Articles written by Tim Peacock

Farrell Spence's debut album A Town Called Hell was one of 2008's undervalued gems. Now based in Ireland, she's currently playing a series of intimate solo shows.

Mar 26, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Along with the rise of Bob Marley, The Harder They Come was instrumental in bringing the sound of the Jamaican ghetto to a wider public in Britain and the USA.

Mar 8, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Bish's second album is an accomplished, but introverted indie pop album. Anyone expecting The Pogues' rowdy Celtic sound should leave their preconceptions at the door.

Mar 2, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Released 30 years ago this week, Inflammable Material was the first full-length album to appear on an Independent label. It remains one of Punk's essential debuts.

Feb 25, 2009 - Tim Peacock

His reputation never rivalled producers Lee 'Scratch' Perry or King Tubby, but Keith Hudson's 1970s Dubwise work suggests he should be ranked among Jamaica's Greatest.

Feb 23, 2009 - Tim Peacock

XTC'S Apple Venus Volume 1 was released ten years ago this week. Its' quiet charms have seen it slowly establish itself as a work of pastoral genius.

Feb 15, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Having ruminated on the effects of unfaithfulness and alcohol abuse with his old band Arab Strap, singer Aidan Moffat returns with an album for the ladies.

Feb 9, 2009 - Tim Peacock

The Cramps' legendary vocalist Lux Interior passed away at Glendale Memorial Hospital in California on February 4th 2009.His death was due to an existing heart condition.

Feb 9, 2009 - Tim Peacock

After his million-selling Harvest Album, Reprise Records booked Neil Young into stadiums across the USA. They assumed he'd be playing the songs from his hit record.

Feb 3, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Released 20 years ago this week, New Order's Technique is a near-perfect synthesis of Indie Rock and Dance Culture. It sounds just as fresh and vibrant two decades on.

Feb 3, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Largely seen as the forerunner of British Club culture, the Northern Soul scene never broke out of the provinces during its' mid-1960s heyday.

Jan 26, 2009 - Tim Peacock

As The Clash's tour DJ, Barry 'Scratchy' Myers was instrumental in bringing the militant sounds of Jamaica to British Punk Rock audiences in the late 1970s.

Jan 26, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Antony & The Johnsons scooped the Mercury Music Prize with 2005's I Am A Bird Now. They return with an intense record concerned with the Earth's climatic meltdown.

Jan 19, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Years ahead of his time, Edmundo Ros made the world dance to a futuristic mix of Latin-American, Calypso and Tex-Mex styles during the 1940s and '50s.

Jan 19, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Ron Asheton, guitarist with seminal American Garage Punk Rockers The Stooges, was found dead at this home in Ann Arbor, Michigan on January 6th 2009. He was 60 years old.

Jan 12, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Having first recorded as Palace in 1993, Will Oldham (a.k.a Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) has taken his audience on a strange, eclectic trip through Folk, Americana and Alt.Pop.

Jan 4, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Along with The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service embodied the acid-tinged sound of San Francisco during 1967's Summer of Love.

Jan 3, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Universally known as the voice behind Fairground Attraction's 1980s pop hit Perfect, Eddi Reader has since maintained a quietly successful, folk-flavoured solo career.

Dec 20, 2008 - Tim Peacock

Along with Kevin Ayers and Caravan, Soft Machine were members of the critically-acclaimed but resolutely underground Canterbury scene in the late 1960s.

Dec 20, 2008 - Tim Peacock

By 1982, The Clash had out-run Punk Rock. Their albums Sandinista! and Combat Rock had divided critics in the UK, but American success was on the horizon.

Dec 20, 2008 - Tim Peacock

Thanks to the songwriting skills of their two front men Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, Squeeze soon moved beyond the constraints of Punk Rock.

Dec 15, 2008 - Tim Peacock

Keen to keep pace with their contemporaries The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship have recently released a series of live concert recordings.

Dec 8, 2008 - Tim Peacock