The Clean were pioneers of New Zealand’s so-called Dunedin Sound, blending a punk influence with a bucolic brand of jangly psychedelia.

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“You got to have a J-O-B if you wanna be with me… No romance without finance.” This is one of the finest funk and soul singles of all time – despite its far-from-feminist materialistic message; it was the ’80s after all. (more…)

Dwight Yoakam came along at just the right time for me, in the mid Eighties, launching a lifelong love of country music.

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The venerable denim-clad 12-bar boogie merchants of Status Quo have had a record-breaking 60 hit singles, but only one number one, in January 1975. This is it. (more…)

Revolution on the streets never sounded sweeter than when The Twinkle Brothers lent their smooth harmonies to a song about Mob Fury. (more…)