About A Son  a documentary about the life of Nirvanna singer Kurt Cobain, will be released on March 30th.
The documentary features previously unheard interviews with Cobain, recorded a year before his suicide in April 1994.  The recordings by journalist Michael Azerad, contain some rather revealing things about the cult icon.
Something that amused me are Cobain’s [...]

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The Kooks are planning a special edition version of the soon to be released album Konk.
The limited edition double album Rak, will be released to coincide with Konk, and will include Konks on one CD and a second disc that will contain seven new tracks, recorded at the Rak studios over the course of one [...]

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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - THE ROUNDHOUSE, CAMDEN, 12th MARCH 2008
The Jesus and Mary Chain had such a profound effect on my late teens that I had serious reservations about revisiting such heart-felt passion some 20 years later.
But a gift of tickets to their Roundhouse show saw me standing amid an odd gathering of [...]

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Album Review: Ivor Cutler - A Flat Man (Hoorgi House Records)

Ivor Cutler’s poetry and music is wonderfully original and amusing. It brings a smile to my face and makes me feel happy. I played this album to my children who are 12 and 9 years old, and they loved it too.
This week sees the [...]

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The Futureheads, One Night Only and Black Kids, with a host of XFM radio DJs will be kicking the long Easter weekend off with a bang this Thursday night at the Brixton Academy in south London.
And that’s not all, London’s “biggest indie club night” returns on Thursday April 5, with sets from The Rumble Strips, [...]

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