful vocalist, and a good understanding of how to write coherent, tuneful, ass-shaking, country rock. This five-piece, who have been together for around a decade, hail from Port Angeles, …
From an old record box: the Cure – The Head on the Door
It’s something like 1994, probably late winter or early spring judging by the chill factor of sleeping “on the floor of the night before/with a stranger lying next to me”. I’ve got my overcoat for a duvet and shirt for a pillow. The stranger isn’t a hook-up, just a fellow teen-age pass-out. We’re in Newmarket …
Interview: Matt Reid – Documentary Director
It is becoming increasingly apparent to me as Backseat Mafia develops that one thing keeps on leading excitingly to another and that the enjoyment won’t stop building. In this case, a dream of an opportunity, namely to put questions to New Model Army’s Justin Sullivan, has turned out not to be the end of that …
O Emperor – Vitreous: Album Review
Back in April I got lost on bandcamp and wandered into O Emperor‘s house. They had facial hair so it was a pretty happy accidental meeting plus, as you could not doubt tell from my breathless review of the video for “Holy Fool” I also liked what I found. Now they’re releasing albums, and it’s …
New Music: Public Service Broadcasting – Theme from PSB
There seems a lack of public service broadcasting on our televisions these days. Its probably down to having to be accountable for just about anything and everything. In my youth, we had loads of it, and I have happy memories of the evil of Nico Tine, and crossing the road with Geoff Capes. One such …
Meet: Indie pop darlings Making Marks, and listen to new track ‘Barcodes’.
Sometimes, you hear quite by accident a track that literally bowls you away. That happened to me a couple of weeks ago when I was trawling various social media sites to find something new and good to listen to. I can’t quite remember now how I came across ‘Barcodes’ by Oslo based Making Marks, but …
See: Fat Freddys Drop – Clean the House Video
It’s difficult when writing about Fat Freddy’s Drop to pigeonhole them. Their music takes so many twists and turns and draw in so many thinks that it constantly messes with your mind. (well, it constantly messes with my mind, anyway) This seven-headed soul monster (before you think how brilliant that is, it’s how they describe …
Album Review: Beaches-She Beats
Melbourne’s Beaches new album She Beats has all the ingredients that help make an excellent record: loud guitars, dreamy, reverbed vocals, a solid rhythm section, and NEU!s Michael Rother’s seal of approval(plus his guitar playing on a couple tracks). She Beats is a mix of lo fi graininess, zone-out atmosphere, psychedelic colors, and some good …