'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
Ron Sexsmith 'Other Songs' [Interscope Records] **** Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian singer and writer who, for the sake of reference, follows a line laid by his fellow country-people – Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. Add to that some of the production values that once set Crowded House apart from the dogs [‘Hello... Continue Reading →
Teenage Fanclub ‘Songs From Northern Britain’ [Creation Records] ***** Teenage Fanclub should be far bigger than they actually are although, head over heart, this is as big as it’s going to get. D’ya know what I mean ? This is their fifth album and it’s certainly as good, if not better, than their last,... Continue Reading →
It was Eamonn Crudden of the Dead Elvis label – among numerous other things – who first turned me onto the Wednesday Works imprint, a small mail-order project that was run by a young dairy farmer from his front-room in Curraghmore, outside of Elphin, Co. Roscommon. At the time – the summer of 1996... Continue Reading →
I absolutely loved The Brilliant Trees and, listening back to their two excellent albums from a distance, time hasn’t dimmed my enthusiasm for them. Some had them marked as being as good as early Oasis, others cited a Blur influence and there were times when, with the vocals stripped out, they had the classic reach... Continue Reading →
Stargazing In the Sunday Tribune, of December 29th, 1996, I looked ahead to the year in rock and pop music and, in a side-bar column, made a series of predictions. We’ll post up the body of the piece shortly – which basically pitched U2’s then still gestating ‘Pop' album against all-comers - but, in the... Continue Reading →
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