indie rewind – Backseat Mafia

Not Forgotten: Weezer – OK Human, on its first birthday

By the time of OK Human’s release, its title had already bounced around Weezer’s fandom for some time. In a pre-pandemic interview, frontman Rivers Cuomo confirmed the working title referred to a…

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Scratch The Surface: The Jasmine Minks – Scratch the Surface (Creation Records, 1989)

Formed in Aberdeen in 1983 by Jim Shepherd (guitar/vocals), Adam Sanderson (vocals/guitar), Martin Keena(bass guitar), and Tom Reid (drums/vocals), The Jasmine Minks were a staple on the 80s indie scene,…

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Not Forgotten: ‘wrinkle’, the early EP from 2/3 of ‘The Cribs’

Prior to forming The Cribs with younger brother Ross, Jarman twins Gary and Ryan made a smattering of noisy goodness as wrinkle. The EP was recorded in 2001 at Springtime…

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Not Forgotten: The Presidents of the United States of America – The Presidents of the United States of America

The Presidents of the United States of America is a far more durable album that you might expect.

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Feature: Scratch the Surface: The Wolfhounds albums Bright and Guilty / Blown Away (1989), and an interview with Dave Callahan

THE WOLFHOUNDS formed in Romford, Essex in 1984, plying their trade in the local Rezz Club before playing gigs further afield, notably at The Clarendon in West London. Debut single…

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ALBUM REVIEW: King of the Slums – Our Favourite Trainers

THEY emerged from Hulme in 1986, breathing sour fire and an eagle eye for unfashionable detail. Second cousins of The Fall in the way they filtered and spat language to…

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Feature: Scratch the Surface – 14 Iced Bears self-titled album, and an interview with Rob Sekula

14 Iced Bears: ‘14 Iced Bears’ ( Thunderball Records 1988 ) “Only the dust remains…” Background Formed in 1985, 14 Iced Bears released three excellent records on the short lived…

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Not Forgotten: Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix

There's a reason Teenage Fanclub, and particularly Grand Prix, have endured when so much music from the 90s just been washed away.

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Not Forgotten: Half Man Half Biscuit – Trouble Over Bridgewater

Often over-looked and misunderstood, Trouble Over Bridgewater found itself wedged between two of Half Man Half Biscuit’s best albums, Four Lads Who Shook The Wirral and Cammell Laird Social Club.…

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Feature: Chris Trout – tales from the outer edges of pop

So we did this thing, on Instagram and Tumblr and Spotify, where some of us made sort of an ongoing, hopefully continuing mock John Peel programme. Or at least we…

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