They said it would never happen, though the cynical among us would wager that ‘they’ didn’t include their bank managers. But after a 16 year hiatus, the Stone Roses returned with a free show at Warrington Parr Hall. Announcing it on their official website, wristbands were given out (one per person) to the first 1500 people who turned up clutching a Roses album, ticket or t-shirt. Simultaneously altruistic and arrogant – ‘prove you really love us’ – it’s classic Roses.
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Howlin’ Whippet pushes up his reading glasses with one hand while grabbing the bottle of Wild Turkey with the other and settles down to review him some records.
We get a lot of new stuff thrust at us here at ELM, some of which we like, some of which we don’t. Being all-round good eggs, we tend to ignore the stuff we don’t like rather than absolutely destroy it. What’s the point in savaging an up-and-coming artist struggling for a break when you can pour vitriol at bastards like Florence or Ed Sheeran? Exactly. The other benefit of this policy is, of course, that when we tell you we like something, it’s because we really do like something. Step forward Esperi.
You know when you hear a rock star complaining about their ‘demons’? Well, Howlin’ Whippet is the man to call and battle them. And he always kicks their arse. Thankfully, he’s put down Jessie J’s for an hour to review a new album for us.
Time dulls the shock of the new. It”s almost impossible now, given the ubiquity of rap in our collective consciousness, to recall how shocking it seemed it the 80s. It was abrasive, violent and direct. The predominantly white music press of the time either recoiled in disgust or clumsily patronised it – in all senses of the word. All this did was further prove that they just didn’t get it, and neither did the masses. In fact, it wasn’t until three middle-class white Jewish kids came along that the mainstream found a route in. That’s probably Adam Yauch’s - known to millions as MCA of the Beastie Boys – most important legacy.
The only man who could ever reach Dusty Springfield, according to the Welsh songstress, was the son of a preacher man. Which tells you why she was a lesbian, as Howlin’ Whippet never sold her any offspring. However, he did put down the Wild Turkey to pen this though. Enjoy.
