21st Century Man – Luke Haines Interview

Posted on March 4, 2010 by extremelisteningmode

Without Luke Haines, there would have been no Britpop. He wouldn’t want your thanks for that. With The Auteurs debut album, he helped an angle-hungry UK Media find the British response to grunge which would eventually lead to Cool Britannia and all that. The ironic thing, of course, was that he bore absolutely no resemblence [...]

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Tunng and the art of album teasers

Posted on February 15, 2010 by extremelisteningmode

Way back in the days when you only owned music if you paid for it, and owning thousands of songs necessitated having a storage space sufficient to house a small elephant in, there was the flexi-disc. This was a, essentially, a seven inch single which hadn’t been to the gym and was floppy. Music magazines [...]

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Simply the Worst #6: Oasis – Roll With It

Posted on December 15, 2009 by extremelisteningmode

Next in the crud countdown was the moment when Oasis decided, for reasons best known to themselves, to release what sounded like a tuning jam. It’s hard to overstate just how exciting it was to be a teenage indie fan in summer 1995. All those limited edition Kingmaker CD Single digipaks, the concerts in front [...]

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Nothing Ever Lasts Forever – Bands you used to like but just don’t any more

Posted on November 13, 2009 by extremelisteningmode

It happens to us all; ELM takes us on a personal trip to explain why one of his old favourites no longer do it for him. I don’t want to come over all Sophia from the Golden Girls – there’s one for the kids – but picture it; 1995, the summer of Britpop. It seems [...]

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The Songs That Saved Your Life – The 90s: Loaded

Posted on November 3, 2009 by extremelisteningmode

The decade where things could only get better brought the world cargo pants, Sunny Delight and Chris Evans. Musically, Grunge and Britpop could lay claim to being the defining movements of the era, though that’s to do a disservice to Jive Bunny. ELM suggests it wasn’t a band who could lay claim to the most [...]

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The Cribs featuring Johnny Marr, Glasgow ABC

Posted on February 8, 2009 by extremelisteningmode

Cheese on a burger. Fish partnered by chips. Ernie Wise stood next to Eric Morecambe. Basically, some things make so much sense when you see them that you wonder why no-one has tried it before. thus it is with Wakefield’s finest all-brother trio being joined on stage by the walking legend that is Johnny Marr. [...]

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Blur Reforming – So Tonight I’m Going To Party Like It’s 1995

Posted on December 16, 2008 by extremelisteningmode

Much celebration amongst Indie Kids of a certain age at the news that the nation’s favourite gor blimey cheeky cockernee popsters Blur are going to put aside their differences and re-form for, initially, a one-off show next summer. Smart money also sees them as the early favourites to headline Glastonbury next summer. It’s easy now, [...]

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The Friday 5 – Great Guitar Work

Posted on August 1, 2008 by extremelisteningmode

“I’ve got Friday on my mind” sand The Easybeats in 1966, and how right they were. Yes, it has rolled round again, all bells and whistles and here we go for the weekend. Here at ELM we do enjoy these little Friday chats we have, it somehow seems more relaxed. Bad news dominated the headlines [...]

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