Pitchfork magazine once called them the missing link between R.E.M. and Nirvana, so what is it about a band from Minnesota that were...

January is a time, at least for much of the northern hemisphere, for huddling together for warmth, wondering when you will next see more...

This started out as research for one article, but there was so much interesting stuff all interlinked, that it has actually turned into a...

Sadly, it's that time of year when we look back and reflect on some of the people from the world of music who have died during in the...

Well, I think we can all agree that was definitely a year.... I'll leave it up to you to decide whether it was good or bad - for me it...

If you haven't read the first part of this, you can catch up here . But make sure you come back and read this afterwards. That first part...

Now, I am generally not one to embrace the festivities - but tis the season, and all that! Like my daughter's college buses - you wait...

It's that time of year again. The weather in the northern hemisphere has grown colder, the nights are longer than the days, and I try and...

This is an idea that quickly spiralled out of control once I started putting in the research - so much so, that it is going to end up...

What constitutes a musical supergroup? Well, I'm hoping that most people's definition will be vague enough to go with me on this,...

Most people have trouble naming the capital cities of more than a handful of countries - but what about US State capitals? Well, most...

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...

Well, right here in the heart of the Northern Hemisphere, as October heads warily towards November, it is clear that we are entering...

Everyone knows about that 'difficult second album' syndrome - especially after a successful and well received debut. At the time Steeltown...

Last week (10 October) would have - no, should have - been the 65th birthday of Kirsty MacColl, had her life not been robbed prematurely...

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...

"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,...

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...

It is time for another of our geographically themed playlists - and this time we focus on the large, mysterious continent of Africa....

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...