Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Cole, Blair Cowan, Lawrence Donegan, Neil Clark and Stephen Irvine – were formed in Glasgow in 1982, where Buxton-born singer-songwriter Cole was studying Philosophy and English at the University of Glasgow -Their sound swam against the tide of shiny 80s synthesisers, offering intense, melodic, guitar-based pop, topped with droll …
Let’s Bottle Bohemia is the second album from the melodic Dublin-based rock band The Thrills – Originally released on Virgin in September 2004, it marked a significant step forward from the group’s debut album, So Much For The City, released over a year previously. Pre-order LP + bonus 7″ Released: 10 February 2023 LP tracklist …
The Ruts were formed in west London in 1977, but guitarist Paul Fox and vocalist Malcolm Owen were schoolfriends who had already been in several bands – meeting with drummer Dave Ruffy and bassist John ‘Segs’ Jenning – the group played many Rock Against Racism benefit concerts and rose to prominence supporting The Damned in …
The Pale Fountains were formed in Liverpool in 1980 by Mick (as he was then known) Head with Chris McCaffery on bass, Thomas Whelan on drums, trumpeter Andy Diagram and guitarist Ken Moss – Signing with Virgin in late 1982, this was the first time the music world became aware of the work of singer-songwriter …
Formed in 1972, 10cc were at once commercial, at once strange – Described as the ‘missing link between the Beatles and Blur’, it was rare to have four talented writers, singers and multi-instrumentalists all under one roof; but in Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, 10cc had just that – They released …