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Every Record Tells A Story, a music blog written by Steve Carr. I have written for Classic Rock, The Guardian and Record Collector Magazine. Appearances on BBC4 documentary & Radio 4. Every Record Tells A Story is my blog
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• Arcade Fire: So Good, They Can Make Even Wembley Arena Shake

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 12, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Arcade Fire have overcome many obstacles in their path over the years. Grabbing the attention of the world through their indie-released debut LP Funeral; delivering credible follow ups to one of the decade’s most critically acclaimed albums, and then dealing… Read More ›

• David Bowie Photography Exhibition Hits Essex

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 9, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  Geoff MacCormack was just seven years old and was wearing the brown uniform of Burnt Ash Primary school when he first met David Jones. They went to cub scouts together and were in the choir together. It transpired neither the… Read More ›

• Belle and Sebastian in Health and Safety Regulation Flaunting Shock: Live at the Troxy

  By Every Record Tells A Story on March 18, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Stuart Murdoch walked out intrepidly into the crowd last night during “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”. It’s a Belle and Sebastian crowd, so it’s a friendly, unthreatening and relaxed crowd, more likely to offer him a Tunnock’s Wafer than trouble. But then… Read More ›

• So. Much. Joy. The Hold Steady Live In London

  By Every Record Tells A Story on March 10, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  In a week that saw the demise of the NME’s print edition after sixty-odd years, it is reassuring that some traditions remain. The country is still run by incompetents, it’s impossible to find a telecoms provider whose call centre isn’t… Read More ›

• Sliding Doors: The Origin of Roxy Music

  By Every Record Tells A Story on March 4, 2018 • ( 6 )

  

  Brian Eno was waiting for the tube at Maida Vale. A train stopped, leaving Brian equidistant between two carriages. He didn’t know it, but his destiny awaited. Enter one carriage, and he would become a pop star, an innovator of… Read More ›

• Gaz Coombs Unveils Songs From New Album At ULU

  By Every Record Tells A Story on March 1, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  It has been quite a journey since Gaz Coombs began his rock career as the teenage lead singer of…. The Jennifers. Signed to Nude Records in 1991 – the contract signed by his mum as he was too young –… Read More ›

• The Brits 2018: Stormzy’s Boots, Dua Lipa’s Swimming Cozzie and Liam Gallagher’s Coat

  By Every Record Tells A Story on February 21, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  It’s genuinely a highlight of the musical year, if only for the thrill of the unexpected, but if we learn nothing else at The Brits each time, it’s just how difficult being a TV presenter is. At least, the three… Read More ›

• Book What The Cat Dragged In: A New Look At Glam Metal

  By Every Record Tells A Story on February 17, 2018 • ( 13 )

  

  Glam metal.  Perhaps one of the most thoroughly ignored genres of music of the last forty years. The trouble is, when your music is a silo of strange, make-up-infested faux-cowboys with ludicrous hair, flaming codpieces and guitars featuring primary colours… Read More ›

• Jen Cloher: An Album Of The Year…

  By Every Record Tells A Story on February 14, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Album of the year lists are both a blessing and curse. As a way to demonstrate your discerning taste there are few better ways to impress your friends.  On the other hand, there are fewer more effective ways for your… Read More ›

• Can Dream Wife Hit The Top 40 UK Album Charts?

  By Every Record Tells A Story on February 2, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  There are many plagues of the modern world. Internet passwords. Staying over at a friend’s house and waking up first. The shrinking of the Toblerone bar. But most of all, Dry January. If ever there was a miserable, overly-long, grim,… Read More ›

• Can You Really Improve Your Hotel’s TripAdvisor Rating By Having The Libertines Run It?

  By Every Record Tells A Story on January 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The first big name casualty of the Music Industry’s collapse in revenues has been revealed.  Instead of retiring into a life of tripping over supermodels on Caribbean beaches, The Libertines are having to make ends meet by moving into the… Read More ›

• Belle & Sebastian And The Horror Of Spotify Playlists. 

  By Every Record Tells A Story on January 29, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  In a world where people consume music through pre-determined streaming service playlists with grim titles such as “Cinematic Chillout”, “Music for Concentration” and “Songs for Sleeping”, how does a band that is already nine albums into a career spanning over… Read More ›

• Sweet Billy Pilgrim Launch Stunning New Album At St Pancras Old Church

  By Every Record Tells A Story on January 20, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  As the dystopian nightmare of 2017 fades, to be replaced with fresh, new dystopian horrors with a shiny “Made In 2018” badge on them, we find ourselves looking for a fresh start.  And what better way to find a fresh… Read More ›

• A New Year, A New Band: Shame

  By Every Record Tells A Story on January 12, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  2018.  A new year, a fresh start. A chance to shed the winter coat that you unwittingly piled on when you bought, and then consumed, those second and third tubs of Heroes and Quality Street over the festive season.  It’s… Read More ›

• Every Record Tells A Story’s Albums Of 2017

  By Every Record Tells A Story on December 14, 2017 • ( 20 )

  

  Being barged out of the way by stressed shoppers. Not being able to find the thing your kids put on the top of their list. Bringing a dead tree into your house and covering it with shiny balls. Spending slightly… Read More ›