Smouldering with styleHE mightn't look much in his red dreadlocks and slight middle age spread, but Mick Hucknall sure sings up a storm in the soul…Thu Feb 08 1996 - 00:00
EchobellyBETWEEN the jerkiness of Elastica and the sarkiness of Sleeper, Echobelly tread a jangly path through the midriff of Britpop, …Wed Jan 31 1996 - 00:00
Paranoid surf punkA LITTLE itty bitty snow couldn't keep the punters from packing into the Olympia on Saturday night to catch Black's only Irish…Mon Jan 29 1996 - 00:00
The way they should be heardIT'S fitting that the Winnepeg wunderkinds should choose the relatively intimate setting of Whelan's in Wexford Street to showcase…Thu Jan 25 1996 - 00:00
Who's Eddie?SUPERSTARS OF THE chicken in a basket circuit, Who's Eddie are the ultimate disco cabaret act, pulling in the punters nationwide…Wed Jan 24 1996 - 00:00
Souped up punks lift off the lidTHE SAN DIEGO Soulmasters have been cutting a swathe around the UK gig circuit, blowing minds from, here to yonder with their…Tue Jan 23 1996 - 00:00
Exhuming the rotting corpse of rock'n'rollRocket From The Crypt sure aren't afraid of vampires - even the Count himself must be quaking in his capeSat Jan 20 1996 - 00:00
Steel PulseIT'S been 20 years since Steel Pulse formed in Birmingham's Handsworth Wood, and only three original members guitarist/vocalist…Wed Jan 17 1996 - 00:00
Blast of britpopHMMM. One bookish looking fellow with a laconic turn of phrase; one moptopped guitarist with all the right Sixties' influences…Mon Jan 15 1996 - 00:00
BRATS BY THE BUSLOADYOU would need a bus load of faith to believe the Britpop hype and here comes a double decker helping of new from the land which…Sat Jan 13 1996 - 00:00
big gigsWRITE down that credit card hotline number and stick it on your fridge door - looks like you'll be needing it more than ever …Sat Jan 13 1996 - 00:00
Speak softly and carry convictionAS THEIR name suggests, The Mavericks are not your common or garden country band, but neither are they completely outside of …Mon Jan 08 1996 - 00:00
Behind the boys stands a shrewd manNOW that the faces of hunky hit makers Boyzone are embedded in our national consciousness, let us not forget the youthful looking…Sat Jan 06 1996 - 00:00
HIGHS and BLOWSHIGHLIGHT of 1995 Murder balladeer Nick Cave duetting with lucky, lucky, lucky Kylie Minogue at Feile in Paric Ui ChaoimhTue Jan 02 1996 - 00:00
Enough Cranberry sauceTHERE was an irritating buzzword in the air, and it sounded something like BritpopTue Jan 02 1996 - 00:00