After completing Lockdown LPs, which took me a year, I’ve decided it’s only right to roll out my 12-inch singles.…
Lockdown LPs – Let’s play all our records!
Right. I’m going to do something I’ve always wanted to do: A near-300 LP DJ set over several months. The…
Pulp – This is Hardcore – 20 years on
It’s 20 years since Pulp released This is Hardcore, the band’s sixth studio album. This was Jarvis Cocker’s dark time.…
This is what I listened to this year
Better late than never… this is a list of music I enjoyed over the last 12 months. Plus – for…
Cult raving in a blindfold: my tunes of 2014
In very particular order, these are the albums which brought out cult-like feelings of worship and belonging in La Doble…
Five songs inspired by Frankie Knuckles and Your Love
Frankie Knuckles has died, aged 59, from complications with diabetes. He played in London last Saturday (29 March) at the…
Kate Bush: We need to check that you are human
From Cloudbusting to Captcha crunching: how the chase for Kate Bush tickets made us pine for days spent queuing in…
The circle of hip and why we shouldn’t fear the tattooed douchebags
Clive Martin’s essay on the “sad young douchebags who took over modern Britain” is a fascinating dissection of a generation…
Rattled bones and soft fruits… it must be my albums of 2013!
This was the year I bought more old music than new and, annoyingly, just as I got back into vinyl,…
Careless tweets cost raves
Allow me to time travel to a field in Bedfordshire, around a decade ago. It is busy with arrivals. Like…
