Song: 11:59Artist: BlondieYear: 1978 One of the few Blondie tracks credited solely to keyboardist Jimmy Destri, ’11:59’ stands as a hidden gem amongst the more celebrated tracks from 1978’s iconic “Parallel Lines.” Departing from their purely punk and new wave… Continue Reading
Song: My Little Corner of the WorldArtist: Yo La TengoYear: 1997 Occupying the rare space of being a cult band whose albums are perpetually lauded by the music press while achieving disproportionately modest record sales, New Jersey based Yo La… Continue Reading
After the gorgeous, coruscating pop of 1999’s “Summerteeth” sold a modest 200,000 records despite near unanimous acclaim from critics, Chicago band Wilco set out in the latter months of 2000 to make their most ambitious record to date. In ‘I… Continue Reading
Song: Man of The WorldArtist: Fleetwood MacYear: 1969 Certainly from personal experience, discussions regarding Fleetwood Mac will almost inevitably lead to talk of the band’s latter incarnation as transatlantic purveyors of harmony-laden pop best evinced in the hugely successful 1977… Continue Reading
Unbeknown to many Bristolians is the actuality that, for many years, the suburb of Clifton once played host to the progeny of one of the world’s most brutal dictators. After fleeing for America in 1967, Svetlana Alliluyeva’s journey of escape… Continue Reading
As he stands on the Louisiana stage, Oldham born Kiran Leonard’s unkempt visage of no shoes, odd socks, casual attire and a mop of ‘dragged-through-a-hedge’ blondish-brown hair, gives off the aura of an A-Level student basking in the slovenly bliss… Continue Reading
Nineteen Hundred and Sixty Four was the year that the mania truly began in earnest. The sheer adulation that greeted John, Paul, George and Ringo as their Pan Am flight touched down at JFK International Airport in February that year… Continue Reading
“It’s very hard to conceal the truth forever.” Just three hours after the bathetic formality of his Oprah Winfrey interview, these matter-of-fact words are spoken by disgraced seven time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong to filmmaker Alex Gibney at… Continue Reading