This post - minus image and music - originally appeared on Sir Henrys 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM9FqMR0Cvg ‘They Didn’t Teach Music In My School’ is an old Toasted Heretic song that first appeared on ‘The Smug’ E.P., released on the band’s own Bananafish label in 1990. And anyone who, like myself, attended The North Monastery school on the... Continue Reading →
THERAPY? : ‘BABY TEETH’ REVIEW, 1991.
Therapy ? ‘Baby Teeth’ [Wiija Records] You probably wouldn’t trust Therapy? to baby-sit your little sisters and brothers. And you’d be right. They’re that kind of band ;- psychotic dog-trashcore noise terrorists who rip ears and emotions right apart, usually in the one-band breath. Therapy? come to us from Larne, but this is straight out... Continue Reading →
THE GO-BETWEENS AND GEORGE BYRNE
There was a time when I’d see the writer and critic, George Byrne, at least three times a week, usually at concerts, ligs and anything with a free bar. I’d fallen out of regular contact with him – and indeed with most others – ever since I settled into family life in the suburbs, but... Continue Reading →
SPIRITUALIZED REVIEW, 1997.
Spiritualized ‘Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space’ [Dedicated Records] **** Ten minutes in and it’s easy to see exactly why ‘Ladies And Gentlemen’ is already written up as this year’s defining record. Because in a sphere currently run by mediocrity [hello Cast, Kenickie, Ocean Colour Scene], Spiritualized come on as brave and as brazen as they’ve... Continue Reading →
FREEDY JOHNSTON: ‘NEVER HOME’ [Sunday Tribune review, June 1st, 1997]
Freedy Johnston ‘Never Home’ [Elektra Records] **** In a nutshell, ‘Never Home’ is far better than Johnston’s last record, ‘This Perfect World’, and very certainly up there with his first, ‘Can You Fly’. Although largely unknown over here [once again despite No Disco’s better efforts], Johnston is an acclaimed, if still very much acquired, taste back in... Continue Reading →
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