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RW/FF With Ben P Scott #35
This week: I pay tribute to the legendary Lou Reed, review the ‘Anticlockwise’ compilation from folk-punk stalwarts McDermott’s 2 Hours, and there’s new music from the likes of Suede, Metamono, Gaz...
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RW/FF With Ben P Scott #36
This week: new albums from Metamono, Black Hearted Brother and She Makes War, as well as new tracks from Mogwai, New War, Depeche Mode, Midlake, David Bowie, Horse Party and Roy Harper. As well as all...
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INTERVIEW: Paul Draper talks Mansun, The Anchoress and the future
The brilliant Chester-based four piece Mansun were a world apart from the other guitar groups of the 90’s. Despite being unusual, darkly humorous and distinctly non-Britpop, their excellent debut LP...
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Track Of The Day #434: The Anchoress –‘What Goes Around’
2014’s release schedule is promising some great musical treats from artists old and new, but the upcoming debut LP from The Anchoress is the one that has got me buzzing with excitement. Even more so...
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BritPop Month: ‘Six’ and the rise and fall of Mansun
February 1997: Attack of the Grey Lantern, the twistedly witty debut album by one of Britpop’s oddest (and final) bands, scales the number one position in the UK album charts. September 1998: The very...
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RW/FF With Ben P Scott #42
The first RW/FF column in three weeks takes a look at the brilliant debut albums from Temples and The Hosts, plus 90’s-era deluxe reissues from Cast and Gene, as well as the new 2CD compilation...
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Mansun to be celebrated with fan convention in August
Surely there can’t be many bands from the 90s with their own fan conventions, especially one that split up over a decade ago. A unique and brilliant four piece led by songwriting genius Paul Draper,...
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INTERVIEW: Zoo Zero
With a superb debut album under their belts, and an astonishing live energy to their performances, it’s surprising that more people aren’t aware of the London based four piece who call themselves Zoo...
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The Mansun Convention takes place next weekend
The Mansun Convention will take place next weekend (Saturday August 23rd 2014) in Chester and will celebrate the legacy of Mansun, once hailed as the most thrilling live rock band in the country,...
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NEWS: Paul Draper announces first solo UK tour
Paul Draper – ex-Mansun frontman, and The Anchoress producer and collaborator – will tour the UK in September for the first time with a full band, including Catherine Anne Davies (The Anchoress). The...
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NEWS: Paul Draper reveals first Track from long awaited Solo LP ‘Spooky Action’
Former Mansun frontman Paul Draper will finally release his debut solo album this summer. Spooky Action will arrive on August 11th through Kscope and follow-up last year’s ‘EP One’ and ‘EP Two’. Check...
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The Progression of Paul Draper: From Attack of the Grey Lantern to Spooky Action
With the release of solo album Spooky Action, Paul Draper frontman of Mansun, has broken more than a decades musical silence and delved deeper into the Prog sound that he started exploring with his...
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IN CONVERSATION: Paul Draper
Following Mansun‘s dramatic split in 2003, the myths and rumour surrounding a Paul Draper solo record have continued to swirl. Fans of the band desperate to hear what the enigmatic songwriter had been...
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Paul Draper – King Tut’s, Glasgow, 16/09/17
It’s no secret that King Tut’s has played host to some incredible acts over the years – and it revels in its own history with its most notable and celebrated performances on display on the steps up...
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Best of the Decade: James Auton’s Top Twenty Albums
In no particular order, least of all alphabetical or chronological, my top twenty records of the past decade. There could be twenty other LPs included in this but these are a fair cross section of the...
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NEWS: Paul Draper announces first solo UK tour
Paul Draper – ex-Mansun frontman, and The Anchoress producer and collaborator – will tour the UK in September for the first time with a full band, including Catherine Anne Davies (The Anchoress). The...
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The Anchoress – Confessions of a Romance Novelist (Kscope)
The opening track ‘Long Year’ begins with chimes, like those from a decorative music box that Grans and Mums keep their best jewellery in. It’s fitting it opens in such a way – inside Confessions of a...
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WIN: A Year’s Subscription to the Too Pure Singles Club
To celebrate the Too Pure Singles Clubs‘ one hundredth release ‘Paul Draper’ this April and the Record Store Day LP Pay No Attention God Is In The TV has a competition to win a year’s subscription to...
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From The Crate: Mansun – Attack of the Grey Lantern
Is Attack of the Grey Lantern a concept album? Certainly, Mansun’s gapless debut – which came out on the 17th of February, 1997, making it 20 years old as of today – bears many resemblances to the...
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