An Archive of Incendiary Magazine 2002 – 2017
“Well Paul Simon’s Graceland that was a big influence, Fleetwood Mac, The Travelling Wilberrries, pretty much straightforward pop. My parent’s weren’t intellectually out there stuff like Can… but that trickles down. You know the door is opened and then you walk through it… ”
Continue reading “Incendiary interview Nick Diamonds from Islands.”
“Hey you’ve got a British Sea Power badge on your bag there (indeed I had) You know I was once on a ferry with them? And their guitarist challenged me to a wrestling match in the fucking casino bar, in front of all these people. ”
““I may not be a barbie, I may not have a car. I might not have much money left to spend in the bar. But I’m sharing the stage with Vive la Fete and I don’t think that you could have done it better than that”. ”
Continue reading “Vive la Fete/Sanne & Ik/Elle Bandita – Nighttown Rotterdam 9/6/06”
"I’m sick of skinny white boys in jackets regurgitating the sounds of the 70s and 80s. Not content with revamping AC-DC and Led Zep, Joy Division and Gang of Four we’ve gone so far as to mine the back catalogues of Supertramp, 10cc and ELO. "
Overall it’s a mixed bag, (what compilation isn’t?) with one or two tracks sounding awfully similar or familiar I have to say. Still, there are four or five crackers contained in this compilation and I’d say it’s worth your purchase for those alone.
While fabric and cloth were prized possessions, there were flags and banners in abundance that no-one seemed to want anymore. With a bit of dexterity they could be turned into football kits once you removed the swastikas
Continue reading “Tor – A History of German Football, by Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger”
“From the mundane to the grandiose these five men have created a writhing, seething slab of life-affirming pop which combines the current vogue for ‘music to dance to’ with a requirement to think.”
Continue reading “Luxembourg – Front”
there’s nothing like a wet tent to keep the spirits up.
It was at this moment that all hell broke loose.
I was quite naturally excited. We all were.