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Echo & The Bunnymen

Reviews 3

Echo And The Bunnymen
Meteorites

Songs Not Learned Or Sung: Echo And The Bunnymen Bomb In Glasgow

Echo and the Bunnymen
Ocean Rain reissue

Articles 15

Anniversary

Rediscovering Ripeness: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Porcupine At 40

Richard Foster considers Marvin The Paranoid Android, the charnel house-like plays of Jacobean England and the owl of Athena (and speaks to Will Sergeant) while writing about Echo & The Bunnymen's oft-misunderstood third long player

Low Culture Podcast

Low Culture Podcast 12: Nicky Wire On Echo & The Bunnymen

To celebrate the end of the first year of our subs system and the Low Culture podcast we invited Manic Street Preacher Nicky Wire to share his musings on Echo And The Bunnymen

Baker's Dozen

Down The Rabbit Hole: Will Sergeant’s Favourite Albums

Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant takes Richard Foster through thirteen favourite albums from The Residents to Love, recalls making records with his dad’s electric shaver and a stringless guitar, explains why it’s time to stop bashing prog rock, and much, much more

Anniversary

Light On The Waves: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Heaven Up Here Turns 40

Angus Batey finds permanence in a record that is often seen as a document of fleeting change and talks about "Hevvo"'s contentious reputation, slammed by Bill Drummond as "dull as ditchwater" in 45 and held up as art for the ages by Cathi Unsworth in Weirdo

Anniversary

The Mother Of Reinvention: Julian Cope’s Peggy Suicide 30 Years On

Peggy Suicide was the first marking and mapping out of a new Julian Cope, says Richard Foster; one who kept us sane and questing for new ideas at the dawn of the 90s

Low Culture Essay

Low Culture 3: The ‘Curse’ Of Echo & The Bunnymen

Richard Foster sets out to rescue Bunnymen from thee crack of doom - the hackneyed “coulda been” curse - with a celebration of their music’s demonic heat. All photographs courtesy of Will Sergeant

Books

Across The Evening Sky: Bill Drummond On Mick Houghton

Six days ago, Bill Drummond interviewed Mick Houghton at an event in Walthamstow to promote Houghton's new book Fried & Justified. The following morning, Drummond felt a pang of regret…

A Quietus Interview

Eric’s, Probe And The Armadillo: The Story Of Liverpool Music, 1976-1988

Through a series of interviews, Patrick Clarke charts the history of Liverpool's brilliant, bitter and burgeoning music scene of 1976-1988, from Eric's and Probe to Top Of The Pops domination

A Quietus Interview

Independence & Influence: Seymour Stein Interviewed

Richard Foster meets the visionary entrepreneur who has been working near the heart of the music business since 1958

Anniversary

Water On Water: In Praise Of Echo And The Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain

Our man in Orange County Ned Raggett gives us his American take on another classic British indie album...

Baker's Dozen

Mouth Of The Mersey: Ian McCulloch’s Favourite Albums

Gregarious Scouser Mac tells Rod Kitson what’s what about his favourite albums in one of the most entertaining Baker’s Dozens we’ve run so far

Books

Psychedelic Brilliance: The Marvelous Origin Of The Teardrop Explodes

Seldom has a band name been quite so evocative as that of Liverpool's The Teardrop Explodes. Here, band members and associates recall how that name's "psychedelic brilliance" was first unearthed from the pages of an old Marvel comic book

A Quietus Interview

A Glittering Prize – Jim Kerr Of Simple Minds Interviewed

As Simple Minds tour their glorious first five albums round Europe, front man Jim Kerr takes time out to speak to David Stubbs

A Quietus Interview

The Mission Celebrate Their Quarter Century: Wayne Hussey Interviewed

On the eve of a UK tour Wayne Hussey talks to Ben Graham about his career with The Mission, Sisters of Mercy and Dead or Alive

A Quietus Interview

Echo And The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch On Jesus, Smack and LFC

The greatest Macca to come out of Liverpool pulls up a bar stool with AP Childs and shoots the shit about accidental heroin use and PiL, before agreeing to our steak cookery challenge . . .

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 4

Baker's Dozen

A Belly Full: Tanya Donelly’s Favourite Albums

As Belly release their first album in over two decades, Tanya Donelly guides Emily Mackay through 13 favourite albums, from Leonard Cohen to The Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush to Iggy Pop, The Bunnymen, Mary Margaret O'Hara and more

Baker's Dozen

Call The Police! – Terry Bickers’ Favourite Albums

One of 80s indie's defining guitarists talks us through his 13 albums – and risks the ire of purists everywhere by insisting that sometimes compilations are best

Baker's Dozen

Anger Through Grace: Nicky Wire’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of their eleventh LP Rewind The Film, the Manic Street Preachers man scours his record collection for the list to end all lists

Baker's Dozen

Mouth Of The Mersey: Ian McCulloch’s Favourite Albums

Gregarious Scouser Mac tells Rod Kitson what’s what about his favourite albums in one of the most entertaining Baker’s Dozens we’ve run so far

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Reviews 3

Echo And The Bunnymen Meteorites

Songs Not Learned Or Sung: Echo And The Bunnymen Bomb In Glasgow

Echo and the Bunnymen Ocean Rain reissue

Articles 15

Rediscovering Ripeness: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Porcupine At 40

Low Culture Podcast 12: Nicky Wire On Echo & The Bunnymen

Down The Rabbit Hole: Will Sergeant’s Favourite Albums

Light On The Waves: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Heaven Up Here Turns 40

The Mother Of Reinvention: Julian Cope’s Peggy Suicide 30 Years On

Low Culture 3: The ‘Curse’ Of Echo & The Bunnymen

Across The Evening Sky: Bill Drummond On Mick Houghton

Eric’s, Probe And The Armadillo: The Story Of Liverpool Music, 1976-1988

Independence & Influence: Seymour Stein Interviewed

Water On Water: In Praise Of Echo And The Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain

Mouth Of The Mersey: Ian McCulloch’s Favourite Albums

Psychedelic Brilliance: The Marvelous Origin Of The Teardrop Explodes

A Glittering Prize – Jim Kerr Of Simple Minds Interviewed

The Mission Celebrate Their Quarter Century: Wayne Hussey Interviewed

Echo And The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch On Jesus, Smack and LFC

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 4

A Belly Full: Tanya Donelly’s Favourite Albums

Call The Police! – Terry Bickers’ Favourite Albums

Anger Through Grace: Nicky Wire’s Favourite Albums

Mouth Of The Mersey: Ian McCulloch’s Favourite Albums

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