i never had much time for the tom tom club forty years ago (i was firmly in the david byrne camp) but seeing them do these lovely acoustic versions of dr.wordsworth and genius of love made me very happy.
The frontman and co-founder of The Saints died on the weekend, aged 65.
of any live band I saw, they certainly had the biggest effect,” Nick Cave told me much later. “They were the ones who could actually play
“There was a lot of hype by the time we got to London cause the punky rock thing had taken off, but back in Oz we wouldn’t have been pissed on if we were on fire,”
Pete Paphides digs through John Peel's records and speculates wildly about what Nick Drake may or may not have listened to. Interesting and annoying in equal measure. A few records you may not have heard of.