Various Artists
Fergal Kinney
, March 4th, 2021 09:40
A compilation of space age prog and disco novelties curated by Jon Savage recalls an era when the future was still something to look forward to
A recent Sunday broadsheet interview with the former rock critic Nick Kent raised eyebrows for his assertion that he stopped writing about music in 2007 as “there was no mystery, and rock’n’roll needs mystery.” Like Principal Skinner in black leather and a beanie hat, Kent had assessed the landscape and come to the shock conclusion that it was the kids who were wrong.
I couldn’t find the statement annoying, though, as some did, as it cemented what was quite obvious when I read Kent’s anthology
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slowthai leads UK Record Store Chart with TYRON
slowthai leads UK Record Store Chart with TYRON
TYRON is the follow-up to slowthai’s debut record Nothing Great About Britain.
slowthai is leading new entries from Pale Waves, Django Django and Weezer at the top of the latest UK Record Store Chart.
Elsewhere, last week’s Top 3 stick close to each other for another week, but Black Country, New Road, Foo Fighters and Fleet Foxes are down to #10, #11 and #12 respectively, whilst Mush get a Top 10 debut courtesy of Lines Redacted.
It’s now nine years since The Official Charts Company launched this chart as vinyl sales surged during the last decade, a trend which continued in 2020 as the format grew for the 13th consecutive year. It is compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.