Podcasts
This month, our intrepid columnist gets to grips with podcasts – or not
Charly
Posh toffs and banjos? King Charles III raving it up?? Looks like our wayward columnist has finally gone royally mad
Telefís ‘a Dó’ (Dimple Discs)
“My progress has been fitful,” Cathal Coughlan once said of his career. In the Irish songwriter’s life, there were certainly “anti-career” moments. His original band Microdisney supported David Bowie in concert then immediately split up. He shoved a Virgin Mary souvenir up his backside in a typically riotous performance with The Fatima Mansions. And as Bubonique, he recorded an album called ‘Trance Arse Volume 3’ with the comedian Sean Hughes. Now that’s a career.
Gabe Gurnsey: Devil’s Advocate
Ex-Factory Floor man Gabe Gurnsey is back with his second solo effort, ‘Diablo’. Featuring his girlfriend Tilly Morris as both muse and singer, it’s a pulsating, dancefloor-centric banger teeming with hedonistic abandon, aching desire and a wicked after-dark edge
Bell-ringing
And this, gentle reader, is what happens when a grown man spends an entire weekend listening to Chuck Berry’s ‘My Ding-A-Ling’ on repeat…
Myna Cycles
Techno lads hang with Cowley
Working Men’s Club: Club Mix
The 2020 self-titled debut album from Working Men’s Club won universal acclaim, but their follow-up, ‘Fear Fear’, is arguably even better – a glorious collision of “scuffed” electropop, clubby energy and outright bangers. Frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant reveals its story
Loyal Readers
This month, our regular columnist has locked himself away in the stationery cupboard with a huge pile of letters from readers…
Techno, Techno, Techno
Our arse-end-of-the-mag columnist tackles the deadly serious subject of techno, techno, techno, techno
I Am So Very Good At Kicksporting Football Soccer
Our back-page columnist reveals his incredible knowledge of football. And pies.