Not that he’d ever welcome such a romanticised and gushing title as ‘national treasure’, it is true that Jarvis Cocker...
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Continuing to revel in the ‘good time’ cheer of last year’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the ‘career spanning’ behemoth, Made In...
As the inimitable troubadour of forlorn, Scott Walker, once crooned, “Loneliness is a cloak you wear/A deep shade of blue...
A lifetime – it must be said, still in its infancy at 21 – of forlorn regret and celebratory wonder...
Whilst there’s no denying the importance and, unquestionable, esteem that places the progenitor of the ‘glam’ boogie riff high in...
Viewed from the comfortable confines of ‘Valvona & Vine’s humble salon’, through the BBC’s iPlayer, the gesticulating limbed daemonic...
Honing in on the ‘krautrock’ signings, over the last four postings I’ve shared my opinions, thoughts and criticism on some...
If God Is In The TV ever needed a warm glowing electronic house band of mechanical, nebula soul-searching quality, than...
Plucked from the scattered regions of the musical quadrant a polygenesis mix of new releases, drawing in enervated wafting drone;...
If it’s any consolation, there’s a no better – and with his ancestry, a very apt – picturesque spot...
Concluding my forty ‘choice’ picks from the Virgin Records back catalogue for the labels 40th anniversary this last selection breathes...
As part of Virgin label’s 40th anniversary celebrations I take a special look back at the krautrock years, with purviews...
Here is the third installment of my ‘choice’ selection of tunes from the Virgin Record labels back catalogue, on this...
Continuing to celebrate Virgin Records 40th anniversary, I delve into my own archives to bring you reviews and features on...
More ‘choice’ (I use that word loosely of course) selection of tracks from the Virgin Records label archives continues with...
