This exuberant disco-funk anthem completely passed me by at the time. I was listening to very different music when it came out in 1981.
I don’t remember The Rose Of Avalanche as much more than a name I heard on the John Peel Show back in the mid-Eighties. But I do remember this, their debut single.
There are deep cuts and then there are deeper cuts. This UK reggae gem by Sharon Little falls into the latter category.
Rarely has a band changed direction quite so radically, frequently and successfully as The Thompson Twins.
The Blow Monkeys’ hit single Digging Your Scene symbolised the Eighties with their lavishly produced single, topical lyric, and stylish video. (more…)
Bomb The Bass, the studio project of Tim Simenon, shot straight into the singles chart in early 1988 with their sample-heavy debut single Beat Dis.
It’s so sad to learn of the death of Blondie’s drummer Clem Burke, another of the Class of ’77 who has left us far too soon. Is this his finest moment?
Felt were the ultimate cult band of the Eighties and Primitive Painters was the finest moment for their cerebral jangle pop.
After a gap of 45 years and a long career in fashion, original Siouxsie & The Banshees guitarist John McKay releases his first solo album of archive material.
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