NME June 9th 1990 “I don’t have to sell my soul/He’s already in me” – I Wanna Be Adored, The Stone Roses. Ian Brown doesn’t have to sell his soul, but in a conference suite in Manchester’s Piccadilly hotel a hundred-plus ‘international press’ liggers are on a bargain hunt for titbits. It’s 25 hours before [...]
The 27th of May 2010 will be the 20th anniversary of The Stone Roses landmark gig at Spike Island. To celebrate the anniversary we’ll be publishing a series of special commemorative articles. Look out out for historical magazine articles and reviews, some classic photos, the odd download and maybe some surprises. Of course a big [...]
Update: sorry folks looks like the video has been pulled from YouTube due to copyright violations. Here’s the next best thing, some behind the scenes footage from ePaxB – Roses @ Spike Island. Time for something special. Unearthed is a trailer for the legendary Spike Island gig from 1990. There’s been rumours of footage circulating [...]
A full page review of the Roses’ boxset from September 2009. Uncut magazine awards it top marks and gives a nice overview as to why the album matters so much to so many.
Penguin has launched its Decades series, with five titles each representing the best novels of the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. The covers for 1980s series were done by someone you might have heard of: John Squire. Head over to the Creative Review website to see the full range of Squire’s covers.