Andi Jackson and I have been pals for over a decade now, having met in the musical Mecca that is Milton Keynes, where Jackson--a bass player by trade--had been one of the most recognisable faces of the scene, rocking the stage with both The Modus Vivendi and Our Man In The Bronze Age, before …
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Albums of the Year 2015 – Part Deux
Folk are always going on about how music isn't as good anymore, or how there wasn't anything to get excited about this year. Horseshit. There was loads. Loads, I tell ya! You just weren't looking–or rather, listening–carefully enough... Anyway, following on from Part One, and in no particular …
Primavera Sound Festival 2015
Let’s get the ranting out of the way first, shall we? Maybe I’m just getting old, or maybe humanity is getting worse. Maybe both. I don’t know, but this year—more than any other—I’m finding my levels of irritation at the people who spend the whole time taking photos of the band—rather than …