A New Contributor!

I was contacted recently by a reader from Portland who, like Nick from the U.K., expressed an interest in joining our little family here at The Nightmare. He sent me a few samplings… Read More →

“Jo Jo Was A Man Before He Was A Woman…”

Have you ever thought a song lyric was something totally different than what it actually was? I have. Many, many times. I’ve had lot’s of really silly debates about it, actually. For instance,… Read More →

Sex, Robots, Drugs and James Murphy

Electronica. Music that emphasizes the use of electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology as a central aspect of the sound of the music; can include “dozens of stylistic fusions” ranging from danceable… Read More →

A Random Shuffle of Thoughts…

Let’s talk about Neutral Milk Hotel for a moment. These guys (Jeff Mangum and some other guys, actually) only put out two albums: “On Avery Island”, and “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea”… Read More →

4 Classics Revisited

As I eagerly await my pre-ordered, re-mastered copies of Nick Lowe’s Labour Of Lust and Screamadelica by Primal Scream I decide to dig through the vault. I find four albums, four forgotten classics… Read More →

RETURN OF THE BLACK DOG

By Nick Haines… A week or so ago I woke in an unfeasibly good mood. My usual demeanor in the morning is one of grim fortitude interspersed by brief spells of inertia. Not… Read More →

XTC: A Secret Obsession

XTC is a band that has been around for over three decades, has released a consecutive string of nine outstanding albums, has two of the best songwriters of the past 35 years (Colin… Read More →

What’s Goin’ On?

It’s probably become quite apparent over the last few months that I’ve slowed down. I’m not sick, I’m still fanatical enough about music that I want to write about it on this here… Read More →

Swooning Over The Carpenters

By Nick… If I was a Carpenter. Just turned the cd player off and….took a deep breath. Goddammit the Carpenters were good. Beautifully structured songs played immaculately, and as for Karen’s voice…. oh… Read More →

Independent’s Day: A Very British Institution, Part Deux

The next step was inevitably to take a trip to London and visit Rough Trade and Small Wonder Records. These shops had established and credible mail order capabilities and could usually be relied… Read More →