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Soundtrack of our lives: The Fall – Album Definitive Quagmire. In memory of Mark E Smith

I don’t really know why I’m a fan of Mark E Smith and The Fall. Is it the uanabashed Northernness? Is it the mastery of prose? or maybe the fact…

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News: Brix Smith Start releases statement following the death of Mark E Smith

Joined the outpouring of grief and sadness at the news of Fall mainman Mark E Smith, his former wife and Fall member Brix Smith Start has issued a statement via…

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Obituary: The Fall’s Mark E Smith

The Fall. 32 studio albums (and counting…compilations etc. one can only guess), 66 band members, and one constant element – the enigmatic, grumpy, exasperating Mark E Smith. And with his…

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Fall: The Singles 1978 – 2016 [boxset]

The Fall Release December 2017 The Singles 1978 – 2016 There have been numerous Fall box sets over the years of varying quality, The Peel Sessions, The Rough Trade Anthology,…

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LIVE: THE FALL – WAKEFIELD – 20/10/17

Not just because it’s my home town, The Fall in Wakefield has always been special. I saw them here for the first time back in 1983 (For the record: First…

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Album Review: The Fall – New Facts Emerge

One thing that always remained the norm was the output of Mark E Smith and The Fall. However this 32nd 10 inch double vinyl album, titled New Facts Emerge, is…

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See: Beacons Festival 7-10 August 2014

I guess it’s time to start thinking which summer festival to attend and I’m really excited about the first acts announced by Beacons Festival. This independent festival is only in…

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From an old record box: Cud – Robinson Crusoe

This was an early glory of my burgeoning (or so I thought) record collection and indie cred. They’d been in Peel’s Festive Fifty the year before (I looked that up…

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