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Jul 31, 20181 min read
Felt: an introduction in ten records, The Vinyl Factory, 2018
An Introduction to Felt, the enigmatic, beguiling treasure led by the singular Lawrence, whose ten-album lifespan has been given the...
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Jul 27, 20181 min read
Jeff Buckley - An oral history, Q Magazine, 2014
My 3000-word 'eyewtiness' account of the late, extraordinary Jeff Buckley was part of a 17-page special in Q's s 2014 June issue, marking...
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Jun 27, 201811 min read
Jimmy Somerville: The Smalltown Boy, Attitude, 2014
I interviewed Jimmy Somerville for Attitude's July 2014 issue, on the 30th anniversary of Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy," one of British...
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Jun 10, 20181 min read
Iggy Pop: an introduction in ten records, The Vinyl Factory.
The Record Store Day triple-vinyl release of Iggy Pop’s Post Pop Depression – Live at the Royal Albert Hall  has inspired an essential...
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May 4, 20181 min read
David Bowie - Goodbye Spaceboy, The Vinyl Factory, January 2016
The day Bowie died... A tribute. It wasn't intended as such, but The Vinyl Factory considered it a paean to queer revolution ("Now we...
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Apr 30, 20181 min read
Red House Painters: A Retrospective, 4AD Foreword, 2015
"Beds, Rollercoasters, Bridges and Beaches..." My story of the one band I helped sign to 4AD: San Francisco's Red House Painters, led by...
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Apr 30, 20181 min read
Cocteau Twins: Searching for Heaven, 4AD Foreword, 20
The trio's final phase of recording for 4AD found them at their peak. Find it here
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Apr 30, 20181 min read
Jeff Buckley: How Grace sparked a legend and a problematic legacy
Grace  was both his debut and swan song, but, as is often the case with an artist died-too-young, Jeff Buckley’s discography is still...
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Feb 6, 20181 min read
"Song To The Siren's irresistible tang," The Guardian, 2011
"Its writer refused to record it. Pat Boone almost killed it. Then it was resurrected as a B-side to an indie prestige project. Martin...
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Feb 6, 20181 min read
4AD, The Guardian, 2013
4AD: the 'pure' label behind Pixies and Cocteau Twins When my 4AD biography Facing The Other Way: The Story of 4AD was published, I wrote...
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Feb 6, 20181 min read
Miracle Legion, The Guardian, 2016
For the Guardian section Cult Heroes: I interviewed Mark Mulcahy and Ray Neal of Miracle Legion – "the band Thom Yorke loved, who could...
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Feb 6, 20181 min read
Art-Rock Adventurism: The complete 4AD story, The Vinyl Factory, 2015
With contributions from key players of past and present including enigmatic founder Ivo Watts-Russell, 4AD biographer Martin Aston...
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Feb 5, 20181 min read
BLK JKS, The Guardian, 2010
"Playing rock in a hard place..." Weeks before the World Cup started, I flew to Johannesburg to meet the thrilling BLK JKS.. "They will...
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Feb 5, 20181 min read
Breaking Down The Walls…. 4 star review MOJO, Nov 2016
Lead review in MOJO for Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache: How Music Came Out, by Victoria Segal. "Mighty...Real" indeed
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Feb 4, 20183 min read
Comics Britannia, Radio Times, 2007
To interview graphic novels maestro Alan Moore not once, but twice, was a thrill. The firsts in 1986, when Watchmen was published; the...
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Feb 4, 20182 min read
Eytan Fox, Attitude, 2012
In 2012, I interviewed Israeli film director Eytan Fox about his latest film Yossi , and his often controversial storylines, which mostly...
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Feb 4, 20189 min read
Anton Hysén, the one and only out gay footballer, Attitude, 2012
I interviewed Swedish footballer Anton Hyséna groundbreaker in his day, only the second professional footballer to come out as gay, after...
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Feb 4, 20181 min read
Liam Davis: Britain's gay semi-pro footballer, Attitude, 2015
I interviewed Liam Davis, at the time the only out gay man in British football, who also co-ran the Point cafe/restaurant in Cleethorpes...
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Feb 4, 20181 min read
Rufus does Judy at Carnegie Hall, Attitude, 2008
My review of Rufus Wainwright’s daring album Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
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Feb 4, 201811 min read
Hercules & Love Affair, Attitude, 2010
When disco collective Hercules & Love Affair released its second album Blue Songs , I interviewed head honcho Andy Butler, who gave the...
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