Jeremy Allen
Anniversary
40 Years On: Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall Revisited
The legacy of Michael Jackson looked to be assured when he died a decade ago, but further shocking allegations have left him in danger of being “cancelled”. Can all the King of Pop’s horses and all the King’s men put MJ back together again? And, asks Jeremy Allen, to what extent is his legacy worth saving anyway?
Anniversary
40 Years On: Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall Revisited
The legacy of Michael Jackson looked to be assured when he died a decade ago, but further shocking allegations have left him in danger of being “cancelled”. Can all the King of Pop’s horses and all the King’s men put MJ back together again? And, asks Jeremy Allen, to what extent is his legacy worth saving anyway?
Books
Mordancy, Misery And Misanthropy: Faith No More Book Reviewed
With references galore to Courtney Love, Josh Homme, and Teddy Adorno, Adrian Harte's new book on Faith No More, Small Victories, gives you "pretty much everything you could ever possibly hope to know" about the band, says Jeremy Allen
Books
Mordancy, Misery And Misanthropy: Faith No More Book Reviewed
With references galore to Courtney Love, Josh Homme, and Teddy Adorno, Adrian Harte's new book on Faith No More, Small Victories, gives you "pretty much everything you could ever possibly hope to know" about the band, says Jeremy Allen
Anniversary
Suede’s Debut Mapped The Wayward Sex & Glorious Failures Of Britishness
25 years on from Suede’s eponymously titled debut, Jeremy Allen rediscovers a record that shares a lineage with glam rock, music hall and Victorian burlesque and is not afraid to explore the underbelly of British sexuality. Photos courtesy of Suede/Pat Pope, John Cheeves, Phillip Williams
Anniversary
Suede’s Debut Mapped The Wayward Sex & Glorious Failures Of Britishness
25 years on from Suede’s eponymously titled debut, Jeremy Allen rediscovers a record that shares a lineage with glam rock, music hall and Victorian burlesque and is not afraid to explore the underbelly of British sexuality. Photos courtesy of Suede/Pat Pope, John Cheeves, Phillip Williams
Anniversary
How Air’s Moon Safari Made The World Take French Pop Seriously
Change was in the air in 1998 when a duo from Versailles released an album that did better internationally than it did in France. Jeremy Allen wonders if Moon Safari by Air was the point where Anglo Saxons stopped ignoring the surreptitious delights of French pop
Anniversary
How Air’s Moon Safari Made The World Take French Pop Seriously
Change was in the air in 1998 when a duo from Versailles released an album that did better internationally than it did in France. Jeremy Allen wonders if Moon Safari by Air was the point where Anglo Saxons stopped ignoring the surreptitious delights of French pop
Anniversary
Fuck Posterity: Serge Gainsbourg, Hip Hop & His Swan Song, You’re Under Arrest
You’re Under Arrest - the final album of Serge Gainsbourg - is often cited as the one where he tried his hand at hip hop. Jeremy Allen argues that it was more a consolidation of a proto-rap master after years of innovation and petty musical larceny
Anniversary
Fuck Posterity: Serge Gainsbourg, Hip Hop & His Swan Song, You’re Under Arrest
You’re Under Arrest - the final album of Serge Gainsbourg - is often cited as the one where he tried his hand at hip hop. Jeremy Allen argues that it was more a consolidation of a proto-rap master after years of innovation and petty musical larceny
A Quietus Interview
Touching Base With France’s Former First Lady: Carla Bruni Interviewed
Jeremy Allen interviews Carla Bruni in Paris about her new album French Touch, but politics is strictly interdict. “I wish good luck to Mr and Mrs Trump, I wish good luck to Mr and Mrs Macron, and I don’t care, do you understand?”
A Quietus Interview
Touching Base With France’s Former First Lady: Carla Bruni Interviewed
Jeremy Allen interviews Carla Bruni in Paris about her new album French Touch, but politics is strictly interdict. “I wish good luck to Mr and Mrs Trump, I wish good luck to Mr and Mrs Macron, and I don’t care, do you understand?”
