Scritti Politti | Was Green Gartside Pop's Great Outsider?
Was Green Gartside Pop's Great Outsider?In this episode of Low Noise, we explore the remarkable story of Scritti Politti and their elusive frontman Green Gartside. Emerging from the politically charge...
15 Jun 21min
Hendrix at Woodstock | Was This His Defining Moment?
What makes a performance become more than just a concert?In August 1969, as the Woodstock festival drew to a close, Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the stage in front of a much smaller crowd than the one th...
8 Jun 37min
Rickie Lee Jones at the Barbican | Is the Duchess of Coolsville Still Cool?
This week I went to see Rickie Lee Jones at the Barbican in London. It wasn’t a concert in the usual sense. It felt more like being invited into somebody’s world for a couple of hours, a world built f...
1 Jun 17min
Electronic – Getting Away With It | Melancholy in Designer Clothes
Why does Getting Away With It still sound so impossibly sophisticated? In this episode of Low Noise, we explore the debut single by Electronic, the collaboration between Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr (a...
25 Mai 15min
Baz Luhrmann – EPiC | Elvis in Hypercolour
What keeps Elvis Presley alive in the cultural imagination decades after his death?In this episode we explore EPiC, Baz Luhrmann’s visually dense documentary meditation on Elvis Presley and the machin...
18 Mai 25min
The Shadows | Britain’s Most Influential Forgotten Band
How can one of the most successful bands in British history become almost invisible?In this episode, I explore the story of The Shadows, a group whose distinctive sound helped shape British popular mu...
11 Mai 24min
Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians | The Art of Casual Precision
What does it mean for an album to sound effortless?Released in 1988, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars by Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians arrived at a moment when polish often equalled intent. And y...
4 Mai 21min
Fill Your Head with Rock | The Album That Captured Rock in Transition
What happens when a record label tries to map the sound of a moment?Originally released in 1970, Fill Your Head With Rock is a double LP sampler that captures a shifting musical landscape, where folk,...
27 Apr 21min
