Bloody hell there’s just so much Christmas spirit happening already and it’s only the 12th of December, I mean really guys it gets earlier every year; stop this cheeriness already it’s driving

Ever since he first broke onto the scene in 1987 for then pirate radio station Kiss FM, Judge Jules has been one of the biggest names in dance music. Ever since he has been one of the leading dan

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This Christmas will undoubtedly see you overloaded with reviews of seasonal tunes. To mix things up a little, I thought it might be appropriate to look at another tradition that has developed ov

Living with scars on show always made for arresting voyeurism. The hagiography of a precocious maverick’s rise into a self-perpetuating descent has ensued to fascinate the masses since ti

It’s a bitterly cold winter evening in Cardiff, with temperatures plummeting as we approach that joyful Christmassy time, I pass a variety of Christmas related parties on my journey into the ci

I made my way down to the seaside recently; good ol’ Brighton in East Sussex. Not to eat ice-cream and play on the pier mind you, the journey was one of strict official business. Well...with a litt

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Festive Greetings. Personally, I love Christmas and almost all of its traditions, particularly the delicious food and Christmas film schedule, which must include (but is not limited to), Die Har

There’s been a lot of festive cheer and Christmassy talk so far during the Altsounds advent calendar (obviously) but I’ve decided to bring it down to a more sombre tone for my instalment. For you s

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Imagine the scene. It's 1978. You're in an American-Irish folk rock band finally breaking through into the mainstream music scene. Then punk comes along and steals all your thunder. Do you go off

Usually a Christmas number two is the kind of monster that doesn’t actually come along until Boxing Day.

Musically, however, it refers to that song that doesn’t quite get to fulfil its Christm

John’s first Fischer-Z album Word Salad (John Peel supported) was released in 1979. There were TV appearances on The Old Grey Whistle Test and a ‘Top of the Pops’. The second album, Going Deaf for