An Archive of Incendiary Magazine 2002 – 2017
Mr Mounfield is one of the world’s coolest men, but could he inspire others to follow his example. Would toby jugs be bigger than deely-boppers? Possibly.
Continue reading “Fear and Loving in Heaton Park 13 – Philpot phantasmagoria”
We asked ironclad foe of Eurovision Stephen James to talk about, well, Eurovision. This is what we got; Gonzo fiction from a parallel universe. The drugs are strong on Tyneside….
Continue reading “An Alternative Eurovision Odyssey – Part 1 – A Femme Fatale”
No longer difficult, or cussed, or looking to smash down walls, Space Siren have decided to dwell in a time of their own. And it really suits them.
Continue reading “Space Siren – If You Scream Like That Your Monkey Won’t Come”
I could easily sum this gig up by saying, Franz turned up and played all their popular tracks and big singles to a packed crowd and made everyone happy. I mean that’s what they do.
Continue reading “Franz Ferdinand, Rats on Rafts, Paradiso Amsterdam 12/6/14”
Somewhere the woods, Rock’s old spirit sat communing with the lions and giraffes, wondering what its new guise should be.
Continue reading “Incendiary go to Best Kept Secret 2014”
Why they agreed that wearing silver costumes on stage that look utterly off their heads was a good idea – in an “extended” Cosmic Joker/ your mates dressed as Earth Wind and Fire at a New Year’s Eve Party / acid head hospital patients kinda way – is beyond me.
Continue reading “Knollen en Citroenen 2 Multiplex and SUB071, Leiden 7/6/14”
See, WOLVON aren’t just this gonzoid bunch of Northerners whose sound reflects the fact that they wouldn’t know how to eat olives.
Continue reading “WOLVON, Nouveau Velo, Tijger Salto, OT301 Amsterdam 4/6/14”
It’s good to know that The Generator could add something genuinely different (musically, or in ambience, if nothing else) to Leiden.
Continue reading “Petrels and Talvihorros, The Generator, Leiden 30/5/14”
Damon McMahon comes on like Van the Man on Astral Weeks; wild, unhinged, preaching but seemingly vulnerable; working out stuff as he goes along.
A new Lust for Youth record! Before you wrap yourself up in your greatcoat and button up the top button of your last clean / dirty grey shirt, let me warn you; this one feels a lot more poppy.
Continue reading “Richard’s Record Review June 2014 Part The First”