September 2026 sees the 35th anniversary of the release of Swervedriver’s debut album ‘Raise’. Despite being somewhat overshadowed by era defining classics like My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless’ Primal Scream’s ‘Screamadelica’ and Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ (which were all released in the same four-week period as ‘Raise’) the album was still an independent

Every year, the last Thursday in November is Thanksgiving Day in the USA. This is the equivalent of a UK bank holiday and although it is widely claimed to be a celebration of the anniversary of the arrival of the pilgrim fathers onto the shores of America, it actually has

Among the rest of the debris in my All The Rest Is Noise folder on my home computer, is a list of possible topics to write about and at the top is ‘Giving Away Setlists’. This addition was almost certainly prompted by being abused by someone from the audience at

Another article originally commissioned by Guitar & Bass Magazine. Reproduced here slightly updated, with the somewhat tongue-in-cheek ‘Day In The Life…’ sidebar included and with all of the text reinstated that had to be edited out of the original piece because of space restrictions. The tone of it is deliberately

A couple of years ago, a friend of mine got in touch to say that he was interested in finding out about Hawkwind and could I tell him more. So, I sent him a message in return which I hoped would be helpful. He replied a few days later saying

Apropos of nothing, but there doesn’t seem to be any point in this information sitting on my hard drive when it could perhaps be of use to someone, somewhere. The sharing of information is supposed to be the purpose of the internet after all, right? So, here’s what I was