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Not Forgotten: Half Man Half Biscuit – And Some Fell on Stony Ground

Half Man Half Biscuit are one of those bands where if you’re a fan you either have, or want, everything they’ve ever recorded (a pristine copy of “No Regrets” still…

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Classic Albums: Considering the status of Nirvana’s Nevermind 25 years later

It should go without saying, but sometimes it’s okay not to like something as much as people tell you that you should do. This applies many multiple times over for…

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Not Forgotten: Blonde Redhead – Masculin féminin

Seemingly permanently entrenched in the fringes of the independent scene, Blonde Redhead have been with us for 23 years now, releasing nine albums for four different record labels. On 30…

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Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – Mink Car

Having extracted themselves from the Elektra record label, They Might Be Giants spent the late 90s keeping relatively low key, with the live Severe Tyre Damage and the early internet…

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Not Forgotten: William Shatner – Has Been

Can you imagine trying to pitch a William Shatner album to a record label in 2003? For decades he had been sniggered at for his various attempts at ‘singing’, with…

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Not Forgotten: Ocean Colour Scene – Marchin’ Already

Anyone who has read more than a handful of my reviews will be familiar with my oddly conflicted attitude to the mid-90s Britpop movement. Seemingly a term coined by Stuart…

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Not Forgotten: Blur – 13

At the peak of their success I was distinctly unimpressed with Blur and their run of chirpy-chappy chart toppers. Parklife and the Great Escape both sold by the lorry full,…

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Not Forgotten: Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World

Rings Around the World was released to no little fanfare and received widespread acclaim back in 2001. Fifteen years after its release, it remains one of the key releases in…

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Not Forgotten: Tom Waits – Small Change

Sometimes you dismiss an entire era of an established artist’s career for what you convince yourself is a good reason. As much as I love Tom Waits’ debut, Closing Time,…

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Not Forgotten: The Scientists – A Place Called Bad

As one of the most geographically isolated cities in the world, punk came late to Perth, but when it finally did, it caught the attention of Kim Salmon, the man…

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