ESG ‘UFO’

byRob Harris
June 10, 2021

Renee Scroggins of South Bronx avant-funkers ESG on how they created ‘UFO’, their much-sampled track of 1980, as “something fun to dance to”

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The Woodentops ‘Why Why Why’

byRob Harris

The Woodentops’ Rolo McGinty talks us through the 1985 belter and monster crossover Ibizan floorfiller ‘Why Why Why’

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Steve Hovington ‘Remembrance Day’

byPush

B-Movie frontman Steve Hovington recounts the whirlwind tale of ‘Remembrance Day’, which took them from their local pub to topping the Some Bizarre festival in London in the space of just two months

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4 minute read

The Sabres Of Paradise ‘Smokebelch II’

byRob Harris

Jagz Kooner, who together with Andrew Weatherall and Gary Burns made up The Sabres Of Paradise, tells the story of the inimitable ‘Smokebelch II’

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It’s 35 years since ‘Gala’ became Lush’s de facto debut album. Now available again as a deluxe reissue, songwriter and guitarist Emma Anderson looks back at the breakthrough track ‘Sweetness And Light’

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Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’

byMat Smith

Classix Nouveaux frontman Sal Solo talks us though the making of their UK smash hit ‘Is It A Dream’

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Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine ‘Sheriff Fatman’

byMatt Parker

Along with co-conspirator Fruitbat, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s Jim Bob tells how they penned ‘Sheriff Fatman’, their ode to slum landlords, granny farming and “awfulness everywhere”.