I’m as Dead as a Christmas Tree
I came late to the Jesus & Mary Chain, mostly put off by the hordes of overly-earnest fans who worshipped at the altar of their greatness. It wasn’t until someone put their wonderfully sarcastic...
View ArticleThe Jesus & Mary Chain: HRNG
That’s Homemade Random Name Generator, folks. As Mr & Mr Reid aren’t doing the decent thing and producing more wasted black-clad classics for us to enjoy, we’ll just have to help ourselves. Simply...
View Article2.1 Singles
Having spent my Saturday painstakingly fighting a wallpaper border, taking a hard-won victory inch by bloody inch, I’m more than usually full of angst and spite this evening. So I reached for Jesus...
View ArticleBallot Box Blues / Like A Sin Scraping Skin
Feels like something pumping through my veins I got the junk gun fever sinking to my brain Feels like God in heaven’s gone insane As a really wise man once said*, the trouble with democracy is that I...
View ArticleBobby Plant On Harmonica
Here’s a forgotten LP that deserves a bit more respect. I get that it’s a bit of a stylistic/nihilistic mess, a bit unfocused, a bit shrill and lairy, a bit likely to throw up on your shoes, but let...
View ArticleWake Me Up Before You Crow-Crow
Quick impression for you, caw-caw, Bang!, Fuck I’m dead! Maybe you should never go back. I watched The Crow last night for the first time since I saw it at the cinema. Maybe I’m a fool for expecting...
View ArticleNegative Jesus / Day-Glo Jesus
Due to spatial problems the records in the J section of the 1537 are packed in so tight that when I reached for a nugget of pure Glaswegian negativity this evening I got a second shot of day-glo indie...
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