Having recently helped to produce a BBC 6 Music show celebrating Beck's music and his influence to mark the 10th birthday of his 2014 album Morning Phase (it can be listened on demand via BBC Sounds until the middle of March 2024), I had to revisit a 2017 interview we did about his record collection. …
A series of notable 'lasts' with The Electric Lady from 2014
A 2012 archive interview about the album that's become a play
After photos amongst the aircon exhausted on the roof of Island Records old – and much loved – West London home, in 2002 DJ Shadow shared over noodles ten tracks he could not live without in early 2002... Originally published in Q Magazine, Where To Get It (WTGI) was the mag's shorthand for what album …
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As The Strokes’ debut celebrates its 20th birthday, here is a classic interview with the band's frontman and songwriter taking stock of the influential record On the 27 August, 2001 The Strokes released their debut album Is This It on Rough Trade Records – the label who had discovered them. It not only changed the …
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A real labour of love this one, Elvis Costello picks 13 records he adores right now. He wrote his own entries, I did the intro for The Quietus’ Baker’s Doze. Read now.
Extended post for BBC Radio 6 Music's Facebook page, celebrating 40 years since the release of Elvis Costello's debut album... Elvis Costello My Aim Is True If ever a scene has been damned by its name, then late 70s Pub Rock is it. Evocative of boring, Sunday afternoon covers bands, supposedly not rebellious enough …
Ahead of the climax of this year's Tour de France, I was asked to raid the BBC archive and put together a selection featuring some of the host country's best music makers, including Phoenix, Daft Punk, M83 and more... 6 Music's Tour de France: Who's in our musical peloton? As the world’s greatest bike race …
Inspired by recent interview with Big Boi, I examine how rap and yoga are coming together for The Guardian... Funkmaster flex: why rappers love yogawear Rappers have never been shy of co-opting sportswear. From reversing baseball caps to Run DMC rapping about Adidas and Skepta’s new tracksuit-tastic Mains clothing line, clothes originally intended for …
A bit of an unexpected challenge to mark the 10th birthday of Interpol's third album, Our Love To Admire. Rather than the usual 140, or so, characters for a social media post, BBC Radio 6 Music commissioned a full review for their Facebook page (for anyone only requiring the pithy summary, their Twitter has a …
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