Monthly Archives: February 2014

1981 – Heaven Up Here – Echo and The Bunnymen

Posted on February 15, 2014 by grooveware

Echo and The Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes were undoubtedly cut from the same cloth but the Bunnymen were harder. Julian Cope appeared to have the kind of shaky self-belief that posh kids seem to have because they know their … Continue reading →

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1981 – Kilimanjaro – The Teardrop Explodes

Posted on February 3, 2014 by grooveware

The Teardrop Explodes managed effortlessly to combine every style of music I’d ever liked. I’d been blown away by the “Reward” single in January and went, as soon as my student grant would allow, to buy the album. On it … Continue reading →

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