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 …
Q have been keeping me on my toes, getting me to point my tape recorder at a very varied cast of late, including Craig David, Kasabian, Phoenix, Sleaford Mods, Phoenix, and George Ezra. The magazine do not post articles online (they don't update their website any more as you'll see if you follow any of …
Recently, I was invited to contribute reviews of two albums for a BBC Radio 6 Music article charting the influential releases of 1997 as part of the station's celebrations for Radiohead's OK Computer which was released in the tune of that year. The full article can be read online here at http://www.bbc.co.uk, but here are …
Continue reading 2 of the 15 key albums that define 1997… for BBC Radio 6 Music
I've been creating 'content' for Independent Venue Week – the yearly celebration of the UK's grassroots venues – since taking over their social media on November 2016. We've interviewed a lot of the artist who've played and created bespoke 'blog' posts for the sponsors and supporter. Recently, I spoke to Shaun Ryder for them – …
Continue reading Q&A – Shaun Ryder on Black Grape, 100 Club & Fred Perry for Independent Venue Week
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