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Morrissey takes a break from cancelling concerts because he’s too cold, or it’s too noisy, to sing about the Notre Dame fire tragedy.
The K’s distil the sound of early indie music and fuse it with the fire of punk on their song about working-class life in a Northern town today.
THE DAY GARRY SOBERS SCORED A CENTURY WITH A HANGOVER
I was 15 when I saw the great Garry Sobers play for the first and last time at Lord’s. It was memorable in many ways, not least for being a colossal innings defeat for England, greeted with a massive pitch invasion by West Indies fans. It was even more memorable for witnessing Sobers’ last ever century – completed in three parts, the biggest one with a raging hangover.
Japanese Television play instrumental “space-surf” music fusing krautrock’s motorik rhythms with psychedelic guitars.
DJ Seinfeld’s tune instantly evokes sunny afternoons in Ibiza, where you can imagine it seeping from the speakers of a beach bar as you sip on a cocktail.
Velocity Girl came out of Washington D.C. and burned brightly but briefly in the early Nineties, blending pop melodies and noisy guitars.
Gilla Band return from a four-year hiatus with a techno-influenced new tune, Giraffe, that proves they’ve lost none of their abrasive power.
The Fall made their national TV debut on The Tube thanks to John Peel – five years after I first saw them play in London.
Sophia Stel is a Canadian electronic artist who blends her emotional vocals with elements of hyper-pop and, on this mellow breakup tune, trip-hop.