BY SEAN WALSH The London nightclub Fabric (which temporarily closed in 2016 after just a handful of drug-related deaths) has agreed a four-year contract with St Paul’s Cathedral (consecrated to the worship of God in 604 AD). Why? This is how the club’s owner sees things: Over the next four years, we’ll present a broad range of artists from across the contemporary music landscape, with … Continue reading Raving in the Nave
BY NICHOLAS ENGERT When I was growing up in the 1960’s there stood in the corner of our sitting room a magnificent Grundig wireless set. This was radio as furniture – a statement. A polished mahogany cabinet with a facia comprising a loudspeaker grille, below which was the backlit glass “dial” which listed the radio stations from around the world. To either side of the … Continue reading Radio Days
BY MAX WALLER After the never-ending demonisation and disregard of the working class by the political class ever since the death of Britpop around 1997, it occurs to me that in Starmer’s Soviet Britain, where he’s promised (paraphrasing ‘New Labour’s’ slogan) that ‘things will only get worse’ and not better, the timing of the ten Oasis concerts spread across London, Manchester, Scotland, and Ireland for … Continue reading Don’t Look Back In Anger
