An Archive of Incendiary Magazine 2002 – 2017
Frankly, the music, the preponderance of olives on the menu, the shit art and over-use of galvanized metal in the furnishings, even the idiotic people themselves can carry on with my blessing. I am – contrary to popular received wisdom – a tolerant chap.
Continue reading “Bohemians; what is so wrong with being clean and presentable?”
Sometimes its better to let the artificial commotion surrounding new releases settle down before deciding to listen to, read, or watch something. I’ve just started to read Dickens for the first time ever, and by today’s standards, I’m already 170 years late on doing that.
I, like many others saw the full extent of this tax-payer scorn when my father was (unexpectedly) confronted with Boy George in all his glory. “What’s that? Is it a lad or a girl? You surely don’t like that, do you?” No, of course I didn’t but I couldn’t agree with him, now could I?
“Also enjoyable are some of the descriptions of the instruments played on each track. What on Earth is Mystik Fogg Indikator’s icy inverted crosswinds upon four strings zamboni?”
Continue reading “Sunn-O – Black One”
“Hitting the Ground, a bad tempered and introspective rant – underpinned by an unholy mix of gloomy chords and mid-70s synths – think of Cluster jamming with the Mary Chain and you are about there.
“As for White Heat, well that is just a jerky ride on grandad’s motorbike. It’s slightly bug-eyed and strained, but it rocks in a Live at the Witch Trials kinda way.”
Continue reading “Vic du Monte – Persona Non Grata”
“Whatever: the lyrics are the worst thing about the record. At times they sound like they’ve been written after a therapy session and all of them tend to err towards the sanctimonious. The album is improved immeasurably by just letting the songs wash over you. ”
Continue reading “Clue to Khalo – One Way, It’s Every Way”
“back next month….”
Continue reading “Letter from London; Jan 2006”
“I can’t help think that people like it (in part at least) because they really think that they ought to. And we can’t be having that.”
Continue reading “Murcof – Remembranza”
“Title track, Rabbit Furcoat is a classic campfire sing-a-long. I can really see Jenny with her acoustic guitar surrounded by 100 or so wide-eyed kids.”
Continue reading “Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins – Rabbit Furcoat”