Rebecca Schiller

Howler/Cast Of Cheers/Gross Magic

"Hi,” says the first man/boy to take the stage, “I’m Justin Bieber.” WHAT!?! Has the booker of the Generation Next tour lost their mind?...

Spector/Swim Deep/Splashh

It’s easy to see why Spector provoke sniffiness in certain quarters. Yet as indie withers on the vine commercially and its bands respond by...

Madness – ‘Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da’

Oh, cruel irony, thy name is Suggs. “Communication is a skill you must acquire… it is essential”, he gurns on ‘How Can I Tell...

Cemeteries – ‘The Wilderness’

Never has a name been quite so misleading as the one Buffalo native Kyle J Reigle has chosen for his musical alter ego. By...

Post War Years – ‘The Bell’ EP

Few phrases can strike as much fear into the heart of a gentle soul as ‘electronic prog’. Very recent history is littered with the...

Tracey Thorn – ‘Tinsel And Lights’

Fuck, is it that time of year already? Not quite, but apparently we’re close enough for Thorn – she of the dolorous voice behind...

The Fresh & Onlys – ‘Long Slow Dance’

With a melancholic tone to turn sprightly sentiments into something innately heartbreaking, F&O frontman Tim Cohen’s voice is the perfect contrast to his band’s...

Cradle Of Filth – ‘The Manticore And Other Horrors’

What a life, being in Cradle Of Filth. Twenty-odd years ago, you shocked authority figures in small English market towns by manufacturing a T-shirt...

Kylie – ‘The Abbey Road Sessions’

Kylie. One of pop’s great shapeshifters. An artist who morphed from pop princess to ‘Suicide Blonde’; who crossed the channel of ’90s indie reinvention...

Book Review: Beth Ditto – ‘Coal To Diamonds’

“They fuck you up, your mum and dad,” wrote Philip Larkin. “They may not mean to, but they do.” If Phil thought families in...
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