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I’m with Petridis

February 21, 2014by Luke Cloherty Leave a comment

Having now given it the requisite couple of goes, I can confidently say that Alexis Petridis’s 5 star review of St Vincent’s new record is completely fair. It is indeed […]

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Forgotten Gems # 3: The Dictators – Stay with Me

February 18, 2014by Luke Cloherty 1 Comment

Formed in New York City in 1973, The Dictators are a proto-punk outfit for whom the success of The Ramones and the revisionist interest in The Stooges and The Velvet […]

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Russell’s in Revolt Again, Honey, You May Want to See This…

February 14, 2014by Luke Cloherty Leave a comment

Russell Brand’s been at it again, preaching that old line of revolution and decriminalisation of drugs. This time Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow got a mouthful for hiding behind […]

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General Culture and Comment, Television

Forgotten Gems #2: Bush – ‘Swallowed’

September 24, 2013by Luke Cloherty Leave a comment

Grunge. The last great bastion of what punk had originally intended? Quite possibly. Where in the world, then, does a band like Bush fit in with it? Technically over before […]

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It’s Business

June 15, 2013by Luke Cloherty Leave a comment

Having watched both The Call Centre and The Apprentice the other night, I’ve got business on my mind. Particularly, I have its  endless streams of manipulative rhetoric and the filthy mudslinging/endless […]

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General Culture and Comment, Television

Great Songs # 6: Bob Dylan – Love Minus Zero

June 8, 2013by Luke Cloherty Leave a comment

In 1965  a wave of change was coming over culture. Whilst the Greenwich Village folk scene had been a beacon of credible Woody Guthrie-alikes using their stringed weapons to kill […]

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Forgotten Gems # 1: Echobelly – ‘King of the Kerb’

June 6, 2013by Luke Cloherty Leave a comment

Ah, the milieu of excess and sleaze of the mid ’90s, when it was all Oasis vs Blur and Blair romping to victory. Post-Cobain and post-shoegaze – bollocks out, fingers […]

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