Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1966: the Bootleg Series Vol.4 - Bob Dylan
Has Bob Dylan ever got in touch with his inner Mudhoney? Disconnected his intellect, for just once in his life?
Go through Bob Dylan’s albums and you can’t escape his knowingness; an awareness at all times of what he’s saying. He never switc..
review by Titus Cotton
old low light - Kathryn Williams
laidout interview with Kathryn Williams 3/4/08
laidout: ‘Old Low Light’ is an endlessly listenable album and contains what I think is one of the best songs you or anyone else has recorded; ‘Tradition’ – genuinely beautiful. How do you lo..
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Imperial f.f.r.r - Unrest
Laidout interview with Unrest's Mark Robinson 28/3/08
'Isabel, Isabel'
Laidout: Imperial FFRR has been a real favourite of mine for years and when I was reading about it I was intrigued to hear that you had a philosophy of never playing a song ..
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Thriller - Jackson, Michael
laidout interview with CSS's Iracema Trevisan 5/02/07
“People always told me be careful of what you do, And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts.”
Laidout: Which album would you like to recommend?
IT: A new one would be Tillie a..
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Before The Calm - Witness
laidout interview with Gerard Starkie 23/4/07
“When you look in the mirror what is it you see?”
Cause and Effect
Laidout: Before the Calm sounds such an accomplished, timeless album. How does it sound to you these days? Is there anything..
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Party - Pop, Iggy
laidout interview with Richard Adams, author of The Complete Iggy Pop
Laidout: I thought I’d start with Party, which Iggy Pop once described as his worst album and Paul Trynka gives it one star in his book. But as you rightly say “with Iggy’..
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Swordfishtrombones - Waits, Tom
laidout interview with Richmond Fontaine's Willy Vlautin, 16/01/07
“I bought a long sleeved shirt with horses on the front; some gum, and a lighter, and a knife, and a new deck of cards with girls on the back.”
Laidout: You said that Sword..
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When In Rome Kill Me - CUD
Laidout interview with CUD's William Potter 22-3-06
Laidout: Your reputation built up as a superb live band: do you feel that WIRKM captured
your live sound, or were you trying for something more studio sounding?
William Potter: Though the ses..
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Troubleman - Gaye, Marvin
Guest reviewer: Lo Fidelity Allstars's Phil Ward
“T Plays It Cool”
In my opinion there are four perfect moments in music. They are in no particular order:
1. When the strings come in at the end of 'Madame George' by Van Morrison
2. ..
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Suburban Light - Clientele, The
laidout interview with The Clientele's Alasdair Maclean 9/4/07
“Rain/ Soft in the dark/ We take a left thru the deepening park”
Laidout: I first heard of you in New York, 2000, where a couple of record shops, on hearing my accent, asked if..
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