An Archive of Incendiary Magazine 2002 – 2017
I know the smoke is their trademark, and it sure does keep the mystery alive, but I would actually like to see the band I came for, especially when I’ve paid over €30,- to see them.
Continue reading “Stalking the Sisters of Mercy – 013 and Lokerse Feest, August 2005”
On to the inspired Hospital Bombers (well they must be with a name like that) and their brilliant Kittens. Of course, it’s bonkers.
Continue reading “Subbacultcha! – Not Everybody’s Compilation”
That programme with Bill Oddie and Davina McCall is on, you know, the one about extreme sex in the animal kingdom. It’s starting now
Continue reading “Incidental Music and Additional Effects in BBC Television Programmes”
I’ve been putting this off for a while, as Copey’s back catalogue is one that must be treated with reverence, and a shoddy, slapdash piece would not do.
Continue reading “The Back Catalogue of Julian Cope & the Teardrop Explodes”
It’s very simple and its charms sneak up on you.
Pleasing and agreeable in nature.
It’s incredibly reminiscent of mid sixties garage, albeit a cleaned up garage (with all dad’s tools put neatly in place).
Everything is sharp, every lick and riff are honed and every musical diversion has a suitably satisfying conclusion.
Continue reading “The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Paard van Troje, Den Haag, 18/07/05”
TFC have always traded on soul-searching lyrics, which despite their honesty, usually have a very recuperative effect on this listener.
Kirchin, who lived in Hull for much of his life, was writing about the decline of the industrial north. He was observing ways of life that were vanishing.
1966 And All That
Basil Kirchin – Abstractions of the Industrial North
Henry Flynt and the Insurrections – I Don’t Wanna
Continue reading “1966 and all that; Basil Kirchen & Henry Flynt”