Life in the 1980s

More from the estimable Gavin Underhill (I salute you, sir!) who kept and scanned this Echo Magazine feature about the nearly-dids of Bournemouth’s extraordinarily rich live music scene of the late 70s and early 80s. Zoom in to read if you can. If not, have a root around at Gavin’s website – great piece on Read More…

Shelleyan Orphan – box set go

From Branksome Beach to the world, maybe there’s a parallel reality in which Shelleyan Orphan are as famed as Kate Bush, as cool as the Cocteau Twins and as revered as Portishead; a place where Caroline Crawley and Jemaur Tayle are Britain’s answer to Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein – a creative hothouse that also Read More…