“They’re like the band we’d create for ourselves,” we say. “They’re the band that seem to have got inside our … More
Category: Music
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 … More
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. … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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, … More
Careless tweets cost raves
Allow me to time travel to a field in Bedfordshire, around a decade ago. It is busy with arrivals. Like … More
Use your head – invest in vinyl?
From the collapse of HMV to anti-Thatcher chartjacking, we hear a lot about the death of physical music and the … More
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