Tuesday, 17 June, 2025

Tag: Rebellious Jukebox


This Town Ain\’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us — that is pretty much all Sparks meant to me before this dictionary; that and Ron Mael\’s moustache. I had been teeing it up to buy a lot of their Read more…


I love Tricky. I don\’t remember now if I found him first and then leapfrogged to Portishead or vice-versa, through that Isaac Hayes sample. Not long after I saw him on Later with Jools Holland performing Karmacoma with Martina Topley-Bird. Read more…


I remember hearing \”She\’s So High\” back when it first came out. Blur weren\’t really my thing at that point. The second album \”Modern Life Is Rubbish\” didn\’t make much of an impact on my either. \”Parklife\” though really struck Read more…


They are probably grouped together with someone under some umbrella movement by somebody who likes to categorise their music in that way but when I think of The Red House Painters I don\’t think of them in connection with anyone Read more…