The Stud Brother review Fade Out by Loop, 21st January 1989
January 27, 2010
Simon Reynolds reviews Hunkpapa by Throwing Muses, 21st January 1989
January 26, 2010
This was one of the many records I lost at college by innocently agreeing to lend it to ‘a friend’ never to see it again. Truth be told I didn’t much like it and probably bought it as much for the Vaughan Oliver sleeve as the music. And I don’t know why but the title of this record is always Hunkapapa in my head, I guess it just flows from the tongue better.
Patchouli oil? Check. Dry ice? Check. Bags of flour (extra large)? Check.
Sutherland signs off his review with “This model will run and run until doomsday” and what a good forecast that turns out to be as The Neph have just played two back to back shows at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in July 2008. Into “the great goth preoccupation with death” we go. Here’s Moonchild. Overblown, ridiculously pretentious, but classic.
Also on this page Dave Jennings reviews Ghost Stories by The Dream Syndicate. Push reviews At the Rivers Edge by The Crazy Pink Revolvers and Mick Mercer reviews 3LB by Thatcher on Acid.
Melody Maker Staff Picks, 24th – 31st December, 1988 (part three)
Link to Staff Picks part one here
I said I was going to put up some of the tracks but now it comes to it I don’t have the time – sorry.