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It Says Nothing To Me About My Life – Music and Issues
‘Where are the songs about boozers and builders, banning the bomb and abusing the children?’ Carter USM – Do Re Mi, So Far So Good (1992) ELM, musically speaking, has a sweet tooth. Things that are...
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What Were You Thinking? Ten Terrible Albums by Ten Terrific Artists
If ever you could argue a concept is universal, then surely ‘a bad day at the office’ has a strong case. We’ve all had them – late bus, pissing rain, boss on the warpath, deadline missed, no time for...
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I Know It’s Over – Morrissey to Retire?
In news certain to devastate a certain type of manic fan – i.e. all of them – Morrissey made the surprising claim that he’s reaching the end of his time as ‘the Prince of Wails’. Asked about performing...
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Morrissey – Barrowlands, Glasgow
There’s a thing about being a regular gig-goer; no matter how excited you get by a new band, a new album, when they walk onstage it’s just a few blokes. We all have bands who we love who perform...
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Alcoholiday – 5 Great Lines About Drinking
“Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life’s problems.” Homer Simpson. And, indeed, the great man neatly addresses the problems rock’n'roll has always had with the demon drink. It’s always...
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‘A Bloke in the Pub Told Me’….Facts!
A steadfast and indisputable truth of the Universe is that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Similarly, anything a bloke tells you in a pub is gospel. Once you realise this, it opens up a plethora of...
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Like a female Morrissey fronting the Bad Seeds – Phantom
We first caught up with Phantom about six months ago, when they were in town for the Hinterland Festival. Today sees the release of their debut single ‘The Great Pretender.’ We caught up with the guys...
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The Songs That Saved Your Life – The 80s; Where Is My Mind?
There was more to the 80s than Duran Duran and massive cocaine habits, you know. Scandalously disregarding the work of Sonia, Salamander takes us through the fashions and then goes for a song coming...
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This week’s new releases
Absence, they say, makes the heart grow fonder. And that’s maybe why we’ve never quite warmed to Gorillaz. They return this week with new album The Fall, despite never really having seemed to go away...
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Mardy Bum – Morrissey claims he can’t get a record deal
Morrissey has revealed he is currently without a record deal, complaining that no labels have sought him out. “There’s not much I can do about it,” he said. “You assume that anyone who wants you will...
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Interesting dug – Morrissey bitten by pooch
Rebekah Brooks might think she’s having a tough time, but it absolutely pales into comparison with what Morrissey is going through these days. Just weeks after civil war erupted amongst his online fans...
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Who are the best band in the world?
Back in the day, before kids fiddled with their internets and smartphones, music was a more straightforward affair. There was the charts, there was the music press and there were a few well-defined...
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Great lost albums – Viva Hate
Morrissey was both blessed and cursed when The Smiths split in 1987. After an abortive attempt to keep the band going – Aztec Camera’s Roddy Frame was reportedly asked to consider replacing Johnny Marr...
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Keith TOTP And His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band – TOTP 2
Howlin’ Whippet looks at an album that could only have come from Blighty. It’s a lengthy moniker, I’ll give you that. So, for the purposes of brevity, we’ll call him Keith TOTP. Recorded, apparently,...
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From the Vault – The Smiths
So, a curmudgeonly old leader of a Manchester institution released a book this week, in which he viciously lashed out at the people he used to work with back in the day. But enough about Sir Alex...
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