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Category: Music

  • Zuzu: Lie To Myself

    Hard to pick a fave from Zuzu’s recent stuff but for today I’m going to go with Lie To Myself for skillfully, and perfectly, getting the lyric “that was a dick move” into a slice of indie pop perfection. Anyway. Go listen to Zuzu. They’re great.

  • Robyn Hitchcock: The President

    I can almost hear it raining. Nothing ever cheers me up faster than listening to some Robyn Hitchcock, from The Soft Boys to The Egyptians and now it’s been a steady run of songs that just hit that magical spot. Some more than others. Element Of Light (1986) has some of my favourite lyrics of…

  • Visage: Look What They’ve Done To Me

    I realise I’m probably the only person on the planet who listens to The Anvil on quite the regular basis but I can live with that. Whilst I reckon The Damned Don’t Cry is far and away the strongest song on there, I’ve long had a love of Look What They’ve Done To Me. Amongst…