The Cars – Heartbeat City | The Album That Defined 1984
Heartbeat City is the sleek, neon-lit fifth album by the American rock band The Cars,Released in 1984 by Elektra Records the album marked a turning point: for the first time, the band stepped away fro...
23 Feb 22min
The Doors | Poetry, Chaos and the 1960s
An exploration of the groundbreaking American rock band The Doors. Taking their name from Aldous Huxley’s visionary work The Doors of Perception, The Doors emerged in the mid-1960s as one of the most ...
16 Feb 30min
Kate Bush – Director’s Cut | Rewriting the Past
Released in 2011, Director's Cut is a unique project from Kate Bush, featuring newly reworked versions of songs originally released on The Sensual World in 1989 and The Red Shoes in 1993. Rather than ...
9 Feb 21min
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees – Boat to Bolivia | Britain’s Lost 80s Classic
A (relatively) in-depth analysis of Boat to Bolivia by British rock/folk/pop band Martin Stephenson and the Daintees.Having become busking sensations the group were signed by Kitchenware around the sa...
2 Feb 23min
Christopher Cross – Ride Like the Wind | Yacht Rock’s Perfect Single
A (relatively) in-depth analysis of Ride Like the Wind by American singer-songwriter and musician Christopher Cross.Released in 1980, Ride Like the Wind was the lead single from Cross' Grammy-winning ...
26 Jan 22min
Gene Clark – No Other | The Album That Was Too Big for 1974
A (relatively) in-depth analysis of the album No Other by American singer-songwriter and musician Gene Clark.Released in 1974, No Other was Clark's fourth solo album. Largely dismissed by critics at t...
19 Jan 28min
Blancmange | The Art-Pop Outsiders Hiding in Plain Sight?
A (relatively) in-depth analysis of English synth-pop band Blancmange (as well as some other general stuff) in (just over) thirty minutes.Formed in Harrow, London, in 1979 by vocalist Neil Arthur and ...
3 Nov 202532min
Low
A (relatively) in-depth analysis of American indie-rock band Low (as well as some other general stuff) in (just under) thirty minutes.Formed in 1993 by Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and Mimi Parke...
27 Okt 202537min
