“Sonically this re-release can, (I suppose), be described as psychotic folk with a definite nod to Fairport Convention or the String Band. It’s undeniably mystic and a touch deranged. ”
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Alessandro Stefana – Poste E Telegrafi
“Poste E Telegrafi is an interesting, slightly somnolent set of guitar-led instrumentals; sometimes sounding like a drugged Hank Marvin and sometimes veering off into Krautrock territory. ”
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The Wedding Present – Live 1987
“Faux-camp, (Yoksheer style), honest endeavour, tremendous rhythm guitar work outs and Dave Gedge’s ever so slightly menacing growl keeping the cockles of your heart warm.”
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Clinic – Do It!
“Well, High Coin is pretty psychotic, it’s as if some mad record company exec has locked up a very early version of the Teardrop Explodes and Gene Pitney in a room and told them to be nice to each other.”
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Chica and the Folder – Under the Balcony
“All Inclusive is a jerky little kid’s TV melody that temporarily fleshes out into a Mittel Europa take on Depeche Mode’s static rhythms. If that sounds terrible, then trust me, it isn’t. ”
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The Boggs – Forts
“Forts, (despite some bloody strong competition) has to be the LP of the month. It’s so bloody loose. But enough preparatory frothing. Let me describe this LP to you in obsessive detail. ”
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Seven Inches, Three Of The Buggers
The world of grind core has long been an impenetrable spiders-web of small towns with cheap back rooms for hire, where souls who’ve been stationed together since year zero can express their discontent via the tightness of jeans.
Morrissey live at the Roundhouse – London
“I feel blessed to know that however pissed I was during Morrissey’s set I actually got to see most of the show bar the few strategic toilet and bar breaks during songs like Life’s a Pig-Sty, which was mind-bendingly bad and The World is Full-uh-ull-ur-ull of Crashing Bores.”
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Incendiary speak to Michael Rother
Maybe it is not apparent to the listener but it was and is always the same heart and mind behind my music. For me it feels like I’m moving in spirals and the ideas of Harmonia – as well as NEU! – are at all times close to my heart, and part of my thinking.
The Plight – Black Summer
“And maybe my mum can’t work out when one song ends and another begins but this isn’t for 56-year-old women (oofph – ed). This is teenage rebellion at its best. ”
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