Lethal Bizzle for The Guardian
Behind me a pair of perma-tanned hulks alternate between chugging on a weight-gainer drink called Mass Fury, grunting, and battering punch pads. Elsewhere, muscles bulge, chrome contraptions creak and manbeasts […]
Behind me a pair of perma-tanned hulks alternate between chugging on a weight-gainer drink called Mass Fury, grunting, and battering punch pads. Elsewhere, muscles bulge, chrome contraptions creak and manbeasts […]
This week saw the media, in the grip of a typically slow summer news cycle, offered a tragedy they were powerless to resist – the death of a teenager at […]
Ian McQuaid’s Gone To A Rave* *In his bedroom For the last 5 years I've been meaning to archive my bloated, ever growing collection of rave records, only to be […]
Take any musical revolution of the past 100 years, and you can bet it’s been driven by technology. From Dylan’s electrical blasphemy to kids in Chicago squeezing a bass synth […]
From Pink Floyd soaring off into Interstellar Overdrive to Bootsy Collins tripping balls on the lysergic mothership, psychedelic drugs and pop go together like tangerine trees and marmalade skies. The […]
Prior to 1978 the BBC had no policy for archiving material. Tapes and tapes of promethean TV and radio were wiped with impunity. I cant help but be fascinated by […]
Theres no history, just legends and lies. On this funny little island we tell all sorts of tall tales, and Im going to use this column to tell some of […]
Well…..This one’s real nasty. Before you read anymore, dust your corners. Sweep your floor. Why not just go the distance and fumigate your lounge. Now- happy you’re settled in an […]
In making the cult classic Slade in Flame, the titular band derailed their primary-coloured pop career at its peak. Through the late 60s and early 70s they had clawed their […]
From DJ Mag #532 Afrobeats is the electronic dance sound that’s become a huge success in Africa and now across the world. Nearly half a century after Fela Kuti first […]