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Can recall the making of “Spoon”: “Nobody had heard this kind of sound”

The story behind the band's hit single!

Uncut Playlist 44, 2011

I suspect this will be the last playlist of 2011, so thanks once again for all your encouragement and support over what has been a slightly erratic year of blogging.

The Fall; “This Nation’s Saving Grace: Omnibus Edition”

Fans of The Fall are, as a rule, hardy beasts. Complaint may come naturally to them, but then so does loyalty. John Peel’s famous encomium, “They are always different, they are always the same,” is the perpetual excuse for their favourite band, which disregards a certain erosion of Mark E Smith’s charms.

THE FALL – YOUR FUTURE OUR CLUTTER

Mark E Smith takes aim at new targets – as per – on 28th LP… this time gunning for Uncut...

CLUSTER – QUA

Four decades on, electronic Krautrock pioneers still excite

The Lost Neu! Interview

When Klaus Dinger died a few months ago, I mentioned in an obit here that I had an unpublished interview with Dinger and Michael Rother, from when they briefly reunited to promote the Neu! reissues in 2000.

Von Sudenfed – Tromatic Reflexxions

Dirty dance-punk with Mark E Smith at the Mic

Mark E Smith’s escape from The Fall

So Mark E Smith is a DJ, right? He's booked the club for the night, therefore it stands to reason he can play the records. But then this German guy turns up and says he's the DJ, says he's Sven Vath. Whatever should Mark do? Simple: "I flooded the club," he says proudly. That'll show them.

Further thoughts on Elliott Smith

I received an interesting message yesterday from SAm, responding to my preview of the forthcoming Elliott Smith album. "It bothers me a little bit to read, here and elsewhere, Elliott's 'strummed melodies' described as 'simple'," he writes.

Grinderman announce reissues

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