![]() ![]() Drugs and Rock n’ roll boxed off, he covered sex with a short poem about ‘fucking’ provided a staccato description of a disappointingly quick shag and ‘Temporary Tourette’s unapologetically designed to offend and delivering in overflowing bilious bucketfuls, like John Cooper Clarke had swallowed a Profanisaurus. A Microphone replacement and a bit of shouting later we’re treated to ‘Medicine ball’ a bleak expression of preference for liking his rockstars dead very few dead rockstars escaped the treatment, even Morrisey, who sadly isn’t dead yet. Then having to explain to the audience, how he had to explain to someone that forgetting the second half of the poem was a part of the act. The opening diatribe ‘Buy the ticket, take the ride’ about the demonstrable shitness of festivals on bad acid, ended with him forgetting the last part of the poem. ![]() Mancunian poet Matt Thick Richard cuts an unassuming figure until he opens his mouth, henceforth a stream of vitriol and bilious verse draws you into an angry and compelling shitstorm of spoken word. I’ve never witnessed obscenity physically blow a microphone before, so a first time for everything. Be sure to experience live at the soonest opportunity, their own headlining set sounds like an enhanced experience with the promise of more improvisation, I can see this heading off in all sorts of exciting directions without time constraints, The Lovely eggs DIY ethic extends to tours with all support acts handpicked and vociferously championed, it wasn’t a surprise to see Holly side-stage enjoying the support sets. The bulk of the all-too-short set came from last years ’shared particles’ album, again tricky to compartmentalise in words… Gang of Four go mad on Krautrock? Fire up your generic streaming services, turn the headphones up to 12 and judge for yourself. Phil Greenhalgh goes along to see The Lovely Eggs and leaves feeling somewhat eggstaticĪs on-the-spot made up genres go, ‘Cosmic electro Tribal Thump disco punk’ may not be the most catchy but may go at least some way to describing Brighton based duo AK/DK.īuried too deep on the small district stage, the show-opening set was as analogue as anything approaching electronica gets, driving syncopated twin drum kits and synths that you had to punch to get to work properly, rather than any pre-programmed laptops, you get the feeling that valves feature somewhere in abundance, providing a raw, visceral and intense aural assault. Credited as “the godfather of punk”, spearheading the ‘70s punk and ‘90s grunge movements.A live review of an actual gig. ![]() ![]() Iggy Pop is a singer, songwriter, musician, author, record producer, DJ, and actor whose epic body of work has earned him both worldwide critical acclaim and fanatic cult success. Iggy originally graced the cover of the John Holmstrom fanzine in July 1976. The result is 11 songs by the man who refused to go gently into that good night on his previous album, 2019’s somber and contemplative free, and is once again charging fearlessly at life itself on EVERY LOSER.Īs part of the release of EVERY LOSER, Iggy is offering an exclusive relaunch of legendary fanzine, punk magazine, from founder and legendary editor John Holmstrom with a full Iggy issue, which contains an exclusive interview with Iggy by flea. EVERY LOSER is Iggy’s 19th solo album and his first to be released via the recently announced partnership between Atlantic Records and Gold Tooth records, the new label founded by the album’s Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum executive producer, Andrew watt.ĮVERY LOSER is an exemplary album of primal rock ’n’ roll-a master class in the art of lashing out with unequalled intensity and unflappable wit. ![]()
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