BIMM’s head of songwriting and speak-singing leader of Bristol’s enduring art rock band talks about the 80s, poetry and stagecraft...
Tag Archives: C86
As the 80s indie heroes return with their first ‘proper’ studio album in 26 years, Songwriting meets frontman Dave Callahan...
Edinburgh indie-pop act The Spook School smash any notion of Second Album Syndrome on the excellent ‘Try To Be Hopeful’ aving...
‘7IN – 83-88’ charts the 11 singles R.E.M. released during their time with IRS Records in their early days of greatness etween...
The energetic punk trio Wild Smiles have finally released their debut album, and it’s replete with buzzsaw guitar pop excellence...
Wild Smiles trade in their C86 pop for a grunge-infused crunch and use it to advertise their disdain for normalcy...
Brighton’s Tyrannosaurus Dead & Cardiff’s Joanna Gruesome join forces on the excellent split single ‘Post Holiday Dead Song/Ant-Parent Cowboy Killers...
Winchester’s Wild Smiles are purveyors of the sort of noise-pop that’s bound to leave a wide grin on your face...
C86 and grunge argue over who loves each other more in this superb example of the current revivalist noise-pop zeitgeist...
Interview: Nerina Pallot
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16 song starters
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'Tis the season to enter the 9th Annual Christmas Songwriting Competition
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How I wrote 'Suddenly I See' by KT Tunstall
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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How I wrote ''74-'75' by The Connells
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How we wrote Ariana Grande's 'Santa Tell Me' by Savan Kotecha
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