Echoes of the Past
Echoes of the Past: Frank Zappa
“Excluding voluminous posthumous releases, Frank Zappa released over 60 albums between 1966 and 1993. Composer, conductor, guitarist satirist with an obscene and juvenile bent – how does one even approach such an intimidating and potentially impenetrable discography?”. This piece tries to answer that question, with input from a range of musicians. By Cameron Piko
Echoes Of The Past: Marillion – Brave
“It’s an album which deserves to be listened to in one sitting and repeated listens introduce more elements to the story. Perhaps the final words should be as they are written on the album sleeve: Play it loud and with the lights off.” Martyn Coppack writes about Brave, and its importance in Marillion’s history.
Echoes of the Past: Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
“My heart was broken, I was confused, it was a Sunday, I had to tidy the house…I put on Physical Graffiti.” Martyn Coppack talks about the significance to him of this seminal Led Zeppelin album.
Echoes of the Past: Celebrating 10 years of Her Name Is Calla
This month saw Her Name Is Calla celebrate a decade as a band. Ten years at the coal face of being an independent band in the twenty first century is a mighty achievement so it seemed like a good time to take a moment to step back and appreciate one of the finest bands this country has produced in that decade. By Dan Salter
Echoes of the Past: Cardiacs – Guns
In the wake of its re-release on vinyl, Stuart Benjamin looks back with appreciation at Cardiacs’ last ‘proper’ album, Guns.
Echoes of the Past: Sigur Rós – Von
Grayson Hale looks back at Sigur Rós’ début album ‘Von’. “For those who truly love the band and can appreciate their artistry even from their humblest beginnings… ‘Von’ is so very, very worth it.”
Echoes of the Past: Such Hawks Such Hounds
As the final drones of Sunn (((O see us off and the credits lift up the screen you have to admire the sheer tenacity of the bands here. By not being tied down by industry rules, there are no boundaries. By Martyn Coppack
Echoes of the Past Interview: Jeremy Cunningham from The Levellers
They combined English and Irish protest folk potently with the anger and fury of punk to create bristling vignettes of normal life under a rabid Tory government hellbent on destroying the unions and the welfare state. If there was ever a time for this music, and it’s visceral rage at the political classes, to return then it is surely now. Dan Salter talks to Jeremy Cunningham.
Echoes Of The Past: I Love The Beauty of Rare Innocence
In the second part of his journey back to the roots of his love for Kate Bush, Dave Cooper reflects on the impact on his younger self of The Kick Inside.
Echoes Of The Past: Coming home to Wuthering, Wuthering, Wuthering Heights
For most of us there was a record that changed our lives and switched on the music light; for Dave Cooper, at the tender age of 5, it was Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush.
