Some utterly joyous soukous. I think the band name means “hips” but after that I am lost. some lovely melodic but crunchy Japanese shoegaze Niger’s Mdou Moctar is probably the most thrilling guitarist I’ve ever […]

While you are not wrong that Hamas are an unpleasant bunch, I do think it is more than a little specious to list their crimes as “the murder of hundreds of civilians” and then Israel’s as “withholding of aid”, […]

Julian Cope has a very similar approach, and as a result I’ve pretty much completely lost touch with his output.

I thought Child Bride was on the Unsatisfied Heart bootleg but I’ve just had a look and it isn’t. Sure I’ve heard it though, it’s an early version of Working On The Highway with a very different feel.

Sod Electric Nebraska, I want Fun Nebraska

Published in October, I believe

I’m a very long term Constant Reader, but I thought this was his weakest book in a long time. Felt like two novellas jammed together, and the resolution of one of the paired storylines was the most anticlimactic n […]

That’s one hell of a way to go out. It’s so good that he got to see all the tributes to his influence and legacy. Not many people get that. And what a legacy it is. So much of the music I listen to simply […]

this is the one. Probably Tony Iommi’s greatest riff, and there’s no shortage of competition

I also had tickets for this, travelled from Plymouth to Brixton to see a gig cancelled sign at the tube station. I’ve seen him with the Horse in arenas, but with Booker T in Brixton Academy would have been special

one daughter, aged 17, just finished her A-levels. She’s had a few emotional ups and downs over the last year, but she is a sweet kid who loves live music. She will forever be an only child – once Ms Dynamite […]

Dillinger and Leroy Smart Delroy Wilson, your cool operator Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae

Black Uhuru (or something approximating them – Duckie Simpson is the last man standing, and doesn’t do an awful lot anymore) were very enjoyable on West Holts

About a year ago I bought a little mini PC to use as a Plex server, and I took Windows off that and installed Ubuntu instead, just following the instructions on their site. I found it pretty easy and […]

this sent Zodiac Mindwarp’s Prime Mover back into my mind for the first time in a long while Well I love TV and I love T- Rex I can see through your skirt I’ve got X-Ray spex

I had to look it up to check it wasn’t released in the 80s. @Sewer-Robot‘s dating definitely feels more aligned with what was going on in hip hop

Only on the Afterword could a band who ceased operating almost two decades ago be described as modern…

Holy Bandits for Oysterband, shirley?

Obviously a child of good taste – three of those were in my overall metal starter pack upthread. And I did very nearly pick Transilvanian Hunger as well, which would have been in place of Bathory (a different […]