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YouTube malarkey RE:alt/indie/post-punk/noise talk...
Just nabbed some tickets for this in Februrary...The Cabs and Scanner at Norwich Arts Centre. Next October's farewell tour is coming nowhere near us, so this is a bit of a touch. Props to Synth East. Excited!
02.11.2025 10:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Is The Unutterable the best Fall album of the 21st century? Is it the best Fall LP full stop? Is it simply one of the best damn albums ever recorded? It's reissued today and Fergal Kinney looks beyond Pete Tong, ketamine and pumpkin soup to reveal its brilliance.
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Cheers. Checking out right now!
30.10.2025 17:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Who'd have thought a video about The Go-Betweens would be a culture war issue? Had to screenshot this comment for posterity before deleting the shit out of the whole damn thread. The general thrust?...
"PROTECT ARE CULTCHA! KEEP MUSIC BRITISH!"
What a time to be alive.
What's that you say? A pair of bands with an eerily coincident run of six albums in the '80s? Now that, I can work with.
REM, The Go-Betweens, success, heroic failure...below are my thoughts and observations, in video form. Watch!
youtu.be/g8CzxXEti-w
What's that you say? A pair of bands with an eerily coincident run of six albums in the '80s? Now that, I can work with.
REM, The Go-Betweens, success, heroic failure...below are my thoughts and observations, in video form. Watch!
youtu.be/g8CzxXEti-w
Thanks!
Working through a few new ideas. First up (still in progress) involves mixing up the band/discog format to avoid straight-up lists/primers....taking an interesting angle to frame a broader view of a band's output and history. Without spoilering too much, expect some jangle!
Last of my movie-themed vids for the time being. A run through a dozen rock docs of a post-punk persuasion...in the widest possible sense. Indie, alt, goth, industrial...takes your pick. Link below!
youtu.be/J92ghLc4MTU
Last of my movie-themed vids for the time being. A run through a dozen rock docs of a post-punk persuasion...in the widest possible sense. Indie, alt, goth, industrial...takes your pick. Link below!
youtu.be/J92ghLc4MTU
Getting absolutely flattened by a stage-diving member of L7 celebrating their end-of-tour support slot with Nirvana, Oct '90. The crowd just opened up, and I was left taking the brunt of her impact. It happens.
29.08.2025 11:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks. Will definitely check out Filmage...it looks like a fun one!
25.08.2025 19:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Look! It's one of my infrequent video drops (this year, at least). A stroll through a dozen notable punk documentaries, designed to complement last year's video of similarly-themed dramatic features. Some oldies/goldies, and a few lesser-spotted beasties. Go on, I won't tell!
youtu.be/MHRMTclfUO4
Look! It's one of my infrequent video drops (this year, at least). A stroll through a dozen notable punk documentaries, designed to complement last year's video of similarly-themed dramatic features. Some oldies/goldies, and a few lesser-spotted beasties. Go on, I won't tell!
youtu.be/MHRMTclfUO4
Absolute scenes over at TheGearPage!
This is what happens when classic rock fans play fast and loose with genres outside their comfort zone. I've responded with the receipts, but fear my input regarding this wacko assertion will not be welcomed.
Anyway, as you were...
ICYMI in the midst of all the Live Aid coverage over the weekend (and yes, I did indulge), here's a selection of 10 of my favorite post-punk/alt/what-have-you "one and done" bands/albums. Cheers, potential viewers!
youtu.be/XcwveijW5Gg
#LiveAid
Is it just me, or did anyone else see an inflated rubber johnny floating past Paul Young then? Thought it was a balloon at first, but rewound 30 seconds and I'm almost convinced I could spot the tell-tale "tip" on the unknotted end.
A list of 10 notable "one and done"s...but avoiding the big beasts. No Pistols, Modern Lovers, Buckley, etc. If my later choices get a bit too "esoteric", then please feel free to blame the heat. It's all a bit much, isn't it?
youtu.be/XcwveijW5Gg
Good list! Would have thought the new one from The Ex would have squeaked in somewhere (unless I missed it)...my favorite so far this year.
08.07.2025 14:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
ICYMI my album picks for the first half of 2025. Have a watch!
youtu.be/ZRVbvXDERHI
Feel free to take a break from Glasto on the Beeb and listen to me talk about my favorite records of 2025 so far. Or not. I, for one, am watching John Fogerty tear it up right now. Either way, it's here for ya when you get the urge to tap out. Ta!
youtu.be/ZRVbvXDERHI
Medicine? The debut LP was good, but I never stuck with them much beyond that. The only other first-gen US-gazers that registered with me back in the day were Drop Nineteens, but sadly, they sucked.
27.06.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Been on one of those occasional listening-to-nothing-but-New-Gold-Dream-on-repeat binges these last few months. You know how it is. As a consequence, this is now a thing...
youtu.be/H83nl64uWXA
Been on one of those occasional listening-to-nothing-but-New-Gold-Dream-on-repeat binges these last few months. You know how it is. As a consequence, this is now a thing...
youtu.be/H83nl64uWXA
#TOTP
Ker-ching-ching
#TOTP
The Colonel! Tune!
Plus...Check those epaulettes. The man means business.
#FallFriday
Now live! A brief journey through The Fall's Peel Session contributions via 12 of their best. Superior takes, covers, rarities...plus the odd personal favorite. True Fall fans know how essential this resource is...for everyone else, check the record/video. Cheers!
youtu.be/y5usAsRjHpI
#FallFriday
The Fall - Twister
"The train from London on day of lunacy
Was packed with innocents
Children tended by walkman'd parents
Cretins auditioning
For non-existent parts on TV One"
((New Fall video up on the channel later this evening!))
youtu.be/U06Wxc-oX-s
Time to revisit an infrequent feature of mine from back in the days of "the other place"...
Recent Gems from TheGearPage! (Irony Edition)
Cheers. I see The Fall as a "big tent" proposition, with scope for a variety of different viewpoints. Well, that's my hope anyway...I'd hate to get a late-night knock at the door from a posse of angry Dragnet fans wielding torches.
Expect a short Fall Peel Sessions video in the very near future!
The Fall! Part 2! Twenty tracks from 1990-2017, so my attempt at taking a big old chunk of Fall and condensing it down to my favorite tracks from all the lineups during that period. Apparently 50,000 Fall fans can't be wrong...here's hoping I'm not the first!
#FallFriday
youtu.be/bf1l5aavKP4
