Dreaming Of Birds That Are Blue

Another day, another article I'd rather not have to have written. It was May half-term, 1989, and I had just turned 16. My second ever ‘proper’ music gig, and I was dropped off, just me, at Surrey University for this one. One of the beautiful things about music is the connections you make, both with the music and with other fans. As if to prove that, I was a very shy teenager, yet I got chatting to another solo attendee in the queue waiting for the venue to open. They were ol

This morning came the news that another stalwart of the British post-punk scene has died. Gary Dwyer wasn't front and centre, but he was the beating heart of the Teardrop Explodes, one of Liverpool's great bands, albeit who only graced our world for a few years before inevitable implosion. Dwyer was a well known figure on the burgeoning music scene of later 70s Liverpool, centred around the legendary Eric's Club (on Victoria Street and then on the more illustrious Matthew Str

It's less than a week since we had an official announcement letting us know that Jennifer Finch had been diagnosed with brain cancer. The great and good of the American music scene rallied round her and a Go Fund Me was established. It was clear that she was obviously no longer going to be a part of L7s Last Hurrah 2026 tour, but she gave it the go-ahead with her blessing. Then, yesterday we found out that she had died aged 59... "We are shattered by the loss of our beloved b