The Stone Roses played Spike Island on this day 30 years ago…
Do you remember what you were doing on Sunday 27 May 1990? Chances are it wasn’t anywhere near the experience…
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“Ian was mesmerising to watch… jerking and flailing his arms like a demon possessed, like a man out of place, drowning and waving, in the smoke-filled air.” Joy Division’s Ian Curtis died 40 years ago today…
“Existence well what does it matter?I exist on the best terms I canThe past is now part of my futureThe…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Kamaflarge – Discotamination (Dave Angel Rework) [1998]
Seeing as yesterday marked Dave Angel‘s 54th birthday (happy birthday Dave!), this week’s Throwback Thursday features one of 909originals’ guilty…
“Why limit your expression to certain sounds? If the world was full of purists, music would go nowhere…” Andrew Weatherall in 1994
It’s a little under three months since we said goodbye to musical alchemist Andrew Weatherall (sadly, not the only legendary…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: D-Shake – Techno Trance (Paradise Is Now) [1990]
Some grooves are just timeless. Despite being thirty years old this year, Techno Trance (Paradise Is Now) by D-Shake, aka…
“I’ve just always been a melancholy, reflective kind of person…” Larry Heard on (almost) quitting the music industry [December 1997]
There are few tracks as synonymous with the birth of house music as Mr Fingers’ Can You Feel It, released…
“My dream is of locking myself in a room with two big speakers and all my equipment…” A Guy Called Gerald on Manchester’s rise [February 1990]
Back in early 1990, A Guy Called Gerald (aka Gerald Simpson) was riding the crest of a musical wave, with…
This 1991 interview with Andrew Weatherall illustrates the late producer’s understated musical mastery…
“I have no desire to be in the limelight, I’m a lot happier staying in the backroom, keeping myself to…
O.T. Quartet’s ‘Hold That Sucker Down’ turns 25 today…
It’s not often that you can say that the title of a track does exactly what it says on the…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Portishead – Glory Box [1994]
Question: what links anarchic cartoon show South Park and arguably the stand-out track on Portishead’s debut album, Dummy, which celebrates…