Elephant - Elusive Youth
If it feels like we've been waiting ages for Elephant to get round to an album... we have, their first single came out two and a half years ago. Sky Swimming is that long player, out 28th April. Elusive Youth was one of the demos that got them attention in the first place, a sighing modernist Brill Building confection that fits snugly between Summer Camp and Cults, neatly enough line-up demographic wise, and just below Camera Obscura, with whom they don't.
Free Swim - Transatlantic Tumnus
After his Android Angel sojourn Paul Coltofeanu is back with the band. They're cagey about where this track is from but it's a roar back to life, a landslide of imagery and a soupcon of satire amid a rush of guitars that sounds a bit to us like the intro to the Specials' Little Bitch, except it then becomes a charging garage rocker.
Department M - Miscellany
Apparently Owen Brinley had an album out at the end of 2013 which we missed, but luckily he's putting this from it out as a single. It seems more redolent of his previous life in Grammatics than what we've heard before of this project, brooding and stewing in its own self-doubt, then turning electronic, bass attack mode tail and ramping up the oppressive atmosphere just to make sure.
Radstewart - Garage Faery
What's already looking like 2014's hardest working support band - Mowbird next month and Johnny Foreigner in March following last year's tour with Sky Larkin, all of which seems as quick and easy a way to become adored by STN as any - have supplied this to a four artist-way split 12" brought into life by the combined efforts of Art Is Hard and Reeks Of Effort, two small labels with better RBIs than most to date. Usual deal: discordant shambling, cynical wordplay around hipsterdom angst, wide knowledge of Slanted And Enchanted, strangely charming for all that.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
Johnny Foreigner - Le Sigh
Depending on which reading of their discography you adhere to You Can Do Better, out 10th March on Alcopop!, is either JoFo's fourth, fifth or ninth album. They still sound well on it, anyway. This starts by sounding like it's going to be one of their reflective moments. Then it thinks to hell with that and accelerates in the way only they can. Beyond that, the usual rush of taxi thoughts and strafing guitars, including at least one direct reference to lost kids in Birmingham indie clubs as standard.
Dates! Almost all with Radstewart, who in their incessant touring with bands we like seem to have become 2014's answer to Copy Haho.
13th March Kingston New Slang at McClusky's
14th March Canterbury Penny Theatre
15th March Leicester Firebug
16th March Manchester Gullivers
20th March Wakefield The Hop
21st March Southampton Joiners
22nd March Birmingham Flapper
27th March Nottingham. JT Soar
28th March Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach (with Totem Terrors too)
29th March Guildford Star Inn
30th March Bath Moles
31st March London Borderline
3rd April Sheffield Harley
5th April Workington Lounge 41
Dates! Almost all with Radstewart, who in their incessant touring with bands we like seem to have become 2014's answer to Copy Haho.
13th March Kingston New Slang at McClusky's
14th March Canterbury Penny Theatre
15th March Leicester Firebug
16th March Manchester Gullivers
20th March Wakefield The Hop
21st March Southampton Joiners
22nd March Birmingham Flapper
27th March Nottingham. JT Soar
28th March Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach (with Totem Terrors too)
29th March Guildford Star Inn
30th March Bath Moles
31st March London Borderline
3rd April Sheffield Harley
5th April Workington Lounge 41
Friday, January 17, 2014
Colourmusic - Horse Race
It's been a couple of years since Oklahoma/Yorkshire's Colourmusic blew in, blew eardrums and blew out again with their noise-psych rabbit holes. May You Marry Rich, out 24th March, sees them pick up where they left off, depositing broken bits of guitar scraped from a stoner-rock anthem into space against a relentless roll of electronic bass. You can tell they're mates with Wayne Coyne alright, but also that there's method in their madness.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Her Name Is Calla - The Roots Run Deep
In the three years since their marvellous second album The Quiet Lamb Her Name Is Calla have shifted membership (bringing in members of Maybeshewill and live Bat For Lashes) and instrumentation, worked on a couple of solo projects and, it says here, gone through "life, death, distance, divorce and everything else in between". The results come out on 21st April under the title Navigator; this track is more digital glitch inclined than you might have expected, perhaps influenced by their running mates Ghosting Season, and even a hint of those 80s pop synths they have now. It still shifts like a monolith and appeals into the darkest recesses.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
School Of Language - Between The Suburbs
Miss, David's got his funk elastic out again! With Field Music on one of their regular hiatuses Brewis, D has relaunched his School Of Language identity for an album out 7th April entitled Old Fears, the first single stuttering, tightly wound up and fidgety to unspool, with a neat political undertow.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Liars - Mess On A Mission
Minimal and fleshy at the same time, moving on from their last sound while still identifiably them, inscrutable and direct... yep, it's a new Liars song alright, somewhere between New York no wave disco and a Pong machine imploding. Seventh album Mess is out 24th March.
Monday, January 06, 2014
And we start again
Having expounded the virtues of always writing in detail about new songs, here's a quick whip through the best of the load of new songs that have emerged in just the last few weeks.
Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures - I Wanted You
Brinks is André Herman Dune, founder member of, well, Herman Dune; the Wave Pictures are, um, the Wave Pictures. Their second collaborative album Gin is out 3rd March. It is, of course, quite winsome on one side and solo-ey on the other.
Rick Redbeard - Flow Like Unicorms
Having bared his soul to some effect on last year's album No Selfish Heart, Rick Anthony lets go another song from his past, a poignant spoken confessional on ageing.
Gorgeous Bully - Sinking Feeling
This is echoey and soul-baring too, but in a highly contrasting, noisier way. Gorgeous Bully is Thomas Crang, based in Manchester after a Devon and Cornwall existence, crafting lo-fi misery into compact power pop into an EP, Nobody Hates You As Much As You Hate Yourself, out 17th February via the ever reliable Art Is Hard.
Eugene Quell - Weird Purr
Working behind one of those biogs that leads you to assume it's someone relaunching themselves, a misery-flecked bedroom electric strum owing something to Lou Barlow and such increasingly common early 90s slacker reference points, being pulled astray by noises. An EP is name your price here.
Fickle Friends - Swim
You almost don't need to be told about this given it's had 33,000 plays in four days, so on point are the Brighton outfit in finding a mid-point between Friends' rhythmic Tom Tom Club channelling and early Summer Camp-flavoured postmodern 80s revivalism.
Is Tropical & Rose Elinor Dougall - When I'm With You
And finally, the art-electro party ranksters and the doyenne of synth-indie come together on a Sparks cover.
Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures - I Wanted You
Brinks is André Herman Dune, founder member of, well, Herman Dune; the Wave Pictures are, um, the Wave Pictures. Their second collaborative album Gin is out 3rd March. It is, of course, quite winsome on one side and solo-ey on the other.
Rick Redbeard - Flow Like Unicorms
Having bared his soul to some effect on last year's album No Selfish Heart, Rick Anthony lets go another song from his past, a poignant spoken confessional on ageing.
Gorgeous Bully - Sinking Feeling
This is echoey and soul-baring too, but in a highly contrasting, noisier way. Gorgeous Bully is Thomas Crang, based in Manchester after a Devon and Cornwall existence, crafting lo-fi misery into compact power pop into an EP, Nobody Hates You As Much As You Hate Yourself, out 17th February via the ever reliable Art Is Hard.
Eugene Quell - Weird Purr
Working behind one of those biogs that leads you to assume it's someone relaunching themselves, a misery-flecked bedroom electric strum owing something to Lou Barlow and such increasingly common early 90s slacker reference points, being pulled astray by noises. An EP is name your price here.
Fickle Friends - Swim
You almost don't need to be told about this given it's had 33,000 plays in four days, so on point are the Brighton outfit in finding a mid-point between Friends' rhythmic Tom Tom Club channelling and early Summer Camp-flavoured postmodern 80s revivalism.
Is Tropical & Rose Elinor Dougall - When I'm With You
And finally, the art-electro party ranksters and the doyenne of synth-indie come together on a Sparks cover.
Saturday, January 04, 2014
Covers band: Melody Maker 1980-2000
The start of a very occasional series takes as its key point the obvious and undeniable fact that the list of NME covers on Wikipedia is the very best page on the internet. But why stop there? Why can't we chart the whole of pop culture by rise and fall to standfirst prominence?
As such, here's a list, as much as we could find, of every Melody Maker cover from the start of the Eighties, when it started moving away from news pieces on the front, to its demise. Filling in the gaps is welcomed. And yes, we will do more of these in time.
05/01/1980 Paul McCartney
12/01/1980 Brian Eno
19/01/1980 The Beat
26/01/1980 The Pretenders
02/02/1980 Thomas Leer & Robert Rental, Def Leppard
09/02/1980 Squeeze
16/02/1980 Andy Warhol
23/02/1980 The Selecter
01/03/1980 Michael Jackson
08/03/1980 XTC
15/03/1980 Madness
22/03/1980 The Cramps
29/03/1980 Genesis
05/04/1980 The Undertones
12/04/1980 Billy Joel
19/04/1980
26/04/1980 Jah Wobble
(six weeks lost to strike action)
14/06/1980 Ted Nugent
21/06/1980 The Specials
28/06/1980 Joan Armatrading
05/07/1980 Peter Gabriel
12/07/1980 Any Trouble
19/07/1980 Elvis Costello
26/07/1980 The Police
02/08/1980 Mick Jagger
09/08/1980 Ray Davies
16/08/1980 Rainbow
23/08/1980 Grace Jones
30/08/1980 David Coverdale
06/09/1980 Kiss
13/09/1980 Yes
20/09/1980 Dire Straits
27/09/1980 Jon Anderson
04/10/1980 Kate Bush
11/10/1980 Paul Weller and Pete Townshend
18/10/1980 Gary Numan
25/10/1980 Madness
01/11/1980 Ian Dury
08/11/1980 Orchestral Manoevures In The Dark
15/11/1980 The Selecter
22/11/1980 Christmas Albums War (literally a story about there being some albums out at Christmas)
29/11/1980 Talking Heads
06/12/1980 Ian Dury
13/12/1980 John Lennon
20/12/1980 Steely Dan
27/12/1980 The Boomtown Rats
03/01/1981 Elvis Costello, The Selecter
10/01/1981 Spandau Ballet
17/01/1981 The Who
24/01/1981 Echo and the Bunnymen
31/01/1981 The Bureau
07/02/1981 Phil Collins
14/02/1981 Peter Gabriel
21/02/1981 The Stranglers
28/02/1981 Tiswas
07/03/1981 Gang Of Four
14/03/1981 Squeeze
21/03/1981 The Selecter
28/03/1981 Motorhead and Girlschool
04/04/1981 Adam and the Ants
11/04/1981 Linx
18/04/1981 Teardrop Explodes
25/04/1981 The Fabulous Thunderbirds
02/05/1981 Gary Numan
09/05/1981 Bruce Springsteen
16/05/1981
23/05/1981 The Jam
30/05/1981 Psychedelic Furs
06/06/1981 The Clash
13/06/1981 Tom Petty
20/06/1981 Squeeze
27/06/1981 Bob Dylan
04/07/1981 UB40
11/07/1981 Wah!
18/07/1981 Chic
25/07/1981 Bryan Ferry
01/08/1981 Talking Heads
08/08/1981 Motorhead
15/08/1981 Toyah
22/08/1981 Dexys Midnight Runners
29/08/1981 Was (Not Was)
05/09/1981 Rip Rig & Panic
12/09/1981 The Pretenders
19/09/1981 Ian Dury
26/09/1981 The Go-Gos
03/10/1981
10/10/1981 Madness
17/10/1981 The Police
24/10/1981 Linx
31/10/1981 Elvis Costello
07/11/1981 Orchestral Manoevures In The Dark
14/11/1981 Depeche Mode
21/11/1981 Blue Rondo A La Turk
28/11/1981 TV21
05/12/1981 The Teadrop Explodes
12/12/1981 Beggar & Co
19/12/1981 Christmas issue
02/01/1982 Graffiti art
09/01/1982 Altered Images
16/01/1982 Soft Cell
23/01/1982 Rick James
30/01/1982 UB40
06/02/1982 U2
13/02/1982 King Trigger
20/02/1982 Bananarama & Fun Boy Three
27/02/1982 Pigbag
06/03/1982 The Exploited, Chron-Gen, Anti-Nowhere League ('Kings Of The Wild Frontier: Punk Bites Back')
13/03/1982 The Jam
20/03/1982 Haircut 100
27/03/1982 Simple Minds
03/04/1982 Marine Girls
10/04/1982 BEF
17/04/1982 Spandau Ballet
24/04/1982 Blancmange and The Passage
01/05/1982 The Blasters
08/05/1982 Junior Giscombe
15/05/1982 Vice Squad
22/05/1982 Nick Rhodes
29/05/1982
05/06/1982 Blondie
12/06/1982 The Bluebells
19/06/1982 Attila The Stockbroker
26/06/1982 Saxon
03/07/1982 The Jam
10/07/1982 Captain Sensible
17/07/1982 Shalamar
24/07/1982 The Beat
31/07/1982 Dee Sharp
07/08/1982 Dexys Midnight Runners
14/08/1982 Siouxsie & The Banshees
21/08/1982 Killing Joke
28/08/1982 The Associates
04/09/1982 Sting
11/09/1982 Stiff Little Fingers
18/09/1982 ABC
25/09/1982 Yazoo
02/10/1982 Peter Gabriel
09/10/1982 The Psychedelic Furs
16/10/1982 Culture Club
23/10/1982 Dire Straits
30/10/1982 Bauhaus
06/11/1982 The Jam
13/11/1982 Duran Duran
20/11/1982 The Adicts
27/11/1982 Simple Minds
04/12/1982 Marc Almond and The The’s Matt Johnson
11/12/1982 Kirk Brandon
18/12/1982 Shalamar
01/01/1983 Fun Boy Three
08/01/1983 George Clinton
15/01/1983 Soft Cell
22/01/1983 Pete Wylie
29/01/1983 The Belle Stars
05/02/1983 Kajagoogoo
12/02/1983 Indeep
19/02/1983 Haysi Fantayzee
26/02/1983 Mari Wilson
05/03/1983 Southern Death Cult
12/03/1983 Nick Heyward
19/03/1983 Tears For Fears
26/03/1983 John Taylor of Duran Duran
02/04/1983 Bananarama
09/04/1983 Marillion
16/04/1983 Wall Of Voodoo
23/04/1983 JoBoxers
30/04/1983 Level 42
07/05/1983 Wham!
14/05/1983 Siouxsie & The Banshees
21/05/1983 Thompson Twins
28/05/1983 David Bowie
04/06/1983 Spandau Ballet
11/06/1983 Orange Juice
18/06/1983 Anti-Nowhere League
25/06/1983 Vince Clarke
02/07/1983 Nick Heyward
09/07/1983 Eurythmics
16/07/1983 Shalamar
23/07/1983 Duran Duran
30/07/1983 Echo and the Bunnymen
06/08/1983
13/08/1983 Paul Weller
20/08/1983 Carmel
27/08/1983 Marc Almond
03/09/1983 The Glove
10/09/1983 Kid Creole
17/09/1983 Special AKA
24/09/1983 Spandau Ballet
01/10/1983 Siouxsie Sioux
08/10/1983 Bauhaus
15/10/1983 King Kurt
22/10/1983 The Lotus Eaters
29/10/1983 Wham!
05/11/1983 Public Image Ltd
12/11/1983 Limahl
19/11/1983 Eurythmics
26/11/1983 The Smiths
03/12/1983 Culture Club
10/12/1983 Big Country
17/12/1983 Duran Duran
24/12/1983 Tracey Ullman
07/01/1984 Depeche Mode
14/01/1984 Thompson Twins
21/01/1984 Terry Hall
28/01/1984 The Alarm
04/02/1984 Howard Jones
11/02/1984 Simple Minds
18/02/1984 Sade
25/02/1984 Marilyn
03/03/1984 The Smiths
10/03/1984 Icicle Works
17/03/1984 Carmel
24/03/1984 Paul Weller
31/03/1984 Madness
07/04/1984 Duran Duran
14/04/1984 Dead Or Alive
21/04/1984 Big Country
28/04/1984 Echo & The Bunnymen
05/05/1984 Psychedelic Furs
12/05/1984 David Sylvian
19/05/1984 Lloyd Cole
26/05/1984 Cocteau Twins
02/06/1984 Swans Way
09/06/1984 Human League
(six weeks lost to strike action)
28/07/1984 Wham!
04/08/1984 The Kane Gang
11/08/1984 The Mighty Wah!
18/08/1984 The Armoury Show
25/08/1984 Malcolm McLaren
01/09/1984 Senate
08/09/1984 The Associates
15/09/1984 Bronski Beat
22/09/1984
29/09/1984 Echo & The Bunnymen
06/10/1984 Heaven 17
13/10/1984 Aztec Camera
20/10/1984 Big Country
27/10/1984 The Pogues
03/11/1984 The Smiths
10/11/1984 U2
17/11/1984 Wham!
24/11/1984 Duran Duran
01/12/1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
08/12/1984 Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
15/12/1984 Sade
22/12/1984 Frankies Say Christmas! (lots of photos of people called Frankie or similar)
05/01/1985 U2
12/01/1985 The Cult
19/01/1985 Jerry Dammers
26/01/1985 Strawberry Switchblade
02/02/1985 Del Amitri
09/02/1985 Chaka Khan
16/02/1985 Mick Jagger
23/02/1985 Big Sound Authority
02/03/1985 The Bangles
09/03/1985 Tears For Fears
16/03/1985 Morrissey
23/03/1985 Billy Bragg
30/03/1985 Go West
06/04/1985 Paul Young
13/04/1985 State Of The Union US rock special, Peter Buck sole on cover
20/04/1985 King
27/04/1985 Vince Clarke
04/05/1985 Eurythmics
11/05/1985 Tom Petty
18/05/1985 Propaganda
25/05/1985 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
01/06/1985 Bryan Ferry
08/06/1985 Bruce Springsteen
15/06/1985 REM
22/06/1985 Scritti Politti
29/06/1985 The Redskins
06/07/1985 The Men They Couldn’t Hang
13/07/1985 The Style Council
20/07/1985 Live Aid
27/07/1985 The Coward Brothers
03/08/1985 Johnny Marr
10/08/1985 Colourbox
17/08/1985 The Cure
24/08/1985 Sigue Sigue Sputnik
31/08/1985 Simply Red
07/09/1985 Neil Young
14/09/1985 Marc Almond
21/09/1985 Bronski Beat
28/09/1985 Madonna
05/10/1985 The Waterboys
12/10/1985 The Communards
19/10/1985 Tears For Fears
26/10/1985 The Cult
02/11/1985 Siouxsie & The Banshees
09/11/1985 Propaganda
16/11/1985 Cocteau Twins
23/11/1985 Jesus & Mary Chain
30/11/1985 Eighth Wonder
07/12/1985 King
14/12/1985 Echo & The Bunnymen
21/12/1985 ’85: The Year Of Giving Generously
04/01/1986 Sigue Sigue Sputnik
11/01/1986 New Order
18/01/1986 Raymonde
25/01/1986
01/02/1986 Win
08/02/1986 U2
15/02/1986 Marc Almond
22/02/1986 Pet Shop Boys
01/03/1986 Elvis Costello
08/03/1986 Chakk
15/03/1986 Ruefrex
22/03/1986 David Bowie
29/03/1986 Balaam & The Angel
05/04/1986 Fine Young Cannibals
12/04/1986 Big Country
19/04/1986 Siouxsie & The Banshees
26/04/1986 Big Audio Dynamite
03/05/1986 The Cocteau Twins
10/05/1986 Fuzzbox
17/05/1986 Pete Wylie
24/05/1986 Public Image Ltd
31/05/1986 Robert Smith and Stuart Adamson
07/06/1986 Sigue Sigue Sputnik
14/06/1986 Simple Minds
21/06/1986 The Waterboys
28/06/1986 Hollywood Beyond
05/07/1986 The Housemartins
12/07/1986 The Woodentops
19/07/1986 Real Roxanne, Lovebug Starski and Grandmaster Flash
26/07/1986 Sherone
02/08/1986 Edwyn Collins
09/08/1986 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
16/08/1986 Killing Joke
23/08/1986 Prince
30/08/1986 The Cure
06/09/1986 REM
13/09/1986 The Beastie Boys
20/09/1986 Cameo
27/09/1986 The Smiths
04/10/1986 New Order
11/10/1986 Human League
18/10/1986 Big Audio Dynamite
25/10/1986 The Mission
01/11/1986 Julian Cope
08/11/1986 Billy Idol
15/11/1986 Schooly-D
22/11/1986 Eurythmics
29/11/1986 Band Of Holy Joy
06/12/1986 Mantronix
13/12/1986 Jesus & Mary Chain
20/12/1986 Mick Jones and Pete Wylie
03/01/1987 The Housemartins
10/01/1987 Siouxsie Sioux
17/01/1987 The Christians
24/01/1987 The Cult
31/01/1987 Iggy Pop
07/02/1987 Big Audio Dynamite
14/02/1987 Luther Vandross
21/02/1987 Dead Or Alive, The Communards
28/02/1987 Stump
07/03/1987 Simply Red
14/03/1987 U2
21/03/1987 Beastie Boys
28/03/1987 Throwing Muses
04/04/1987 The Mission
11/04/1987 The Cure
18/04/1987 Pop Tarts
25/04/1987 Jesus & Mary Chain
02/05/1987 The Proclaimers
09/05/1987
16/05/1987 The Replacements
23/05/1987 Run DMC
30/05/1987 The Cure
06/06/1987 Echo & The Bunnymen
13/06/1987
20/06/1987 The Young Gods
27/06/1987 Prince
04/07/1987 The Cocteau Twins, Throwing Muses, Colourbox, Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil
11/07/1987 Swans
18/07/1987 Loop
25/07/1987 AR Kane
01/08/1987 Terence Trent d'Arby
08/08/1987 Public Image Ltd
15/08/1987 The Primitives
22/08/1987 Tom Waits
29/08/1987 The Mission
05/09/1987 Sisters Of Mercy
12/09/1987 REM
19/09/1987 Jesus & Mary Chain
26/09/1987 Morrissey
03/10/1987
10/10/1987 Ian McCulloch and Bernard Sumner
17/10/1987 Gaye Bykers On Acid
24/10/1987 The Sugarcubes
31/10/1987 Ben Elton
07/11/1987 10,000 Maniacs
14/11/1987
21/11/1987 All About Eve
28/11/1987 Public Enemy
05/12/1987 The Cure
12/12/1987 Sinead O’Connor
19/12/1987 U2
02/01/1988 The Sugarcubes
09/01/1988 World Domination Enterprises
16/01/1988 Fields Of The Nephilim
23/01/1988 Nick Cave
30/01/1988 The Primitives
06/02/1988 Faith No More
13/02/1988 Sonic Youth
20/02/1988 All About Eve
27/02/1988 The Mission
05/03/1988 The Fall
12/03/1988 Morrissey
19/03/1988 Pixies
26/03/1988 Jesus & Mary Chain
02/04/1988 Butthole Surfers
09/04/1988 Kevin Rowland
16/04/1988 The Sugarcubes
23/04/1988 10,000 Maniacs
30/04/1988 AR Kane
07/05/1988 Megadeth
14/05/1988 Swans
21/05/1988 Skinny Puppy
28/05/1988 Public Enemy
04/06/1988 Sinead O’Connor
11/06/1988 The Hothouse Flowers
18/06/1988 Nick Cave
25/06/1988 Darling Buds
02/07/1988 Green On Red
09/07/1988 Siouxsie Sioux
16/07/1988 Tracy Chapman
23/07/1988 Prince
30/07/1988 House Of Love
06/08/1988 Patti Smith
13/08/1988 Pixies
20/08/1988 The Young Gods
27/08/1988 Fields Of The Nephilim
03/09/1988 Front 242
10/09/1988 The Wonder Stuff
17/09/1988 Cocteau Twins
24/09/1988 Darling Buds
01/10/1988 Butthole Surfers
08/10/1988 Thin White Rope
15/10/1988 My Bloody Valentine
22/10/1988 U2
29/10/1988 REM
05/11/1988 All About Eve
12/11/1988 Loop
19/11/1988 Spacemen 3
26/11/1988 Yello
03/12/1988 New Order
10/12/1988 The Pogues
17/12/1988 The Primitives
24/12/1988 The Sugarcubes
07/01/1989 The Mission
14/01/1989 The Sundays
21/01/1989 Jane’s Addiction
28/01/1989 Throwing Muses
04/02/1989 Holly Johnson
11/02/1989 Lou Reed
18/02/1989 Darling Buds
25/02/1989 The Wonder Stuff
04/03/1989 Michelle Shocked
11/03/1989 Tanita Tikaram
18/03/1989 The Cult
25/03/1989 Cowboy Junkies
01/04/1989 Pixies
08/04/1989 Simple Minds
15/04/1989 House Of Love
22/04/1989 Swans
29/04/1989 The Cure
06/05/1989 Robert Smith and J Mascis
13/05/1989 Elvis Costello
20/05/1989 Fields Of The Nephilim
27/05/1989 REM
03/06/1989 The Stone Roses
10/06/1989 Bobby Brown
17/06/1989 Pixies
24/06/1989 Transvision Vamp
01/07/1989 David Bowie
08/07/1989 The Primitives
15/07/1989 The Cure
22/07/1989 Simple Minds
29/07/1989 Big Audio Dynamite
05/08/1989 The Beastie Boys
12/08/1989 Wolfsbane
19/08/1989 Tears For Fears
26/08/1989 The Mission
02/09/1989 The Sugarcubes
09/09/1989 Jesus & Mary Chain
16/09/1989 All About Eve
23/09/1989 INXS
30/09/1989 Ian McCulloch
07/10/1989 The Creatures
14/10/1989 The Wedding Present
21/10/1989 Kate Bush
28/10/1989 House Of Love
04/11/1989 NWA
11/11/1989 Thurston Moore, J Mascis, Gibby Haynes
18/11/1989 Aerosmith
25/11/1989 The Cult
02/12/1989 Happy Mondays
09/12/1989 The Stone Roses
16/12/1989 Soul II Soul
23/12/1989 The Mission
06/01/1990 Sisters Of Mercy
13/01/1990 Birdland
20/01/1990 The Sundays
27/01/1990 The Beloved
03/02/1990 Bob Dylan
10/02/1990 Marc Almond
17/02/1990 Lush
24/02/1990 Cowboy Junkies
03/03/1990 House Of Love
10/03/1990 Depeche Mode
17/03/1990 Nick Cave
24/03/1990 David Bowie
31/03/1990 Happy Mondays
07/04/1990 B-52s
14/04/1990 Inspiral Carpets
21/04/1990 Adamski
28/04/1990 Lou Reed
05/05/1990 Hothouse Flowers
12/05/1990 Revenge
19/05/1990 Flowered Up
26/05/1990 The Breeders
02/06/1990 The Mission
09/06/1990 Aztec Camera
16/06/1990 Soul II Soul
23/06/1990 The Cure
30/06/1990 808 State
07/07/1990 The Heart Throbs
14/07/1990 The Wedding Present
21/07/1990 Soup Dragons
28/07/1990 Cranes
04/08/1990 Billy Idol
11/08/1990 Pixies
18/08/1990 Jesus & Mary Chain
25/08/1990 Cocteau Twins
01/09/1990 INXS
08/09/1990 Sinead O’Connor
15/09/1990 Neneh Cherry
22/09/1990 Ride
29/09/1990 The Beautiful South
06/10/1990 Sisters Of Mercy
13/10/1990 The Charlatans
20/10/1990 The Mission
27/10/1990 Paul Gascoigne
03/11/1990 Deee-Lite
10/11/1990 Happy Mondays
17/11/1990 The La’s
24/11/1990 The Farm
01/12/1990 Pet Shop Boys
08/12/1990 James
15/12/1990 Lush
22/12/1990 Shaun Ryder and Bernard Sumner
05/01/1991 Ride
12/01/1991 The Cocteau Twins
19/01/1991 Seal
26/01/1991 The Cure
02/02/1991 Dream Warriors
09/02/1991 808 State
16/02/1991 The KLF
23/02/1991 Jane’s Addiction
02/03/1991 REM
09/03/1991 The Charlatans
16/03/1991 Ride
23/03/1991 Ocean Colour Scene, Chapterhouse
30/03/1991 Transvision Vamp
06/04/1991 Blur
13/04/1991 Electronic
20/04/1991 The Shamen
27/04/1991 Inspiral Carpets
04/05/1991 Curve
11/05/1991 Siouxsie & The Banshees
18/05/1991 The Waterboys
25/05/1991 The Wedding Present
01/06/1991 Primal Scream
08/06/1991 Pixies
15/06/1991 Carter USM
22/06/1991 The Cure
29/06/1991 Sinead O’Connor
06/07/1991 The Wonder Stuff
13/07/1991 Jesus Jones
20/07/1991 Manic Street Preachers
27/07/1991 EMF
03/08/1991 Guns’n’Roses
10/08/1991 The Shamen
17/08/1991 Perry Farrell and Ice-T
24/08/1991 Blur
31/08/1991 Metallica
07/09/1991 The Senseless Things
14/09/1991 Electronic
21/09/1991 The Black Crowes
28/09/1991 Happy Mondays
05/10/1991 Lush
12/10/1991 Carter USM
19/10/1991 Teenage Fanclub
26/10/1991 Curve
02/11/1991 Nirvana
09/11/1991 James
16/11/1991 The Wonder Stuff
23/11/1991 The Cult
30/11/1991 Neil Young
07/12/1991 Jesus Jones
14/12/1991 Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
21/12/1991 REM
04/01/1992 Nirvana
11/01/1992 The Wedding Present
18/01/1992 Primal Scream
25/01/1992 Daisy Chainsaw
01/02/1992 The Wonder Stuff
08/02/1992 Thousand Yard Stare
15/02/1992 Teenage Fanclub
22/02/1992 Pearl Jam
29/02/1992 Ride
07/03/1992 The Cure
14/03/1992 Curve
21/03/1992 Jesus & Mary Chain
28/03/1992 Mercury Rev
04/04/1992 James
11/04/1992 The Mission
18/04/1992 The Black Crowes
25/04/1992 Suede
02/05/1992 Metallica
09/05/1992 Carter USM
16/05/1992 L7
23/05/1992 Faith No More
30/05/1992 Guns’n’Roses
06/06/1992 Soundgarden
13/06/1992 Verve
20/06/1992 Pearl Jam
27/06/1992 Whose Land Is It Anyway? travellers special
04/07/1992 The Levellers
11/07/1992 The Shamen
18/07/1992 Nirvana
25/07/1992 Ministry
01/08/1992 The Orb
08/08/1992 Faith No More
15/08/1992 Therapy?
22/08/1992 Mudhoney
29/08/1992 Suede
05/09/1992 The Cure
12/09/1992 Reading Festival special
19/09/1992 Babes In Toyland
26/09/1992 REM
03/10/1992 The Shamen
10/10/1992 Riot Grrrls!
17/10/1992 Throwing Muses
24/10/1992 Gallon Drunk
31/10/1992 Mega City Four
07/11/1992 Sonic Youth
14/11/1992 Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
21/11/1992 The Black Crowes
28/11/1992 Faith No More
05/12/1992 Nine Inch Nails
12/12/1992 Suede
19/12/1992 Nirvana
02/01/1993 Suede
09/01/1993 Sugar
16/01/1993 Dinosaur Jr
23/01/1993 Henry Rollins
30/01/1993 Suede, Stereo MCs, Belly, Therapy?, Ride
06/02/1993 Stereo MCs
13/02/1993 The Lemonheads
20/02/1993 The Auteurs
27/02/1993 Huggy Bear
06/03/1993 Belly
13/03/1993 Back To The Planet, Orbital, Ozric Tentacles
20/03/1993 Pavement
27/03/1993 The Orb and Dave Gilmour
03/04/1993 Depeche Mode
10/04/1993 The Frank And Walters
17/04/1993 Suede
24/04/1993 Perry Farrell
01/05/1993 Ozric Tentacles
08/05/1993 New Order
15/05/1993 Bjork
22/05/1993 Therapy?
29/05/1993 Manic Street Preachers
05/06/1993 The Waterboys
12/06/1993 Kingmaker
19/06/1993 Suede
26/06/1993 Stereo MCs
03/07/1993 Smashing Pumpkins
10/07/1993 PJ Harvey
17/07/1993 Faith No More
24/07/1993 'The 13 Year Itch - Lush, Throwing Muses and Red House Painters Celebrate 4AD’s 13th Birthday'
31/07/1993 U2
07/08/1993 'Bonfire Of The Vanities - The Levellers Torch The Music Press'
14/08/1993 James
21/08/1993 Nirvana
28/08/1993 New Order, Porno For Pyros, The The
04/09/1993 Shaun Ryder
11/09/1993 Cocteau Twins
18/09/1993 Afghan Whigs
25/09/1993 Blur
02/10/1993 REM
09/10/1993 Pearl Jam
16/10/1993 Spin Doctors
23/10/1993 Radiohead
30/10/1993 The Breeders
06/11/1993 Grant Lee Buffalo
13/11/1993 Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield
20/11/1993 Bono and Frank Sinatra
27/11/1993 Pet Shop Boys
04/12/1993 The Jesus Lizard
11/12/1993 Saint Etienne and Tim Burgess
18/12/1993 Megadog
25/12/1993 Kurt Cobain and Kim Deal
08/01/1994 Poll results
15/01/1994 Kristin Hersh
22/01/1994 Underworld
29/01/1994 Manic Street Preachers
05/02/1994 Snoop Doggy Dogg
12/02/1994 Pavement
19/02/1994 Courtney Love
26/02/1994 Credit To The Nation
05/03/1994 Senser
12/03/1994 Kurt Cobain
19/03/1994 Soundgarden
26/03/1994 Soul Asylum
02/04/1994 Henry Rollins
09/04/1994 Erasure
16/04/1994 Kurt Cobain
23/04/1994 Kurt and Courtney
30/04/1994 Pearl Jam
07/05/1994 Blur
14/05/1994 2 Unlimited
21/05/1994 Pearl Jam
28/05/1994 S*M*A*S*H
04/06/1994 Pulp
11/06/1994 Therapy? and Henry Rollins
18/06/1994 Echobelly
25/06/1994 Smashing Pumpkins
02/07/1994 Glastonbury
09/07/1994 Transglobal Underground
16/07/1994 Phoenix 1994 - Pop Will Eat Itself, Carter USM, Fun-Da-Mental
23/07/1994 Jesus & Mary Chain
30/07/1994 Suede
06/08/1994 Oasis
13/08/1994 Soundgarden
20/08/1994 Dinosaur Jr
27/08/1994 Cypress Hill, Evan Dando
03/09/1994 Courtney Love
10/09/1994 Shed Seven
17/09/1994 S*M*A*S*H
24/09/1994 Suede
01/10/1994 Shampoo
08/10/1994 Elastica
15/10/1994 Echobelly
22/10/1994 'Beat Fighting Men': Primal Scream, The Drum Club, Fun-Da-Mental
29/10/1994 Nirvana
05/11/1994 Gene
12/11/1994 REM
19/11/1994 The New Mod Generation
26/11/1994 Warren G and Snoop Doggy Dogg
03/12/1994 Richey Edwards
10/12/1994 The Cranberries
17/12/1994 The Stone Roses
24/12/1994 '1994 - Britpop’s Brilliant Face Lift': Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Brett Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Justine Frischmann
07/01/1995 Veruca Salt
14/01/1995 Sleeper
21/01/1995 Portishead
28/01/1995 REM
04/02/1995 Menswear
11/02/1995 Supergrass
18/02/1995 Boo Radleys
25/02/1995 Gene
04/03/1995 The Beastie Boys
11/03/1995 Radiohead
18/03/1995 Tindersticks
25/03/1995 Elastica
01/04/1995 The Prodigy
08/04/1995 Kurt Cobain and Richey Edwards
15/04/1995 Offspring
22/04/1995 Oasis
29/04/1995 Marion
06/05/1995 Boo Radleys
13/05/1995 Black Grape
20/05/1995 Supergrass
27/05/1995 Pulp
03/06/1995 McAlmont & Butler
10/06/1995 Supergrass, Elastica, Gene, S*M*A*S*H
17/06/1995 Menswear
24/06/1995 Bjork
01/07/1995 Glastonbury - Oasis
08/07/1995 Gene
15/07/1995 Phoenix - The Verve, Public Enemy, The Wildhearts
22/07/1995 Britpop
29/07/1995 Pulp
05/08/1995 Goldie
12/08/1995 Blur
19/08/1995 Skunk Anansie
26/08/1995 Soundgarden
02/09/1995 Foo Fighters
09/09/1995 Warchild
16/09/1995 The Charlatans
23/09/1995 The Bluetones
30/09/1995 Echobelly
07/10/1995 The Amps
14/10/1995 Menswear
21/10/1995 Cast
28/10/1995 Radiohead
04/11/1995 Pulp
11/11/1995 Oasis
18/11/1995 Foo Fighters
25/11/1995 Romo - Orlando, Plastic Fantastic, Sexus, Dexdexter
02/12/1995 Garbage
09/12/1995 Blur vs Oasis
16/12/1995 Green Day
23/12/1995 Pulp
06/01/1996 Mike Flowers Pops
13/01/1996 Manic Street Preachers
20/01/1996 The Chemical Brothers
27/01/1996 Northern Uproar
03/02/1996 Sex Pistols
10/02/1996 The Bluetones
17/02/1996 Edwyn Collins
24/02/1996 Supergrass
02/03/1996 Jarvis Cocker
09/03/1996 Blur
16/03/1996 Cast
23/03/1996 Oasis
30/03/1996 Pulp
06/04/1996 Foo Fighters
13/04/1996 Sleeper
20/04/1996 Ash
27/04/1996 70th Anniversary Special - Oasis
04/05/1996 Tricky
11/05/1996 Super Furry Animals
18/05/1996 The Bluetones
25/05/1996 Soundgarden
01/06/1996 Manic Street Preachers
08/06/1996 Garbage
15/06/1996 Primal Scream
22/06/1996 Divine Comedy
29/06/1996 60ft Dolls
06/07/1996 Terrorvision
13/07/1996 Super Furry Animals
20/07/1996 The Prodigy
27/07/1996 Cast
03/08/1996 Boo Radleys
10/08/1996 Oasis
17/08/1996 Oasis
24/08/1996 Ash
31/08/1996 The Stone Roses
07/09/1996 The Charlatans
14/09/1996 Placebo
21/09/1996 Oasis
28/09/1996 Super Furry Animals, Heavy Stereo, 3 Colours Red
05/10/1996 Babybird
12/10/1996 Metallica
19/10/1996 Cast
26/10/1996 DJ Shadow
02/11/1996 Dodgy
09/11/1996 Skunk Anansie
16/11/1996 Beck
23/11/1996 Mansun
30/11/1996 Babybird and Eddie Izzard
07/12/1996 Space
14/12/1996 Bjork
21/12/1996 Starspotting
04/01/1997 Manic Street Preachers
11/01/1997 Kenickie
18/01/1997 Suede
25/01/1997 Kula Shaker
01/02/1997 Blur
08/02/1997 Placebo
15/02/1997 Pavement
22/02/1997 U2
01/03/1997 Mansun
08/03/1997 Mark Radcliffe
15/03/1997 Eels
22/03/1997 Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
29/03/1997 Symposium
05/04/1997 The Chemical Brothers
12/04/1997 Manic Street Preachers
19/04/1997 Supergrass
26/04/1997 Foo Fighters
03/05/1997 Kenickie
10/05/1997 Super Furry Animals
17/05/1997 Gillian Anderson
24/05/1997 Radiohead
31/05/1997 Mad For It! festival special
07/06/1997 Symposium
14/06/1997 Cast
21/06/1997 Blur
28/06/1997 Oasis
05/07/1997 Glastonbury
12/07/1997 Embrace
19/07/1997 The Charlatans
26/07/1997 Echo and the Bunnymen
02/08/1997 Reef
09/08/1997 Morrissey
16/08/1997 Melanie C
23/08/1997 Suede
30/08/1997 Manic Street Preachers
06/09/1997 Republica
13/09/1997 No Doubt
20/09/1997 Oasis
27/09/1997 Sleeper
04/10/1997 Oasis
11/10/1997 The Verve
18/10/1997 Zoe Ball
25/10/1997 Bush
01/11/1997 Black Grape
08/11/1997 Kylie Minogue
15/11/1997 Spice Girls
22/11/1997 Radiohead
29/11/1997 Lara Croft
06/12/1997 The Seahorses
13/12/1997 Travis
20/12/1997 The Fast Show
03/01/1998 Readers Poll - Radiohead, The Verve
10/01/1998 Lo-Fidelity Allstars
17/01/1998 The Verve
24/01/1998 Catatonia
31/01/1998 Richey Edwards
07/02/1998 All Saints
14/02/1998 Stereophonics
21/02/1998 Shaun Ryder
28/02/1998 Shed Seven
07/03/1998 Oasis
14/03/1998 Natalie Imbruglia
21/03/1998 The Bluetones
28/03/1998 Kylie Minogue
04/04/1998 Divine Comedy
11/04/1998 Spice Girls
18/04/1998 '50 Rock’n’Roll Things You Must Do By The Year 2000'
25/04/1998 Kula Shaker
02/05/1998 All Saints
09/05/1998 Creamfields
16/05/1998 Garbage
23/05/1998 The Verve
30/05/1998 Kenickie
06/06/1998 Ian Brown
13/06/1998 World Cup - Tommy Scott
20/06/1998 Embrace
27/06/1998 Festival Guide - Jarvis Cocker
04/07/1998 Glastonbury 98
11/07/1998 Robbie Williams
18/07/1998 Wanted - Have You Seen These Bands?
25/07/1998 Theaudience
01/08/1998 Dandy Warhols
08/08/1998 The Verve
15/08/1998 Bratpop
22/08/1998 V98 preview - Texas
29/08/1998 Reading - The Beastie Boys
05/09/1998 Reading 98
12/09/1998 Ash
19/09/1998 Manic Street Preachers
26/09/1998 Republica
03/10/1998 Fun Lovin’ Criminals
10/10/1998 The Cardigans
17/10/1998 Idlewild
24/10/1998 Catatonia
31/10/1998 Placebo
07/11/1998 The Stereophonics
14/11/1998 Metallica
21/11/1998 Pulp
28/11/1998 Ash
05/12/1998 Chris Moyles
12/12/1998 Belle & Sebastian
19/12/1998 Cerys Matthews
02/01/1999 Readers Poll - Manic Street Preachers
09/01/1999 The Young Person’s Guide To ‘99
16/01/1999 Garbage
23/01/1999 Mansun
30/01/1999 The Offspring
06/02/1999 Fatboy Slim
13/02/1999 The Stereophonics
20/02/1999 Gay Dad
27/02/1999 The Cardigans
06/03/1999 Robbie Williams
13/03/1999 Skunk Anansie
20/03/1999 Catatonia
27/03/1999 'The 50 Maddest People In Rock' - Dolores O’Riordan
03/04/1999 Suede
10/04/1999 All Saints
17/04/1999 The Offspring
24/04/1999 Fun Lovin’ Criminals
01/05/1999 Ali G
08/05/1999 3 Colours Red
15/05/1999 Korn
22/05/1999 Nina Persson and Debbie Harry
29/05/1999 Catatonia
05/06/1999 Homelands festival
12/06/1999 The Coolest People In Rock
19/06/1999 Suede
26/06/1999 Uri Geller
03/07/1999 Glastonbury
10/07/1999 'Everyone! Outside! Now!' - Metallica, Stereophonics, Blur, Marilyn Manson, Placebo
17/07/1999 Manic Street Preachers
24/07/1999 A
31/07/1999 Stereophonics
07/08/1999 Divine Comedy
14/08/1999 Feeder
21/08/1999 V99 - Supergrass
28/08/1999 Mansun
04/09/1999 Reading & Leeds - Blur
11/09/1999 TLC
18/09/1999 Idlewild
25/09/1999 Manic Street Preachers
02/10/1999 Travis
09/10/1999 Limp Bizkit
16/10/1999 Net Aid - Robbie Williams
23/10/1999 Foo Fighters
27/10/1999 Kelly Jones and Cerys Matthews
03/11/1999 Manic Street Preachers
10/11/1999 Huey Morgan and Shirley Manson
17/11/1999 The Cardigans
24/11/1999 'Drugs Nation'
01/12/1999 Supergrass
08/12/1999 Oasis
15/12/1999 Travis
22/12/1999 Stereophonics
05/01/2000 Feeder
12/01/2000 Readers Poll - Nicky Wire, Fran Healy
19/01/2000 Oasis
26/01/2000 Embrace
02/02/2000 Korn
09/02/2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers
16/02/2000 Travis
23/02/2000 Muse
01/03/2000 Kelly Jones and Tom Jones
08/03/2000 Blink 182
15/03/2000 Ocean Colour Scene
22/03/2000 Kurt Cobain - 'The Excess Files'
29/03/2000 Radiohead
05/04/2000 Travis
12/04/2000 The Bloodhound Gang
19/04/2000 Elastica
26/04/2000 Vic & Bob, Nina Persson
03/05/2000 Sex Pistols
10/05/2000 Embrace
17/05/2000 'Are The Charts Going Down The Toilet?'
24/05/2000 Festivals
31/05/2000 Oasis
07/06/2000 Toploader
14/06/2000 The Coolest People In Rock 2000 - Nicky Wire, Cerys Matthews, Fran Healy, Kurt Cobain
21/06/2000 Radiohead
28/06/2000 Glastonbury - Travis
05/07/2000 Kittie
12/07/2000 Oasis
19/07/2000 ’High Fidelity Allstars’
26/07/2000 Mansun
02/08/2000 Green Day
09/08/2000 Slipknot
16/08/2000 V2000
23/08/2000 Reading & Leeds
30/08/2000 Reading & Leeds - Fred Durst
06/09/2000 Radiohead
13/09/2000 The Dum Dums
20/09/2000 No Doubt
27/09/2000 JJ72
04/10/2000 Fred Durst, Marilyn Manson, Eminem and Corey Taylor of Slipknot - 'Why America Rules Rock Right Now'
11/10/2000 'The Alternative Nation Fights Back'
18/10/2000 King Adora
25/10/2000 Eminem and Fred Durst
01/11/2000 The Offspring
08/11/2000 Smashing Pumpkins
15/11/2000 Eminem
22/11/2000 'Guns’n’Poses - The Shocking Inside Story Of Rock’s Fatal Fascination With Firearms'
29/11/2000 Queens Of The Stone Age
06/12/2000 Billy Corgan
13/12/2000 Feeder
20/12/2000 Limp Bizkit
As such, here's a list, as much as we could find, of every Melody Maker cover from the start of the Eighties, when it started moving away from news pieces on the front, to its demise. Filling in the gaps is welcomed. And yes, we will do more of these in time.
05/01/1980 Paul McCartney
12/01/1980 Brian Eno
19/01/1980 The Beat
26/01/1980 The Pretenders
02/02/1980 Thomas Leer & Robert Rental, Def Leppard
09/02/1980 Squeeze
16/02/1980 Andy Warhol
23/02/1980 The Selecter
01/03/1980 Michael Jackson
08/03/1980 XTC
15/03/1980 Madness
22/03/1980 The Cramps
29/03/1980 Genesis
05/04/1980 The Undertones
12/04/1980 Billy Joel
19/04/1980
26/04/1980 Jah Wobble
(six weeks lost to strike action)
14/06/1980 Ted Nugent
21/06/1980 The Specials
28/06/1980 Joan Armatrading
05/07/1980 Peter Gabriel
12/07/1980 Any Trouble
19/07/1980 Elvis Costello
26/07/1980 The Police
02/08/1980 Mick Jagger
09/08/1980 Ray Davies
16/08/1980 Rainbow
23/08/1980 Grace Jones
30/08/1980 David Coverdale
06/09/1980 Kiss
13/09/1980 Yes
20/09/1980 Dire Straits
27/09/1980 Jon Anderson
04/10/1980 Kate Bush
11/10/1980 Paul Weller and Pete Townshend
18/10/1980 Gary Numan
25/10/1980 Madness
01/11/1980 Ian Dury
08/11/1980 Orchestral Manoevures In The Dark
15/11/1980 The Selecter
22/11/1980 Christmas Albums War (literally a story about there being some albums out at Christmas)
29/11/1980 Talking Heads
06/12/1980 Ian Dury
13/12/1980 John Lennon
20/12/1980 Steely Dan
27/12/1980 The Boomtown Rats
03/01/1981 Elvis Costello, The Selecter
10/01/1981 Spandau Ballet
17/01/1981 The Who
24/01/1981 Echo and the Bunnymen
31/01/1981 The Bureau
07/02/1981 Phil Collins
14/02/1981 Peter Gabriel
21/02/1981 The Stranglers
28/02/1981 Tiswas
07/03/1981 Gang Of Four
14/03/1981 Squeeze
21/03/1981 The Selecter
28/03/1981 Motorhead and Girlschool
04/04/1981 Adam and the Ants
11/04/1981 Linx
18/04/1981 Teardrop Explodes
25/04/1981 The Fabulous Thunderbirds
02/05/1981 Gary Numan
09/05/1981 Bruce Springsteen
16/05/1981
23/05/1981 The Jam
30/05/1981 Psychedelic Furs
06/06/1981 The Clash
13/06/1981 Tom Petty
20/06/1981 Squeeze
27/06/1981 Bob Dylan
04/07/1981 UB40
11/07/1981 Wah!
18/07/1981 Chic
25/07/1981 Bryan Ferry
01/08/1981 Talking Heads
08/08/1981 Motorhead
15/08/1981 Toyah
22/08/1981 Dexys Midnight Runners
29/08/1981 Was (Not Was)
05/09/1981 Rip Rig & Panic
12/09/1981 The Pretenders
19/09/1981 Ian Dury
26/09/1981 The Go-Gos
03/10/1981
10/10/1981 Madness
17/10/1981 The Police
24/10/1981 Linx
31/10/1981 Elvis Costello
07/11/1981 Orchestral Manoevures In The Dark
14/11/1981 Depeche Mode
21/11/1981 Blue Rondo A La Turk
28/11/1981 TV21
05/12/1981 The Teadrop Explodes
12/12/1981 Beggar & Co
19/12/1981 Christmas issue
02/01/1982 Graffiti art
09/01/1982 Altered Images
16/01/1982 Soft Cell
23/01/1982 Rick James
30/01/1982 UB40
06/02/1982 U2
13/02/1982 King Trigger
20/02/1982 Bananarama & Fun Boy Three
27/02/1982 Pigbag
06/03/1982 The Exploited, Chron-Gen, Anti-Nowhere League ('Kings Of The Wild Frontier: Punk Bites Back')
13/03/1982 The Jam
20/03/1982 Haircut 100
27/03/1982 Simple Minds
03/04/1982 Marine Girls
10/04/1982 BEF
17/04/1982 Spandau Ballet
24/04/1982 Blancmange and The Passage
01/05/1982 The Blasters
08/05/1982 Junior Giscombe
15/05/1982 Vice Squad
22/05/1982 Nick Rhodes
29/05/1982
05/06/1982 Blondie
12/06/1982 The Bluebells
19/06/1982 Attila The Stockbroker
26/06/1982 Saxon
03/07/1982 The Jam
10/07/1982 Captain Sensible
17/07/1982 Shalamar
24/07/1982 The Beat
31/07/1982 Dee Sharp
07/08/1982 Dexys Midnight Runners
14/08/1982 Siouxsie & The Banshees
21/08/1982 Killing Joke
28/08/1982 The Associates
04/09/1982 Sting
11/09/1982 Stiff Little Fingers
18/09/1982 ABC
25/09/1982 Yazoo
02/10/1982 Peter Gabriel
09/10/1982 The Psychedelic Furs
16/10/1982 Culture Club
23/10/1982 Dire Straits
30/10/1982 Bauhaus
06/11/1982 The Jam
13/11/1982 Duran Duran
20/11/1982 The Adicts
27/11/1982 Simple Minds
04/12/1982 Marc Almond and The The’s Matt Johnson
11/12/1982 Kirk Brandon
18/12/1982 Shalamar
01/01/1983 Fun Boy Three
08/01/1983 George Clinton
15/01/1983 Soft Cell
22/01/1983 Pete Wylie
29/01/1983 The Belle Stars
05/02/1983 Kajagoogoo
12/02/1983 Indeep
19/02/1983 Haysi Fantayzee
26/02/1983 Mari Wilson
05/03/1983 Southern Death Cult
12/03/1983 Nick Heyward
19/03/1983 Tears For Fears
26/03/1983 John Taylor of Duran Duran
02/04/1983 Bananarama
09/04/1983 Marillion
16/04/1983 Wall Of Voodoo
23/04/1983 JoBoxers
30/04/1983 Level 42
07/05/1983 Wham!
14/05/1983 Siouxsie & The Banshees
21/05/1983 Thompson Twins
28/05/1983 David Bowie
04/06/1983 Spandau Ballet
11/06/1983 Orange Juice
18/06/1983 Anti-Nowhere League
25/06/1983 Vince Clarke
02/07/1983 Nick Heyward
09/07/1983 Eurythmics
16/07/1983 Shalamar
23/07/1983 Duran Duran
30/07/1983 Echo and the Bunnymen
06/08/1983
13/08/1983 Paul Weller
20/08/1983 Carmel
27/08/1983 Marc Almond
03/09/1983 The Glove
10/09/1983 Kid Creole
17/09/1983 Special AKA
24/09/1983 Spandau Ballet
01/10/1983 Siouxsie Sioux
08/10/1983 Bauhaus
15/10/1983 King Kurt
22/10/1983 The Lotus Eaters
29/10/1983 Wham!
05/11/1983 Public Image Ltd
12/11/1983 Limahl
19/11/1983 Eurythmics
26/11/1983 The Smiths
03/12/1983 Culture Club
10/12/1983 Big Country
17/12/1983 Duran Duran
24/12/1983 Tracey Ullman
07/01/1984 Depeche Mode
14/01/1984 Thompson Twins
21/01/1984 Terry Hall
28/01/1984 The Alarm
04/02/1984 Howard Jones
11/02/1984 Simple Minds
18/02/1984 Sade
25/02/1984 Marilyn
03/03/1984 The Smiths
10/03/1984 Icicle Works
17/03/1984 Carmel
24/03/1984 Paul Weller
31/03/1984 Madness
07/04/1984 Duran Duran
14/04/1984 Dead Or Alive
21/04/1984 Big Country
28/04/1984 Echo & The Bunnymen
05/05/1984 Psychedelic Furs
12/05/1984 David Sylvian
19/05/1984 Lloyd Cole
26/05/1984 Cocteau Twins
02/06/1984 Swans Way
09/06/1984 Human League
(six weeks lost to strike action)
28/07/1984 Wham!
04/08/1984 The Kane Gang
11/08/1984 The Mighty Wah!
18/08/1984 The Armoury Show
25/08/1984 Malcolm McLaren
01/09/1984 Senate
08/09/1984 The Associates
15/09/1984 Bronski Beat
22/09/1984
29/09/1984 Echo & The Bunnymen
06/10/1984 Heaven 17
13/10/1984 Aztec Camera
20/10/1984 Big Country
27/10/1984 The Pogues
03/11/1984 The Smiths
10/11/1984 U2
17/11/1984 Wham!
24/11/1984 Duran Duran
01/12/1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
08/12/1984 Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
15/12/1984 Sade
22/12/1984 Frankies Say Christmas! (lots of photos of people called Frankie or similar)
05/01/1985 U2
12/01/1985 The Cult
19/01/1985 Jerry Dammers
26/01/1985 Strawberry Switchblade
02/02/1985 Del Amitri
09/02/1985 Chaka Khan
16/02/1985 Mick Jagger
23/02/1985 Big Sound Authority
02/03/1985 The Bangles
09/03/1985 Tears For Fears
16/03/1985 Morrissey
23/03/1985 Billy Bragg
30/03/1985 Go West
06/04/1985 Paul Young
13/04/1985 State Of The Union US rock special, Peter Buck sole on cover
20/04/1985 King
27/04/1985 Vince Clarke
04/05/1985 Eurythmics
11/05/1985 Tom Petty
18/05/1985 Propaganda
25/05/1985 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
01/06/1985 Bryan Ferry
08/06/1985 Bruce Springsteen
15/06/1985 REM
22/06/1985 Scritti Politti
29/06/1985 The Redskins
06/07/1985 The Men They Couldn’t Hang
13/07/1985 The Style Council
20/07/1985 Live Aid
27/07/1985 The Coward Brothers
03/08/1985 Johnny Marr
10/08/1985 Colourbox
17/08/1985 The Cure
24/08/1985 Sigue Sigue Sputnik
31/08/1985 Simply Red
07/09/1985 Neil Young
14/09/1985 Marc Almond
21/09/1985 Bronski Beat
28/09/1985 Madonna
05/10/1985 The Waterboys
12/10/1985 The Communards
19/10/1985 Tears For Fears
26/10/1985 The Cult
02/11/1985 Siouxsie & The Banshees
09/11/1985 Propaganda
16/11/1985 Cocteau Twins
23/11/1985 Jesus & Mary Chain
30/11/1985 Eighth Wonder
07/12/1985 King
14/12/1985 Echo & The Bunnymen
21/12/1985 ’85: The Year Of Giving Generously
04/01/1986 Sigue Sigue Sputnik
11/01/1986 New Order
18/01/1986 Raymonde
25/01/1986
01/02/1986 Win
08/02/1986 U2
15/02/1986 Marc Almond
22/02/1986 Pet Shop Boys
01/03/1986 Elvis Costello
08/03/1986 Chakk
15/03/1986 Ruefrex
22/03/1986 David Bowie
29/03/1986 Balaam & The Angel
05/04/1986 Fine Young Cannibals
12/04/1986 Big Country
19/04/1986 Siouxsie & The Banshees
26/04/1986 Big Audio Dynamite
03/05/1986 The Cocteau Twins
10/05/1986 Fuzzbox
17/05/1986 Pete Wylie
24/05/1986 Public Image Ltd
31/05/1986 Robert Smith and Stuart Adamson
07/06/1986 Sigue Sigue Sputnik
14/06/1986 Simple Minds
21/06/1986 The Waterboys
28/06/1986 Hollywood Beyond
05/07/1986 The Housemartins
12/07/1986 The Woodentops
19/07/1986 Real Roxanne, Lovebug Starski and Grandmaster Flash
26/07/1986 Sherone
02/08/1986 Edwyn Collins
09/08/1986 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
16/08/1986 Killing Joke
23/08/1986 Prince
30/08/1986 The Cure
06/09/1986 REM
13/09/1986 The Beastie Boys
20/09/1986 Cameo
27/09/1986 The Smiths
04/10/1986 New Order
11/10/1986 Human League
18/10/1986 Big Audio Dynamite
25/10/1986 The Mission
01/11/1986 Julian Cope
08/11/1986 Billy Idol
15/11/1986 Schooly-D
22/11/1986 Eurythmics
29/11/1986 Band Of Holy Joy
06/12/1986 Mantronix
13/12/1986 Jesus & Mary Chain
20/12/1986 Mick Jones and Pete Wylie
03/01/1987 The Housemartins
10/01/1987 Siouxsie Sioux
17/01/1987 The Christians
24/01/1987 The Cult
31/01/1987 Iggy Pop
07/02/1987 Big Audio Dynamite
14/02/1987 Luther Vandross
21/02/1987 Dead Or Alive, The Communards
28/02/1987 Stump
07/03/1987 Simply Red
14/03/1987 U2
21/03/1987 Beastie Boys
28/03/1987 Throwing Muses
04/04/1987 The Mission
11/04/1987 The Cure
18/04/1987 Pop Tarts
25/04/1987 Jesus & Mary Chain
02/05/1987 The Proclaimers
09/05/1987
16/05/1987 The Replacements
23/05/1987 Run DMC
30/05/1987 The Cure
06/06/1987 Echo & The Bunnymen
13/06/1987
20/06/1987 The Young Gods
27/06/1987 Prince
04/07/1987 The Cocteau Twins, Throwing Muses, Colourbox, Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil
11/07/1987 Swans
18/07/1987 Loop
25/07/1987 AR Kane
01/08/1987 Terence Trent d'Arby
08/08/1987 Public Image Ltd
15/08/1987 The Primitives
22/08/1987 Tom Waits
29/08/1987 The Mission
05/09/1987 Sisters Of Mercy
12/09/1987 REM
19/09/1987 Jesus & Mary Chain
26/09/1987 Morrissey
03/10/1987
10/10/1987 Ian McCulloch and Bernard Sumner
17/10/1987 Gaye Bykers On Acid
24/10/1987 The Sugarcubes
31/10/1987 Ben Elton
07/11/1987 10,000 Maniacs
14/11/1987
21/11/1987 All About Eve
28/11/1987 Public Enemy
05/12/1987 The Cure
12/12/1987 Sinead O’Connor
19/12/1987 U2
02/01/1988 The Sugarcubes
09/01/1988 World Domination Enterprises
16/01/1988 Fields Of The Nephilim
23/01/1988 Nick Cave
30/01/1988 The Primitives
06/02/1988 Faith No More
13/02/1988 Sonic Youth
20/02/1988 All About Eve
27/02/1988 The Mission
05/03/1988 The Fall
12/03/1988 Morrissey
19/03/1988 Pixies
26/03/1988 Jesus & Mary Chain
02/04/1988 Butthole Surfers
09/04/1988 Kevin Rowland
16/04/1988 The Sugarcubes
23/04/1988 10,000 Maniacs
30/04/1988 AR Kane
07/05/1988 Megadeth
14/05/1988 Swans
21/05/1988 Skinny Puppy
28/05/1988 Public Enemy
04/06/1988 Sinead O’Connor
11/06/1988 The Hothouse Flowers
18/06/1988 Nick Cave
25/06/1988 Darling Buds
02/07/1988 Green On Red
09/07/1988 Siouxsie Sioux
16/07/1988 Tracy Chapman
23/07/1988 Prince
30/07/1988 House Of Love
06/08/1988 Patti Smith
13/08/1988 Pixies
20/08/1988 The Young Gods
27/08/1988 Fields Of The Nephilim
03/09/1988 Front 242
10/09/1988 The Wonder Stuff
17/09/1988 Cocteau Twins
24/09/1988 Darling Buds
01/10/1988 Butthole Surfers
08/10/1988 Thin White Rope
15/10/1988 My Bloody Valentine
22/10/1988 U2
29/10/1988 REM
05/11/1988 All About Eve
12/11/1988 Loop
19/11/1988 Spacemen 3
26/11/1988 Yello
03/12/1988 New Order
10/12/1988 The Pogues
17/12/1988 The Primitives
24/12/1988 The Sugarcubes
07/01/1989 The Mission
14/01/1989 The Sundays
21/01/1989 Jane’s Addiction
28/01/1989 Throwing Muses
04/02/1989 Holly Johnson
11/02/1989 Lou Reed
18/02/1989 Darling Buds
25/02/1989 The Wonder Stuff
04/03/1989 Michelle Shocked
11/03/1989 Tanita Tikaram
18/03/1989 The Cult
25/03/1989 Cowboy Junkies
01/04/1989 Pixies
08/04/1989 Simple Minds
15/04/1989 House Of Love
22/04/1989 Swans
29/04/1989 The Cure
06/05/1989 Robert Smith and J Mascis
13/05/1989 Elvis Costello
20/05/1989 Fields Of The Nephilim
27/05/1989 REM
03/06/1989 The Stone Roses
10/06/1989 Bobby Brown
17/06/1989 Pixies
24/06/1989 Transvision Vamp
01/07/1989 David Bowie
08/07/1989 The Primitives
15/07/1989 The Cure
22/07/1989 Simple Minds
29/07/1989 Big Audio Dynamite
05/08/1989 The Beastie Boys
12/08/1989 Wolfsbane
19/08/1989 Tears For Fears
26/08/1989 The Mission
02/09/1989 The Sugarcubes
09/09/1989 Jesus & Mary Chain
16/09/1989 All About Eve
23/09/1989 INXS
30/09/1989 Ian McCulloch
07/10/1989 The Creatures
14/10/1989 The Wedding Present
21/10/1989 Kate Bush
28/10/1989 House Of Love
04/11/1989 NWA
11/11/1989 Thurston Moore, J Mascis, Gibby Haynes
18/11/1989 Aerosmith
25/11/1989 The Cult
02/12/1989 Happy Mondays
09/12/1989 The Stone Roses
16/12/1989 Soul II Soul
23/12/1989 The Mission
06/01/1990 Sisters Of Mercy
13/01/1990 Birdland
20/01/1990 The Sundays
27/01/1990 The Beloved
03/02/1990 Bob Dylan
10/02/1990 Marc Almond
17/02/1990 Lush
24/02/1990 Cowboy Junkies
03/03/1990 House Of Love
10/03/1990 Depeche Mode
17/03/1990 Nick Cave
24/03/1990 David Bowie
31/03/1990 Happy Mondays
07/04/1990 B-52s
14/04/1990 Inspiral Carpets
21/04/1990 Adamski
28/04/1990 Lou Reed
05/05/1990 Hothouse Flowers
12/05/1990 Revenge
19/05/1990 Flowered Up
26/05/1990 The Breeders
02/06/1990 The Mission
09/06/1990 Aztec Camera
16/06/1990 Soul II Soul
23/06/1990 The Cure
30/06/1990 808 State
07/07/1990 The Heart Throbs
14/07/1990 The Wedding Present
21/07/1990 Soup Dragons
28/07/1990 Cranes
04/08/1990 Billy Idol
11/08/1990 Pixies
18/08/1990 Jesus & Mary Chain
25/08/1990 Cocteau Twins
01/09/1990 INXS
08/09/1990 Sinead O’Connor
15/09/1990 Neneh Cherry
22/09/1990 Ride
29/09/1990 The Beautiful South
06/10/1990 Sisters Of Mercy
13/10/1990 The Charlatans
20/10/1990 The Mission
27/10/1990 Paul Gascoigne
03/11/1990 Deee-Lite
10/11/1990 Happy Mondays
17/11/1990 The La’s
24/11/1990 The Farm
01/12/1990 Pet Shop Boys
08/12/1990 James
15/12/1990 Lush
22/12/1990 Shaun Ryder and Bernard Sumner
05/01/1991 Ride
12/01/1991 The Cocteau Twins
19/01/1991 Seal
26/01/1991 The Cure
02/02/1991 Dream Warriors
09/02/1991 808 State
16/02/1991 The KLF
23/02/1991 Jane’s Addiction
02/03/1991 REM
09/03/1991 The Charlatans
16/03/1991 Ride
23/03/1991 Ocean Colour Scene, Chapterhouse
30/03/1991 Transvision Vamp
06/04/1991 Blur
13/04/1991 Electronic
20/04/1991 The Shamen
27/04/1991 Inspiral Carpets
04/05/1991 Curve
11/05/1991 Siouxsie & The Banshees
18/05/1991 The Waterboys
25/05/1991 The Wedding Present
01/06/1991 Primal Scream
08/06/1991 Pixies
15/06/1991 Carter USM
22/06/1991 The Cure
29/06/1991 Sinead O’Connor
06/07/1991 The Wonder Stuff
13/07/1991 Jesus Jones
20/07/1991 Manic Street Preachers
27/07/1991 EMF
03/08/1991 Guns’n’Roses
10/08/1991 The Shamen
17/08/1991 Perry Farrell and Ice-T
24/08/1991 Blur
31/08/1991 Metallica
07/09/1991 The Senseless Things
14/09/1991 Electronic
21/09/1991 The Black Crowes
28/09/1991 Happy Mondays
05/10/1991 Lush
12/10/1991 Carter USM
19/10/1991 Teenage Fanclub
26/10/1991 Curve
02/11/1991 Nirvana
09/11/1991 James
16/11/1991 The Wonder Stuff
23/11/1991 The Cult
30/11/1991 Neil Young
07/12/1991 Jesus Jones
14/12/1991 Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
21/12/1991 REM
04/01/1992 Nirvana
11/01/1992 The Wedding Present
18/01/1992 Primal Scream
25/01/1992 Daisy Chainsaw
01/02/1992 The Wonder Stuff
08/02/1992 Thousand Yard Stare
15/02/1992 Teenage Fanclub
22/02/1992 Pearl Jam
29/02/1992 Ride
07/03/1992 The Cure
14/03/1992 Curve
21/03/1992 Jesus & Mary Chain
28/03/1992 Mercury Rev
04/04/1992 James
11/04/1992 The Mission
18/04/1992 The Black Crowes
25/04/1992 Suede
02/05/1992 Metallica
09/05/1992 Carter USM
16/05/1992 L7
23/05/1992 Faith No More
30/05/1992 Guns’n’Roses
06/06/1992 Soundgarden
13/06/1992 Verve
20/06/1992 Pearl Jam
27/06/1992 Whose Land Is It Anyway? travellers special
04/07/1992 The Levellers
11/07/1992 The Shamen
18/07/1992 Nirvana
25/07/1992 Ministry
01/08/1992 The Orb
08/08/1992 Faith No More
15/08/1992 Therapy?
22/08/1992 Mudhoney
29/08/1992 Suede
05/09/1992 The Cure
12/09/1992 Reading Festival special
19/09/1992 Babes In Toyland
26/09/1992 REM
03/10/1992 The Shamen
10/10/1992 Riot Grrrls!
17/10/1992 Throwing Muses
24/10/1992 Gallon Drunk
31/10/1992 Mega City Four
07/11/1992 Sonic Youth
14/11/1992 Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
21/11/1992 The Black Crowes
28/11/1992 Faith No More
05/12/1992 Nine Inch Nails
12/12/1992 Suede
19/12/1992 Nirvana
02/01/1993 Suede
09/01/1993 Sugar
16/01/1993 Dinosaur Jr
23/01/1993 Henry Rollins
30/01/1993 Suede, Stereo MCs, Belly, Therapy?, Ride
06/02/1993 Stereo MCs
13/02/1993 The Lemonheads
20/02/1993 The Auteurs
27/02/1993 Huggy Bear
06/03/1993 Belly
13/03/1993 Back To The Planet, Orbital, Ozric Tentacles
20/03/1993 Pavement
27/03/1993 The Orb and Dave Gilmour
03/04/1993 Depeche Mode
10/04/1993 The Frank And Walters
17/04/1993 Suede
24/04/1993 Perry Farrell
01/05/1993 Ozric Tentacles
08/05/1993 New Order
15/05/1993 Bjork
22/05/1993 Therapy?
29/05/1993 Manic Street Preachers
05/06/1993 The Waterboys
12/06/1993 Kingmaker
19/06/1993 Suede
26/06/1993 Stereo MCs
03/07/1993 Smashing Pumpkins
10/07/1993 PJ Harvey
17/07/1993 Faith No More
24/07/1993 'The 13 Year Itch - Lush, Throwing Muses and Red House Painters Celebrate 4AD’s 13th Birthday'
31/07/1993 U2
07/08/1993 'Bonfire Of The Vanities - The Levellers Torch The Music Press'
14/08/1993 James
21/08/1993 Nirvana
28/08/1993 New Order, Porno For Pyros, The The
04/09/1993 Shaun Ryder
11/09/1993 Cocteau Twins
18/09/1993 Afghan Whigs
25/09/1993 Blur
02/10/1993 REM
09/10/1993 Pearl Jam
16/10/1993 Spin Doctors
23/10/1993 Radiohead
30/10/1993 The Breeders
06/11/1993 Grant Lee Buffalo
13/11/1993 Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield
20/11/1993 Bono and Frank Sinatra
27/11/1993 Pet Shop Boys
04/12/1993 The Jesus Lizard
11/12/1993 Saint Etienne and Tim Burgess
18/12/1993 Megadog
25/12/1993 Kurt Cobain and Kim Deal
08/01/1994 Poll results
15/01/1994 Kristin Hersh
22/01/1994 Underworld
29/01/1994 Manic Street Preachers
05/02/1994 Snoop Doggy Dogg
12/02/1994 Pavement
19/02/1994 Courtney Love
26/02/1994 Credit To The Nation
05/03/1994 Senser
12/03/1994 Kurt Cobain
19/03/1994 Soundgarden
26/03/1994 Soul Asylum
02/04/1994 Henry Rollins
09/04/1994 Erasure
16/04/1994 Kurt Cobain
23/04/1994 Kurt and Courtney
30/04/1994 Pearl Jam
07/05/1994 Blur
14/05/1994 2 Unlimited
21/05/1994 Pearl Jam
28/05/1994 S*M*A*S*H
04/06/1994 Pulp
11/06/1994 Therapy? and Henry Rollins
18/06/1994 Echobelly
25/06/1994 Smashing Pumpkins
02/07/1994 Glastonbury
09/07/1994 Transglobal Underground
16/07/1994 Phoenix 1994 - Pop Will Eat Itself, Carter USM, Fun-Da-Mental
23/07/1994 Jesus & Mary Chain
30/07/1994 Suede
06/08/1994 Oasis
13/08/1994 Soundgarden
20/08/1994 Dinosaur Jr
27/08/1994 Cypress Hill, Evan Dando
03/09/1994 Courtney Love
10/09/1994 Shed Seven
17/09/1994 S*M*A*S*H
24/09/1994 Suede
01/10/1994 Shampoo
08/10/1994 Elastica
15/10/1994 Echobelly
22/10/1994 'Beat Fighting Men': Primal Scream, The Drum Club, Fun-Da-Mental
29/10/1994 Nirvana
05/11/1994 Gene
12/11/1994 REM
19/11/1994 The New Mod Generation
26/11/1994 Warren G and Snoop Doggy Dogg
03/12/1994 Richey Edwards
10/12/1994 The Cranberries
17/12/1994 The Stone Roses
24/12/1994 '1994 - Britpop’s Brilliant Face Lift': Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Brett Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Justine Frischmann
07/01/1995 Veruca Salt
14/01/1995 Sleeper
21/01/1995 Portishead
28/01/1995 REM
04/02/1995 Menswear
11/02/1995 Supergrass
18/02/1995 Boo Radleys
25/02/1995 Gene
04/03/1995 The Beastie Boys
11/03/1995 Radiohead
18/03/1995 Tindersticks
25/03/1995 Elastica
01/04/1995 The Prodigy
08/04/1995 Kurt Cobain and Richey Edwards
15/04/1995 Offspring
22/04/1995 Oasis
29/04/1995 Marion
06/05/1995 Boo Radleys
13/05/1995 Black Grape
20/05/1995 Supergrass
27/05/1995 Pulp
03/06/1995 McAlmont & Butler
10/06/1995 Supergrass, Elastica, Gene, S*M*A*S*H
17/06/1995 Menswear
24/06/1995 Bjork
01/07/1995 Glastonbury - Oasis
08/07/1995 Gene
15/07/1995 Phoenix - The Verve, Public Enemy, The Wildhearts
22/07/1995 Britpop
29/07/1995 Pulp
05/08/1995 Goldie
12/08/1995 Blur
19/08/1995 Skunk Anansie
26/08/1995 Soundgarden
02/09/1995 Foo Fighters
09/09/1995 Warchild
16/09/1995 The Charlatans
23/09/1995 The Bluetones
30/09/1995 Echobelly
07/10/1995 The Amps
14/10/1995 Menswear
21/10/1995 Cast
28/10/1995 Radiohead
04/11/1995 Pulp
11/11/1995 Oasis
18/11/1995 Foo Fighters
25/11/1995 Romo - Orlando, Plastic Fantastic, Sexus, Dexdexter
02/12/1995 Garbage
09/12/1995 Blur vs Oasis
16/12/1995 Green Day
23/12/1995 Pulp
06/01/1996 Mike Flowers Pops
13/01/1996 Manic Street Preachers
20/01/1996 The Chemical Brothers
27/01/1996 Northern Uproar
03/02/1996 Sex Pistols
10/02/1996 The Bluetones
17/02/1996 Edwyn Collins
24/02/1996 Supergrass
02/03/1996 Jarvis Cocker
09/03/1996 Blur
16/03/1996 Cast
23/03/1996 Oasis
30/03/1996 Pulp
06/04/1996 Foo Fighters
13/04/1996 Sleeper
20/04/1996 Ash
27/04/1996 70th Anniversary Special - Oasis
04/05/1996 Tricky
11/05/1996 Super Furry Animals
18/05/1996 The Bluetones
25/05/1996 Soundgarden
01/06/1996 Manic Street Preachers
08/06/1996 Garbage
15/06/1996 Primal Scream
22/06/1996 Divine Comedy
29/06/1996 60ft Dolls
06/07/1996 Terrorvision
13/07/1996 Super Furry Animals
20/07/1996 The Prodigy
27/07/1996 Cast
03/08/1996 Boo Radleys
10/08/1996 Oasis
17/08/1996 Oasis
24/08/1996 Ash
31/08/1996 The Stone Roses
07/09/1996 The Charlatans
14/09/1996 Placebo
21/09/1996 Oasis
28/09/1996 Super Furry Animals, Heavy Stereo, 3 Colours Red
05/10/1996 Babybird
12/10/1996 Metallica
19/10/1996 Cast
26/10/1996 DJ Shadow
02/11/1996 Dodgy
09/11/1996 Skunk Anansie
16/11/1996 Beck
23/11/1996 Mansun
30/11/1996 Babybird and Eddie Izzard
07/12/1996 Space
14/12/1996 Bjork
21/12/1996 Starspotting
04/01/1997 Manic Street Preachers
11/01/1997 Kenickie
18/01/1997 Suede
25/01/1997 Kula Shaker
01/02/1997 Blur
08/02/1997 Placebo
15/02/1997 Pavement
22/02/1997 U2
01/03/1997 Mansun
08/03/1997 Mark Radcliffe
15/03/1997 Eels
22/03/1997 Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
29/03/1997 Symposium
05/04/1997 The Chemical Brothers
12/04/1997 Manic Street Preachers
19/04/1997 Supergrass
26/04/1997 Foo Fighters
03/05/1997 Kenickie
10/05/1997 Super Furry Animals
17/05/1997 Gillian Anderson
24/05/1997 Radiohead
31/05/1997 Mad For It! festival special
07/06/1997 Symposium
14/06/1997 Cast
21/06/1997 Blur
28/06/1997 Oasis
05/07/1997 Glastonbury
12/07/1997 Embrace
19/07/1997 The Charlatans
26/07/1997 Echo and the Bunnymen
02/08/1997 Reef
09/08/1997 Morrissey
16/08/1997 Melanie C
23/08/1997 Suede
30/08/1997 Manic Street Preachers
06/09/1997 Republica
13/09/1997 No Doubt
20/09/1997 Oasis
27/09/1997 Sleeper
04/10/1997 Oasis
11/10/1997 The Verve
18/10/1997 Zoe Ball
25/10/1997 Bush
01/11/1997 Black Grape
08/11/1997 Kylie Minogue
15/11/1997 Spice Girls
22/11/1997 Radiohead
29/11/1997 Lara Croft
06/12/1997 The Seahorses
13/12/1997 Travis
20/12/1997 The Fast Show
03/01/1998 Readers Poll - Radiohead, The Verve
10/01/1998 Lo-Fidelity Allstars
17/01/1998 The Verve
24/01/1998 Catatonia
31/01/1998 Richey Edwards
07/02/1998 All Saints
14/02/1998 Stereophonics
21/02/1998 Shaun Ryder
28/02/1998 Shed Seven
07/03/1998 Oasis
14/03/1998 Natalie Imbruglia
21/03/1998 The Bluetones
28/03/1998 Kylie Minogue
04/04/1998 Divine Comedy
11/04/1998 Spice Girls
18/04/1998 '50 Rock’n’Roll Things You Must Do By The Year 2000'
25/04/1998 Kula Shaker
02/05/1998 All Saints
09/05/1998 Creamfields
16/05/1998 Garbage
23/05/1998 The Verve
30/05/1998 Kenickie
06/06/1998 Ian Brown
13/06/1998 World Cup - Tommy Scott
20/06/1998 Embrace
27/06/1998 Festival Guide - Jarvis Cocker
04/07/1998 Glastonbury 98
11/07/1998 Robbie Williams
18/07/1998 Wanted - Have You Seen These Bands?
25/07/1998 Theaudience
01/08/1998 Dandy Warhols
08/08/1998 The Verve
15/08/1998 Bratpop
22/08/1998 V98 preview - Texas
29/08/1998 Reading - The Beastie Boys
05/09/1998 Reading 98
12/09/1998 Ash
19/09/1998 Manic Street Preachers
26/09/1998 Republica
03/10/1998 Fun Lovin’ Criminals
10/10/1998 The Cardigans
17/10/1998 Idlewild
24/10/1998 Catatonia
31/10/1998 Placebo
07/11/1998 The Stereophonics
14/11/1998 Metallica
21/11/1998 Pulp
28/11/1998 Ash
05/12/1998 Chris Moyles
12/12/1998 Belle & Sebastian
19/12/1998 Cerys Matthews
02/01/1999 Readers Poll - Manic Street Preachers
09/01/1999 The Young Person’s Guide To ‘99
16/01/1999 Garbage
23/01/1999 Mansun
30/01/1999 The Offspring
06/02/1999 Fatboy Slim
13/02/1999 The Stereophonics
20/02/1999 Gay Dad
27/02/1999 The Cardigans
06/03/1999 Robbie Williams
13/03/1999 Skunk Anansie
20/03/1999 Catatonia
27/03/1999 'The 50 Maddest People In Rock' - Dolores O’Riordan
03/04/1999 Suede
10/04/1999 All Saints
17/04/1999 The Offspring
24/04/1999 Fun Lovin’ Criminals
01/05/1999 Ali G
08/05/1999 3 Colours Red
15/05/1999 Korn
22/05/1999 Nina Persson and Debbie Harry
29/05/1999 Catatonia
05/06/1999 Homelands festival
12/06/1999 The Coolest People In Rock
19/06/1999 Suede
26/06/1999 Uri Geller
03/07/1999 Glastonbury
10/07/1999 'Everyone! Outside! Now!' - Metallica, Stereophonics, Blur, Marilyn Manson, Placebo
17/07/1999 Manic Street Preachers
24/07/1999 A
31/07/1999 Stereophonics
07/08/1999 Divine Comedy
14/08/1999 Feeder
21/08/1999 V99 - Supergrass
28/08/1999 Mansun
04/09/1999 Reading & Leeds - Blur
11/09/1999 TLC
18/09/1999 Idlewild
25/09/1999 Manic Street Preachers
02/10/1999 Travis
09/10/1999 Limp Bizkit
16/10/1999 Net Aid - Robbie Williams
23/10/1999 Foo Fighters
27/10/1999 Kelly Jones and Cerys Matthews
03/11/1999 Manic Street Preachers
10/11/1999 Huey Morgan and Shirley Manson
17/11/1999 The Cardigans
24/11/1999 'Drugs Nation'
01/12/1999 Supergrass
08/12/1999 Oasis
15/12/1999 Travis
22/12/1999 Stereophonics
05/01/2000 Feeder
12/01/2000 Readers Poll - Nicky Wire, Fran Healy
19/01/2000 Oasis
26/01/2000 Embrace
02/02/2000 Korn
09/02/2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers
16/02/2000 Travis
23/02/2000 Muse
01/03/2000 Kelly Jones and Tom Jones
08/03/2000 Blink 182
15/03/2000 Ocean Colour Scene
22/03/2000 Kurt Cobain - 'The Excess Files'
29/03/2000 Radiohead
05/04/2000 Travis
12/04/2000 The Bloodhound Gang
19/04/2000 Elastica
26/04/2000 Vic & Bob, Nina Persson
03/05/2000 Sex Pistols
10/05/2000 Embrace
17/05/2000 'Are The Charts Going Down The Toilet?'
24/05/2000 Festivals
31/05/2000 Oasis
07/06/2000 Toploader
14/06/2000 The Coolest People In Rock 2000 - Nicky Wire, Cerys Matthews, Fran Healy, Kurt Cobain
21/06/2000 Radiohead
28/06/2000 Glastonbury - Travis
05/07/2000 Kittie
12/07/2000 Oasis
19/07/2000 ’High Fidelity Allstars’
26/07/2000 Mansun
02/08/2000 Green Day
09/08/2000 Slipknot
16/08/2000 V2000
23/08/2000 Reading & Leeds
30/08/2000 Reading & Leeds - Fred Durst
06/09/2000 Radiohead
13/09/2000 The Dum Dums
20/09/2000 No Doubt
27/09/2000 JJ72
04/10/2000 Fred Durst, Marilyn Manson, Eminem and Corey Taylor of Slipknot - 'Why America Rules Rock Right Now'
11/10/2000 'The Alternative Nation Fights Back'
18/10/2000 King Adora
25/10/2000 Eminem and Fred Durst
01/11/2000 The Offspring
08/11/2000 Smashing Pumpkins
15/11/2000 Eminem
22/11/2000 'Guns’n’Poses - The Shocking Inside Story Of Rock’s Fatal Fascination With Firearms'
29/11/2000 Queens Of The Stone Age
06/12/2000 Billy Corgan
13/12/2000 Feeder
20/12/2000 Limp Bizkit
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
UK Blogger Albums Of 2013 Poll Results
Truth be told, we didn't think there'd be a blog poll this year. Partly because this place was out of commission by choice for a while, but also the number of blogs closing down without notice, just disappearing and leaving a regular last post hanging, is notable. Those that are left are meanwhile becoming ever more widespread and eclectic in trying to find a new way out of the blog cliche morass, which for the curious is of course a good thing more often than not, or at least so in theory, but for something like this list which by its nature thrives on concensus, less so.
Regardless, for the ninth time here's the poll of polls, this year chiefly featuring 17 Seconds, The Album Wall, Alphabet Bands, Both Bars On, Bowlegs, Breaking More Waves, Crack In The Road, Dots & Dashes, Drunken Werewolf, Just Music That I Like, Just Played, Keep Pop Loud, Last Year's Girl, The Mad Mackerel, Manic Pop Thrills, The Metaphorical Boat, the already deceased Mudkiss, Music Liberation, The Pop Cop, Ragged Glories, Song By Toad, There Goes The Fear and The Von Pip Musical Express. This is what the cognescenti claimed credits 2013:
50 ANNA CALVI - One Breath
49 SUEDE - Bloodsports
48 OKKERVIL RIVER - The Silver Gymnasium
47 BLUE HAWAII - Untogether
46 JAMES BLAKE - Overgrown
45 FOREST SWORDS - Engravings
44 GEORGIA RUTH - Week Of Pines
43 DUTCH UNCLES - Out of Touch In The Wild
42 VALERIE JUNE - Pushin' Against A Stone
41 VOLCANO CHOIR - Repave
40 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER - Personal Record
39 DAVID BOWIE - The Next Day
38 KURT VILE - Wakin' On A Pretty Daze
37 TORRES - Torres
36 THE SUPERMAN REVENGE SQUAD BAND - There Is Nothing More Frightening Than The Passing Of Time
35 LOW - The Invisible Way
34 MAJICAL CLOUDZ - Impersonator
33 ADAM STAFFORD - Imaginary Walls Collapse
32 HOOKWORMS - Pearl Mystic
31 THESE NEW PURITANS - Field Of Reeds
30 TEGAN & SARA - Heartthrob
29 DARKSIDE - Psychic
28 KANYE WEST - Yeezus
27 SIGUR ROS - Kveikur
26 CAITLIN ROSE - The Stand-In
25 PARQUET COURTS - Light Up Gold
24 FOALS - Holy Fire
23 FACTORY FLOOR - Factory Floor
22 JANELLE MONAE - The Electric Lady
21 WAXAHATCHEE - Cerulean Salt
20 JULIA HOLTER - Loud City Song
19 FUCK BUTTONS - Slow Focus
18 DAUGHTER - If You Leave
17 SPEEDY ORTIZ - Major Arcana
16 BILL CALLAHAN - Dream River
15 JOHN GRANT - Pale Green Ghosts
14 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Inform-Educate-Entertain
13 PHOSPHORESCENT - Muchacho
12 DAFT PUNK - Random Access Memories
11 LOS CAMPESINOS! - No Blues
10 CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
9 MY BLOODY VALENTINE - m b v
8 SAVAGES - Silence Yourself
7 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Modern Vampires of the City
6 JON HOPKINS - Immunity
5 LAURA MARLING - Once I Was An Eagle
4 ARCADE FIRE - Reflektor
3 THE NATIONAL - Trouble Will Find Me
2 ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM
1 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Push The Sky Away
Regardless, for the ninth time here's the poll of polls, this year chiefly featuring 17 Seconds, The Album Wall, Alphabet Bands, Both Bars On, Bowlegs, Breaking More Waves, Crack In The Road, Dots & Dashes, Drunken Werewolf, Just Music That I Like, Just Played, Keep Pop Loud, Last Year's Girl, The Mad Mackerel, Manic Pop Thrills, The Metaphorical Boat, the already deceased Mudkiss, Music Liberation, The Pop Cop, Ragged Glories, Song By Toad, There Goes The Fear and The Von Pip Musical Express. This is what the cognescenti claimed credits 2013:
50 ANNA CALVI - One Breath
49 SUEDE - Bloodsports
48 OKKERVIL RIVER - The Silver Gymnasium
47 BLUE HAWAII - Untogether
46 JAMES BLAKE - Overgrown
45 FOREST SWORDS - Engravings
44 GEORGIA RUTH - Week Of Pines
43 DUTCH UNCLES - Out of Touch In The Wild
42 VALERIE JUNE - Pushin' Against A Stone
41 VOLCANO CHOIR - Repave
40 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER - Personal Record
39 DAVID BOWIE - The Next Day
38 KURT VILE - Wakin' On A Pretty Daze
37 TORRES - Torres
36 THE SUPERMAN REVENGE SQUAD BAND - There Is Nothing More Frightening Than The Passing Of Time
35 LOW - The Invisible Way
34 MAJICAL CLOUDZ - Impersonator
33 ADAM STAFFORD - Imaginary Walls Collapse
32 HOOKWORMS - Pearl Mystic
31 THESE NEW PURITANS - Field Of Reeds
30 TEGAN & SARA - Heartthrob
29 DARKSIDE - Psychic
28 KANYE WEST - Yeezus
27 SIGUR ROS - Kveikur
26 CAITLIN ROSE - The Stand-In
25 PARQUET COURTS - Light Up Gold
24 FOALS - Holy Fire
23 FACTORY FLOOR - Factory Floor
22 JANELLE MONAE - The Electric Lady
21 WAXAHATCHEE - Cerulean Salt
20 JULIA HOLTER - Loud City Song
19 FUCK BUTTONS - Slow Focus
18 DAUGHTER - If You Leave
17 SPEEDY ORTIZ - Major Arcana
16 BILL CALLAHAN - Dream River
15 JOHN GRANT - Pale Green Ghosts
14 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Inform-Educate-Entertain
13 PHOSPHORESCENT - Muchacho
12 DAFT PUNK - Random Access Memories
11 LOS CAMPESINOS! - No Blues
10 CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
9 MY BLOODY VALENTINE - m b v
8 SAVAGES - Silence Yourself
7 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Modern Vampires of the City
6 JON HOPKINS - Immunity
5 LAURA MARLING - Once I Was An Eagle
4 ARCADE FIRE - Reflektor
3 THE NATIONAL - Trouble Will Find Me
2 ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM
1 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Push The Sky Away
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)