Following the recent performance from Dinosaur Jr at Reading, here is a review of Freakscene that i did a while back for a demo site.
In 1988 I was given a tape by my younger brother. That tape was “Bug” by Dinosaur Jr.
The single was Freakscene. It was and remains to be [...]
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Entries from August 2007
Dinosaur Jr: What a mess!
John Williams - Thursday 30.08.07, 01:22am
Tags: Indie Rock · Review
Bruce Springsteen. Born to Run
John Williams - Thursday 30.08.07, 01:20am
“I have just seen the future of rock and roll and its name is Bruce Springsteen.”
That was the verdict of rock critic Jon Landau on seeing Springsteen perform Born to run for the first time in May 1974.
Born to run first appeared in its studio guise the following year, the title track of this truly [...]
Tags: Review · Rock Music
Essential Mix tribute to Tony Wilson
Terry Lane - Wednesday 29.08.07, 01:24am
Following the death of Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records, sometime manager of A Certain Ration & the Happy Mondays; and the man who single-handedly gave first live TV appearances to the likes of Joy Division, Blondie & the Sex Pistols, Pete Tong and former Hacienda DJ Mike Pickering recorded a special Essential Mix for [...]
Tags: General
Reading Festival on the BBC
Terry Lane - Wednesday 29.08.07, 01:23am
Firstly, no I was not there! So the fact that Red Hot Chilli Peppers were disappointing could have something to do with the widescreen tv medium I chose over a weekend camping trip, than the fact that they just don’t quite do it for me. On the other hand Smashing Pumpkins sounded every bit [...]
Pay To Cum by Bad Brains still rocks!
Terry Lane - Tuesday 28.08.07, 01:24am
Today I played Bad Brains fantastic, energetic punk single Pay To Cum and it still rocks!. In 1981 I bought Let Them Eat Jellybeans a compilation of American hardcore bands. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was attracted to the album by the unavailable Dead Kennedy’s’ track Nazi Punks Fuck Off. [...]
