Writer for newspapers and magazines, sleevenotes etc. Two books: Denim and Leather, and The Gospel of the Hold Steady. QPR supporter, hoping always that change really is possible
Michael Hann
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Been going through old seven inches I have never played … open.substack.com/pub/michaelh...
Michael Hann
I know Andy Burnham’s deepest secret. open.substack.com/pub/michaelh...
Went to Desertfest for the heavy grooves and Lemon Twigs for the spun sugar. spectator.com/article/the-...
An old chapter for a book that never came to fruition. open.substack.com/pub/michaelh...
I think Arsenal fans will be interested in this, from 1999, in which David Rocastle and Michael Thomas tell their sad stories of life in football … open.substack.com/pub/michaelh...
Wrote about Matty Groves for the FT’s Life of a Song series. www.ft.com/content/649b...
Full transcription time. Kevin Rowland, 2020. open.substack.com/pub/michaelh...
Missed my Sugar review go up earlier this week … www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
Not the best football songs, nor the best World Cup songs, but the best songs *about* football. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Every week I'll be reviewing five seven inches I own but have never played. The first batch has Philly shoegaze, weird prog on RAK and an assessment of Britney Spears' mental health …
In late 1999 I tracked down David Rocastle and Michael Thomas, stars of Arsenal's 1989 title-winning team, to find out where they had disappeared to. It was a sad story …
It was odd, walking around Camden Town during Desertfest – the annual weekend-long celebration of doom, stoner and sludge metal (we’ll come to what they all are later). Odd in particular to see so man...
Six years ago, with his controversial 1999 covers album My Beauty about to be rereleased, Britain's greatest white soul singer talked to me about his life. Here's the full transcript.
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After three unlikely Top 10 albums in the 90s, the trio are back – and on the basis of this rapid-fire set, you hope they’ll stick around
As World Cup fever begins, we go beyond terrace chants and team anthems to look at footy-mad songwriting, from Cardiff rap to Zimbabwean rumbira ... and Rod Stewart
