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Category: Music

Music album review: ‘Will of the People’ by Muse

26/11/2022 nsford Leave a comment

I could have reviewed this album 3 months ago, when it was first released. I don’t go by first impressions,…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: Muse, music, reviews

Gig review: Franz Ferdinand, ‘Hits to the Head’ at Alexandra Palace (20th October 2022)

22/10/2022 nsford Leave a comment

A ‘Superfantastisch’ show which I feel ‘lucky lucky’ (you’re so lucky) to have attended. The show celebrates their greatest hits…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: Franz Ferdinand, music, reviews

Happy 40th birthday to the CD!

01/10/2022 nsford 10 Comments

Compact Discs were first available to the public 40 years ago. Let’s say the birthday of the CD is October…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: music

Gig review: Turin Brakes at the Exeter Phoenix (23rd September 2022)

27/09/2022 nsford 2 Comments

Ten months after seeing Turin Brakes perform a fabulous acoustic set, I saw them again! This time they had the…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: music, reviews, Turin Brakes

Music album review: ‘Dark Society’ by Vaughty (2022)

20/09/2022 nsford Leave a comment

My new favourite album! An incredibly good record from independent artist, Vaughty. It has a kind of dystopian theme but…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: music, reviews, Vaughty

Music album review: ‘Musik Music Musique 2.0’ (2021)

25/08/2022 nsford Leave a comment

You can never have too much 80s synth pop. If you’re a cool person with great taste in music, that…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: music, reviews

Gig review: Crowded House at the Castlefield Bowl, Manchester (30th June 2022)

02/07/2022 nsford 9 Comments

I waited 3 years to see this! When I found out in 2019 that Crowded House, one of my favourite…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: Crowded House, music, reviews

Gig review: Gary Numan at the O2 Academy, Leicester (19th May 2022)

21/05/2022 nsford Leave a comment

“Numan! Numan!” the crowd chants between every song. It’s almost a year to the day that Intruder, his 19th studio…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: Divine Shade, Gary Numan, music, reviews

10 writing tips – with a little help from 90s pop music

03/02/2022 nsford 8 Comments

Write what you want to. You’re in control of the story, the characters, the language and everything else. As Aqua…

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Posted in: Music, Writing Filed under: music, writing

Music album review: ‘Musik Music Musique’ (2020)

27/01/2022 nsford Leave a comment

A fantastic 3 CD box set from Cherry Red which features synth pop from a very specific time, 1979-80. I…

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