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Pixies really came out of nowhere in 1988. And not before time! There was a need for a full on, unhinged Rock and Roll band at this point i...

In 1985 the Bunnymen undertook a tour with a setlist liberally interspersed with cover versions reflecting their formative influences. The ...

  Robert Christgau is an American Rock critic best known for his Consumer Guide column in The Village Voice which he's been writin...

Here! Buzzcocks   The Ramones   Subway Sect    

Ten songs that wouldn't have happened without him... Stooges   Suicide   New York Dolls   Modern Lovers   T...

Some great early 80s American Alternative Albums. Just the ones I've got on vinyl... Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes   Replac...

The NME have just posted another of these charts . Just made for mugs like me who just bought it despite being far too old to buy the NME...

In the early Eighties the NME ran a weekly column called 'Portrait of the Artist as a Consumer' where cult types, (generally), were...

Still reeling from reading Bunnyman, I'll repost my review of Heaven Up Here from the early days of this blog. It's rambling and ove...