Clock DVA, more than anyone except perhaps their fellow travellers Cabaret Voltaire, reflected the industrial heartbeat of Sheffield. Literally so.

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Country Joe & The Fish is a name I remember hearing in my youth, though I don’t remember hearing any of their records.

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I don’t normally like this sort of thing but Slady – the all-female Slade tribute band – are just brilliant, right down to the sandpaper rasp of “Gobby Holder.”

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In the late Seventies, after The Saints lit the fuse of Australian punk with their classic single (I’m) Stranded, they were followed to the UK by Radio Birdman.

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Clean Up Woman is one of the greatest soul songs of all time, recorded by Betty Wright when she was only 17. I’m amazed I’ve not posted it before. (more…)

Tony Clarke never had a big hit in his lifetime but is revered here for one of the biggest Northern Soul favourites of all time – Landslide. (more…)

Today marks the 54th birthday of one of the UK’s finest musicians, Richard D. James, better known as Aphex Twin.

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Irish band Nerves are not for the faint-hearted. They use texture and volume to create vast emotional canvases of noise. (more…)

Seattle rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis topped singles charts all over the world with their hilarious hip hop parody Thrift Shop.

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Whatever happened to Lisa Loeb? She came out of nowhere in 1994 and hit the Top Ten with her song Stay (I Missed You). And then… nothing. 

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