Published: 2006
215 pages
Publisher: Unanimous Ltd
ISBN: 1-903318-80-7
RRP £9.99
Written by Jake Kennedy
Thoroughly in-depth book detailing not only the recording of each of the tracks on Joy Division’s seminal 1979 debut, but also tracks recorded under their previous guise as Warsaw. The band’s beginnings are chartered (their signing to Factory), as is its end but thankfully the book concerns itself with the [...]
Joy Division and the Making of Unknown Pleasures
The Rakes – Ten New Messages
If the sound of their debut owed itself to the consumption of hedonistic measures of spirits, then this release owes itself to the use of erm, polish, for this is a pared down, chiselled collection of tunes, radio-ready.
The bassline bounces in every song however, so live shows are still going to see the foppish Alan [...]
Fanfarlo & David Bowie
Amos, drummer in folk-pop band Fanfarlo, tells me that the Thin White Duke is a fan.
Writing in the Sunday Times, he says of the band’s second single ‘You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us’, “This is the follow up to the superb ‘Talking Backwards’. There’s a touch of Guillemots about this, and while I’m [...]
Morrissey Night, Feeling Gloomy
Feeling Gloomy is London’s only club that dishes out doleful ditties. It is the brainchild of Carl Hill, who on approaching 30, decided life was about as good as being jobless, penniless and single. And what do you know he was all of those. Whether groomed for the press or not, the story that The [...]
Brett Anderson on BBC London 94.9 FM
In an interview with Gary Crowley, Brett talked about that meeting with Bernard Butler after nine years:
“I can’t remember all that much about it really. It was just a casual thing. We went for a curry near Euston and I knew what it was going to be about, about making a new record. It felt [...]
More Brett
More photos from last Wednesday’s gig.
Photos: Anna Starr
Brett Anderson – ‘Brett Anderson’
Brett Anderson – ‘Brett Anderson’ (Released 26/03/07 on Drowned in Sound Recordings)
When asked about the name of his forthcoming solo album, with a slight lilt of frustration towards the music press he has little love for, the former Suede and The Tears star replied: “It’s called that, because that’s my name, you see.” Keen to [...]
Brett Anderson, Bush Hall
Was lucky enough to be at all three of Brett Anderson’s Bush Hall gigs, where he performed his solo album for the first time in the UK.
The photos below are from the final night.
Photos: Simon Quinton
Brett Anderson, Bush Hall
Monday 05/03/07 Brett Anderson @ Bush Hall, London [First couple of paras are for fans only!]
Amongst fans, the Brett Anderson story is familiar: Haywards Heath boy escapes to London and forms Suede with then girlfriend Justine Frischmann and recruits the prodigious Bernard Butler through a music magazine. Named ‘Suede’ because of the sophistication it evoked [...]
The Pigeon Detectives
Saturday 03/03/07 The Pigeon Detectives @ FROG, Mean Fiddler, London – reviewed for gigwise.com
Thing about The Pigeon Detectives is there’s nowt original about them; even their crowd whipping is typical of many bands of northern climes. But crowd lash they do and front man Matt’s habit of mentioning God’s county at any given opportunity is [...]
