Analogue Slop

14th September 1991 - P.M. Dawn, Leatherface

In which we make the case for Leatherface's magnificent Mush, PM Dawn quietly invent the future of hip hop, and Set Adrift on Memory Bliss turns out to have been decades ahead of its time.

14th September 1991 Part 1 - De La Soul, Billy Bragg

In which Billy Bragg broadens Sexuality, De La Soul dismantle the Daisy Age, and Dire Straits become the week's most unexpected cultural punching bag.

12th March 1994 Part 2 - Nirvana, Pure, JD Twitch

In which we assess the competing narratives around Kurt Cobain's Rome overdose, uncover the NME and Melody Maker's very different relationships with Nirvana. Before losing ourselves in the smoke, strobes and revolutionary chaos of Scotland's legendary Pure club night, whilst mourning the loss of DJ and co-founder JD Twitch

12th March 1994 Part 1 - Aphex Twin, Smashing Pumpkins

In which we revisit Aphex Twin’s ambient masterpiece, examine Smashing Pumpkins’ brush with Top of the Pops censorship, marvel at Eddie Vedder’s dressing-room theatrics, uncover the strangest Britpop trivia imaginable, and wonder whether anyone really wanted a Beatles reunion without the hits.

24th May 1997 Part 2 - Fatboy Slim, 1997 Album Reviews

In which Fatboy Slim attempts to convert indie kids to big beat, we rank the week’s albums by their 1997-ness, discover the limits of Seahorses discourse, celebrate The Wannadies, encounter Penthouse’s glorious filth, and crown Sukia’s porn-noir lounge-pop as the most 1997 record of them all