Thanks for the review, I enjoyed reading that. Having given the thing a couple of listens, my main takeaway is the sheer scale of debt Nebraska owes to Suicide. That whole haunted America sound, with the echo on […]

The Americans are just a year off the mid-terms, which will be an opportunity to meaningfully push back against the current administration, so there’s plenty to be done. Focusing on shiny objects like this video […]

I don’t care about this video. It’s crass and asinine, but what’s new. He does this stuff, everyone reacts and then there’s just that little bit less focus, that little bit less outrage, when he does somethi […]

I miss those days too. Pre-2016 when people still believed that discussing politics online could be fun and in any way, shape or form productive. Nowadays people seem to just stay quiet outside their own echo chambers.

I rather think Laughing Len said it best….

Someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but Forks used to post here under the username Fauxgeordie. He was a regular until about a decade ago, and he was lovely, interesting bloke who was quite active on the p […]

I don’t either – you should be able to see the message even without an account.

Please send massive love to Forks and tell him that we miss him. And also thank him for the anti-billionaire message delivered via Instagram. 😉

The problem is that without a criminal investigation we have no idea what the extent or age range of Prince Andrew’s victims might be. We know he’s accused of raping Virginia Giuffre at age 17, but the imp […]

A while back, I realised that the live music experience can broadly be split across three poles, for me at least. The first is the gig where all the action is onstage. Where if the rest of the audience left it […]

The £12m settled the civil case. A criminal investigation and trial could still theoretically occur. Some people seem to believe that yesterday’s news suggests that charges may be incoming. I’ll believe it when […]

This entire situation is nonsensical. If he’s guilty he should be in court, and ideally prison. If he’s not guilty then why is he being punished again and why is he accepting it? What’s changed? Are we serio […]

I feel like this thread title really missed the open goal of “MTV: Unplugged”

May as well start here.

I know what you mean about TWYLD; it’s the album’s only nod to Van Morrison’s early career Pop leanings – almost feels like a bit of a hedge. I do love it though. The one I’d gladly excise is Beside You. I’m […]

Per the recent vinyl thread, one of the albums I ended up grabbing was Disintegration by The Cure. Disintegration opens, of course, with Plainsong, and Plainsong is a brilliant tune, but it works at the apex of […]

Great review – we saw the same show. Definitely one of the absolute best “audience watches on in reverent silence” type gigs I’ve been to, and Ára Bátur was an overwhelming highlight.

I need to say a big thanks to you. When offered the tickets I cancelled other plans because I remembered your excellent review above. Might not have gone otherwise, and very glad I did. Cheers!

Saw them in the Albert Hall this evening – fortuitously, a mate couldn’t make it and dropped front row seats on me at the last minute. Absolutely brilliant – one of the most outright beautiful live music e […]