Archive For The “New Wave” Category
There is no greater irritant than a bunch of whey faced middle class twerps attempting to play reggae and in this respect, ‘Macchu Picchu’ is atrocious as genocide. The good news is that after this most miserable of starts, the Strokes remind us that new wave did not die with Elvis Costello’s ‘Spike’, and is … Continue reading »
God bless Placebo! Spiteful, excessive and narcissistic, they rock like cannibals. Nineties mutant offspring. Take a pinch of Jerry Lee Lewis, stir in the Spiders from Mars, bring to the boil with a dollop of Bauhaus. We should be proud…Happy Ne…
There were only two bands worth listening to in the Britpop movement and neither of them were called Oasis. This album transcends the genre effortlessly, providing the definitive soundtrack to a generation for whom the alienation of the after party comedown became a lifestyle. Bernard Butler, a guitarist and arranger of prodigious talent and singer 
“I got some John Coltrane on the stereo, baby…” The first paisley underground act to get signed to a major label, Dream Syndicate were the eye catching facet of a movement that included the Long Ryders, Green on Red and the Rain Parade. Where many of these bands channeled the Byrds and the garage sound 
A rare moment of staggering (sic) genius from the godfather of punk. Recorded after the Stooges broke up for the first time, the crunching tones of ’1969′ and ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ are here eschewed in favour of a more melodic, bluesey palette, strongly reminiscent of Keith Richards in Sticky Fingered pomp. ‘Lucky Monkeys’ 
