Blood Brothers
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And it wasn’t just the music. The Kings had a good story to tell, too. The brothers Followill – Caleb, vocals and rhythm guitar; Nathan, drums – had spent…
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Tricky Kid Rises Again
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Tricky himself seemed a troubled soul, given to dramatic mood swings and a tendency to antagonise those around him. Hence the name – initially a nickname – Tricky. Fourteen years…
How The Punks Saved English Football
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While football-terrace chants are usually either witty or brimming with genuine emotion, records released by footballers themselves are invariably dire. However, there was a time not so long ago when…
Centre Of The Spotlight
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Even by their own standards, however, their latest album, the seventh, created an unusually intense degree of anticipation. Four and a half years had elapsed since their previous album,…
Surf, Beat, Fun
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One ride, and you’ll say there’s nothing in the world, not even flying, that has the fun that this thrilling water sport has. And that the water sled is the…
The Good, The Bad And Damon Albarn
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The gas tanks of Kensal Green make for a strangely absorbing sight. Squeezed in between Kensal Green Cemetery with its dilapidated mini-mausoleums and anarchic undergrowth, the Grand Union Canal with…
