Album no 700 is John Martyn’s 1973 classic Solid Air. If my friend at @albums200.bsky.social would like to hear another fellow Glaswegian (almost), I’d recommend it.
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But did this unelected group get access to sensitive financial information which could be useful to those tendering for council contracts?
After an unnoticed week long break (security issues closing me down in error), my barely missed blog returns with some more Porcupine Tree. steveburnhamuk.wixsite.com/my-ridiculou...
I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but that’s because I’ve been listening to The Mighty Fall
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I was pleasantly surprised by this Billy Childish album. Definitely worth a listen! steveburnhamuk.wixsite.com/my-ridiculou...
RIP David Thomas, founder and ever-present of avant-garage band Pere Ubu. Here’s some words about his early and later band Rocket From The Tombs. #PereUbu
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Sad to hear of the death of Mike Peters, front man of the Alarm and cancer charity campaigner. The band wasn’t particularly to my taste, but by all accounts he was a top bloke and will be missed.
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XTC’s debut album?
A masterpiece you say?
Well, perhaps, perhaps not.
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Anyone like The Fall? I hope so, because I found quite a treasure trove yesterday!
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Does any one else struggle, as I do, with Zappa the older you get?
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We reach the 700th album review here, with the second of last week's haul from Stamford. I very nearly didn't buy this, so sure was I that I already had it, but on checking I didn't.Coincidentally, Ma...
Ah, the "is it an EP or an album" dilemma strikes again. 4 tracks weighing in at 29 minutes could go either way, but the band refer to it as an EP. In any case, I'm only claiming to be reviewing CDs, ...
The final purchase from a recent visit to Cambridge, and this wasn't staying in the Oxfam shop racks for very long while I visited, despite a price tag designed to alleviate famine relief on its own.I...
What I know about Billy Childish could be written in one paragraph at the start of an uninspired review.He's a Medway based artist, filmmaker and musician, friend of Tracey Emin, and possessor of an i...
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David Thomas, main man in avant-garage band Pere Ubu died this week, after a long illness. I saw Pere Ubu several times, but did once see Thomas head up Rocket From The Tombs, a revival of his pre-Ubu...
I've tried not to buy compilation albums since starting this blog, preferring to visit stand alone efforts, but for £1 in a charity shop in Leicester yesterday, a pang of 1980s nostalgia overcame me a...
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During the latter part of my university years (1978-1981) XTC were probably my favourite band. I saw them play on an early date with a new girlfriend, and was blown away by the energy and creativity o...
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On a visit to Stamford yesterday, I popped into Oxfam, to see their CD wares, and had to think about this one. On the one hand, it's a compilation of their output on Kamera Records, drawing lots from ...
Originally released in two parts in 1979, Zappa's 'rock opera' Joe's Garage is a satire on everything from the music industry and sexual fetishes to (possibly) the Christian authoritarianism many in U...
