Category: baggy
Parchman – Ride
Unfortunately I know shag all about this band apart from the fact that they released an EP called ‘Ride’ in 1990 on City Beat Records. This is the title track and is note perfect in its execution of the baggy […]
The Charlatans – Believe You Me
For those of you old enough to remember a time when you couldn’t rely on a hard drive to preserve the music from your past I understand your pain. Mixtapes for all the accolades are a pain in the reflection […]
The Wendys – Pulling My Fingers Off
I was a little surprised to read about the arrival of a new monthly club in the Academy called Freaky Dancin’ based around the sounds of the Madchester scene. The club will run on the last Friday of every month […]
The Stone Roses – Shoot You Down (Soul Hooligan Remix)
It’s to the credit of the Stone Roses debut that no matter what tinkering is done to its faultless tunes through the endless remixes and mash ups over the years that the soul of the original songs still manage to […]
Thousand Yard Stare – Comeuppance
For some reason I always bunch Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Thousand Yard Stare and Carter USM in a trinity of musical memories that are ring fenced by the sight of grown men in long shorts. For all I know Thousand Yard […]
World Of Twist – She's A Rainbow
Tony Ogden who was the lead singer of World of Twist tragically died in July of 2006. His band who were once courted by Creation Records were critical darlings but failed to turn their ecstatic live performances into large volume […]
The Stone Roses – Going Down
If they had designed an instrument for measuring artist cool then a good test would be to set the compass to 1989/1990 period Stone Roses when they were at their swaggering best. It may have taken them a couple of […]
#193 Northside – Shall We Take A Trip
‘Shall We Take A Trip’ got its best run out during the goals round up on ‘Match Of The Day’. Its producers Northside didn’t amount to much else yet they are inextricably linked to the baggy genre that came at […]
#74 The Charlatans – White Shirt
Hard to believe when you look at them now but the Charlatans were once as indispensable as cereal. The tragic loss of Rob Collins, the ravages of the music industry and a gradual slip into comfortable middle age has meant […]
The Inspiral Carpets – Further Away
Their debut ‘Life’ may contain their most famous efforts but the follow up ‘The Beast Inside’ was always my favourite album from Oldham’s the Inspiral Carpets. The band bred a love-hate relationship with the press with lots of barbs aimed […]