…NME, 1975*
And the winner is {bodhran roll please} John Goodluck, crown pagan prince of Suffolk song and grand magister of the 1970s Ipswich folk scene.
They don’t make ’em like this anymore. Johns unholy trinity of The Suffolk Miracle (74), Speed the Plough (75) and Monday’s Childe (77, like punk never happened) are faultless …More»
What a night, the stars must have been aligned. Three top flight acts all squeezed into Ipswich ale monastry St. Judes for a night of avant folk and folly.
Hats off to the tiny St. Judes, they really know how to run a town pub, it’s full of a psychedelic array of …More»
Ipswich Gaumont, 12th April, 1982. The Scorpions are about to rip into Blackout, the balls to the wall killer title track from their latest metal opus. Just 1 year on, and with a little more spandex and hairspray, Phil Moggs mighty UFO are wrapping up the night with the holy trinity… Too Hot …More»
Arcade Fire – Reflektor.
Released late last year this double album is a gem – a throwback to in time to concept albums and a desire to emulate ‘rock-art’ rather than ‘sound-bite rock’.
The production is multi-layered – a tangled weave of intense sounds and harmonies that clash and resonant and then capture your imagination and …More»
