Iggy Pop has teamed up with Kill Bill guitar hero Hotei for a new single Walking Through The Night. A dark tale of a stroll through the seamier side of Tokyo, it’s the latest cut from Hotei’s first international album Strangers, out now on Spinefarm Records. Iggy, who also worked with the Japanese on How The Cookie Crumbles, says the song is about ‘feeling alone, sexually […]
Monthly archives: November 2016
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In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No28 Suzanne By Leonard Cohen. What the hell is going on with 2016? The curse has struck again with news of the passing of one of the few true musical poets, Leonard Cohen.
It’s easy to be snide and cynical about events like this – why should a bunch of so-called one-hit wonders deserve a headlining tour 35 years after their brief brush with fame? But the fact is – to a significant minority of people – The Vapors meant something and they still do. That’s why their London comeback […]
For a little over an hour on a cold October Sunday a packed O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire was taken back in time to 1981 – when Dallas was TV gold and leather ties, wedge haircuts and ultra-thin ponytails were all the rage. Margaret Thatcher was in power, there were riots on the streets of Brixton and Toxteth and a […]
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No27 Shine On By The House of Love. A soaring alternative anthem, Shine On is without doubt one of the strongest indie debut 45s of all time. A statement of intent, it was the first of a trio of superb singles that firmly established The House of Love as the band […]