ZINE REVIEW: Alternative Wales # 14 (June 2024)
Latest issue of Alternative Wales, a zine that focuses on Welsh football culture, written by fans, for fans. Or in their own words: Celebrating the […]
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BOOK REVIEW: Nefarious Artists by Welly Artcore (2023)
A comprehensive reference book detailing more than five hundred punk compilation albums released between 1976 and 1989. Collections like ‘Now That’s What I Call Punk […]
BOOK REVIEW: Animal House by James Brown (Quercus 2022)
The hedonistic story of James Brown, journalist, music lover and irreverent lad. From Attack on Bazag, through the NME, to Loaded and beyond. Confucius, or […]
BOOK REVIEW: Bibliomaniac – Robin Ince (Atlantic Books 2022)
The story of author Robin Ince’s odyssey, visiting one hundred independent bookshops in one hundred days. Robin Ince is impossible to categorize. He co-hosts […]
REVIEW: The Laugharne Weekend 2023: Laugharne (24 to 26/03/23)
A weekend of culture, tsunduko and gin drinking in the spiritual home of Dylan Thomas. The Laugharne Weekend is a literary festival in West Wales. […]
INSIDE QATAR: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth – by John McManus (Icon Books 2022)
A snapshot of life in Qatar in the early twentieth century. This is a well written and eminently readable look at Qatar in the run […]
LONELY BOY: Steve Jones
Autobiography of Steve Jones, guitarist with the Sex Pistols – and some other stuff. First, we thought we should state the bleeding obvious. This is […]
THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS: Sick on You (1973 (2016 Re-issue) – Cherry Red)
Reissue of long lost 1973 album by the Hollywood Brats. ‘Ahead of their time’ is a cliché, but like all cliché’s, it’s true. Certainly in […]
SICK ON YOU (The Book): The Disastrous Story of the Hollywood Brats, the Greatest Band You’ve Never Heard of
The story of the Hollywood Brats, the missing link between glam and punk. The Hollywood Brats wrote and recorded one of the greatest punk tunes […]
A GOOD FACE FOR THE RADIO: Eddie Mair (2017)
A collection of Radio Times columns from (former) Radio Four national treasure. Eddie Mair, until very recently, was the jewel in Radio Four’s crown. Host […]
GROWN UP: Keith Allen (autobiography)
Anyone that has spent a life time working nine to five and paying into a pension will read Keith Allen’s autobiography, Grown Up, and be […]
FESTIVALIZED – Ian Abrahams and Bridget Wishart
Festivals are a respectable and integral part of a British summer these days, but it aint always been that way. This is the story of […]