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 Added on July 16, 2015  Wallace Wylie  Aaliyah , Abba , Beyonce , Bob Stanley , Bobby Brown , David Bowie , David Letterman , Gamble and Huff , Ginuwine , Glastonbury , Hall and Oates , James Murphy , Jay Z , Justin Timberlake , Kelis , Kim Kardashian , Lady Gaga , LCD Soundsystem , Liam Gallagher , Max Martin , Michael Jackson , Miley Cyrus , Missy Elliot , Neil Kulkarni , Oasis , Pharrell , Pitchfork , Prince , Public Enemy , racism , Ricky Gervais , Rihanna , Serena Williams , Simply Red , Slade , St. Etienne , Stevie Wonder , T.Rex , Taylor Swift , The Beatles , The Jam , The Office , The Smiths , The Stone Roses , Tiger Woods , Timbaland , Westlife

Segregation Under a Groove: Pop Music’s Unspoken Colour Lines

Segregation Under a Groove: Pop Music’s Unspoken Colour Lines

Many years ago, a great schism occurred in the history of popular music. As amps got louder and concerts got bigger, new groups responded by creating a heavier kind of music that relied on sheer sonic power as opposed to the lighter sounds of early sixties pop. Rock music broke away from pop and in […]

 Added on November 18, 2014  Everett True  1980 , best singles of 1980 , Everett True , Joy Division , The Jam

Everett True’s Favourite Singles of 1980

Everett True’s Favourite Singles of 1980

It seems the obvious follow-up to yesterday’s post, Everett True’s Favourite Albums of 1980. I have all the information contained within this slim blue hardback diary in front of me. I’d imagine these charts are based on actual plays of my Dansette. Much more variable, this chart – and showing a heavy Factory Records bias, […]

 Added on October 21, 2014  Everett True  Everett True , Melbourne , Song of the day , The Fall , The Jam , The Saints , The UV Race

The return of Everett True | 62. The UV Race

The return of Everett True | 62. The UV Race

Let me quote The Jam at you. “Life is timeless, days are long when you’re young/You used to fall in love with anyone/Any guitar and any bass drum.” That’s how it works, right? You see a band, you fall in love for a minute, an hour, a week, a year… whatever it takes. It’s even […]

 Added on January 17, 2013  Everett True  Billy Bragg , Boris Johnson , David Cameron , Elvis Costello , Everett True , Margaret Thatcher , Paul Ryan , Pussy Riot , Putin , Radiohead , rage against the machine , The Jam , The Smiths

Music for politicians (spot the odd one out)

I think if I was in a band and David Cameron said he liked my band’s music, I’d have a long hard look at my band’s music.

 Added on January 20, 2012  Everett True  Dubstar , Everett True , Geoff Travis , Ian Gittins , Melody Maker , Paolo Hewitt , Paul Weller , Sarah Cracknell , St. Etienne , The Changing Man , The Jam

excerpted from ‘Paul Weller – The Changing Man’ (Paolo Hewitt, 2011)

In later years, Everett True at Melody Maker would regularly review Paul’s records with just one word: wanker.

 Added on August 24, 2011  Everett True  Butch Vig , Collapse Board , Cream , Dinosaur Jr , Everett True , Husker Du , Killdozer , Kurt Cobain , Metallica , Music criticism , Nevermind , Nevermind 20 Years On , Nirvana , original album review , Seattle , Sub Pop , The Jam , The Slits , Young Marble Giants

Nirvana’s Nevermind, 20 Years Ago

It’s taken me nearly two decades to admit to liking Nevermind in public again. In celebration, I’ve decided to reprint my original review.

 Added on March 24, 2011  Wallace Wylie  808 State , A Guy Called Gerald , Acid House , Andy Weatherall , Aphex Twin , Arctic Monkeys , Blur , Bobby Gillespie , Bomb The Bass , Britpop , Cabaret Voltaire , Creation Records , Damon Albarn , Definitely Maybe , Depeche Mode , Derrick May , Fool's Gold , Frankie Knuckles , Gary Numan , Give Out But Don’t Give Up , Happy Mondays , Higher Than the Sun , House , Ian Brown , Jack Your Body , Jimmy Miller , Joy Division , Kula Shaker , Led Zeppelin , Let It Be , Loaded , Love , Massive Attack , Morrissey , New Order , Noel Gallagher , Oasis , Orange Juice , Orbital , Paul Weller , Pet Shop Boys , PiL , Primal Scream , Public Enemy , Sally Cinnamon , Screamadelica , Song Of The Day , Suede , Teenage Fanclub , The Associates , The Beach Boys , The Beatles , The Black Crowes , The Boo Radleys , The Byrds , The Human League , The Jam , The KLF , The Libertines , The Orb , The Pastels , The Raincoats , The Rolling Stones , The Sex Pistols , The Slits , The Small Faces , The Smiths , The Soft Boys , The Stone Roses , The Strokes , The Wild Bunch , Uncle Tupelo , Vince Clarke , Visage , Wallace Wylie , We Call It Acieed , WFL , Yazoo

Death Rattle – The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Oasis and the travesty of British Alternative Rock in the 90s

Large elements of the UK alternative press seemed to be waiting for the right guitar band to get behind, the right guitar band to believe in. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Stone Roses.