Author Archives: Rob Conlon

About Rob Conlon

Freelance journalist. Record collector. Yorkshireman. Order subject to change. "You've got good taste, even if you are from fucking Leeds" - Richard Hawley

New Track: Clay – ‘Stay Calm’

Sometimes it is too easy to over-complicate pop music. And it is certainly too easy to sneer at pop music. Often it is forgotten that first and foremost its primary purpose is to sound catchy and make you want to…

INTERVIEW: Richard Hawley

“‘Ey up, love,” greets the familiarly friendly voice at the end of the phone line. On first impressions, Richard Hawley is your stereotypical Yorkshireman. Warm, straight to the point, witty. While, of course, he is all of those things, it…

ALBUM: Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants

Rating: Having celebrated the 20th anniversary of their debut album as a trio by reissuing Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Underworld have given Second Toughest in the Infants the same treatment. Chronicling their smashing of the mainstream with the record which has since earned…