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What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,…
STOP HOARDING TUNES
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PIRATE RADIO 82
The BBC Archives have hit gold again, this time with a brilliant look back at a London pirate radio station back in 1982. You’ll hear killer reggae from those with radio shows made with pure love. Pre internet, pirate radio was vital because often, it was one of the only opportunities anyone got to hear…
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URUSEI YATSURA GO GOLD
One of the most underrated bands of the ’90s are Urusei Yatsura. They were noisy good fun and could deliver sugary sweet punk as well as delivering all manner of unholy noise on your ears. Hailing from Glasgow and with good hair, their gigs were chaos, with drumsticks used as blunt force to hit guitars…
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THE LIFE OF A SUPPORT BAND
Being a support act on a tour must be a strange experience. Imagine you’re playing to a hundred people in a pub, and then some stadium sized band decides to take you on the road. Quite the leap, and with non of the fame. Well, here’s an old video from the BBC Archives concerning exactly…
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FFA COFFI PAWB REISSUE NEWS!
Welsh music fans and Super Furry completists rejoice! The 1992 LP, Hei Vidal! from Ffa Coffi Pawb is getting reissued so you can have a lovely copy on vinyl. Formed in Bethesda in 1986 by sixteen year old friends Gruff Rhys and Rhodri Puw, this is the high watermark of the band’s work. You’ll be…
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