Why it’s time to uncouple the price of a record from its value: A small-hours conversation with an…Why are you offering 20% of all your already-released still-available albums over this Bank Holiday weekend? Did you price them too high in…Aug 23A response icon1Aug 23A response icon1
“What the fuck just happened?”“What the fuck just happened?” Quite possibly the indiepop Last Waltz, that’s what. A few words on the morning after the ‘Sensitive’ launchFeb 14A response icon2Feb 14A response icon2
Published inThree Imaginary Girls“Does it hurt? Yes, but it’s also exhilarating”Why running a small indie label is as fiscally inadvisable as it is addictive.Oct 14, 2024Oct 14, 2024
“I had decided that, if my parents really did leave me, then I wanted Brotherhood Of Man to adopt…Performing Save Your Kisses For Me in A Song For Europe — the show which saw various groups competing for the chance to represent Britain…Oct 2, 2024Oct 2, 2024
“You’re still listening to the future.I don’t know all that much about music. But the reason I know more than some people is because of actual physical records and the names you…Aug 16, 2024A response icon1Aug 16, 2024A response icon1
On The Chills: “Not for the last time, they seemed to have the only song that could scratch the…I first became aware of Martin Phillipps and The Chills one Thursday evening in 1986. Andy Kershaw played the New Zealand group’s single…Jul 28, 2024A response icon3Jul 28, 2024A response icon3
“If all my friends had been musicians, I would have never written a song in my fucking life!”At a width of about nine feet, there’s no avoiding trouble on Barcelona’s narrow El Gotico thoroughfare. So when a tipsy, pink-faced…Jul 24, 2024Jul 24, 2024
“Everybody would be killed.It has to be said that, as self-styled “Viking Welcomes” go, the one put together by the combined Scandinavian delegations is pretty tame…May 11, 2024May 11, 2024
“A place where floating fragments of memory can be fast-fossilised into music.”Rack up a few turntable miles with the new album by Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band and it’s tempting to suppose that you’re privy to…Apr 28, 2024Apr 28, 2024
“Was it just one enormous cheese dream?” On Mike Read’s Heritage Chart ShowA couple of weeks ago, the UK’s only chart-based music show celebrated its hundredth episode, and yet, there’s every chance you’ve never…Mar 1, 2024A response icon1Mar 1, 2024A response icon1
