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The View From… Wigan
I’m not going to lie. I’m not the most organised person in the world. But even I feel awful that the reason that this following piece showcasing the dubious and multifarious delights of the northern English town of Wigan was that I simply plain forgot about it. Awful, awful, awful. Still, Mike has written a snigger-worthy and idiosyncratic view of his hometown of Wigan...
The Verve ; Forth
"Love is these blues that I’m singing again." Richard Ashcroft is the Almighty. Why he’d make us wait over 10 years after Urban Hymns for the next album is beyond me. It certainly puts meaning to the adage "good things come to those who wait," I suppose. We’re talking about the Verve here, so there’s not much need for my usual verbosity. The...
Applicants / Young Paul at the Metro, 8.1.2009
Applicants pic by Julius Beltrane I enter the Metro with mixed emotions. It’s the first gig of a brand new year and I’m looking forward to it. However, due to the Cross Rail train project, this venue will close for ever next week and London will have lost one of the better small places where bands can play in the Capital. I have been coming here for years and have seen the...
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The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
The Big Pink are a band who make me feel as if I know them already from somewhere, or else should. It’s partly why I opted to get a hold of a copy of their debut album (and was surprised that it was only a debut) – especially given that they signed to 4AD – label of Future of the Left – early 2009. After I’ve discovered the amount of hype that’s been building...
GLASTONBURY 2008 - PART TWO
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