Playlist: Geography 9 - Not my State Capital
Most people have trouble naming the capital cities of more than a handful of countries - but what about US State capitals? Well, most...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 1
In Depth: The Cure
It seems apt, given the release of their first new material in sixteen years (not to mention that it was Halloween the other day, not...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 29
Playlist: Autumn
Well, right here in the heart of the Northern Hemisphere, as October heads warily towards November, it is clear that we are entering...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 21
Steeltown at 40
Everyone knows about that 'difficult second album' syndrome - especially after a successful and well received debut. At the time Steeltown...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 18
Thank you for the days
Last week (10 October) would have - no, should have - been the 65th birthday of Kirsty MacColl, had her life not been robbed prematurely...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 10
Geography 9: Greater Manchester (Noasis)
There have been two waves of musical greatness from the city at the western end of the M62 motorway (Liverpool, obvs), first in the early...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 5
Tupac: Revolutionary or Gangster?
"Panther power! They kept my history a mystery but now I see the American Dream wasn't meant for me. Cause lady liberty is a hypocrite,...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 23
Playlist: Great Opening Tracks
A couple of things this last week - one a sadly unfolding saga of a band crumbling in front of our eyes, the other a very specific (and...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 11
Playlist: Geography 8 - Africa
It is time for another of our geographically themed playlists - and this time we focus on the large, mysterious continent of Africa....
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 7
About a Boy: U2 as post-punk heroes?
When four Dublin teenagers burst onto the scene in 1980, it is a possibility that they might have ended up being 'just another post-punk...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 1
Playlist: Teenagers
It was a random song on a playlist I had on in the car yesterday that I hadn't heard in a while, coupled with the fact that there were...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 26
Postcard Records and the birth of indie
What happens when a seemingly larger than life character gets together with several of the brightest young Scottish musical talents of...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 17
The Beastie Boys: How 3 goofballs brought hip-hop to the masses
The question is, as Art Publika magazine put it, how did "a group of arty middle-class Jewish kids responding to Manhattan's eclectic...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 11
Playlist: The Olympics
As another wonderful summer Olympiad draws to a close, it seems only fitting that we mark it with a playlist - and I think that this...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 3
Playlist: Covers 5
It used to be assumed that decent cover versions were few and far between - but the fact that we are now on to our fifth set of covers,...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 29
The Perfect Indie Pop Song
What does it take to create the perfect indie pop song? Well, I suppose you first need to decide what constitutes an indie pop song....
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 14
The great 'other' guitarists
Following on from my chronicling of my favourite drummers and bass players, I thought it was high time to start considering the...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 7
Playlist: University + 30
It is hard to believe, but somewhere around this day thirty years ago (yes, really), I attended my university graduation ceremony! I...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 3
Double Nickels at 40
"The Minutemen's classic double album is unlike any punk record, or double album, before or since. It is a compact explosion of ideas and...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 27
Cosmic Thing turns 35
June 27 1989 saw the release of one of the great 'let your hair down' records of them all. Yes, Cosmic Thing by the B-52's came roaring...
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