I forgot about that Wheaty, yes that KC disc was a keeper. I’m not much of one for compilations but single artists ones are a bit more interesting. I know a while ago they proposed dropping the CD but readers w […]

I buy paper magazines – i spend all day working on a screen so it’s nice to get away and leaf through a mag – alas clearly I’m in the minority and most prefer to stay on a tablet or a screen and burn their retinas […]

That’s excellent but I don’t hear the Radiohead comparison at all- it reminds me more of his fellow Welshman John Cale. Speaking of John Cale – here is his latest thing with Kelly Lee Owens. I’d put these two […]

This looks cheap and tatty – surely the great Derek Taylor deserves better? , and the withering and dreadfully dated words ‘Spin Doctor’ alone suggest the author is pretty clueless so I don’t intend to read this – […]

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It was alright, bear in mind that most people watching haven’t heard as many Macca interviews as many of us have so it was probably good viewing for yr casual viewer – at least he didn’t tell the story about “the […]

On a similar tip to the Coldcut track, Mark E Smith did an album with German electronic band Mouse on Mars as Von Südenfed- it’s rather good – and funnily enough it sounds a bit like LCD Soundsystem – (a band who […]

I don’t see much Taylor Parkes on The Quietus of late. I would subscribe to their crowdfunding push if I thought they would spend that on commissioning more writing from him – he’s the funniest and most erudite […]

Ooh that’s interesting. Never heard that before even though I’m a big Cocteau Twins fan. Complicated band politics around this one I guess – but as a piece of music it’s really good but needs someone to mix it […]

Ah I’ve only seen positive reviews, and the Bigmouth Podcast did a good feature on it and gave it a clear thumbs up. The band apparently aren’t sure about it and think it’s too predictable so suspect the next one […]

Red Barked Tree although they did one called Change Becomes Us which is the best thing they’ve done this century but not quite a new album as its songs they had in the set list in around 1980 but never properly […]

I’m also going to mention Rochdale’s finest export – Autechre who have a released a new LP called ‘SIGN’. Their debut was 27 years ago which isn’t that long in Rock Years but this new one really is a late period […]

In terms of the class of 77-79 – Wire are perhaps one of the best examples of a late flourish – they’ve been on a roll for some time and very glad I got to see them play in early 2020 and they did a fine new LP. […]

It’s all about girth (so I’m told)

Blame Fraser Lewry – it was his idea and Paul B who built the original Afterword site, and myself who rebuilt most of what you see here replicated it. I never looked at the ‘most commented’ widgets myself, I never […]

Moose I hope Ian Brown and that other Covidiot Noel Gallagher get rejected by my Greater Manchester neighbours for their insulting and unhelpful behaviour during the pandemic which has slammed us harder than most […]

Junior, the voice of reason! You’re right I’ve let a personal beef with HP get the better of me but yes, it should be ancient history and time to move on.
I feel like John Lennon at that press conference now […]

Genuine Question @Burt/Saucecraft – What is it you want? What do you want this site to be? I was heavily invested in this site for some time on the technical side. I stepped down some time ago but still check in […]

Fair enough, If you were going to sell a major bit of your legacy this is a good one as Ian wasn’t a guitarist at all, he just strummed the odd chord out of necessity when Bernard was playing keyboards – but there […]

Popwise the big songs are all written by committee – big songwriting teams with people who are expert on writing hooks/middle8s/bass parts etc and patched together in an industrial way. In terms of dance music, no […]