Postcards From Scotland by Grant McPhee – The North London Poly Riots
Thanks to Grant McPhee for sharing this extract from his new book Postcards From Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 available now from Omnibus Press and all good bookshops. An oral history of the era’s DIY music scene, Postcards From Scotland is constructed from over 100 first-person interviews with musicians, record labels, venues, promoters and journalists…
July 23, 2024
Rock’n’Roll Amputations: Jim Reid
What joy it is to report that our favourite noise/melody-mongering veterans the Jesus & Mary Chain are back, back, back with a new single, Amputation, and album, Damage and Joy, which has been produced by our favourite visor-sporting hippy goth bassist Youth. Photo by Steve Gullick Of course, technically the Mary Chain have been back since reforming in…
March 20, 2017