"It honestly was a Field Of Dreams moment … sort of ‘if you build it they will come’. The first two singers that said yes, and actually came to our studio to do vocalsm were Robin Zander and Al Jourgensen. Not a bad duo to start with!"
My Bloody Valentine
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Having spent the first 10 minutes crushed beneath someone’s armpit in a packed and sweaty Scala, it’s painfully obvious Thurston Moore still has a massive following in London. They were still cramming them in well into the start of his set on a sultry June Thursday night and the former Sonic Youth man seemed pleased to be back in his […]
Originally formed as a one-man multimedia project, The History Of Colour TV are fast developing into a serious rock band. Having expanded into a three-piece, the Berlin-based outfit have honed their sound, stripping back some of their earlier layers of overdubs in favour of a raw, primal noise aesthetic.
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No30 Feed Me With Your Kiss By My Bloody Valentine. I’m probably asking for trouble here, but I’ve always felt My Bloody Valentine were a bit overrated. I could never quite understand why they were so feted by the music press and why Kevin Shields was regarded as such […]
In the annals of Indie rock, David Gedge is one of the last great survivors. While other great hopes and next big things crash and burn under the weight of major label pressure, or drug-fuelled excess, Gedge ploughs on, steering a singular, uncompromising course through the minefield of music biz pomposity.
Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls drummer Nigel Powell is moving centre stage to tour the latest album by his Sad Song Co. solo project. Multi-instrumentalist Powell, who’s also sticksman with Oxford’s Dive Dive, will be showcasing SSC’s upcoming album in amber. Recorded in just five days, with the aid of Radiohead engineer Graeme Stuart and producer George Shilling of My Bloody Valentine fame, in […]
