Idolator
Not sure how we missed this, but last month, Caroline Records imported the remastered & expanded back-catalog from Magazine, the new-wave band that Howard Devoto formed after leaving the Buzzcocks. Best known for the tense "Shot By Both Sides"—a track that seemingly appears on every single punk-history collection ever made—Magazine went to some dark places, especially when the ominous keyboards bubbled up underneath; for proof, check out "A Song From Under The Floorboards," which contains one our our favorite self-loathing opening lines:
Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards [MP3, link expired]
Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me [MP3, link expired]
Magazine - Definitive Gaze [MP3, link expired]
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Yes, yes, it's all a rich tapestry. Where's "My Tulpa"??
Yeah, but the thing about "Floorboards" is that those opening lines -- the whole song, really -- are funny. It's also secretly New Orleans. (That piano!)
look up the phrase "criminally underrated" and there you'll find a whole chapter on magazine. brilliant band.
moz's cover of "floorboards" isn't bad, either.
Good call with "The Light..." but but but, no "Motorcade"? For SHAME Idolators!
"look up the phrase "criminally underrated" and there you'll find a whole chapter on magazine."
Just don't look in the US edition of Simon Reynolds's recent postpunk book, Rip It Up and Start Again. It's one of a few chapters that are only in the UK edition. Amazon.co.uk charges a lot for postage, but in this case, it was necessary.
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