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Peter Hammill, who was a key member of the seminal Art-Rock group Van der Graaf Generator, is a recent obsession of mine. There are few thin...

"I'm searching for my mainline. I couldn't hit it sideways. I couldn't hit it sideways, just like Sister Ray says."...

Here's a clip from one of the lesser-know Paisley bands, similar to The Bangles, but without the same level of mainstream ambition (whic...

"So I'll disappear through the crack in the wall, and the memories I leave will be nothing at all." Despite Josef K's ...

What's better than early Elvis? (Costello that is). I really like the guy's twitchy insolence in these early clips. Why do people ha...

"I got some John Coltrane on the stereo baby, make it feel all right. I got some fine wine in the freezer mama, I know what you like....

The greatest "one and done" band of the original Post-Punk era. Ah, I remember my Kafka/ Hamsun / Dostoyevsky period quite well......

"You wandered into my dreams last night, and you stood them all up in a row. You trampled all over them with stones in your shoes, and...

No future indeed! Seems to me this song is even more relevant now than it was 35 years ago. In a world rife with bankrupt governments and co...

"How can my giving find the rhythm and time of you, unless you sing your song to me? " Lee Underwood: "Right from the begin...

Possibly the most underrated band of the original UK Punk scene

"And oh if you stay, I'll chase the rainblown fields away. We'll shine like the morning and sin in the sun." Like The S...

Here's a taster for what's coming next...

"They're piling in the back seat, they generate steam heat, pulsating to the back beat, the Blitzkrieg Bop." Joey Ramone: ...

Hello Everyone, I've made two important changes to a couple of recent posts, which you may want to check out: For Tim Buckley Series...

The Ramones were a Punk band even before there was a name for such a thing, and although they weren't the only precursors to the UK Punk...

"I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are in case you don't know." Simply put, The Velvet Underground & Nico was a ...