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From Azzazin To Gun Aramaic: Muslimgauze Two Decades On
Twenty years ago, Bryn Jones was on a roll. In 1996, the Mancunian musician, who recorded...
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One Step Forward Two Steps Backward: 1976, Reggae & Critical Amnesia
Be wary of the curators, including me, and the path they choose for you in ‘building a c...
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Winning It All: Prince's Purple Rain Revisited
Saying something new about albums that have been loved and discussed over the moons can s...
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Smack Down: EYEHATEGOD Versus Iron Monkey & The Heaviest LP Of 1996
Call it ‘sludge’ if you have to. EYEHATEGOD prefer ‘southern hardcore blues’, wrenched fr...
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The Sound Of Impact: Noise Rock In 1986
Thirty years ago, ‘extreme music’ – for want of a term wielding a less gigantic umbrella ...
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A Question Of Lust: Depeche Mode's Black Celebration Revisited
According to his family, Martin Gore was a shy, introverted child. But that was then. By his mi...
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It’s Tricky: Run-DMC’s Raising Hell Revisited
It's early 1987 and for the last six months, Run-DMC have been belting out a rhyme called 'My...
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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' Murder Ballads As Gangsta Rap Album
In the mid-1990s, I spotted Nick Cave's distinct figure at London's Subterrania venue, un...
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Last Thrash: Metallica's Master of Puppets Turns 35
James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett were in their early twenties when th...
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30-Years On: David Bowie's Lodger Comes In From The Cold
So, what do you think of Lodger, then? Chances are, if you think of it at all, you think ...
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