INTERVIEW: The Stone Roses v Bitter
Ian Kerr was in a band called Bitter, who toured the live circuit in the late 80’s and would go on to support a band from Manchester called The Stone Roses. Gigslutz caught up with Ian to discuss his time…
Tag: 1989
For The Record: The Beautiful South ‘Welcome to the Beautiful South’
This weeks For The Record comes in the form of The Beautiful South‘s classic ‘Welcome to the Beautiful South‘. Musing over the in’s and out’s of the record that at first listen surpassed the ears of Gigslutz contributor Jacob Flannery…
ALBUM: Ryan Adams ‘1989’
Rating: “Who, what, why?” – the three questions which have crossed the minds of fans of Taylor Swift and Ryan Adams this week, upon the release of Adams’ front-to-back cover of 1989. “Who?” – Well, Taylor Swift is a household…
ALBUM REVIEW: Taylor Swift ‘1989’
Rating: “It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat” is a line from ‘Welcome To New York’, the opener to Taylor Swift’s new album 1989. For me this sentence epitomises the record in its entirety. Gone are Taylor…
ALL TALK: WHAT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST YEAR FOR MUSIC?
This month we invited our writers to get all wistful and nostalgic and cast their eyes and ears over their record collections/iTunes folders, dig out their old ticket stubs and tell us what has been the greatest year for music within…
Why 1989 was the greatest year ever for music releases
1989 THE NUMBER, ANOTHER SUMMER, GET DOWN, SOUND OF THE FUNKY DRUMMER, MUSIC HITTING YOUR HEART, COS I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL, BROTHERS & SISTERS! (Chuck D, 1989) As we sit here in the middle of one of the hottest…