Australian, from Sydney. On her second album ‘Crushing’. Truly gorgeous. Mellow Friday evening vibes.
A2D E.P.
Having recently enjoyed plays for ‘Camden’ on BBC 6 Music and by legendary d.j. Andrew Weatherall, ‘Demoed’ is the 4th part of the alphabet series by my alter-ego, Christine x and it completes the ‘A2D’ E.P.’ It is the first Christine X track to include other musicians. Richard Handyside on electric guitar and Howard Monk […]
The Buzz Club: BMX Bandits & The Househunters 14th Feb. 1987
“If I could be in any other band, it would be BMX Bandits” Kurt Cobain BMX Bandits were formed in 1985 by songwriter and lead vocalist Duglas T Stewart out of the ashes of The Pretty Flowers, a short-lived group that featured Duglas alongside Frances McKee (The Vaselines), Sean Dickson (The Soup Dragons) and Norman […]
New Music: Wet Dreams ‘Bad Boy’
This is fab…from Oslo. I was a bit nervous Googling it to get the YouTube link, but luckily no problem..
The Buzz Club – Mighty Mighty 7.2.1987 inc. newly discovered live recording.
I was working in Our Price Aldershot. I had worked for Our Price Records for a year or so by now and was confident in my role. Sales assistants would get moved to a different shop every few months. The area manager would visit the shop, and after a chat with the store manager would […]
‘Camden’ Christine X
The letter C in my Christine X alphabet series is released today. I’m really happy as it got played on BBC 6 Music on Wednesday night, by Gideon Coe. Which is of course entirely correct as it is Gideon’s voice which features on the recording. The track is based around a radio interview between myself […]
London and Ultimate Records Part 2
1991 I went up to the weekly music press every Wednesday. Both the N.M.E. and Melody Maker were in King’s Reach Towers, Stamford Street, SE1. I’d get the tube from Camden to Waterloo and walk up from there. They were on the 25th and 26th floors. It was important to remember which was which, sometimes […]
