Slide Guitar, Glide Sitar
A rag bag of reviews tenuously held together by some half-assed conceptual link. Again. Continue reading Slide Guitar, Glide Sitar
Category: Indie
C-Q-D/Sea
Impeccable class and restraint? It has to be 1537. Continue reading C-Q-D/Sea
Wiggy Giggy Giggy Wiggy Wiggy Giggy Giggy
Wiggy Giggy Giggy Wiggy Wiggy Giggy Giggy Continue reading Wiggy Giggy Giggy Wiggy Wiggy Giggy Giggy
We Grow Fat On The Charms Of Our Idle Dreary Days
Tales from the old country Continue reading We Grow Fat On The Charms Of Our Idle Dreary Days
Chariots Of Ire
A proper Fall review for all of us maladjusted little monkeys. Continue reading Chariots Of Ire
Would You Keep It? Would You Eat It?
An LP best eaten, or best kept? our hero deliberates. Continue reading Would You Keep It? Would You Eat It?
Exile On Man Street
Because Phair’s fair, innit? Continue reading Exile On Man Street
Lenin And McCarthy
Taxi for Mr Windsor? Taxi for Mr Windsor? Continue reading Lenin And McCarthy
1537 vs. RSD 2018
The Boogaloo Guru says ‘drink me’. Continue reading 1537 vs. RSD 2018
Strange Glaze
Hey, it’s the festive season! This calls for a derranged psych cow punk assault on the senses. Continue reading Strange Glaze
Gospill Poppers
In which our hero grapples with an LP with a very rude title. Don’t these chaps have any common decency? Continue reading Gospill Poppers
The Mutt’s Nuts
In which our hero admits he is a filthy mutt. Continue reading The Mutt’s Nuts
Stink Stank Stunk
You want punk? we got punk. You want toilet roll? we got that too. Continue reading Stink Stank Stunk
Soufflé So Good, So What
In which our hero embarks on a chick-related dancefloor quest. Failing. Continue reading Soufflé So Good, So What
This Ain’t No Fuckin’ Around
Go, go little record go It is named by Some guy named Joe (Trompe Le Monde) And redneckers they get us … Continue reading This Ain’t No Fuckin’ Around
I Like That, Turn It Up
We’ve been courteous I like that, turn it up I like that, turn it up Solid head. You’re leaning heavily against … Continue reading I Like That, Turn It Up
James’ Addiction
‘Oh no it’s that same asshole again. I thought it would never come to this. Look, the guy threw a Birkenstock … Continue reading James’ Addiction
JSBX ACME OKAY
Here’s an interesting one, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Acme, from all the way back in the late twentieth century. I fell … Continue reading JSBX ACME OKAY
Acoustic Airlock
Well in honour of the sun beginning to show its face shyly around these parts recently I reached for another … Continue reading Acoustic Airlock
Depeche Mode In The Commode
I’m not claiming I’m some sort of genius or something* but it is interesting trawling through the 1537 how accurate … Continue reading Depeche Mode In The Commode
Sass And Menace
You learn so much Now listen up Now gather ’round Now listen up Gather round now I knew what the … Continue reading Sass And Menace
Miaow Cow!
Consider for a moment the fate of my copy of Senseless Things Got It At The Delmar EP. I bought … Continue reading Miaow Cow!
Another Broken Reindeer
I had moment of rare peace and seasonal tranquility last night as I sat, glass of Prosecco in hand, in a room … Continue reading Another Broken Reindeer
Clenched In Lust
So tell me what it feels like You tell me dearest one She turns around and takes her shades off … Continue reading Clenched In Lust
Let It Be … Sloppy
Yeah, I know I look like hell I smoke and I drink and I’m feeling swell Yeah, I hear you … Continue reading Let It Be … Sloppy
Nice & Swirly
So there I was back in 1990 at Jumbo Records in Leeds, talking nonchalantly to the girl behind the counter … Continue reading Nice & Swirly
My Mother Was a Friend Of An Enemy Of The People
My brother, my brother, is a drummer, a drummer, in a band from Stroud called Blurt – They break my ears! I once … Continue reading My Mother Was a Friend Of An Enemy Of The People
Won’t Let You Leave Until You’re Bleeding
Listening to Souljacker today has been a bit like buying a brand-new LP. I’ve grooved on the Eels ever since I first … Continue reading Won’t Let You Leave Until You’re Bleeding
Sexy Apple Dumplings
It cuts deep It cuts deep A human error These are the rules These are the rules And they’re cruel … Continue reading Sexy Apple Dumplings
Before Your Very Ears
I’m always a bit wary of writing about an LP too soon after getting it, especially from someone you really … Continue reading Before Your Very Ears